RIDDLES - WHY? Because They Are Fun!

mr18actor
mr18actor Posts: 480
...and I am stupid bored right now.

So -

you have a bag of corn, a chicken, and a dog. you must cross a river and get them all across, however - you can only carry one at a time. To make matters worse, you cannot leave the chicken with the corn, because it will eat it and you cannot leave the dog with the chicken for the same reason. How do you do it?
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  • MadiRose2
    MadiRose2 Posts: 145
    Use a boat to get them across?
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    Take the chicken. go back and get the dog, drop the dog off, pick up the chicken. drop the chicken, pick up the corn. drop the corn with the dog and go back for the chicken.
  • You take the chicken across
    come back
    take the dog across
    bring the chicken back
    take the corn across
    come back
    take the chicken across.

    You are in a dark room with a candle, a lamp, a fireplace, a match and a stove. What do you light first?
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    1. Take chicken across. Leave corn and dog.
    2. Leave chicken, go back and pick up corn.
    3. Take corn across. Pick up chicken.
    4. Leave chicken and pick up dog.
    5. Take dog across and leave corn and dog.
    6. Go back and pick up chicken.
    7. Take chicken across.
    8. Profit
  • Hotanuri
    Hotanuri Posts: 53
    ok, calling first side west, other side east, with river in the middle

    take the chicken from the west to east
    go back west alone
    take the corn to the east side
    take the chicken back to the west side
    leave the chicken on the west side and take the dog to the east side to wait with the corn
    go back to west side alone and get the chicken
    then go back east, and everyone is across :)
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Dammit, too late.
  • mr18actor
    mr18actor Posts: 480
    WOOT!
  • Hotanuri
    Hotanuri Posts: 53
    You take the chicken across
    come back
    take the dog across
    bring the chicken back
    take the corn across
    come back
    take the chicken across.

    You are in a dark room with a candle, a lamp, a fireplace, a match and a stove. What do you light first?

    the match...
  • jmobashrn11
    jmobashrn11 Posts: 120
    you take the chicken over by itself.

    then you go back and get the feed, leaving the chicken.

    leave the feed over, get the chicken and take him back across, leave him there.

    get the dog and take him over, leaving him with the feed.

    go back alone and get the chicken and bring him over.

    i did this in 5th grade lol
  • MadiRose2
    MadiRose2 Posts: 145
    Tie the corn to the dog, and have him cross, then take the chicken and go across.
  • ChaseAlder
    ChaseAlder Posts: 804 Member
    Cross the river with the chicken first. Leave it on the other side. Go back. Pick up the dog. When you get to the other side, drop off the dog and grab the chicken. Return to the starting point with chicken in hand. Drop the chicken off and grab the corn. Take the corn across and leave it with the dog. Go back and grab the chicken for it's final trip across the river.

    Or, fry the chicken, cook the corn, and find something else for the dog to play with.
  • ChaseAlder
    ChaseAlder Posts: 804 Member
    Holy cow... when I clicked reply there were NO replies. Haha.
  • theoriginaljayne
    theoriginaljayne Posts: 559 Member
    Kill the chicken, pluck it, roast it, and serve it with the corn. Then take your dinner, along with your dog, across the river (make two trips if you're afraid of dropping something). Eat your fill, then head off into the sunset with the dog. That's how I'd do it, anyway.
  • mr18actor
    mr18actor Posts: 480
    A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters.
    Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?
  • skinnylove00
    skinnylove00 Posts: 662 Member
    A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters.
    Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?

    he opens the door with the dragon behind it, while the man himself hides behind the door...and the dragon`s fire breath burns the door off of the magnifying glass, and while the dragon inhales for his next breath the magnifying glass fries the dragon, the dragon combusts...and then the guy marches out the door and over the body of the deceased dragon!
  • mr18actor
    mr18actor Posts: 480
    wicked creative, but no :wink:
  • mr18actor
    mr18actor Posts: 480
    Wait until night and go out the first door. Thank you for playing!

    Next -

    A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis:
    The Wife said she was sleeping.
    The Cook was cooking breakfast.
    The Gardener was picking vegetables.
    The Maid was getting the mail.
    The Butler was cleaning the closet.

    The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they know?
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    Oooh.
  • AllTehBeers
    AllTehBeers Posts: 5,030 Member
    The butler did it. Because they always do.
  • skinnylove00
    skinnylove00 Posts: 662 Member
    wicked creative, but no :wink:

    YOU SAID WICKED, YOU FILTHY NEW ENGLANDER!
  • jmobashrn11
    jmobashrn11 Posts: 120
    Wait until night and go out the first door. Thank you for playing!

    Next -

    A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis:
    The Wife said she was sleeping.
    The Cook was cooking breakfast.
    The Gardener was picking vegetables.
    The Maid was getting the mail.
    The Butler was cleaning the closet.

    The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they know?

    the wife. 1. because domestic violence is a big problem in general and 2. because she called immediately when she was "sleeping".
  • mr18actor
    mr18actor Posts: 480
    I am at the heart of it all!
  • mr18actor
    mr18actor Posts: 480
    Wait until night and go out the first door. Thank you for playing!

    Next -

    A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis:
    The Wife said she was sleeping.
    The Cook was cooking breakfast.
    The Gardener was picking vegetables.
    The Maid was getting the mail.
    The Butler was cleaning the closet.

    The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they know?

    the wife. 1. because domestic violence is a big problem in general and 2. because she called immediately when she was "sleeping".

    oooooo...so close
  • Fieldsy
    Fieldsy Posts: 1,105 Member
    A father and son were driving and were in a car crash.
    The father dies and the son needs emergency surgery.
    The surgeon walks into the room, sees the boy and says...I cannot operate on him, he is my son.

    Explain
  • mr18actor
    mr18actor Posts: 480
    Ok...that is not even close to the answer to the last one....way off :laugh:
  • jmobashrn11
    jmobashrn11 Posts: 120
    A father and son were driving and were in a car crash.
    The father dies and the son needs emergency surgery.
    The surgeon walks into the room, sees the boy and says...I cannot operate on him, he is my son.

    Explain

    gay couple adopted the son

    lol i know that's probably not the real answer, but that's the 21st century response
  • milkandtea
    milkandtea Posts: 116 Member
    The maid, there's no mail on Sundays.
  • mr18actor
    mr18actor Posts: 480
    A father and son were driving and were in a car crash.
    The father dies and the son needs emergency surgery.
    The surgeon walks into the room, sees the boy and says...I cannot operate on him, he is my son.

    Explain

    gay couple adopted the son

    lol i know that's probably not the real answer, but that's the 21st century response

    HA!!!!

    I am guessing they were driving two seperate cars and were not related to each other.
  • crickysue
    crickysue Posts: 67
    Th Surgeon is his Mother. Meant to show how sexist we are.
  • mr18actor
    mr18actor Posts: 480
    The maid, there's no mail on Sundays.

    THANKS and YES!

    I almost gave up on that one.