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Pix Oct 19th, 2006 08:07 am
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A dress as in address I should have said - for the previous riddle.

Here's another one,

What part of your body has got the most rhythm?


Answer: your ear drums!

juliadevi Aug 7th, 2007 01:37 pm
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what gets wet as it dries?



a towel.

txroundup Sep 4th, 2007 09:10 pm
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Quote Eric (Post 507)
Riddles can be very useful in the classroom. They can be used as ice-breakers or to address stereotypes and cultural differences.

Please only use this thread to post riddles and their answers.
Two women apply for a job. They are identical. They have the same mother, father, birthdays, height, weight, etc... The interviewer asks, "Are you twins?" They say, "No".

Why did they say they weren't twins?
Because they were triplets.:D

Mad-Hamlet Sep 5th, 2007 08:56 am
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Greetings,

I like riddles, here's one that stumped e for, literally, years.

Good luck.

I have tongue but no mouth;
Eat meat but drink no wine.

susan53 Sep 5th, 2007 03:33 pm
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I'm not convinced but .... a shoe ???

txroundup Sep 5th, 2007 08:06 pm
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Quote Bilingualdiva (Post 2594)
manuela... is the answer to your riddle "Space" ?

Riddle: What crawls on four, then walks on two, then on three?
:couch2:It is a person first you crawl then you walk on two legs then you use a cane to help you walk[

lizzy.mc.carrey Sep 6th, 2007 12:10 pm
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Quote txroundup (Post 11034)
:couch2:It is a person first you crawl then you walk on two legs then you use a cane to help you walk[
the man!!! first he crawls when he's a baby... then walks in two (legs) as an adult... and then walks in three helped with a piece of wood!!!

lizzy.mc.carrey Sep 6th, 2007 12:12 pm
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Quote:
Quote Eric (Post 508)
Two women apply for a job. They are identical. They have the same mother, father, birthdays, height, weight, etc... The interviewer asks, "Are you twins?" They say, "No".

Why did they say they weren't twins?

(please quote this riddle with your answer)
because one is older ... but they were born the same day!in different years...

Mad-Hamlet Sep 10th, 2007 10:07 am
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Greetings,


Quote:
I have tounge but no mouth, eat meat but drink no wine
Quote:
...a shoe?
Not a shoe. Try again.

I remain, as always,
Mad-Hamlet

yiannaCH Oct 18th, 2007 06:39 am
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Ok.... 2 mothers, 2 daughters in a room together.... How many women are there in the room?

silvainpion Oct 30th, 2007 03:06 am
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these are great riddles, here's another one

A man lives in a house with four corners that all face south. One day, he saw a bear outside. What color was the bear?

Mad-Hamlet Oct 30th, 2007 05:59 am
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Greetings,

Quote:
A man lives in a house with four corners that all face south. One day, he saw a bear outside. What color was the bear?
Oct 18th, 2007 01:39 pm
White. The house is on the north pole.

Quote:
2 mothers, 2 daughters in a room together.... How many women are there in the room?
Three. Grandmother, Mother, Daughter.

Still waiting for the answer to mine.

I remain, as always,
Mad-Hamlet

scottland72792 Dec 13th, 2007 04:10 pm
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Quote Bilingualdiva (Post 2594)
manuela... is the answer to your riddle "Space" ?

Riddle: What crawls on four, then walks on two, then on three?
The answer is a person. Babys crawl on all fours, then when there older they walk on two legs, when there old they walk with a cane.

marcebalbi Dec 27th, 2007 05:07 pm
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Quote Manuela (Post 2603)
Ccool riddles. I've just done poosessives with my beginner class.
I'll use your riddles. Very nice.
I suppose the answers are:
Your uncle's sister is your mother
A dead man cannot marry.
A man cannot marry his own mother

Some other riddles
What has got four legs but cannot walk?
What has got teeth but cannot eat?
What has got a tail but cannot wag it?
Is it a dead horse?

Manuela Dec 29th, 2007 02:04 pm
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What has got legs but cannot walk? A table, a chair, a bed etc
What has got teeth but cannot eat? A comb.
What has got a tail but cannot wag it? An aeroplane.

Pupils love writing riddles like these.

EngliPatrick Dec 30th, 2007 04:45 am
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anybody have any riddles that are English specific? Maybe, that can be used in class? Some of the previous riddles can be used but I was wondering if there were some more out there?

bryce 1128 Jan 10th, 2008 09:04 am
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I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall.

Vickiii_NZ Mar 31st, 2008 05:54 pm
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A man leaves to go up a mountain on Tuesday. It takes him 2 days to get to the top. He leaves the next day and takes 1 day to return. He returns on Tuesday - how does he do it?

Vickiii_NZ Mar 31st, 2008 05:55 pm
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Why did the Aussie cross the road?

Janetmcneil Apr 23rd, 2008 10:14 am
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Quote:
Quote Eric (Post 508)
Two women apply for a job. They are identical. They have the same mother, father, birthdays, height, weight, etc... The interviewer asks, "Are you twins?" They say, "No".

Why did they say they weren't twins?

(please quote this riddle with your answer)


they were triplets

spikey69 Sep 25th, 2008 03:29 am
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i live above a star but never burn, i have 11 neighbours that never turn.my initials are p,q and r and sometimes s. what am i??

razorwilder Sep 25th, 2008 09:47 am
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Quote mesmark (Post 2491)
Warning! These are a little goofy.

1. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is it?

2. Forward I’m heavy, but backwards I’m not. What am I?

3. The one who made it didn’t want itThe one who bought it didn’t need it.The one who used it never saw it.What is it?

4. What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be eaten?

5. What’s colorless and weightless, but if you put it into a barrel, the barrel would become lighter?

1.A secret
2.:confused:
3.a sarcaphagus, coffin, or gravestone
4.peppers
5.light
:rolleyes:

razorwilder Sep 25th, 2008 09:50 am
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a man is in jail. another man comes to visit him. the guard asks the man in jail, "who is this man?" he replies, "brothers and sisters, i have none. that man's father is my fathers son."
Who is the man that came to visit him?

razorwilder Sep 25th, 2008 09:51 am
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Quote silvainpion (Post 12015)
these are great riddles, here's another one

A man lives in a house with four corners that all face south. One day, he saw a bear outside. What color was the bear?
white, its a polar bear

angiebug1996 Nov 16th, 2008 11:53 am
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Quote mesmark (Post 2491)
Warning! These are a little goofy.

1. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is it?:) I have no idea

2. Forward I’m heavy, but backwards I’m not. What am I?
i have no idea
3. The one who made it didn’t want itThe one who bought it didn’t need it.The one who used it never saw it.What is it?i have no idea

4. What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be eaten? UMMM

5. What’s colorless and weightless, but if you put it into a barrel, the barrel would become lighter?
UUUUUU

gra3m3 Nov 18th, 2008 03:12 pm
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what lights the night sky but is not a star:lol:

westberg123 Feb 28th, 2009 02:59 pm
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Riddle: A man is found hanging from the center of a room... there is only a door , a window and absolutley no furniture... there is a puddle of water under the man.... how did he hang himself???[/quote]

he hung himself by standing on an ice cube hung himself to the cieling and the ice cube melted into a puddle

westberg123 Feb 28th, 2009 03:03 pm
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Quote Vickiii_NZ (Post 14545)
A man leaves to go up a mountain on Tuesday. It takes him 2 days to get to the top. He leaves the next day and takes 1 day to return. He returns on Tuesday - how does he do it?
the horses name is Tuesday

westberg123 Feb 28th, 2009 03:06 pm
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Quote razorwilder (Post 17646)
a man is in jail. another man comes to visit him. the guard asks the man in jail, "who is this man?" he replies, "brothers and sisters, i have none. that man's father is my fathers son."
Who is the man that came to visit him?
his brother

stephaniec Mar 13th, 2009 10:57 pm
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Quote razorwilder (Post 17646)
a man is in jail. another man comes to visit him. the guard asks the man in jail, "who is this man?" he replies, "brothers and sisters, i have none. that man's father is my fathers son."
Who is the man that came to visit him?
His son

tahsin May 2nd, 2009 08:35 am
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Quote mesmark (Post 2491)
Warning! These are a little goofy.

1. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is it?

2. Forward I’m heavy, but backwards I’m not. What am I?

3. The one who made it didn’t want itThe one who bought it didn’t need it.The one who used it never saw it.What is it?

4. What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be eaten?

5. What’s colorless and weightless, but if you put it into a barrel, the barrel would become lighter?



1-i suppose its a secret?
2-
3-
4-Hot Chilli

tahsin May 2nd, 2009 08:41 am
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What do you pull and becomes shorter?

davidsensei May 2nd, 2009 07:31 pm
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Quote spikey69 (Post 17639)
i live above a star but never burn, i have 11 neighbours that never turn.my initials are p,q and r and sometimes s. what am i??
The number 7 on your push-button phone.

moondancemaria May 31st, 2009 01:32 pm
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I have some great riddles that had all my collegues stressing to work out.
I come out of the earth,
I am sold in the market.
He who buys me cuts off my tail,
Takes off my suit of silk,
And weeps beside me when I am dead...WHAT AM I?

"I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale. I'll approach like a breeze, but can come like a gale. By some I get hit, but all have shown fear. I'll dance to the music, though I can't hear. Of names I have many, of names I have one. I'm as slow as a snail, but from me you can't run. What am I?"
:o
"I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them.":p
"I have a hundred legs, but cannot stand. I have a long neck, but no head. I cannot see, but I'm neat and tidy as can be. What am I?":becky:
"I know what my job is, The point has been made. You say I have a big head, And you're right, I'm afraid. So put me in my place, And then leave me alone. What I need most, Is someone to drive me home."
"My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?"
"If a man tried to carry my burden, He would surely break his back. I am not rich, But, where're I go, I leave silver in my track. What am I?":):hippie:
I have streets but no pavement. I have cities but no buildings. I have forests yet no trees. I have rivers yet no water. What am I?

"You walk into the forest and get me, You sit down to look for me but can't find me, You get up and leave with me. What am I?"
My top and bottom are twins of a kind.
The middle of me makes one body combined.
I'm used to pass time and provide quite a thrill.
If I stand tall and still, run faster I will.:grouphug:
I have keys that open no locks, I have space, but there is no room. You can enter, but you can’t go in. I am?
:director:
It has no top or bottom but it can hold flesh, bones and blood all at the same time. What is this object?

I'll await all answers, and after a week I will post the correct ones if no one has managed to solve the riddles by then!

jamst37 Aug 18th, 2009 02:53 am
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Quote Vickiii_NZ (Post 14545)
A man leaves to go up a mountain on Tuesday. It takes him 2 days to get to the top. He leaves the next day and takes 1 day to return. He returns on Tuesday - how does he do it?
He rode back on a horse named Tuesday

jamst37 Aug 18th, 2009 02:55 am
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What are the answers!

joegreenwood86 Mar 30th, 2011 02:09 am
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Quote noriko (Post 2767)
Oh! Good one! I didn't think goofy that way.:doh:

This may be a classic.
What time was it when an elephant sat on a fence?
Break time?

JzMie24 Feb 7th, 2012 06:24 am
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Quote:
Quote mesmark (Post 2491)
Warning! These are a little goofy.

1. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don’t have it. What is it?

2. Forward I’m heavy, but backwards I’m not. What am I?

3. The one who made it didn’t want itThe one who bought it didn’t need it.The one who used it never saw it.What is it?

4. What can burn the eyes, sting the mouth, yet be eaten?

5. What’s colorless and weightless, but if you put it into a barrel, the barrel would become lighter?

1. SECRET
2. TON
3. COFFIN
4.
5.

4 and five i don't know..

*A man was born in 1996 and died in 1997. Yet he was 47 years old. How is that?

moisey10pr@yahoo.com Jun 4th, 2012 11:05 am
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Quote:
Quote Bilingualdiva (Post 2594)
manuela... is the answer to your riddle "Space" ?

Riddle: What crawls on four, then walks on two, then on three?
A:a human crawls on all four as a baby then 2 and gets old and uses a cane


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