Can you solve this riddle?

Started by Renodox, Fri 09/11/2012 07:04:12

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Andail

Quote from: Mandle on Wed 20/06/2018 08:22:09
I can show you the world,
And yet hide it from you.
I can preserve a beautiful sunset forever,
So that you won't have to watch it.
I can give you contact with everyone you know,
But you'll rarely notice a new person again.
I can make waiting hours for a taxi not matter,
Because you're already home if you have me.

What am I?
Instagram or some crap like that

Mandle

Quote from: Stupot on Wed 20/06/2018 08:26:01
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a Smartphone?
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YES!!!
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And I should have known that someone else living in Japan would get it. I don't see anything close to the level of ridiculous behavior that they cause here happening when I go back to Australia.
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Stupot

At first I thought it was something to do with Aladdin. (laugh)

Here's one.

If you have me, you have less. But you look better. What am I?

Mandle

Quote from: Stupot on Wed 20/06/2018 10:58:10
At first I thought it was something to do with Aladdin. (laugh)

Here's one.

If you have me, you have less. But you look better. What am I?

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A haircut!
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Stupot

Quote from: Mandle on Wed 20/06/2018 13:04:34
Quote from: Stupot on Wed 20/06/2018 10:58:10
At first I thought it was something to do with Aladdin. (laugh)

Here's one.

If you have me, you have less. But you look better. What am I?

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A haircut!
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Yep.
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I had just had my hair cut about 30 minutes before I set that riddle.
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Mandle

Quote from: Stupot on Wed 20/06/2018 13:08:49
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I had just had my hair cut about 30 minutes before I set that riddle.
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I was actually going to ask if you had thought of that one
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while having a haircut. (laugh)
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josiah1221

A man shaves several times a day, yet he still has a beard. Who is he?

Mandle

Quote from: josiah1221 on Thu 21/06/2018 04:53:26
A man shaves several times a day, yet he still has a beard. Who is he?

Rumpelstiltskin?

josiah1221

no rumpled stilt skins here, (laugh)

Gurok

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josiah1221


Mandle

Hmmmm, I'm a bit skeptical that the verb "shave" can be used on it's own to describe the act of shaving someone else.

Test Case:

"Hello, may I speak to the barber?"
"I'm sorry, he can't come to the phone right now."
"Why not?"
"He's shaving."

I'm pretty sure that that last sentence's correct form is "He's shaving a customer." otherwise it means "He's shaving himself." by default.

Riddles can cheat a little with language and get away with it though so: Nice one!!!

Andail

Quote from: Stupot on Wed 20/06/2018 10:58:10
At first I thought it was something to do with Aladdin. (laugh)

Here's one.

If you have me, you have less. But you look better. What am I?

'Youth' would work too. You have less age/life. Maybe?

Mandle

#1213
Hmmmm how about a round of this thread with riddles describing computer games?

Through myriad corridors you tread,
Pursued endlessly by the undead,
Some paths loop right back again,
Used wisely, they'll be your friend,
Somewhere over near the edge,
Is what you need for your revenge.


What computer game is this?

Danvzare


CaptainD

I think I've got this!

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Pacman
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Mandle

Quote from: CaptainD on Wed 04/07/2018 13:02:55
I think I've got this!

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Pacman
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You would be 100% correct, sir!

I was really hoping someone would fall into the trap I laid:

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Dead Souls
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But over to you or anyone who wants to take a round (including me)...

CaptainD

Okay here's game one:


I must destroy things before they destroy me
But almost every time I destroy them
There are more of them!
 

Mandle

Quote from: CaptainD on Wed 04/07/2018 14:37:19
Okay here's game one:


I must destroy things before they destroy me
But almost every time I destroy them
There are more of them!


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Asteroids!
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CaptainD

 

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