# RIDDLES DO NOT BELONG IN GENERAL QUESTIONS. THEY BELONG IN MPSIMS. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 17, 2000, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddles-do-not-belong-in-general-questions-they-belong-in-mpsims/25898 "2000-07-17T21:47:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jayron\_32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jayron\_32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayron_32)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddles-do-not-belong-in-general-questions-they-belong-in-mpsims/25898/1 "2000-07-17T21:47:26Z")
Damn it. Sorry for the caps, but what is with this rash of riddles that has been appearing in GQ lately? I mean, come on… General Questions is for people to post a question that they are unsure of the answer to. It is not the place to post some hackneyed old riddle for others to solve. If you know the answer IT DOESN’T BELONG IN GQ. No more lying trolls. No more kings and hats. No more CRAPPY RIDDLES. If you must post them, put them in MPSIMS, where they will at best die a slow death, and stop filling GQ up with this crap. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddles-do-not-belong-in-general-questions-they-belong-in-mpsims/25898/2 "2000-07-17T21:58:36Z")
Oh nooooo they don’t!! I’m a resident of MPSIMS and I don’t want that trash in _my backyard!_ ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddles-do-not-belong-in-general-questions-they-belong-in-mpsims/25898/3 "2000-07-17T22:38:11Z")
They belong right here in the pit, so I can tell their authors exactly how I feel about them. ---
**Author:** ![Threll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@Threll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threll)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddles-do-not-belong-in-general-questions-they-belong-in-mpsims/25898/4 "2000-07-17T23:48:15Z")
How about no riddles any where? ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddles-do-not-belong-in-general-questions-they-belong-in-mpsims/25898/5 "2000-07-18T00:27:41Z")
There is always IMHO. (Just don’t tell Slythe I sent them ! 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddles-do-not-belong-in-general-questions-they-belong-in-mpsims/25898/6 "2000-07-18T00:33:28Z")
Yes, yes, I vote for IMHO!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddles-do-not-belong-in-general-questions-they-belong-in-mpsims/25898/7 "2000-07-18T06:31:20Z")
In defense of riddles, the physics riddles generally illustrate some major concept of high school freshman physics that a person is genuinely attempting to understand due to their counterintuitive nature, and these questions do not typically bring down the IQ required to understand the other posts. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddles-do-not-belong-in-general-questions-they-belong-in-mpsims/25898/8 "2000-07-18T07:45:01Z")
> [@](#): > > RIDDLES DO NOT BELONG IN GENERAL QUESTIONS. THEY BELONG IN MPSIMS. Shouldn’t that have been written, “I do not belong in General Questions. I belong in MPSIMS. What am I?” ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddles-do-not-belong-in-general-questions-they-belong-in-mpsims/25898/9 "2000-07-18T16:09:12Z")
I propose a new forum :Stuff we don’t care about. I’d put the riddles there and The gry word question and any rumours about celebrity’s who have inserted things where they don’t naturally go (that includes implants as well as animals) My 2 cents: Keith ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddles-do-not-belong-in-general-questions-they-belong-in-mpsims/25898/10 "2000-07-18T17:49:56Z")
God, it’s just like junior high. “Riddles can’t play four square with us! Riddles doesn’t belong on the monkey bars.” Well if that’s the way you feel, I’ll just be in the corner. ::mwwwwaaaahahhaaahaaa:: ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2000, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddles-do-not-belong-in-general-questions-they-belong-in-mpsims/25898/11 "2000-07-18T18:06:33Z")
Geez, Riddles, did they pick you last to play in General Questions _again_? Maybe if you didn’t throw like such a _girl_. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddles-do-not-belong-in-general-questions-they-belong-in-mpsims/25898/12 "2000-07-19T09:33:51Z")
All I know is I’d prefer SwimmingRiddles on my team ANY day. 'Cept Thursday. That’s when we play Quake. Unless you’re any good at Quake… are you?