# This riddle is driving me crazy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917 "2009-07-04T19:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/21 "2009-07-05T02:54:30Z")
forsee anywhere ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/22 "2009-07-05T03:11:00Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > forsee anywhere The letters stand for words: example- 26 L of the A = 26 **L** etters of the **A** lphabet ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Violaceous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Miss\_Violaceous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Violaceous)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/23 "2009-07-05T03:17:15Z")
Four Carats in an Engagement Ring ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/24 "2009-07-05T03:45:50Z")
4 Corners in an _Entire_ Rectangle I don’t care if that’s what the original constructor intended or not. It works. Anything to make it go away. ---
**Author:** ![mattomic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@mattomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattomic)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/25 "2009-07-05T04:29:56Z")
Four children in an Episcopalian romance ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/26 "2009-07-05T04:50:28Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Four Corners in an Equilateral Rectangle? (eg, a square) 4 corners in every rectangle ? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/27 "2009-07-05T05:48:01Z")
So what was the answer to that other one? What was that, 14 k in something or other? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/28 "2009-07-05T05:56:39Z")
These pretzels are making me thirsty. Sorry, this just came to mind right now when I saw the thread title. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/29 "2009-07-05T07:44:51Z")
What’s the origin? I Google’d this and so far the only reference in Google, with these exact terms, is in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/30 "2009-07-05T07:59:16Z")
Ha Ha, I Googled it and the only result was _this thread._ I found it hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/31 "2009-07-05T08:32:59Z")
> [@Miss\_Violaceous](#): > > Four Carats in an Engagement Ring This was what I was going to say. (that or 4 Cuties in an Erotic Reverie) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/32 "2009-07-05T16:43:03Z")
4 Corpses in an Emergency Room? Other than that, I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/33 "2009-07-05T17:40:40Z")
Here’s the thing- there’s really no guessing about these things. If you get it right, it’s an AHA! However, usually what happens is that the OP has got the wording very slightly wrong. In this present case, since the OP is fixating on Emergency Room, he very likely changed the “a” to “an” without thinking about it.\*\* Siam Sam\*\*, this is likely why we never got a answer to the other “riddle”- the OP never had a source, and he likely got the “riddle” wrong. In the future, what I think we need is a link or the source for the original. What surprises me is that they almost always have the answer right there. OP- what’s the source and why was there no answer? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/34 "2009-07-05T17:59:13Z")
4 chicks in an eagle’s roost. 4 chops in an emu roast. never mind ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheField](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/35 "2009-07-05T18:01:36Z")
> [@Miss\_Violaceous](#): > > Four Carats in an Engagement Ring wow. i want to hang out with the people you hang out with…! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/36 "2009-07-05T18:31:29Z")
Four chuckwallas in an expanding raisin. Oh, sorry, that’s not an answer; that’s the drugs coming on. What was the question? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/37 "2009-07-05T19:35:40Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Oh nooooooooooooo! ^ This. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/38 "2009-07-05T19:47:11Z")
4 **C** ons **in an E** laborate **R** use ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/39 "2009-07-05T21:06:04Z")
> [@Jerseyman](#): > > In this kind of puzzle, letters are genuine initials: no clever txt spk 4 u Oh. In that case, my vote is for: Four corners in an empty room. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917/40 "2009-07-06T03:21:44Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > However, usually what happens is that the OP has got the wording very slightly wrong. In this present case, since the OP is fixating on Emergency Room, he very likely changed the “a” to “an” without thinking about it.\*\* Siam Sam\*\*, this is likely why we never got a answer to the other “riddle”- the OP never had a source, and he likely got the “riddle” wrong. Although I can’t remember the letters in question now, I know I looked it up back then and found it in lists of similar puzzles. It seems to have stumped everyone universally. Wasn’t it from one of those college-entrance exams? The GRE or something like that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-riddle-is-driving-me-crazy/501917.md?page=3)