Riddles and Puzzles

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Originally Posted by Sigilstone17

Here's a riddle:

You're trapped in a room with no doors and no windows. There is a mirror and a table. How do you escape?

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Break leg off table.

Use leg to smash mirror.

Cut wrists.

Die.

Reincarnate into new body outside of stupid room.

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Originally Posted by Sigilstone17

No, I'm not angry. That isn't the right answer, Asperger-head.

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Lulz. Then what is it?

Jump on table and climb over wall 'cause there isn't a ceiling.

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Originally Posted by rasterbee

Jump on table and climb over wall 'cause there isn't a ceiling.

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There isn't a floor either...

Eh......Sigil......

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Originally Posted by Sigilstone17

No


There is.



Fine, I'll tell you, dummy.


You look into the mirror and saw the table in half. Two halves make a whole. You climb out the hole.

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Whole =/= Hole

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Originally Posted by Sigilstone17

You look into the mirror and saw the table in half. Two halves make a whole. You climb out the hole.

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That's just a big fail, Sigil. The table is already whole without having to look in the mirror.

So I could have just said, "Do nothing.".....and been correct.

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Originally Posted by rasterbee

That's just a big fail, Sigil. The table is already whole without having to look in the mirror.

So I could have just said, "Do nothing.".....and been correct.

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He's right... if the table is already whole (Hole) Then why wouldn't you say "Climb out the table?"

Why does it have to be two halves? What if I cut it into thirds? 3 Thirds make a whole too, right? What's so special about halves? That's stereotyping, right there. Nobody thinks about the 1/16ths D:<

I could try this in real life... but I don't think it would work. I'm pretty sure if I climbed in-between a sawed-in-half table, I would just be in the same room with more splinters.

Of course... these things aren't to be taken literally right?

Pieman, the saw appeared when you "look in the mirror and saw the table".

I know that, silly! What are you talking about! Pffttt.... You'll learn, quote or it didn't happen ;)

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Originally Posted by Pieman

I know that, silly! What are you talking about! Pffttt.... You'll learn, quote or it didn't happen ;)

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um....magic woodworking tools?

k, I got one.

3 men are checking into a hotel. The front desk clerk says, "That'll be $10 each."
The 3 men each take out a ten and give the clerk $30. A few hours later the clerk realizes he over charged the men $5, the room only cost $25.

He gives the bellboy a five and instructs him to return it to the 3 men. On the way to the room, the bellboy decides to pocket $2 and only give the men back $3. He knocks on their door and hands them each a dollar, telling them they were overcharged a dollar and only had to pay $9 each.

Now, the men each paid $9 for their room.

9 x 3 = 27.

And the bellboy pocketed $2.

27 + 2 = 29.

They originally paid $30 for the room.

Where the missing dollar go?

It's simply looking at it a different way than you showed us. So let me work it out my OWN way:

The clerk receives $30 from these 3 men. When he realizes his mistake, his gives $5 to the bellboy. The clerk now has $25, and the bellboy $5. 25+5=30. The bellboy takes $2, and and gives the men $3. Now, 25+3+2=30. Therefore, there is no missing $$.

Where it is true that 9*3=27, it is irrelevant to the question. If I wanted to do it your way, I would say.

3 Men payed for $10 rooms. 3*10=30
The mistake is made, it only costs $25. He must give $5 back. (30/5=6, so 6*5=30.)
The bellhop takes away $2. (6*2=12)
He gives the men $3. (6*3=18)

So we know $5 was taken away from the original $30... and we know that 5*6=30 So we separate the 5 into a 2 and a 3. When they are separately multiplied by 6, you get 12 and 18. 12+18=30.

To sum up all the math I just did:
(2*6)+(3*6)=(5*6)
(12)+(18)=(30).
$12+$18=$30


That is my math right there, :p. Correct me if I'm wrong.

lulz....yah, it's a riddle my grandfather keeps telling me.

He's getting old.

He never remembers when I say, "But Grandpa...the $30 figure doesn't matter after the price is reduced."

Exactly, you're math is assuming the $30 is important. I elaborated on that part, but the easier solution is that the $30 was never important in the first place. The final cost of the room was $25 +$2 (What the bellboy took) $25+$2 = $27. There you have your 27... so 27/3=9. Each man payed $9.

You didn't think Pieman was smart? I do want to become a lawyer, after all. Can't be dumb for that ;)


Ok. Here is mine.

2 mothers and 2 daughters go shopping for dresses at the mall. They bring $50 with them, and the dresses cost $10 each. Each female buys a dress of her own. When they leave the mall, they have $20 left. How is this possible?

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Originally Posted by Pieman

You didn't think Pieman was smart?

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Huh? When I did say you weren't smart? I didn't make that post thinking it was an unanswerable riddle that would stump the heck out of my arch-nemesis Pieman.
I was part of your Pie Army at one point. Pie > Cake.

No, but I redeemed myself for my previous flaw. xD
Check out the riddle I posted. It's a common one, but I added some of my own twists.
Good for you, anyone in the Pie army has earned my respect. xD

It's only 3 people. Granny, mommy and daughter.

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Originally Posted by rasterbee

It's only 3 people. Granny, mommy and daughter.

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D:< Fine. I told that to one of my friends and he couldn't get over the $20 part... thought it was a math problem :P

I like to save most of my riddles and puzzles for my RPs, but here are a couple I have already done.


Unseeing they reach towards the light.
Without hands they grab the coats of man.
Unfeeling they are cut and bleed.
They hear not their own whispers.
They stand in a crowd of solitude.

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