# Riddle Me This

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 8, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772 "2019-03-08T15:47:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/1 "2019-03-08T15:47:53Z")

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What do you get when you cross a riddle with a rhetorical question?

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**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/2 "2019-03-08T16:02:18Z")

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Who’s on first?

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**Author:** ![Jamiedarke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@Jamiedarke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamiedarke)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/3 "2019-03-08T17:55:05Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> What do you get when you cross a riddle with a rhetorical question?

Maybe a rhetoriddle?

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/4 "2019-03-08T18:55:08Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> What do you get when you cross a riddle with a rhetorical question?

Are you really expecting an answer to is this question or are you just trying to make some kind of point?

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/5 "2019-03-08T19:19:33Z")

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> [@74westy](#):
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> Are you really expecting an answer to is this question or are you just trying to make some kind of point?

Well played:D

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/6 "2019-03-08T19:21:50Z")

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> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#):
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> Well played:D

Indeed.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/7 "2019-03-08T19:36:50Z")

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They throw one cigarette overboard and make the boat a cigarette lighter.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/8 "2019-03-08T19:38:14Z")

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You get the sound of one hand clapping.

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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/9 "2019-03-08T20:12:37Z")

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"What do you get when you cross a riddle with a rhetorical question? "  
A riddleiculous answer.

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/10 "2019-03-08T20:22:29Z")

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“How many rhetorical questions does it take to change a light bulb?”

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/11 "2019-03-08T21:14:19Z")

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Does it really make sound if no one’s there to hear it?

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**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/12 "2019-03-08T21:19:55Z")

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A non-sequitur.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/13 "2019-03-08T22:43:47Z")

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Pitted.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/14 "2019-03-08T23:31:38Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> What do you get when you cross a riddle with a rhetorical question?

Exactly.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/15 "2019-03-09T00:27:11Z")

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Knock-knock.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/16 "2019-03-09T00:58:40Z")

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What knockers.

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**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/17 "2019-03-09T03:28:47Z")

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A raven and a writing-desk?

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/18 "2019-03-10T03:41:33Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> What do you get when you cross a riddle with a rhetorical question?

What do YOU get?

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/19 "2019-03-10T04:08:48Z")

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No soap. Radio.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/20 "2019-03-10T04:24:26Z")

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One of its legs are both the same.

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