Riddles

[Chorlton]

Here's an old one:

A Brick weighs 9lb and half a brick.

What is the weight on a brick and a half?

 

[Chorlton]

and one final one:

An Explorer & his team travelling across the North Pole come across 2 bodies (1 Male & 1 Female) perfectly frozen in Ice.

After a closer examination of the bodies, the Explorer declares to the rest of his team that he has discovered "Adam & Eve"

How can he be so confident?

 

[2020hindsight]

I had a look at it, but my mind kept going foggy.

but whiskers - the answer sure as heck isn't obvious at first glance is it
here are some more - true to life
http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2004/guide/howpreferenceswork.htm

 

[2020hindsight]

and one final one:

An Explorer & his team travelling across the North Pole come across 2 bodies (1 Male & 1 Female) perfectly frozen in Ice.

After a closer examination of the bodies, the Explorer declares to the rest of his team that he has discovered "Adam & Eve"

How can he be so confident?

I know that one

(and the brick and a half? - algebra my dear watson )

 

[2020hindsight]

If a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half
how long does it take
one hen to lay one egg ?

 

[Pat]

Great thread....I love riddles! Here's an oldie but a goldie..

A woman shoots her husband, then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. Five minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.

How can this be?

As said above she shoots him with a camera, develops the picture than hangs it up?

 

[Julia]

and one final one:

An Explorer & his team travelling across the North Pole come across 2 bodies (1 Male & 1 Female) perfectly frozen in Ice.

After a closer examination of the bodies, the Explorer declares to the rest of his team that he has discovered "Adam & Eve"

How can he be so confident?

Umm, the fig leaves and the apple were frozen with them?
(sorry)
don't know. I give up.

 

[2020hindsight]

hint : the first naval engagement

(PS I only know this because someone at work expained it to me a few months back. )

 

[Pat]

hint : the first naval engagement

(PS I only know this because someone at work expained it to me a few months back. )

2020 I got no idea what your hint is "hinting at".... Something to do with a belly button?

 

[Pat]

Ahhh, they had no belly button!
Gotta love this beer i'm drinking
Good hint!

 

[alphman]

Great thread....I love riddles! Here's an oldie but a goldie..

A woman shoots her husband, then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. Five minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.

How can this be?

A woman 'shoots' a picture of her husband...

Didn't come to me for a few minutes.

As said above she shoots him with a camera, develops the picture than hangs it up?

Correct. The woman is a photographer.

 

[2020hindsight]

i am guessin 1968 is one penny more?

A small problem here ... lol

anyone remember the jingle
"on the 14th of February 1966"
that's when we went from pence ... (to cents)

 

[2020hindsight]

I guess you can decimalise it..
what's worth more 2006 cents or 1970 cents?

(hint when did they stop making cents anyway )
so the only answer that makes cents is that the 1970 cent is worth more. (I guess)

Definition of the day ...
like the definition of "a classical thippeny problem" my mate talks about.
means a problem that you can ignore and it will go away.

Remember when decimal came in and a massive discussion arose about whether thippence (strictly 2.5cents) should be 2c or 3c. ?

and these days you can't even get a 2c

and 3c pieces are as rare as 1968 pennies

 

[2020hindsight]

Pat - well done getting that Adam and Eve one - bludy quick of you. You must be able to hold your beer m8 lol.
I guess you'd see where God operated on Adam to extract that rib as well.

As for post #19 - the election
had A B C D each had 49.5%, 25%, 13% and 12.5%, then C would still have one.

So it seems that the minimum you need to win (with 4 candidates as above) is only 13% (I may be wrong of course, this is just something I figured out walking the dog)

 

[noirua]

Who can answer these?

Will post solutions tomorrow if no one has got them right.

Hi julia, I've hunted high and low for 1967 and 1968 pennies - there ain't none and that's my two pence worth.

Just realised you did not say "Australian Pennies"

Some coins are worth a bit: http://www.allensinc.com/coins/world_coins/world_coins_australia.htm

 

[noirua]

Who can answer these?

Will post solutions tomorrow if no one has got them right.

Got it, I think "Why are 1968 pennies worth more than 1967 pennies."

Answer "because there is one more of them"

 

[noirua]

Who can answer these?

Will post solutions tomorrow if no one has got them right.

What is put on a table, cut, but never eaten?

Answer, "A deck of cards".

 

[Julia]

Well done, Noirua. Did you get the one about the coin in the bottle also?
If not see further back in the thread for the answer.

PS. How goes the astrology?
Cheers
Julia

 

[noirua]

Well done, Noirua. Did you get the one about the coin in the bottle also?
If not see further back in the thread for the answer.

PS. How goes the astrology?
Cheers
Julia

I'm stumped for the answer to the coin in the bottle. I should know the answer as I've collected coins in a bottle for very many years but never tried to get them out without taking the cork out first.
I did have a bottle once with two openings and putting a cork in one opening left the other one to take the coin out.

 

[noirua]

Well done, Noirua. Did you get the one about the coin in the bottle also?
If not see further back in the thread for the answer.

PS. How goes the astrology?
Cheers
Julia

The astrology will be underway again shortly. Waiting for more information from deep dark space.