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Dave W.
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 Posted - 08/13/2005 : 21:54:08 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by dv82matt
I think it's supposed to be a tautology. Why is the sky blue? Because it reflects the sea. Why is the sea blue? Because it reflects the sky. It seems kind of random though, so maybe I'm not getting it either.
Perhaps the real answer to the riddle is "Sandra Bullock," as that is the example tautology she utters in the movie 28 Days. |
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Ricky
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H. Humbert
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Posted - 08/13/2005 : 21:59:57 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
Ah, I see it now. But I wouldn't call that much of a riddle.
I agree. I don't really see how it's a riddle at all. Neither is "What is the difference between a duck?" Difference between a duck and what? Maybe we're just supposed to notice that they aren't riddles and that's the riddle.
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Ricky
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Dave W.
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Posted - 08/13/2005 : 22:25:13 [Permalink]
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Some riddles don't work well in text, like "what begins with T, ends with T, and is full of T?" (answer: a teapot, which means the final T should have been "tea," and the riddle only works due to their phonetic similarities), and maybe this is an example of that. I don't know, I'm just guessing at why this riddle hasn't really gone over well.
On the other hand, the teapot riddle is an example of a riddle which doesn't really contain all the information needed to provide an answer - it depends on how you hear the Ts (or "teas").
One of my favorite riddles to make a point with (as is done in the movie from which I learned it): what can you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with? |
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Boron10
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Posted - 08/14/2005 : 09:56:49 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
what can you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?
Your hands? |
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Ricky
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H. Humbert
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Posted - 08/14/2005 : 10:26:37 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
One of my favorite riddles to make a point with (as is done in the movie from which I learned it): what can you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?
A toothbrush.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie |
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Dave W.
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dv82matt
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Posted - 08/14/2005 : 10:48:04 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dry_vby
What is the difference between a duck?
One of its legs are both the same.
Find a familiar phrase, saying or name in this arrangement of letters.
watch
watch
SOMEONE
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H. Humbert
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Posted - 08/14/2005 : 10:56:55 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
No and no.
What??? I was positive that was the correct answer. You can sit on and sleep on a toothbrush, there just isn't much point to it.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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beskeptigal
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Posted - 08/14/2005 : 11:48:17 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
what can you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?
water |
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dv82matt
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Posted - 08/14/2005 : 11:49:45 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
what can you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?
A chair, a bed and a toothbrush.
Nowhere is it mentioned that the answer must be only one thing. |
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Dry_vby
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 08/14/2005 : 15:13:39 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by dv82matt
quote:
Originally posted by Dry_vby
What is the difference between a duck?
One of its legs are both the same.
Find a familiar phrase, saying or name in this arrangement of letters.
watch
watch
SOMEONE
Someone too watch over me.
Where does it say riddles have to make sense:
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/taylor/topics/grypuzzle.htm
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Dave W.
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Posted - 08/14/2005 : 15:17:46 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by dv82matt
quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
what can you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?
A chair, a bed and a toothbrush.
Bingo.quote:
Nowhere is it mentioned that the answer must be only one thing.
And as mentioned in the movie, sometimes the answer is so simple it's overlooked. |
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