riddles and brain teasers

[templest]

damed15 wrote:

A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if committed.

Suicide.

EDIT: Nevermind, attempted suicide is still not a crime.

[templest]

damed15 wrote:

Here is a riddle for you, If your a fan of a series you'll know this and personally i think its a good riddle.

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.

Hydrogen?

You can't see it, smell it, hear it, or feel it.
You can find it underground.
It's the most abundant element in the universe.
Since air is H20 (Di-Hydrogen Oxide), when you dig a hole, there'll still be air in there, and therefore, hydrogen.
It's everywhere, so when you go somewhere it'll already be there. I don't know about the following after.
Hydrogen Bombs kill life--and--laughter.

[Maverick]

Carbon Monoxide?

[templest]

Maverick wrote:

Carbon Monoxide?

Is there any proof that Caron Monoxide exists anywhere but in earth? Although it does make sense. Hm, I don't know. Damed will have to clear that one up.

[Mazer]

templest wrote:

Since air is H20 (Di-Hydrogen Oxide), when you dig a hole, there'll still be air in there, and therefore, hydrogen.

I don't want to brag about my leet chemistry skillz but...

Anyways,

omg spoiler warning!!! wrote:

Haven't you people read the hobbit? A great story, really.

Solutions in order (as asked by damed15):
Dark
Fish
Mountain
Time

I had to provide the spoiler warning just because I've already given a hint (as has damed15, kind of) of where to get the answers. But yes, those were really good ones.

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What has Four legs at the Morning,
Two in the afternoon,
And three in the evening?

Man (baby crawls on hands and knees, man walks on two feet, old man walks with cane).

[templest]

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This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.

If the answer was really

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time

It wouldn't make sense. (Although I must admit, that's what I thought of, at first glance).

It makes sense for the first one. But wind is the one that grinds stones to 'meal' and 'beats high mountains down'. Moisture 'gnaws iron and bites steel'. And people slay kinds and ruin towns. Not to metion that <it> doesn't really exist to begin with, so how could it cause these things? Either way, although <it> does give it the --span-- large enough for these things to take it's toll, it doesn't necessaraly DO them. Without: Wind, Moisture, and People it doesn't matter how much <it> you have, it wouldn't make a difference.

[Mazer]

If you'd like, I'll help you build a time machine so you can go back and take it up with Tolkien in person, or whoever originally came up with it if that's the case.

[templest]

Coutsos wrote:

If you'd like, I'll help you build a time machine so you can go back and take it up with Tolkien in person, or whoever originally came up with it if that's the case.

Duh! There is no such thing as time! Therefore, time travel is impossible!

[the_short1]

damed15 wrote:

What has a mouth but never speaks,
What has a bed but never sleeps?

the mouth one... thats a Delta of a river..(where is meets an ocean)
the bed one ... thats a river.. (bed)

those are old .. but good..

[Hikaru79]

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And people slay kinds and ruin towns.

Actually, on this count, 'time' works. Kings can die of old age. It doesn't have to involve assassination

[templest]

Hikaru79 wrote:

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And people slay kinds and ruin towns.

Actually, on this count, 'time' works. Kings can die of old age. It doesn't have to involve assassination

What about the "ruins towns" though? :-O. You forgot the keyword "and". It has to do both, not one or the other. Therefor: No.

[damed15]

Tempest i am guessing your good in science but its not very good tord riddles.
Coutsos I am glad at least someone can remember a good riddle from a ok book. I didn't think anyone would get the right answers.

Ohhh ya Tempest time is the answer cause it takes time for anykind of element to do anything and well time is an just an measurement its still a real consept.

The_short1 you are right but just say a river basic as that.

Tempest Says

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What about the "ruins towns" though? :-O. You forgot the keyword "and". It has to do both, not one or the other. Therefor: No.

It Does cause town fall apart as time goes on or we would have tons of old ruins from past civilzations.

[the_short1]

thanks to ian in my physics class for this one.

What gets wetter as it dries ??

[Paul]

Actually, according to physics, time is as real as up or down, its a dimension that is integral in all parts of our lives. For example, the closer you travel to the speed of light, the slower time becomes for you. That is because when you are not travelling through any other dimensions (ie. Staying still), you are using all your velocity to travel through time (at the speed of light), once you get moving, your using part of that velocity to travel through space, and less for time. (kinda like how if you travel from west to east in a straight line, you'll get to the eastern point faster than if you travel angled to to south, sharing your velocity between 2 dimensions). We just don't notice it cause we don't travel anywhere near the speed of light. Its all part of Einstein's special relativity

[Flea]

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What gets wetter as it dries ??

towel!