I would have never have gotten that.

There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

Wrappings
Wrapping
Rapping
Raping
Aping (Actual word, I checked it out.)
Ping
Pin
In
I

wtf, I got Startling

Startling
Starting
Staring
String
Sting
Sing
Sin
In
I

Startling - starting - staring - string - sting - sing - sin - in - I. I know where you get these riddles now..

Elba's riddles? Where?

isnt this suppose to be in sandbox?

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art33772.asp

I don't consider it spam, though. Well, perhaps it may be considered a game... but.. I don't know. If this is supposed to tickle our noodles, then I wouldn't want this thread to be wasted away in the Sandbox.

"Tickle our noodles".

west.

it doesn't matter if roosters don't lay eggs.

you said one did.

Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives $5 to the bellboy to return. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to share among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totalling $27. The bellboy has $2, totalling $29. Where is the remaining dollar?

There is no remaining dollar.

25 for the hotel
2 for the bellboy
3 for the customers

Okay guys, no cheating. If you can't get the riddle, let someone else tickle their brain and try to get it.

This one may be easy because I actually got it without having to look at the answer.

A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis:
The Wife said she was sleeping.
The Cook was cooking breakfast.
The Gardener was picking vegetables.
The Maid was getting the mail.
The Butler was cleaning the closet.

The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know?

Was the rooster biogenetically engineered? Because they don't lay eggs...

maid.

tis easy. too many riddles try to play off that. no mail or banks on sundays.

so here's one from me:

Richard was an unimposing man, brown hair, average height. He was never one for excitement, so it suprised everyone when he said he wanted to be a police officer. Now it was Richard's first day as a police officer, and already things were hectic. There had been a drive by shooting, and the mayor had been hurt. The police found the car, and not far from it, two crooks. "they looked like a comedy duo, one dude's so tall and the other's so short" remarked one of the officers at the scene. The two men had already been led away in squad cars. "they won't say which one was driving and which one was shooting. They didn't leave any fingerprints- both had gloves on. " Richard was glad he hadn't been there earlier. All that he had to do was clean up the scene. Forensics had already been over it.
"the keys are still in the car", said the officer "so you can just drive it back to the evidence lot." Richard got in the blue car, bent the rearview mirror down, and started driving. It was starting to get quiet, so Richard turned on the radio. It started playing a beach boys tape. Soon he was drumming his fingers on the wheel as he drove. Being a police officer wasn't that bad. Time passed so quickly he was at the station before he knew it. As the impound officer drove the car into the lot, Richard had an epiphany. He rushed into the station said "i know which one was driving!"

how did richard know? (and who was it?)

poor thing.

it was the wife .

what "said" , coud have or could not happen , what "was" , really happened .

it was richard himself .

notice how he didnt show up in the crime scene .

notice how his mood changed once he turned on the radio and started driving .

notice how many co-workers wouldnt believe he would be a cop . notice how he loses his excitement .

^^I'd have to say it was the tall guy driving cuz Richard had to bend the rear view mirror down. Richard's only average height. There's no sense in a short guy driving with his rear view mirror pointing higher than he can see it.

Woo hoo, I got the last one.

Okay, here's another:

Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, a hobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts that he finds. Today, he has collected 25 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke?

Please explain how you got your answer.

5?
Because 25 divided by 5 is 5..
I think im wrong lol.

Yeah, that's incorrect.

But really think about it. Read the riddle thoroughly.

So he smoked 6. SInce there will be 5 butts left he can make another cigar. So it will be 6 cigars?

Please tell me im write.

Yes, you got it!