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1. Bridges and buildings are made with a safty factor of two, so if the advertized capacity of the bridge is 100lbs, it can reasonable hold 300lbs.... so she carried them acr ...

Yep, it is a stamp... I just remembered that old one when I read yuor reply.

House numbers at a hardware store. But I can't figgure out if they are roman numberal, letters or if each number is just priced that differently.

Hm, didn't catch that... I'll take a look at it, and repost when I have something. If I can't figgure out a way, I will go looking for a poof saying it is impossible.

Some-g is right.... If you've taken calc, then you know that

x/0 = lim(a=>0)(x/a) = infinity. Weather you like it or not.

After you changed your riddle, 9^(9!) or (9^9)! is the largest I c ...

I agree with Unclever on all but the last one.

For 4, btw, Your aunt loves leaf but not trees, and loves dogs but not puppies.

On to the disagreement... I think it's the ground.

I got the leo part, I'm going to guess at which lion your talking about:
Aslan... I'm guessing it's from Chronicals of Narnina.... No particular reason for the guess, except the Peter and the Lion ...

There are two answers that satisfy the riddle, as asked.

First to say why it isn't 6.
Doesn't work with 6, (2 of each) because:
- "They are all pigs but two,"
There are 4 that are not ...

All nay sayers... It can be done.
Your book is wrong:

http://game-master.us/ridpipe.jpg

It sounds like a coma to me, too.

It's an umbrella this is an old one.

I agree with some-g

"I understand the (in jest) meant for us not to take your reasoning seriously, but I'd have to say that was more of a wave the hand explanation than, seriously those were contradicting sources! ...

I'm with you on cactus, but the "Bearer of vissions" .... hmmm ... I was thinking mirages, but that isn't caused by the cactai.... Ah... Peyote dict is a wonderful tool.

The armor is b ...

Why it's not God... (in jest):
1.) God is Dead (Also Sprake Zaratustra)
2.) God doesn't exsist (Agnostic to Atheist)
3.) God knows who he is, and wouldn't ask "who am i" -- he's all know ...

Your explaination of the problem is flawed...

Remember the depth that is being discussed is the depth of the "wedding ring" shape that is left after the hole has been drilled.
"So ...

"think outside the box" is cliche and wrong. The real issue in most "think out side the box" is not being completely unconventional and removing all rules. The solution lies in f ...

I'm going with the thread starting post. The message that contains the riddle is refering to its self.

Or build up an immunity to the posin like in Princess Bride ... Smile

QUOTH THE RIDDLE:

But when t[h]e police asked Mr. Twitch did he kill the man he said no. He was twitching while he said it. The police man asked Mr. Twitch why he was twitching, and Mr. Twitch's re ...

I think your right deryk.

Sorry, I run linux, and the command dict is my friend.

I'd like to point out, my way also works, though a bit more time consuming. Smile

I'm going to guess it's your brain, though I don't think you make any more brain cells post mortum.

one drink had the antidote mixed in?
No.

one drink was poisoned with a more lethal poison?
Both had the same amount of the poisin in the glass when they started drinking.

they were siamese twi ...

dyrek, While against the spirit of the ridde, your solution would seem to work... Unless your path back was blocked or you were also trying to go somewhere in particular. I picked up "door to h ...

A horse.... Horses are measured in hands.

A clock that show Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second ...

A game of Rummy 500.... Typically play 4 or 5 to get there.

A game of spades has four hands ...

Yeah, when I first found it my gut reation was to kill half of them... Then I started to think about it somemore. I was very close when I finally gave in and asked what the answer was.

It's the peigon(sp.) hole theorum...

The worst case senario is that each sock is a different color, so:
I pull a brown
I pull a black
I pull a tan
I pull a white
Now, it doesn't mater what I p ...

'We ask the first stone: "Is it door 1, 2 or 3 a door to heaven?"
We ask stone2: "Did the first stone tell the truth?"
We ask stone3: "Did the first stone tell the truth?&qu ...

Blast my spelling...

I meant:

Dichotomy \Di*chot"o*my\, n.
1. A cutting in two; a division.
[1913 Webster]

A general breach or dichotomy with their church. ...

No one?

Alright.... Here's the solution:
http://www.game-master.us/phpx-3.4.0/126.php?riddle_id=42

Those are both very old. Like the twins...

There are two twins in a bar. Identical in everyway, same job, same clothes, same drink (scotch on the rocks)... In fact the only thing about them that ...

Your just asking for dycotamies....

Light vrs Dark
Good vrs Evil
Life vrs Death
Something vrs Nothing
Anything vrs Nothing
Anything vrs A vacume

You ask the question in such a way most dyco ...

"And to make it more wierder if a rock tells lies the rock after it must tell the truth. "
Do we get to know if the reverse also true.

Hint 1: The darves have a system. But, this should obvious to anyone.
Hint 2: The first ideal solution has 50/50 chance of getting the first dwarf killed, but will save all the others.

The first two cupplets of the riddle had me thinking Internet, then I got to the part about "new one" and "colored sections"... Then I saw it was a phone book as well.

It's is an egg, and it is from the Hobbit. It's one of Gollums.

Neither are allowed. I suppose, I need to make that change the next time I tell the riddle.

I concur, shilly is right. That's classic [binary search/newton's method].

If you get one answer from each, it's easy to avoid the ware wolf. Ask something that you know the answer to, and is obvious, like:

"What color is my shirt?"

You'll get either:
Two r ...

There is a village of wizards and a village of dwarves. Once a year, the wizards go over to the village of dwarves and line all the dwarves up in increasing height order, such that each dwarf can only ...

I think honey is the expected answer as well. Though, I have seen honey grow mold -- Though it may not have been real honey.

I'm guessing a computer connected to the internet.... Though they aren't "white on the outside" very often these days.... I'll think about it some more.

[quote="Riddleman"]cold?[/quote]
No. Polar Bears fur is made of clear tubes -- Tempture doesn't change the color. It appears white because they layer together.

And cold doesn't turn pa ...

The right answer is about roman numerals. Twelve is

XII

if you cover the botton half up, you get something that looks like

VII which is seven.

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What I posted is a word play solution. ...

They are word play...

Like:

prog work ress

is a "work in progress."

EGGS
EASY

is "eggs over easy."

The answers describe the "picture" or way the word ...

Can also be a Tick!!! Geez, I missed it.

Another solution:
7 = ceil( (baker's dozen) / 2)

That is to say that the mathematical ceiling of 1/2 times 13 = ceil(6.5) = 7.

"I walked into the woods and got it,"
He brushed up against a tree or log, and got a sliver.

"i sat down to seek it,"
You get a sliver, you want to pull it out. But they are ...