# Riddle Me This **URL:** \ **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:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2019, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/21 "2019-03-10T04:47:56Z")
The question to 42 Well, techically 41.999999999… Altightalteady quit shovin’ geez I know where the door is. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/22 "2019-03-11T00:51:50Z")
a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma… ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/23 "2019-03-11T01:44:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What do you get when you cross a riddle with a rhetorical question? What if there were no rhetorical questions? ---
**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 11, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/24 "2019-03-11T01:44:44Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma… …,baked for 30 minutes at 375 degrees and served with a béarnaise sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/25 "2019-03-11T02:36:07Z")
A brick! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/26 "2019-03-11T04:30:00Z")
A dubiety. ---
**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 11, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/27 "2019-03-11T17:56:45Z")
The aristocrats. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/28 "2019-03-11T18:27:42Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma… … smothered in secret sauce. (Thank you for that one, Jimmy James.) ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/29 "2019-03-11T19:17:16Z")
Is this some kind of bust? ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/30 "2019-03-12T16:54:23Z")
You get a joke that you don’t expect anyone to laugh at. ---
**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 12, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/31 "2019-03-12T17:18:08Z")
The story behind the OP: I received a “Fact Or Crap” Page-A-Day desk calendar as a Christmas present(Example-“Fleas that live on cats jump higher than fleas that live on dogs”), and when I got to the page for 3-8-19 I found a Post-It Note with “What do you get when you cross a riddle with a rhetorical question?” stuck to the front of the page. Someone at the factory had stuck it in there before it was shrinkwrapped, boxed and shipped. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/32 "2019-03-13T21:06:21Z")
You get a riddle that cannot be correctly answered by answering. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/33 "2019-03-13T21:50:26Z")
I remember my friend handed me one of his college textbooks with the impressive title, “Guide to Rhetorical Criticism”. I leafed through the first couple of chapters, turned to him, and said, “You REALLY think this crap is worth reading, don’t you?” ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/34 "2019-03-15T23:32:09Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What do you get when you cross a riddle with a rhetorical question? The opener for your second Toastmasters speech (?) –G! ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772/35 "2019-03-16T00:42:41Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What do you get when you cross a riddle with a rhetorical question? A zen koan? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/830772.md?page=1)