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Solve this riddle

Gregg2 said:
Yeah. Rice cakes aren't cake. They're more like fat crackers. And many cheese cakes are more like pies.

cake |kāk|
noun
an item of soft, sweet food made from a mixture of flour, shortening, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and often decorated

There's no flour in either of the above.
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They are called cake. It doesnt matter.
anjinhamarota said:
Does it matter? They're still called "cake" and that's the whole point.
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Agreed.
 
fivetoadsloth said:
'e'
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Yep. Its alot easier to spot in print than it is in speech... but i wont rob you of your glory... ;)
anjinhamarota said:
Ohhh, good one.
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Me or him? Ill try and think of some more (and by "think" i mean search the internet).... :rolleyes:

-Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?

-I can be found where anything cannot; dead men eat me all the time, but if a living man eats me, he'll die.
What am I?
 
Mousse said:
The boat is a WWII era U-boat?;)



Nothing
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Nope. ;) Try not to think too hard.

You guys are gooooodddd!

Please dont just look it up on the Internet; thats no fun.

Heres another one. I figured it out so it shouldnt be too hard . :rolleyes:

-Take one out and scratch my head,
I am now black but once was red.
What am I ?
 
A guy died with a shot to the head in a room that is completely featureless except for a closed window and a broken pencil on the floor.

The glass is intact, and there are no fingerprints or footprints (no one entered or left the room).

How was the man shot?


You are in a completely closed and featureless metallic dome. The only items with you is a baseball and a bat.

How do you get out?
 
anjinhamarota said:
Both, you for posting it and him for figuring it out. :)
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Ok. Thanks.
ravenvii said:
A guy died with a shot to the head in a room that is completely featureless except for a closed window and a broken pencil on the floor.

The glass is intact, and there are no fingerprints or footprints (no one entered or left the room).

How was the man shot?
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Im no good at solving them just listing them! ;)
 
liamkp said:
Nope. ;)

-Take one out and scratch my head,
I am now black but once was red.
What am I ?
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When posting answers, please quote the original riddle so we don't have to figure out which one you are answering. Like this one: you are a match.

liamkp said:
-I can be found where anything cannot; dead men eat me all the time, but if a living man eats me, he'll die.
What am I?
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Its really not nothing? I thought I heard this one before....

ravenvii said:
A guy died with a shot to the head in a room that is completely featureless except for a closed window and a broken pencil on the floor.

The glass is intact, and there are no fingerprints or footprints (no one entered or left the room).

How was the man shot?

?
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Suicide?
 
stevensteven123 said:
-Take one out and scratch my head,
I am now black but once was red.
What am I ?

you are a match.
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I was gonna say "a tick" but then I realized it was backwards. They once were black but become red after sucking blood from your scalp.

A guy died with a shot to the head in a room that is completely featureless except for a closed window and a broken pencil on the floor.

The glass is intact, and there are no fingerprints or footprints (no one entered or left the room).

How was the man shot?
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Through the previously open window.

Scenario 1:
The pencil was used to prop the window open. The man was looking out the window, facing the pencil. The bullet came through the window, hit the pencil (breaking it), and hit the man in the head. The window fell closed.

Scenario 2:
The man was holding the window open by hand, with the pencil in his teeth. The bullet came through the window, hit the pencil (breaking it), and killing the man. The window fell closed and the pencil pieces scattered.


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ravenvii said:
You are in a completely closed and featureless metallic dome. The only items with you is a baseball and a bat.

How do you get out?
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Three strikes and you're out.
 
chown33 said:
Scenario 1:
The pencil was used to prop the window open. The man was looking out the window, facing the pencil. The bullet came through the window, hit the pencil (breaking it), and hit the man in the head. The window fell closed.

Scenario 2:
The man was holding the window open by hand, with the pencil in his teeth. The bullet came through the window, hit the pencil (breaking it), and killing the man. The window fell closed and the pencil pieces scattered.
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Youre good at solving riddles! Even if those arent the answer thats a really good guess.

But do you think you can figure mine out?
KingSleaze said:
The letter 'e'.
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Yep.

stevensteven123 said:
Its really not nothing? I thought I heard this one before....
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Oh. Im sorry. Yah it was nothing, i was saying nope to his other answer.
 
chown33 said:
I was gonna say "a tick" but then I realized it was backwards. They once were black but become red after sucking blood from your scalp.


Through the previously open window.

Scenario 1:
The pencil was used to prop the window open. The man was looking out the window, facing the pencil. The bullet came through the window, hit the pencil (breaking it), and hit the man in the head. The window fell closed.

Scenario 2:
The man was holding the window open by hand, with the pencil in his teeth. The bullet came through the window, hit the pencil (breaking it), and killing the man. The window fell closed and the pencil pieces scattered.


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Three strikes and you're out.
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LOL, correct on the first one on the first riddle and correct on the second riddle!
 
Did you ever see the Office episode when Dwight kept trying to stump Jim with riddles and they were the oldest, childish riddles ever so Jim kept answering them before Dwight was even finished?

D: I have 30 cents and two coins...
J: A nickel.
D: I'm a surgeon..
J: Cause you're his mother.

Etc etc.
 
liamkp said:
How does he do it?
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I'm a software engineer. Figuring out possible causes from limited pieces of evidence is a necessary job skill. We call it "debugging".

I also used a problem-solving technique on the "baseball and bat" one: read it backwards. Not literally every word backwards, but read the conditions or constraints in reverse order. So given "How do you get out with a baseball and bat", then "three strikes" is the obvious wordplay, ignoring the "metallic dome" contrivance.

-Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?
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Plausible reasons:
1. The four men were divers, wearing dry suits.
2. The four men were dead, and sealed in waterproof coffins.
3. Ziploc storage bags! Keeps moisture out, and freshness in!
4. It's a dry lake bed.
 
-Four men were in a boat on the lake. The boat turns over, and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake, yet not a single man got wet! Why?
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The boat has water-proof/sealed doors, so when the boat sank they went down with it, but stayed inside a water-tight part of the boat?
 
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