# I'm bored **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492 "2005-10-29T19:46:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/21 "2005-10-30T09:00:39Z")
He is blind. He is reading in Braille. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/22 "2005-10-30T09:02:47Z")
We are just starting the week-long Eid. Nothing at all to do here. I was so bored last night my Muse went away I could not even write. I went into town and bought a bucket of KFC (yes, we have KFC here). I had a couple of pieces with two large glasses of wine. I went to sleep. Now I am playing Civ III. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/23 "2005-10-30T09:05:42Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > He is blind. He is reading in Braille. Ding ding! Okay, really fast now, how many animals did Moses have on his ark? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/24 "2005-10-30T09:09:43Z")
All of the animals in the world. (After the flood killed all the others.) How much dirt in a hole 1M by 1M by 1M? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/25 "2005-10-30T09:11:34Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > All of the animals in the world. (After the flood killed all the others.) Nope. 😉 (but that’s a common answer) > [@](#): > > How much dirt in a hole 1M by 1M by 1M? Hmm, I’ve heard this one before but don’t remember what the answer was (and even if I did, I probably would leave it for another to guess/try at :p). ---
**Author:** ![PinkShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@PinkShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkShoes)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/26 "2005-10-30T09:16:04Z")
There’s no dirt in a hole because it’s a HOLE! ---
**Author:** ![PinkShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@PinkShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkShoes)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/27 "2005-10-30T09:17:18Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Okay, really fast now, how many animals did Moses have on his ark? He had 2 of every animal. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/28 "2005-10-30T09:18:56Z")
No…try going back and reading the question a bit more slowly. 😛 And don’t feel bad when it does hit you. I made the same mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/29 "2005-10-30T09:19:24Z")
That is correct, there is no dirt in a hole. My OT is pretty rusty, but IIRC, Moses was ordered to bring 6(?) pair of each “clean” animal and 2 (?) pair of each unclean animal. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/30 "2005-10-30T09:23:05Z")
Moses had no animals on any ark. Noah, on the other hand…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/31 "2005-10-30T09:24:31Z")
One night, two men are in a bar. It’s pouring outside. One says to the other, “Man, this is some storm, huh?” “Sure is.” The other shoots back. “I hear it’s going to be going on all week, too.” “Nah.” The first throws back a drink. “Hell, it’s starting to taper off already. In fact, I’d dare to say that in, ohhh, 48 hours we’ll be in the midst of a nice, sunny day.” “And I bet you we won’t.” The second barfly retorted. The first guy, remembering what The Weather Channel said, said: “All right, you got yourself a bet.” The second guy laughed to himself. He knew it was sure bet that he’d win without a doubt. And sure enough, he did. How did he know? I have a million of these. I used to collect books with nothing but lateral thinking puzzles in them. Great fun. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/32 "2005-10-30T09:29:17Z")
In 48 hours it will be the middle of the night. Can you see further in the day or the night? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/33 "2005-10-30T09:38:11Z")
I’d say the day…but I know these questions always seem to have a foreheadsmackingly obvious answer. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/34 "2005-10-30T09:42:37Z")
In the day, the furthest thing I can see is the Sun. At night, however, I can see stars which are much further away. (Are we hijacking the thread?) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/35 "2005-10-30T09:46:26Z")
I don’t really know. In a way we might be…so by all means, if you want to make a “Riddles/Puzzles” threads, I’d post in it. 🙂 I hesitate to because, well, I already have 3 or 4 topics on the first page of some of these forums. :o As for **Kythereia** , [www.bored.com](http://www.bored.com) has a lot of great links. I prefer the “Guess the Movie or TV Show link” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/36 "2005-10-30T10:26:28Z")
www.i-am-bored.com ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/37 "2005-10-30T11:08:24Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Someone is reading in a house at night. Suddenly, the lights go out. The person has no flashlight, nor is there any moonlight. There is no means by which any illumination is hitting the pages, yet he continues to read without inturruption. How is this so? He’s blind, and he is reading in bradille ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/38 "2005-10-30T11:12:18Z")
> [@ExtraKun](#): > > He’s blind, and he is reading in bradille Nevermind, so someone else already got it… So here’s one more! A midget has hang himself in a barn, hanging from a rope which hangs from a beam. However, from the floor to the roof is about 4m high, but there’s nothing in the barn that could allow the midget to reach that beam. So how did the midget hang himself? Another one: There is a man, who stays in a single storey-house, who absolutely adores the colour purple. Everything in his house is purple - the door, the sofas, the wall, the curtains, the TV, the window panels – …so, what’s the colour of his staircases? ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/39 "2005-10-30T11:17:24Z")
Well the answer to the second riddle is there is no staircase as the house is only possesses a single story. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2005, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-bored/328492/40 "2005-10-30T11:18:42Z")
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