# Solve this Riddle!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solve-this-riddle/213508>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 16, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solve-this-riddle/213508 "2003-11-16T04:16:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solve-this-riddle/213508/61 "2003-11-18T06:35:25Z")

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The third word is **gry**.

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**Author:** ![HDS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@HDS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HDS)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solve-this-riddle/213508/62 "2003-11-18T14:17:12Z")

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Poe wrote on both.

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**Author:** ![Beastal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Beastal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastal)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solve-this-riddle/213508/63 "2003-11-18T14:34:38Z")

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You ask the trolls “If I were to ask you which door leads to freedom, how would you respond?”.

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solve-this-riddle/213508/64 "2003-11-18T15:01:47Z")

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Finally, LAPD arrives with a bear who is saying, “OK, I’m a rabbit.”

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**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solve-this-riddle/213508/65 "2003-11-18T15:33:04Z")

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I don’t think that last one’s a riddle, but I’m dying to hear the setup.  
A human being.

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**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solve-this-riddle/213508/66 "2003-11-18T17:13:10Z")

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String!!

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**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solve-this-riddle/213508/67 "2003-11-18T17:37:17Z")

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May 33rd?

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**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solve-this-riddle/213508/68 "2003-11-19T06:18:11Z")

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Yeah, but only on leap year.

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solve-this-riddle/213508/69 "2003-11-19T08:19:40Z")

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The shavings were from the dead midget’s cane. And it was a suicide.

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**Author:** ![UselessGit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/74df32/32.png) [@UselessGit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UselessGit)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solve-this-riddle/213508/70 "2003-11-19T15:15:22Z")

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The neighbour’s breakfast only ached every fifth wednesday in August. You people have officially made me three minutes dumber. Thanks a lot.

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**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solve-this-riddle/213508/71 "2003-11-19T15:25:41Z")

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The tradition was to rub its nose. And no, I didn’t expect a bronze statue to talk.

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solve-this-riddle/213508/72 "2003-11-19T17:18:35Z")

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> \*Originally posted by MonkeyMensch \*  
> \*\*The shavings were from the dead midget’s cane. And it was a suicide. \*\*

I was told (and subsequently tell it) “A man is found dead in a room with a cane.”

But I like yours better.

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