101 Riddles of the Sphinx

[seasong]

i come after Y but before Z

"but before"

 

[Bjorn Doneerson]

It's more powerful than God, and more evil than the Devil. Rich people want it, poor people have it, and if you eat it, you die. What is it?

 

[Zhure]

It's more powerful than God, and more evil than the Devil. Rich people want it, poor people have it, and if you eat it, you die. What is it?

nothing

 

[Cutty Sark]

I learned the one Gez posted as:

The beginning of eternity,
the end of time and space.
The beginning of every end,
and the end of every race.

 

[Atavar]

13) What gets wet while it dries?

14) Twins who, when close together, can never touch each other. But who, when at a distance, can unite as one.

Bonus points to the first who can name the D&D adventure that 14 came from.

Thanks,

Atavar

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"Compromise!? Let me tell you how compromise works.

"You want to watch the domjat tournament. She wants to listen to music. So, you compromise: You listen to music.

"You want to listen to old Earth jazz. She wants to listen to Klingon opera. So, you compromise: You listen to Klingon opera.

"So, you plan to spend an evening watching the domjat tournament, and instead you compromise yourself into listening to Klingon opera.

"Compromise.... Ha!"

-- Odo, DS9

 

[Sanackranib]

ok I've got this one

I could just see a sphinx, ater an adveturer says that, looking up and saying: "Umm... close, but not quite."


Here is another one (old as the hills too)

Measure exactly 4 units of water using a 3 and 5 unit receptacles.


Or to be really annoying:

"what grammatical mistakes can be found on page 48 in the lost book of Kellorn?"

step 1)Fill the 5 gal. pour into the 3 gal. until its full.
step 2)empty the 3 gal and pour the 2 gal. thats left in the 5 gal. into the 3 gal.
step 3)then refil the 5 gal and pour into the 3 gal. until full = 4 gal in the 5 gal. container.

 

[Psion]

Rise! Rise from the grave!

 

[Crothian]

Rise! Rise from the grave!

damn, that's an old thread!!!

 

[heirodule]

What walks on four legs in the spring, four legs in the summer, eight legs in the autumn, and two legs in the winter?

 

[interwyrm]

And no one ever solved the phallic riddle... I was wondering what the answer to that one was...