# The Riddleist

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-riddleist/613537>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 21, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-riddleist/613537 "2012-02-21T17:01:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-riddleist/613537/1 "2012-02-21T17:01:30Z")

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Yesterday a guy walked up to me on the street and had a proposition for me. He was quite the character. He was missing all of his upper teeth except the front two, making him look a little like Bugs Bunny.

He asked that if he could correctly guess where I got my shoes, what state I was born in, and how many children my father had, would that be worth a couple of dollars to me.

I gave him a dollar.

What were his guesses?

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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-riddleist/613537/2 "2012-02-21T17:13:16Z")

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I’ll say: On your feet, naked, and none, your mother had them.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-riddleist/613537/3 "2012-02-21T17:15:17Z")

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> [@Wheelz](#):
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> I’ll say: On your feet, naked, and none, your mother had them.

Two out of three! That’s not what he said for the middle one.

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**Author:** ![Nauplius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nauplius/32/51_2.png) [@Nauplius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nauplius)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-riddleist/613537/4 "2012-02-21T17:22:53Z")

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Was the middle one a state of confusion?

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-riddleist/613537/5 "2012-02-21T17:30:34Z")

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Nope.

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**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:** [February 21, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-riddleist/613537/6 "2012-02-21T17:47:34Z")

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state of unconsciousness?

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-riddleist/613537/7 "2012-02-21T18:13:11Z")

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> [@TruCelt](#):
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> state of unconsciousness?

Nope. It’s more about age than state of mind.

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**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-riddleist/613537/8 "2012-02-21T20:28:30Z")

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An infant state?

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-riddleist/613537/9 "2012-02-21T21:28:04Z")

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> [@Chessic\_Sense](#):
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> An infant state?

State of infancy is what he said. Close enough!