Riddle me this (7)

[ajoytoy]

last day for riddles for me, unless i get a bunch of requests to continue this thread

only about 5-7 people have answered, so i assuming the rest of ya'll dont care...

thx for the space


heres riddle #1:

There are four brothers in this world that were all born together. The first runs and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good.

 

[thisisbad]

MY friend came up with this answer

Water, Fire, Earth, and wind

I saw continue it only if it's fun for you, i know having to keep coming back and check on the thread can be time consuming.

Thanks for the great fun, it's appreciated man. (and it makes my brain hurt )

 

[Senor Capper]

I have one

I have one

Some people like me
and want me to stay
Others despise me
and say that I'm gay

I'm loud and I bash
my wallet grows thinner
go opposite of me
when I give you a winner


WHO AM I ????

 

[thisisbad]

beantownjim

anyone have anymore of those ones where you actually have to figure out the correct steps, i.e the one where you had to get teh chicken seed and fox across the river?

 

[ajoytoy]

beantownjim

anyone have anymore of those ones where you actually have to figure out the correct steps, i.e the one where you had to get teh chicken seed and fox across the river?

thx tib....this is nothing compared to your bases POD thread

i dont mind it at all...jsut wanted to make sure people were enjoying it


here's one for you:

You have 9 tennis balls and 4 shopping bags. Can you put all the balls in the bags to that there is an odd number of balls in each bag? - each bag must contain 1,3,4,7, or 9 balls

 

[DJTranks]

Toy -

I like this thread ,keep it going!!!!!!!!!

You have to put the bags inside another - Put 3 balls in the bags and the 4th one in a seperate bag??

 

[ajoytoy]

Toy -

I like this thread ,keep it going!!!!!!!!!

You have to put the bags inside another - Put 3 balls in the bags and the 4th one in a seperate bag??

looks close to me

heres what they had:
To do this, you have to put at least one bag inside of another. You could put 3 balls in each of 3 bags, and then one of those bags inside the 4th bag. There are several options which will meet the requirement of odd number of balls and using all 4 bags as long as at least 1 bag is inside another.

 

[ajoytoy]

heres the next one:

Aunt Mary takes fruit, cake, and cookies for her picnic. She has three boxes for them - one is labeled COOKIES, one is labeled CAKE and one is labeled FRUIT. Aunt Mary likes to fool everyone so she has put every single thing in the wrong box. At the picnic, she tells everyone that the FRUIT is not in the CAKE box. Where is the cake?

 

[DJTranks]

AHHH surpised I got it, IM not good at those math ones!!

 

[billiam2005]

The FRUIT is in the COOKIES box.
The CAKE is in the FRUIT box.
The COOKIES are in the CAKE box.

 

[billiam2005]

Three men checked into a hotel room for which they paid $30 all together. The next day, the manager realized that the men had been overcharged. She gave the bellhop $5 to return to the three men. On the way to their room the bellhop decided to keep $2 for himself, and give each of the three men one dollar. The three men had now paid $9 each, or a total of $27. This plus the $2 the bellhop kept makes a total of $29. What happened to the other dollar?

 

[ajoytoy]

Three men checked into a hotel room for which they paid $30 all together. The next day, the manager realized that the men had been overcharged. She gave the bellhop $5 to return to the three men. On the way to their room the bellhop decided to keep $2 for himself, and give each of the three men one dollar. The three men had now paid $9 each, or a total of $27. This plus the $2 the bellhop kept makes a total of $29. What happened to the other dollar?

well done B...i know this one, only because i got the last one from the same section....

will let others give the answer

 

[DJTranks]

they tiped the bellhop?

 

[KotysDad]

Since you are all bettors, thought you might like to try this one.

First, A won from B as much as A had originally.
Next, B won from C as much as B then had left.
Finally, C won from A as much as C had left.

We ended up having equal amounts of money.
I began with 50 cents.

Which of the 3 (A, B, or C) am I? and how much did we all start with?

 

[Senor Capper]

The rooms cost 25 bones a night.

Dudes paid 27 bones

Bellman snaked 2 bones

Dudes got 3 bones back.

25 bones
3 bones
2 bones
----
30 bones

 

[ajoytoy]

The rooms cost 25 bones a night.

Dudes paid 27 bones

Bellman snaked 2 bones

Dudes got 3 bones back.

25 bones
3 bones
2 bones
----
30 bones

The cost of the room was $27 minus $2, or $25. The missing $1 comes from adding $27 and $2 and getting the misleading figure of $29.

 

[ajoytoy]

Tillie went shopping and was happy to get 12% off on her purchases. Her sister went shopping the next day and was disappointed to get only 6% off her purchases and in dismay, went to the store manager and expressed her distress over not getting as big a sale as her sister Tillie. The manager felt sorry for her and said, "Give me your bill and I'll take another 6% off!" The sister agreed to this and went home happy. Which sister got the better deal - or did they get an equal discount?

 

[KotysDad]

12% off is slightly better than 6% on top of 6% on discounts.
Now if you are talking interest added, then 6% added to 6% is slightly better than 12%

 

[ajoytoy]

12% off is slightly better than 6% on top of 6% on discounts.
Now if you are talking interest added, then 6% added to 6% is slightly better than 12%

GJ KD

next one: (will be back in a hour)


Four members of a band are walking to a night concert. They decide to take a shortcut, but must cross a bridge. Luckily they have one flashlight. Because of the varying size of their instruments, it takes each member a different amount of time to cross the bridge - it takes the first person one minute, the second person two minutes, the third person five minutes and the fourth person ten minutes. They must cross the bridge in pairs, travelling at the slower speed so if the one minute person went with the ten minute person, it would take a total of ten minutes. Since there is only one flashlight, one person must come back across the bridge, then another pair can cross. They only have 17 minutes to cross the bridge and still get to the concert on time. What order should they cross to get everyone across and get to the concert?

 

[homedog]

KotysDad,

KotysDad,

You are B and everyone ended up with 40 cents.

Algebra has been awhile back.