# Odd Riddle...is there an answer? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 13, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033 "2008-12-13T19:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/1 "2008-12-13T19:16:08Z")
The Clinton’s all live in the same room, they all look the same. In order to get them around, they have a basket. How do you get them all in the basket? Hint: The Father of Physics ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/2 "2008-12-14T08:36:53Z")
Q. How do you get an elephant into a Safeway shopping bag? A. You take the “S” out of “Safe,” and the “f” out of “way.” You: There _ **is no** _ f in way! Me: That’s right! Seriously, **TheVioletCreep** , I like riddles, and I tried to figure it out, but I just can’t get my head around what is being asked. I think for a riddle to be effective, there has to at least be the impression of a clear question being asked, even though it is almost always a misimpression, by design. “In order to get them around, they have a basket.” I’m not sure what that means. Why do they need something to get them around? **Are they round?** It _is_ true in my experience that those with baskets often get around, snerk. Hmmm, Galileo. Centrifugal force? I got nothin’. Oh. And there’s no apostrophe in **Clintons**. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/3 "2008-12-14T08:52:28Z")
**This** : **"Odd Riddle…is there an answer?"** Had me shaking in my boots!!!:eek::eek::eek: 😉 Don’t **scare** me like that!!! Q ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/4 "2008-12-14T16:40:39Z")
I’m with **Quasimodem**. I thought this thread was going to involve a raven and a writing-desk. ---
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/5 "2008-12-14T17:13:50Z")
Hah, not at all, sorry for the confusion and ambiguity, and horrid apostrophe. Sent to me by a friend, I hadn’t the slightest how to approach it, I figured someone here could give me some sort of opening. around is to mean, travel, transportation. What is being asked, I’m guessing, is how they can all get into the basket? (fit perhaps?) This riddle-giver is not at all being helpful in the least. O.o ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/6 "2008-12-14T17:22:30Z")
Are they humans, or some kind of animal? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/7 "2008-12-14T17:28:45Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > I’m with **Quasimodem**. I thought this thread was going to involve a raven and a writing-desk. I thought it was going to involve 14 k of g… ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/8 "2008-12-14T17:31:31Z")
Since generally baskets as transportation involves going to hell, and the Clintons are named by name, I’m suspecting it’s a political joke. No clue, though. As it’s probably not flattering to the Clintons, maybe the Freepers would be a better resource. ---
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/9 "2008-12-14T17:48:32Z")
I’m thinking humans… though they all looks the same… could be an animal. Once again, nothing is being relinquished! 😮 ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/10 "2008-12-14T17:55:36Z")
Yeesh… _still_ harshing on the Clintons? Could anything be more passe? Wait, wait! They are eggs! You don’t put all your eggs in one basket! ---
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/11 "2008-12-14T17:59:54Z")
What in the name of god does that have to do with Galileo Galilei or Thanes? (hint: father of physics) Although…it does make sense… ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/12 "2008-12-14T18:14:07Z")
You put them there, that’s how. ---
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/13 "2008-12-14T18:15:35Z")
Seems too simple ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/14 "2008-12-14T18:41:08Z")
[Here’s an incomplete list of the various “fathers” physics has had.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathers_of_scientific_fields#Physics_and_Astronomy) The first name that came to my mind when I saw the clue was Isaac Newton, so I’ll guess that you newt 'em. You newt 'em into the basket. How else would you get such similar-looking people into a basket? ---
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/15 "2008-12-14T18:48:24Z")
Define newt. ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/16 "2008-12-14T20:00:07Z")
Well, when I type “define:newt” into Google, this is the first definition that comes up: > [@](#): > > “an ewt” became “a newt.” Ultimately, the word can be traced back to Old English efete (sometimes spelled “eft”). To me, this looks more like an etymology than a definition, but who am I to question Google? So there’s your answer. It doesn’t really make any sense, but neither did the question. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/17 "2008-12-14T20:11:29Z")
‘Around’ could also mean anagram. I’ve tried running ‘Clintons’ through a program, but came up with nothing useful. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/18 "2008-12-14T20:45:22Z")
Why does a newt when it spins? ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/19 "2008-12-14T22:44:39Z")
> [@TheVioletCreep](#): > > The Clinton’s all live in the same room, they all look the same. In order to get them around, they have a basket. How do you get them all in the basket? You don’t. Don’t put all your dregs in one basket. (Clinton bashing?) Are you sure you copied the first line correctly, or are you just paraphrasing? Is the bad grammar part of the riddle? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033/20 "2008-12-14T22:48:06Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > I’m with **Quasimodem**. I thought this thread was going to involve a raven and a writing-desk. Much, \*\*much \*\* worse than that, **Ben**! It’s the reason I hate riddles in the first place, and I think that’s enough said. Anyone who knows me well, will tell you that’s true! :eek:☹ Quasi [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-riddle-is-there-an-answer/477033.md?page=2)