# ??? A Riddle ??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815 "2004-10-29T07:01:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/21 "2004-10-29T13:50:34Z")
**Roger** , yours is better than mine, except for the ending, which makes little sense. Fortunately, you left out an “is not” near the end. Change the end of yours to “Is not that it? It is.” and I’d say you got it! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/22 "2004-10-29T14:39:11Z")
Well done **roger thornhill** and **Left Hand of Dorkness**. If I had some cookies I would give each of you one. ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/23 "2004-10-29T14:55:50Z")
If I had some cookies I would sell them door to door dressed as a little girl 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/24 "2004-10-29T15:24:55Z")
I don’t require the cookies to do that 🙂 As Dopers present in London will notice at DopeFest :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/25 "2004-10-29T16:28:48Z")
Here’s one: The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it, buys it for someone else. The person who uses it, doesn’t know that they’re using it. What is it? ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/26 "2004-10-29T16:41:09Z")
A coffin, **Goddess**. 😃 Brothers and sisters, I have none. But this man’s father met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats, each cat had seven kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks and wives, how many going on the 10.25 GNER train service from King’s Cross heading north to Aberdeen at 100mph with a second train heading south from Aberdeen to London at 85mph. At what time will the trains pass two doors and two guards. One door leads to heaven and the other leads to hell. You must ask the guards which door to enter but one will always tell the truth and one will always lie. What was the pilot’s name? 😛 Howzat? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/27 "2004-10-29T16:42:02Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Here’s one: > > The person who makes it, sells it. > The person who buys it, buys it for someone else. > The person who uses it, doesn’t know that they’re using it. > > What is it? Hmmm…a coffin? ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/28 "2004-10-29T16:43:05Z")
Second place, #2! Hehehehehehehehe ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/29 "2004-10-29T16:51:49Z")
Argh! I didn’t even notice there was a simulpost. Took me a minute to figure out what the hell your comment was supposed to mean. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/30 "2004-10-29T17:13:45Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > Brothers and sisters, I have none. Blahblahblahblah. What was the pilot’s name? Pontius? ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/31 "2004-10-29T17:33:16Z")
Curses!! Ok… A man leaves home. Turns left, Turns left, Turns left again, And goes back home. Who are the two masked men? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/32 "2004-10-29T17:46:47Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#): > > Curses!! > > Ok… > > A man leaves home. > Turns left, > Turns left, > Turns left again, > And goes back home. > > Who are the two masked men? The catcher and the umpire. Here’s an old favorite: Post the answer to the question “Does God exist?” in such a way that everyone will agree you have posted the correct answer. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/33 "2004-10-29T17:49:41Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > The catcher and the umpire. > > Here’s an old favorite: Post the answer to the question “Does God exist?” in such a way that everyone will agree you have posted the correct answer. I dunno. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/34 "2004-10-29T17:53:54Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > The catcher and the umpire. Damn! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/35 "2004-10-29T17:55:01Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > I dunno. > > Daniel That’s not an answer to the question. Be a man! Take a stance! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/36 "2004-10-29T18:40:58Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > The catcher and the umpire. > > Here’s an old favorite: Post the answer to the question “Does God exist?” in such a way that everyone will agree you have posted the correct answer. How about if I just post: The correct answer ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/37 "2004-10-29T18:43:42Z")
> [@DrMatrix](#): > > How about if I just post: > > The correct answer Hmph. I guess that does work with the way I worded the riddle. But it’s not the solution I had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/38 "2004-10-29T22:00:47Z")
What’s the third word ending in -gry? _ducks and runs_ Here’s a few: Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters. An eye in a blue face Saw an eye in a green face. “That eye is like to this eye” Said the first eye, “But in low place Not in high place.” No-legs lay on one-leg, two-legs sat near on three-legs, four-legs got some. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/39 "2004-10-30T02:06:18Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > Here’s an old favorite: Post the answer to the question “Does God exist?” in such a way that everyone will agree you have posted the correct answer. Is this an answer? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815/40 "2004-10-30T02:07:30Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Is this an answer? Looks like a question to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-riddle/271815.md?page=3)