# Life's great epiphanies: I looked up the forbidden riddle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853 "2005-03-23T05:21:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/1 "2005-03-23T05:21:10Z")
Yes, that one. I looked up the “answer” on google, it took me to snopes. I feel as if a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. Unanswerable questions are the bane of life. This is one less that will torment my soul. ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/2 "2005-03-23T05:25:56Z")
Er… which riddle is that, exactly? [/straightline] ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/3 "2005-03-23T05:53:47Z")
I, too, must inquire as to the identity of this particular riddle. ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/4 "2005-03-23T06:05:09Z")
13? Slee ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/5 "2005-03-23T06:06:49Z")
Not [this one](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_251.html) I hope? ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/6 "2005-03-23T06:24:14Z")
> [@Fern Forest](#): > > Not [this one](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_251.html) I hope? umm… nope. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/7 "2005-03-23T06:56:11Z")
Why is a raven like a writing desk? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/8 "2005-03-23T07:36:16Z")
Does it have to do with [green golf balls](http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=%22green+golf+ball+joke%22&num=20&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&safe=off&sa=N&tab=wg)? ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/9 "2005-03-23T07:44:49Z")
What came first The chicken _or_ the egg? The rooster came first! ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/10 "2005-03-23T07:48:29Z")
Ah crap! should say “what cums first” ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/11 "2005-03-23T15:24:07Z")
How to keep an idiot in suspense? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/12 "2005-03-23T16:52:11Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > umm… nope. :rolleyes: I thought it was that one, too, actually. So what is it? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/13 "2005-03-23T16:53:15Z")
What’s the meaning of life? (Or, alternately, what’s for lunch?) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/14 "2005-03-23T17:46:27Z")
> [@bob fortuna](#): > > What came first > The chicken _or_ the egg? A chicken and an egg are in bed together. The egg says, “Well, I guess that answers that question.” ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/15 "2005-03-23T18:45:21Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > What’s the meaning of life? > > (Or, alternately, what’s for lunch?) [Morpheus] The answers to these are one and the same. [/Morpheus] ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/16 "2005-03-23T18:47:48Z")
Was it the Sphynx riddle? ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/17 "2005-03-23T20:22:14Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > [Morpheus] > The answers to these are one and the same. > [/Morpheus] Corn Beef? ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/18 "2005-03-23T20:34:03Z")
[Animaniacs] Why do hot dogs come in packages of 6 while hot dog buns come in packages of 8? [/Animaniacs] ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/19 "2005-03-23T20:35:34Z")
Whoa, typo. That should be dog in packages of 10, not 6! ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853/20 "2005-03-23T20:38:11Z")
dog **s** :smack: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifes-great-epiphanies-i-looked-up-the-forbidden-riddle/295853.md?page=2)