# Quick! I need a good riddle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201 "2009-01-20T20:22:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/41 "2009-01-22T22:51:26Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > He who makes it does not need it; He who buys it does not want it; He who uses it can neither see nor feel it. > > Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betty and Bess > Went to look for a starling’s nest; > A nest with four eggs in they did find - > They each took one and left three behind. “He who makes it…” - A coffin, casket, funerary urn etc. And “Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betty and Bess…” With the obvious exception of Elizabeth these are all variants/diminutives of the same name - Elizabeth. It’s only onne person known to a number of people a number of ways. ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/42 "2009-01-22T22:58:10Z")
> [@CalD](#): > > You’re lost in the forest, and come across two doors. One leads to freedom, the other leads to certain death. You don’t know which is which. > > There are two trolls near the doors. One troll always lies, the other always tells the truth. You don’t know which is which. You get to ask **one** troll **one** question, and based on the answer, you need to determine which door leads to freedom. > > What question do you ask? I’ve always heard it as two brothers guarding the doorways to Heaven and Hell. The one guarding Hell always lies and the one guarding Heaven is compulsively honest. You get to ask one question; what is it? The answer is “which door would your brother choose?” This answer is predicated on the assumption that each brother would pick a different door. Without this assumption the riddle doesn’t work, For my purposes the door on the left is good and the one on the right is bad. The guy at the left door, knowing his brother wants to go to Hell, says “He would pick the right hand door.” and be telling the truth. The guy at the right door, knowing his brother wants to go to Heaven, would say, “He would choose the right hand door.” and be lying. You then pick the other door. I guess you could also ask, “Which door would you pick?” and then, on rthe same logic, choose the door they agreed on. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/43 "2009-01-22T23:10:53Z")
Johnny’s mother had four children. The first three were named April, May and June. What was the name of the fourth child? (My son’s third grade teacher asked this one. My son waited a full minute before answering to let anyone else get it right.) ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/44 "2009-01-22T23:47:40Z")
What do I have in my pocket? ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/45 "2009-01-22T23:48:25Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > He who makes it does not need it; He who buys it does not want it; He who uses it can neither see nor feel it. A coffin. It’s used in a book I just finished reading. Here’s another from the same scene. He who makes it tells it not He who takes it knows it not And he who knows it wants it not. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/46 "2009-01-22T23:48:40Z")
My husband told me this one today. What’s red and smells like blue paint? red paint ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/47 "2009-01-23T00:39:36Z")
> [@Aghris](#): > > What do I have in my pocket? I’m going to guess: [The Same Thing I Have In Mine 🙂](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10726859&postcount=31) ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/48 "2009-01-23T00:47:52Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I’m going to guess: [The Same Thing I Have In Mine 🙂](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10726859&postcount=31) Gah! And there I was, double checking to see if there was anyone as lame as me! How _you_ doin’? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/49 "2009-01-23T03:24:23Z")
Brothers and sisters have I none, But this mans father is my fathers son As I was going to St Ives I met a man with seven wives Each wife had seven sacks Each sack had seven cats Each cat had seven kits Kits, cats, sacks and wives How many were going to St Ives? Myself One - me ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/50 "2009-01-23T12:28:21Z")
> [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](#): > > Brothers and sisters have I none, > But this mans father is my fathers son > > Myself > One - me With substitution we can solve this. 1. I have no brothers or sisters, Therefore _ **my father’s son** _ is me. Substitute that and now the riddle yields: Brothers and sisters have I none, but this man’s father is me. 1. Since we know he is a man, and we know his father is me, we know _ **this man** _ is my son. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/51 "2009-01-23T12:54:09Z")
I like the imagery of > [@](#): > > In a window she sat weeping, > and with each tear her life went seeping a candle whoot…my first spoiler [/] thingy!! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/52 "2009-01-23T13:43:13Z")
> [@MHaye](#): > > A coffin. > > It’s used in a book I just finished reading. > > Here’s another from the same scene. > > He who makes it tells it not > He who takes it knows it not > And he who knows it wants it not. That’ll be _Dream Park_, the first, then. And your answer is funny money ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201/53 "2009-01-23T17:42:02Z")
> [@cornflakes](#): > > Johnny’s mother had four children. The first three were named April, May and June. What was the name of the fourth child? Johnny [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-i-need-a-good-riddle/482201.md?page=2)