Misc
178 riddles
Anything that doesn't fit in the others comes in here, enjoy.
After teaching his class all about roman numerals (X = 10, IX=9 and so on) the teacher asked his class to draw a single continuous line and turn IX into 6.
The only stipulation the teacher made was that the pen could not be lifted from the paper until the line was complete.
The only stipulation the teacher made was that the pen could not be lifted from the paper until the line was complete.
What do you get if you cross a crescent moon and a golden sun???????? Hint: you probably have seen this before even of you have been living under a rock.
An orchestra was playing a concert C scale. (That means that each instrument was in tune with each other, no matter what octave.) Someone in the back right section, by the violas, trombones, basses, guitars, and cellos. One person was playing out of tune. The conductor went to see who it was. He asked the basses, and the said that they were playing an A scale with no sharps or flats. He asked the trombones and cellos and they said the same. He asked the guitar and he said that he was playing a C scale in chords. The violas said that the were playing a B scale with no sharps or flats. Who was out of tune?
You have a dime and a dollar,
You buy a dog and a collar,
The dog is a dollar more than the collar, How much is the collar?
You buy a dog and a collar,
The dog is a dollar more than the collar, How much is the collar?
You may enjoy me on a summer’s night,
While other’s prefer to fight.
In many people’s homes, I am generously fed
Unless I show up uninvited.
I never stop being hungry
and consume anything that lies before me.
In fact, I am hungrier after I ate than before.
Striking me will only anger me more.
People create me.
But they won’t let me go free
Terror I often bring
For I can destroy almost anything
Many people need me to live
For the many things I give.
Although I can show you your way
You can only hope where the end of my path lay
What am I?
While other’s prefer to fight.
In many people’s homes, I am generously fed
Unless I show up uninvited.
I never stop being hungry
and consume anything that lies before me.
In fact, I am hungrier after I ate than before.
Striking me will only anger me more.
People create me.
But they won’t let me go free
Terror I often bring
For I can destroy almost anything
Many people need me to live
For the many things I give.
Although I can show you your way
You can only hope where the end of my path lay
What am I?
A precious stone clear like a diamond
Seek it out when the sun is near the horizon you can walk on water with its power,try to keep it and it won't last an hour
Seek it out when the sun is near the horizon you can walk on water with its power,try to keep it and it won't last an hour
I'm always there, you just don't see me.
If I'm gone you'll miss me but when I'm here you don't really notice.
If I'm gone you'll miss me but when I'm here you don't really notice.
A man was sitting at the bar feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a wad of $50 out of his wallet.
He turns to the rich man and says to him, "I have an amazing talent: I know almost every song that has ever existed.
The rich man laughs.
The poor man says, "I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song with a lady's name of your choice in it."
The rich man laughs again and says, "Okay. How about my daughter's name Joanna Armstrong-Miller?"
The rich man goes home poor. The poor man goes home rich.
What song did he sing?
He turns to the rich man and says to him, "I have an amazing talent: I know almost every song that has ever existed.
The rich man laughs.
The poor man says, "I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song with a lady's name of your choice in it."
The rich man laughs again and says, "Okay. How about my daughter's name Joanna Armstrong-Miller?"
The rich man goes home poor. The poor man goes home rich.
What song did he sing?
