Water? Evaporates when Sunny. Comes down in the storm. Dew overnight?
Black mold
No. Try again!
LOL! No.
I was thinking it might be
anesthesia
But sadly that’s 10 letters. Am I along the right lines though?
If I’m right about the lateral thinking, then I think
novocaine
should be acceptable. Good riddle! Though your timing was slightly off - should have posted it at 1430.
You got it!
“novocaine” is a number??
I’m confused.
-“BB”-
Who got what???
It makes you numb.
You go into the doctor’s or dentist’s office and they mask you for anesthesia, asking you to count backward from 100. That’s the number reference, why you’re thinking of a number.
Dead_Cat said 1430. That=230PM. What time should you go see the dentist? 230=tooth hurty.
That’s got to be one of the worst jokes I ever heard. You should be ashamed of yourself.
-“BB”-
Well, it’s not really a joke, just a play on words. Commonly used in cryptic crosswords, which was probably why I eventually got it.
Also a nice example of a riddle that only works written down, not in spoken form (in most dialects, anyway - I think. I pronounce the “b” in “number” when referring to 1, 2, 3 etc, but would not pronounce it when describing an anaesthetic).
What comes up from the floor?
A person steps into the elevator and pushes a button. Before the door closes another person steps into the elevator, pushes a different button and says “Hello”…then they both get off on the same floor when the elevator stops.
Explain.
Czarcasm wrote:
A person steps into the elevator and pushes a button. Before the door closes another person steps into the elevator, pushes a different button and says “Hello”…then they both get off on the same floor when the elevator stops.
Explain.
Well, one explanation could be that the first person gets on the elevator and presses the “open door” button, holding the door open for a colleague. The second person is the colleague; he gets on the elevator and greets the first person, then pushes the button for the floor on which the two of them work. Once they arrive at that floor, they both get off together.
-“BB”-
That is one possible solution…but in this case, the “OPEN DOOR” button was not pushed.
First person is short, lives on a floor they can’t quite reach the button for, and so pushes the highest reachable button with a sigh while figuring to walk up stairs the rest of the way. Second person is tall, lives on the same floor, and pushes the desired button.
Two normal sized people.
The opposite explanation would be that the first person presses the “close door” button, but the second person makes it in time anyway — and says “hello” in whichever tone of voice would make for the most interesting story — followed by the two of them riding to the same floor in awkward silence.