Logic Questions

[seasong]

In similar vein to the Gollum riddle:

"Alive without breath, as cold as death; never thirsty, ever drinking; all in mail, never clinking."

 

[KnowTheToe]

Mr. & Mrs. Plum have six daugters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the plum family?

 

[Dreaddisease]

The Reader?

That is for the one that isn't answered yet.

 

[AGGEMAM]

Mr. & Mrs. Plum have six daugters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the plum family?

9.

 

[Drawmack]

I can't remember for sure, but I think the third one (that "kills laughter") is time. I'm almost positive that's the big riddle in The Hobbit, where he pleads for more time, saying "Time! Time!" and accidentally guesses it.

Incorrect, this is not a published riddle. At least not to my knowledge.

 

[seasong]

The Reader?

That is for the one that isn't answered yet.

Which one isn't answered?

 

[Dreaddisease]

Mr. & Mrs. Plum have six daugters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the plum family?

7 kids + 2 Parents = 9 total

 

[Dreaddisease]

Which one isn't answered?

The one about killing laughter and behind stars.

 

[KnowTheToe]

9 is correct.

I will be back in a bit. Work calls

 

[seasong]

Incorrect, this is not a published riddle. At least not to my knowledge.

A HA!

It is a published joke. And it is in The Hobbit. All three of those were. However, having gotten the answer from somewhere other than my own memory or enlightenment, I'll just keep mum about it. It's not 'time', however.

Kills laughter, indeed!