HARD RIDDLES Options

[Azn Kid from NY]

post some really hard riddles, heres mine:

a detective found a dead man sitting at his desk with a gun in his hand, and a tape recorder was on his desk...the detective came in and picked up the tape recorder and pressed the play button...he heard "i am sick of my life. i have no purpose to live" and then a gunshot.

the detective instantly knew it was murder, not suicide. how?

[DaTru KataLYST]

moved to [humor]

[*Solipsist*]

It's a riddle. It's not meant to be funny, Jeff.

- Solipsist

[Just_Dream]

It's not a joke, it's a riddle. A certain someone said " riddles are supposed to boggle your mind." So yea it doesn't really belong in the Humor...

MOVED TO LOUNGE.

If you feel as if this should be in Forum games or somehwere else, feel free to move it back. But this is just my take on this thread.

[lovescream]

Because he's psychic.

[DaTru KataLYST]

i thot riddles were half jokes.


::ditzy::

[queen]

the detective didn't have to press rewind, so someone (the murderer) rewinded the tape ;x k next? ;X

[vanish]

post some really hard riddles, heres mine:

a detective found a dead man sitting at his desk with a gun in his hand, and a tape recorder was on his desk...the detective came in and picked up the tape recorder and pressed the play button...he heard "i am sick of my life. i have no purpose to live" and then a gunshot.

the detective instantly knew it was murder, not suicide. how?

because if he heard the gunshot, then the tape recorder would have still been running when the detective came in. and it wasn't rewinded.

[LiLEthiopian]

because the murderer was still there..?

[DaTru KataLYST]

Ok we solved that one.

Next one:

WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?!!

show your work

[queen]

er that's more of a joke than a riddle ;o

[Azn Kid from NY]

ooohhh we have some cocky people in here....haha i suspect cheating, but...whatever.......heres another one....

the man who makes it, has no need of it
the man who buys it, buys it not for himself
the man who uses it, is not aware of it

[lovescream]

It's another man.

[queen]

the man who makes it, has no need of it
the man who buys it, buys it not for himself
the man who uses it, is not aware of it

a coffin ';o

k i'll post one up:

We can lift you up, and help your day.
Sarcastically taken we can go either way.
Short as a whole, lengthy in the middle.
Six letter word brings laughter to this riddle.

what am i?

[Azn Kid from NY]

i suck at these rhyming riddles......

edit: the answer is sleep

edit2: damn thats 5 letters...lol

[to-devastate]

SMILES !
okay; here's mine..

Okay.. so a bridge can only hold 10 pounds max. And a car is 10 pounds. So one day, the car was going on the bridge, until right at the middle of the bridge, the car stopped and a bird flew over and pooped on the car. How come the bridge didn't collapse?

[i_screwed_bam]

the detective didn't have to press rewind, so someone (the murderer) rewinded the tape ;x      k next? ;X

damnit she said what iwas going to say



seriously... who throughs a cupcake?

[sweetdreamsx3]

I don't get what you're trying to say.

"Who throughs a cupcake?"

[blackbow]

Okay.. so a bridge can only hold 10 pounds max. And a car is 10 pounds. So one day, the car was going on the bridge, until right at the middle of the bridge, the car stopped and a bird flew over and pooped on the car. How come the bridge didn't collapse?

uhh, the amount of gasoline it used to go to the middle of the bridge weighed the same as the bird poop?

[lilphoenix]

Okay.. so a bridge can only hold 10 pounds max. And a car is 10 pounds. So one day, the car was going on the bridge, until right at the middle of the bridge, the car stopped and a bird flew over and pooped on the car. How come the bridge didn't collapse?

It wasn't the Golden Bridge. Haha. Kiddin'...


Ooo... I got one.

Not strong material, but let's just try.


I'm thinking of a word and when two additional letters are added to it, it's even shorter than the original word.

What word am I thinking of?

[Levy2k6]

that's easy.. short.. lol

[whomps]

Er I don't know if I'm saying this right.. but..

What 5 letter word can have its last 4 letters removed and still sound the same?

[sheepy]

bcus who pressed stop if he was dead? the tape will just keep on recording?

[sheepy]

bcus who pressed stop if he was dead? the tape will just keep on recording?

[sheepy]

edit//
agh. im so sorry about that ><

[queen]

ok dudes ;o can we all read the posts before posting? people totally skipped the bridge riddle and re-answered the first riddle -_-.

i'm still thinking about the bridge one so yah give me time rofl.

[the_crox]

L O S T

[Wishful_Dream]

i'm too stupid to understand any of this.. why are you guys so smart?

[lilxroxy]

>< so hard...5 letter word...

[killua]

hm.. i cant think of the answers.. but here a stupid one my chinese teacher told me long time ago =P

okay so the detective goes in a room and sees a person lying dead.. above his head on the floor is a large peice of tofu lying in a puddle of water.. how did the dude die?

[MasterNe0]

Water was frozen. I guess he hang himself or jump or something and turned on the heat until the ice melted.

I think you told the riddle wrong it it similar to this other riddle with the same kind of answer.


Here one:
A man lives on the 50th floor. When returning home, this man takes the elevator to the 20th floor and walk the rest of the way up by stairs. Other nights, he would take the elevator straight up to the 50th floor.
Why does he do this??

[Mireh]

hm.. i cant think of the answers.. but here a stupid one my chinese teacher told me long time ago =P

okay so the detective goes in a room and sees a person lying dead.. above his head on the floor is a large peice of tofu lying in a puddle of water.. how did the dude die?

he stood on a block of ice...or somthing of that sort

[miss barnes]

ohh these are all hard to me
have no idea

[*autumn.*]

Water was frozen. I guess he hang himself or jump or something and turned on the heat until the ice melted.

I think you told the riddle wrong it it similar to this other riddle with the same kind of answer.
Here one:
A man lives on the 50th floor. When returning home, this man takes the elevator to the 20th floor and walk the rest of the way up by stairs. Other nights, he would take the elevator straight up to the 50th floor.
Why does he do this??

he's too short to push the 50th floor button when hes alone in an elevator.

[shortiiex]

SMILES ! 
okay; here's mine..

Okay.. so a bridge can only hold 10 pounds max. And a car is 10 pounds. So one day, the car was going on the bridge, until right at the middle of the bridge, the car stopped and a bird flew over and pooped on the car. How come the bridge didn't collapse?

um...the collasping part is up ahead?

[lovescream]

SMILES ! 
okay; here's mine..

Okay.. so a bridge can only hold 10 pounds max. And a car is 10 pounds. So one day, the car was going on the bridge, until right at the middle of the bridge, the car stopped and a bird flew over and pooped on the car. How come the bridge didn't collapse?

The poop weighs nothing.

[*x____duckii*]

The poop weighs nothing.

Same thing I had in mind.

Here's one:
Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof?

[CUTEBUNNY160]

how fun..heres one
what can you hear but not see and only speaks when its spoken to?

[aznxdreamer]

SMILES ! 
okay; here's mine..

Okay.. so a bridge can only hold 10 pounds max. And a car is 10 pounds. So one day, the car was going on the bridge, until right at the middle of the bridge, the car stopped and a bird flew over and pooped on the car. How come the bridge didn't collapse?

possible solutions mive come up with:
1) you never said that the bridge would collapse if there were more than ten pounds.
2) the bridge would have already collapsed right when the car went on it because there has to be a person in there and im sure that they dont weigh nothing.
3) is it the same bridge that can only hold 10 pounds..hmm...
4) they might have reconstruced the bridge to make it hold more weight.
5) the bridge can only hold more than ten pounds on week days. the car was coming home from work.
6) poop weighs nothing??
7) im just ranting now.

[*lolita kitty*]

Same thing I had in mind.

Here's one:
Who is it that rows quickly with four oars but never comes out from under his own roof?

um. noah?

[xx silhouetted]

how fun..heres one
what can you hear but not see and only speaks when its spoken to?

your conscience? lol?

-- Ivy

[swtchangel]

how fun..heres one
what can you hear but not see and only speaks when its spoken to?

your echo

[Dan821821]

I got riddles for you.

1) There was a metal cabin on the side of a mountain. (with windows)
People miles away know that everyone inside the cabin are dead.

How did the people inside the cabin die?

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2) WHO AM I:
I am round, HARD, And i have a head...
(dont think grose)

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3) What object has keys that open no locks, has space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?

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4) Where is the center of gravity?

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5) Has a mouth but does not speak, has a bed but never sleeps: what is it?

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6) What table has no legs?

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I found this 1 online.


7) You have been zapped into this room by means unknown. There are two doors on one side of the room, there are two computers. It even seems they are each guarding a door.
There are two signs, and a leper in the room with you.
The first sign reads:
"Behind one door is God realization. Behind the other door is a room painted entirely green. The only things in that room are a man and a ladder, both of which are painted entirely green. The man has been hired by the coalition of Gangsta Rappers to hurl a non-stop barrage of insults at anyone who enters the room. " (end sign 1)
The second sign sits between the two computers (also the two doors) and reads as follows:
"One of these computers is programmed to lie to you regardless of how friendly you are to the user interface, the other computer is programmed to tell the truth, regardless of your emotional state."
It is about this time that the gangrenous leper begins to speak "I get you deal on phone time $.08 minutes weekdays all odd hours. $.10 on Thursday except the hour between 2:00 and 3:00, or any registered birthday . . . "
He begins to - quite slowly - lurch towards you, he's already reaching out towards you, you get the sense he's a "touchy-feely" sorta person. You quickly calculate you have time to ask one computer one question before he reaches you. The riddle before you is this: What question do you ask, and to which computer do you pose your question? Remember, you don't know whether the computer's answer will be a lie, and you've got to figure out which door to go out.

U can get 2 hints just ask.

[Dan821821]

8) During WWII, there was a bridge connecting Germany and Switzerland, and on the German side, there was a sentry tower with a guard in it. He would come out every three minutes to check on the bridge, and he had orders to turn back anyone who tried to get into Germany, and shoot anyone trying to escape without a pass. There was a woman who desperately needed to get into Switzerland, and she knew s/When the sentry went into the tower, she would start to cross into Switzerland, and when he came he didn't have time to get a pass. It would take her at least six minutes to cross the bridge, but she managed to do it. How?

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9) At a local bar, three friends, Mr. Green, Mr. Red and Mr. Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit. "Have you noticed," said the man the blue suit, "that although our suits have colors corresponding to our names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches our own names?" Mr. Red looked at the other two and said, "You're absolutely correct."

What color suit is each man wearing?
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If there is to many just ask me to stop for a bit.

[*mona lisa*]

lol this might be old, but what has eyes that cannot see?

[Teesa]

^umm, could be a few things:
1.) needle
2.) hurricane
3.) blind people

[sammehmyst]

post some really hard riddles, heres mine:

a detective found a dead man sitting at his desk with a gun in his hand, and a tape recorder was on his desk...the detective came in and picked up the tape recorder and pressed the play button...he heard "i am sick of my life. i have no purpose to live" and then a gunshot.

the detective instantly knew it was murder, not suicide. how?

:l the recording wouldn't be right where you started it, so the murderer dude rewinded it.

[after5hock]

err. iduno the answers but u guys STOP POSTING NEW RIDDLES... answer the one be4 first.. im lost

[*mona lisa*]

^umm, could be a few things:
1.) needle
2.) hurricane
3.) blind people

i'm not sure about the needle an dblind people, but the hurricane is a good choice. i never thought of that.
but the answer was a potato.

[Levy2k6]

:l the recording wouldn't be right where you started it, so the murderer dude rewinded it.

that was a pretty good one..

[BrooKie]

I got riddles for you.

What object has keys that open no locks, has space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?

the keys on the keyboard.

Here's one: Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.

[*salcha*]

^ gry itself?

At a local bar, three friends, Mr. Green, Mr. Red and Mr. Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit. "Have you noticed," said the man the blue suit, "that although our suits have colors corresponding to our names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches our own names?" Mr. Red looked at the other two and said, "You're absolutely correct."

What color suit is each man wearing?

that one's hard..i want to know the answer/

[crazeegirl411]

During WWII, there was a bridge connecting Germany and Switzerland, and on the German side, there was a sentry tower with a guard in it. He would come out every three minutes to check on the bridge, and he had orders to turn back anyone who tried to get into Germany, and shoot anyone trying to escape without a pass. There was a woman who desperately needed to get into Switzerland, and she knew s/When the sentry went into the tower, she would start to cross into Switzerland, and when he came he didn't have time to get a pass. It would take her at least six minutes to cross the bridge, but she managed to do it. How?

The woman walked starting in Germany for three minutes, and when they guard came, she turned around. The guard would think she was coming from Switzerland to Germany, so the guard would tell her to "go back." She "goes back"...but she is in reality coming from Germany to Switzerland.

At a local bar, three friends, Mr. Green, Mr. Red and Mr. Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit. "Have you noticed," said the man the blue suit, "that although our suits have colors corresponding to our names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches our own names?" Mr. Red looked at the other two and said, "You're absolutely correct."

What color suit is each man wearing?

Mr. Red- green suit
Mr. Green- blue suit
Mr Blue- red suit

If the man in the blue suit was talking, and then Mr. Red was agreeing, then Mr. Red would not being wearing a blue suit or red suit, since they are not wearing what their last names are. That leaves Mr. Red with a green suit. The rest is easy, because Mr. Blue cannot wear a blue suit, so Mr. Green has to be the one wearing the blue suit. Mr. Blue is left with the red suit.

[Dan821821]

ok you guys got most of my riddles.now try to get the 1st one.

1) There was a metal cabin on the side of a mountain. (with windows)
People miles away know that everyone inside the cabin are dead.

How did the people inside the cabin die?

[sadevilsoldier]

2)   WHO AM I:
I am round, HARD, And i have a head...
(dont think grose)

a coin....

[BrooKie]

^ gry itself?

nope

[i::heart::newyor...]

Here's one: Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.

words.. you said what is the third word.. not what is the third word ending in -gry

[glit_gal]

the keys on the keyboard.

Here's one: Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.

isn't this the riddle that doesn't have a definite answer?

[clumsin3ss]

Here's one: Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.

language..?

[rememberme]

a tree falls. How did it fall?

you'll never know

[Dan821821]

Ur correct its a coin (quarter). Now why dont you figure out my first riddle.

[avalon*]

5)  Has a mouth but does not speak, has a bed but never sleeps: what is it?

a river

[hollesther]

ok here's my riddle:
What has four eyes,can run but not walk, and has a big body??
(answer on bottom)
















Mississippi river

[*basick*]

the detective didn't have to press rewind, so someone (the murderer) rewinded the tape ;x      k next? ;X

but then couldnt the dude that commited suicide first recorded the message, rewinded it, and shot himself?

[dahalfkoreanstyl]

omg, too many riddles on the same topic, too confusing

A man lives on the 50th floor. When returning home, this man takes the elevator to the 20th floor and walk the rest of the way up by stairs. Other nights, he would take the elevator straight up to the 50th floor.
Why does he do this??

this guy only goes to the 20th floor cuz he's too short to reach the button for the 50th floor, the only reason why he gets there on some days is because it rains, on rainy days he has an umbrella to use to hit the button

7) You have been zapped into this room by means unknown. There are two doors on one side of the room, there are two computers. It even seems they are each guarding a door.
There are two signs, and a leper in the room with you.
The first sign reads:
"Behind one door is God realization. Behind the other door is a room painted entirely green. The only things in that room are a man and a ladder, both of which are painted entirely green. The man has been hired by the coalition of Gangsta Rappers to hurl a non-stop barrage of insults at anyone who enters the room. " (end sign 1)
The second sign sits between the two computers (also the two doors) and reads as follows:
"One of these computers is programmed to lie to you regardless of how friendly you are to the user interface, the other computer is programmed to tell the truth, regardless of your emotional state."
It is about this time that the gangrenous leper begins to speak "I get you deal on phone time $.08 minutes weekdays all odd hours. $.10 on Thursday except the hour between 2:00 and 3:00, or any registered birthday . . . "
He begins to - quite slowly - lurch towards you, he's already reaching out towards you, you get the sense he's a "touchy-feely" sorta person. You quickly calculate you have time to ask one computer one question before he reaches you. The riddle before you is this: What question do you ask, and to which computer do you pose your question? Remember, you don't know whether the computer's answer will be a lie, and you've got to figure out which door to go out.

i dont know what you ask but you would ask either computer, and at the end of the question you add "...what would the other computer say?" then do opposite of that answer, dont feel like explaining that logic but it works

[Teesa]

but then couldnt the dude that commited suicide first recorded the message, rewinded it, and shot himself?

true..I was just thinking of that. huh.

[delicateATROCiTY]

but then couldnt the dude that commited suicide first recorded the message, rewinded it, and shot himself?

but you can hear a shot on the message. he couldn't have shot himself and then rewinded it.

[KissMe2408]

post some really hard riddles, heres mine:

a detective found a dead man sitting at his desk with a gun in his hand, and a tape recorder was on his desk...the detective came in and picked up the tape recorder and pressed the play button...he heard "i am sick of my life. i have no purpose to live" and then a gunshot.

the detective instantly knew it was murder, not suicide. how?

Becaues if it was a suicide, after the gunshot the tape would of still been playing and wouldn't have already been rewound to the point where he would just have to push play. ooooooooohhhh, we have a sherlock homes in the building lol sike

[ChellyDasWassup]

there was an investigation for a death of a man who was killed on a sunday afternoon. his maid said she was cleaning her gun, his chef was sharpening his knives and his butler was getting the mail... who killed him?

[ChellyDasWassup]

here is another....

what crawls in the morning...has 2 legs in the afternoon...and 3 legs in the evening?

i think thats how it goes o well

[Dan821821]

y dont yall figur out my 1st 1!!!![SIZE=14]

[*mona lisa*]

there was an investigation for a death of a man who was killed on a sunday afternoon. his maid said she was cleaning her gun, his chef was sharpening his knives and his butler was getting the mail... who killed him?

himself? are the bolded words a clue?

y dont yall figur out my 1st 1!!!![SIZE=14]

lol maybe cause no one knows an answer?

[zbrittanyz]

there was an investigation for a death of a man who was killed on a sunday afternoon. his maid said she was cleaning her gun, his chef was sharpening his knives and his butler was getting the mail... who killed him?

The butler. Mail doesn't come on Sunday. Kind of easy.

[The Elf]

Words ending in -GRY... hmm

aggry, a glass bead found buried in the soil of Ghana; anhungry, a word used by Shakespeare to mean "not hungry"; meagry, of meager appearance; podagry, gout in the feet; puggry, an alternate spelling for puggree, a light scarf worn around a hat or helmet to protect one's head from the sun; and gry itself, a word meaning variously "the grunt of a pig,"

also a-hungry, begry, conyngry, higry-pigry, iggry, land-hungry, leather-hungry, man-hungry, mawgry, nangry, skugry, unangry, and yerd-hungry are techincally words.

these are in the oxford dictionary, if u want to check.

[bravodancer04]

post some really hard riddles, heres mine:

a detective found a dead man sitting at his desk with a gun in his hand, and a tape recorder was on his desk...the detective came in and picked up the tape recorder and pressed the play button...he heard "i am sick of my life. i have no purpose to live" and then a gunshot.

the detective instantly knew it was murder, not suicide. how?

because, the tape was stopped after that? and if it was suicide it would have recorded forever. Yeah idk any riddles

[lilxroxy]

language..?

whyy??

[Paradox of Life]

This one is extremely hard:

The thieves spent 6 hours in the home of Ted Duda. At first they searched the house, trying to find where he hid his huge diamond, valued at half a million dollars.
Then they tried beating the information out of him. They fled at dawn, fearing detection.
Fatally hurt, Duda crawled to his desk and typed a note to his partner, John Madden. In a desperate race to type it before he bled to death, he near blindly typed his death note.

It read:

John -- four men tried to make me tell where I had hidden the diamond. At first they looked through the house, raving like madmen. Then, in desperation, the barbarians split open the cat! When all failed, they beat me, but I did not tell. I'm dying. The diamond The diamond is hidden in the vane."

"Duda died this morning," Inspector Winters told Dr. Haledjian. "We have his murderers, but not the diamond."
The inspector handed Haledjian a copy of the death note. "We took down the vane, the weathervane, a cock, but there was nothing inside it," the inspector said, "We're still searching the house."
Haledjian read the note and said, "You also failed to find the body of the cat, but you did find a broken barrel of liquor."
"Why, yes," said the inspector. "The thieves were throrough. They broke the barrel and every bottle in Duda's little wine cellar."
"How many walking sticks did Duda own?"
The inspector looked puzzled. "One."
"It must be hollow," said Haledjian. "You'll find the diamond inside it."

The inspector found the diamond, but how did Haledjian know?

[iheartjohn]

This one is extremely hard:

The thieves spent 6 hours in the home of Ted Duda. At first they searched the house, trying to find where he hid his huge diamond, valued at half a million dollars.
Then they tried beating the information out of him. They fled at dawn, fearing detection.
Fatally hurt, Duda crawled to his desk and typed a note to his partner, John Madden. In a desperate race to type it before he bled to death, he near blindly typed his death note.

It read:

John -- four men tried to make me tell where I had hidden the diamond. At first they looked through the house, raving like madmen. Then, in desperation, the barbarians split open the cat! When all failed, they beat me, but I did not tell. I'm dying. The diamond The diamond is hidden in the vane."

"Duda died this morning," Inspector Winters told Dr. Haledjian. "We have his murderers, but not the diamond."
The inspector handed Haledjian a copy of the death note. "We took down the vane, the weathervane, a cock, but there was nothing inside it," the inspector said, "We're still searching the house."
Haledjian read the note and said, "You also failed to find the body of the cat, but you did find a broken barrel of liquor."
"Why, yes," said the inspector. "The thieves were throrough. They broke the barrel and every bottle in Duda's little wine cellar."
"How many walking sticks did Duda own?"
The inspector looked puzzled. "One."
"It must be hollow," said Haledjian. "You'll find the diamond inside it."

The inspector found the diamond, but how did Haledjian know?

When he was typing, Duda hit the V key, instead of the C key. (They're next to each other.)


*shrug*

[Paradox of Life]

When he was typing, Duda hit the V key, instead of the C key. (They're next to each other.)
*shrug*

Whoa, you're a smart one. I could never have figured that out (until I looked at the answers).

The 6 foot 4, 240-pound body of Earl Moon lay on the tile veranda amid a welter of shattered glass. Dr. Haledjian studied the left side of Moon's jaw, which was bruised outside and bloody inside from a cut caused by two broken teeth. The bruise on the back of the head showed where Moon was struck tiles. The back of the dead man's sports jacket was stitched with glass splinter.
"Apparently somebody punched Moon awfully hard on the side of the jaw," mused Haledjian, "Moon was thrown backward and he crashed through the sliding glass door. Falling, he struck his head on the veranda tiles and died of a broken neck."
"That confirms the account, we have from Buster Epps, a neighbor," said Inspector Winters.
Epps moved from behind the inspector and stared in disbelief at the body. He still seemed in a state of shock.
"I was tending my roses about half an hour ago when I noticed Moon and a stranger standing near this glass door. The stranger was not quite as tall as Moon, but just as broad. And he handled himself like a professional boxer. They seemed to be quarreling, but the door was shut and I couldn't overhear distinctly," continued Epps. "Suddenly, Moon swung his fist. The stranger sidestepped expertly and hooked a left to Moon's jaw. Moon went crashing through the glass. He struck his head -- I could hear the crack! The stranger fled immediately. I called the police when I couldn't overtake him."
"Now now, Mr. Epps," said Haledjian, "Suppose you tell us what really happened."

Why didn't Haledjian believe Epps?

[pshaa.shauna]

Uhm...because the guy said that the suspect fled immediatley, but then said that he called the police when he couldn't overtake him? And if he flew immediatley, there wouldn't any time to actually try to overtake him?

[oneandonlytammie]

Water was frozen. I guess he hang himself or jump or something and turned on the heat until the ice melted.

I think you told the riddle wrong it it similar to this other riddle with the same kind of answer.
Here one:
A man lives on the 50th floor. When returning home, this man takes the elevator to the 20th floor and walk the rest of the way up by stairs. Other nights, he would take the elevator straight up to the 50th floor.
Why does he do this??

Because he is very short and the days he uses the elevator it is raining. He has an umbrella so that he can reach the buttons.

[b0st0ngrl]

The 6 foot 4, 240-pound body of Earl Moon lay on the tile veranda amid a welter of shattered glass. Dr. Haledjian studied the left side of Moon's jaw, which was bruised outside and bloody inside from a cut caused by two broken teeth. The bruise on the back of the head showed where Moon was struck tiles. The back of the dead man's sports jacket was stitched with glass splinter.
"Apparently somebody punched Moon awfully hard on the side of the jaw," mused Haledjian, "Moon was thrown backward and he crashed through the sliding glass door. Falling, he struck his head on the veranda tiles and died of a broken neck."
"That confirms the account, we have from Buster Epps, a neighbor," said Inspector Winters.
Epps moved from behind the inspector and stared in disbelief at the body. He still seemed in a state of shock.
"I was tending my roses about half an hour ago when I noticed Moon and a stranger standing near this glass door. The stranger was not quite as tall as Moon, but just as broad. And he handled himself like a professional boxer. They seemed to be quarreling, but the door was shut and I couldn't overhear distinctly," continued Epps. "Suddenly, Moon swung his fist. The stranger sidestepped expertly and hooked a left to Moon's jaw. Moon went crashing through the glass. He struck his head -- I could hear the crack! The stranger fled immediately. I called the police when I couldn't overtake him."
"Now now, Mr. Epps," said Haledjian, "Suppose you tell us what really happened."

Why didn't Haledjian believe Epps?

Because he broke his neck, not his head? That's hard..

//edit
OOOH maybe because the other guy wasn't as tall so how would he have been able to punch him in the face..?
Ugh...too much thinking on the weekend (:

[Paradox of Life]

None of you have gotten it. Nice try though.

[JustAnotherTeena...]

The 6 foot 4, 240-pound body of Earl Moon lay on the tile veranda amid a welter of shattered glass. Dr. Haledjian studied the left side of Moon's jaw, which was bruised outside and bloody inside from a cut caused by two broken teeth. The bruise on the back of the head showed where Moon was struck tiles. The back of the dead man's sports jacket was stitched with glass splinter.
"Apparently somebody punched Moon awfully hard on the side of the jaw," mused Haledjian, "Moon was thrown backward and he crashed through the sliding glass door. Falling, he struck his head on the veranda tiles and died of a broken neck."
"That confirms the account, we have from Buster Epps, a neighbor," said Inspector Winters.
Epps moved from behind the inspector and stared in disbelief at the body. He still seemed in a state of shock.
"I was tending my roses about half an hour ago when I noticed Moon and a stranger standing near this glass door. The stranger was not quite as tall as Moon, but just as broad. And he handled himself like a professional boxer. They seemed to be quarreling, but the door was shut and I couldn't overhear distinctly," continued Epps. "Suddenly, Moon swung his fist. The stranger sidestepped expertly and hooked a left to Moon's jaw. Moon went crashing through the glass. He struck his head -- I could hear the crack! The stranger fled immediately. I called the police when I couldn't overtake him."
"Now now, Mr. Epps," said Haledjian, "Suppose you tell us what really happened."

Why didn't Haledjian believe Epps?

Oooh, ohh, I know!! Epps said that the stranger struck Moon with his left hand. The bruise would have been on the right side of Moon's jaw if that were true. But the bruise was on the left side of Moon's face.

[Joss-eh-lime]

a coffin ';o

k i'll post one up:

We can lift you up, and help your day.
Sarcastically taken we can go either way.
Short as a whole, lengthy in the middle.
Six letter word brings laughter to this riddle.

what am i?

dreams?

[Paradox of Life]

Oooh, ohh, I know!! Epps said that the stranger struck Moon with his left hand. But the bruise was on the left side of Moon's face. The bruise would have been on the right side of Moon's jaw if that were true.

YOU GOT IT!

"Bill would have met your train himself, Dr. Haledjian," said Nora Perkins. "But since I was in town, he asked me to pick you up. He wanted more time to prepare the barbecue."
Bill Perkins, however, was past worrying about barbecues when Haledjian and his hostess arrived at the house half and hour later. Nora shrieked. Her husband lay on the lawn, a knife protruding from his chest.
A hasty examination indicated to Haledjian that the killing had occurred about an hour before. He studied the scene.
A half-cooked steak lay above flameless coals banked in a stone barbecue pit. Upon an iron shelf were a tray of condiments and a long-handled knife and fork.
"Who are you?" demanded Haledjian as a young man burst through the woods.
"Ed Magden. My house is about a hundred yards back there. I heard a shriek -- what happened?"
"Where were you an hour ago?" inquired Haledjian.
"Over at the boat yard. I'd just entered my driveway when I heard a shriek," replied Magden. "Here -- what's this?"
Magden pointed to a metallic object partly buried under the coals. WIth a quick stride, he reached the pit, thrust in his hand and pulled out a charred earring.
"Why, it's mine!" gasped Nora. Suddenly her expression hardened, "Ed Magden, you hated Bill. What are you trying to do?"
"You hated him more than anyone," snapped back Magden.
"You hated enough to kill," Haledjian said to --

Which one and why?

[charanjust4yu]

my reply is talking bout the first riddle.. when you get shot then it takes you 15 minutes to die so the dead guy could have rewinded it himself... this could change the solution but i dont know if you all want to get so technical.

[/QUOTE]"Bill would have met your train himself, Dr. Haledjian," said Nora Perkins. "But since I was in town, he asked me to pick you up. He wanted more time to prepare the barbecue."
Bill Perkins, however, was past worrying about barbecues when Haledjian and his hostess arrived at the house half and hour later. Nora shrieked. Her husband lay on the lawn, a knife protruding from his chest.
A hasty examination indicated to Haledjian that the killing had occurred about an hour before. He studied the scene.
A half-cooked steak lay above flameless coals banked in a stone barbecue pit. Upon an iron shelf were a tray of condiments and a long-handled knife and fork.
"Who are you?" demanded Haledjian as a young man burst through the woods.
"Ed Magden. My house is about a hundred yards back there. I heard a shriek -- what happened?"
"Where were you an hour ago?" inquired Haledjian.
"Over at the boat yard. I'd just entered my driveway when I heard a shriek," replied Magden. "Here -- what's this?"
Magden pointed to a metallic object partly buried under the coals. WIth a quick stride, he reached the pit, thrust in his hand and pulled out a charred earring.
"Why, it's mine!" gasped Nora. Suddenly her expression hardened, "Ed Magden, you hated Bill. What are you trying to do?"
"You hated him more than anyone," snapped back Magden.
"You hated enough to kill," Haledjian said to --

Which one and why?

Magden because nora was with dr. haledjian half an hour ago.. and magden was the only one remaining

[pshaa.shauna]

YOU GOT IT!

"Bill would have met your train himself, Dr. Haledjian," said Nora Perkins. "But since I was in town, he asked me to pick you up. He wanted more time to prepare the barbecue."
Bill Perkins, however, was past worrying about barbecues when Haledjian and his hostess arrived at the house half and hour later. Nora shrieked. Her husband lay on the lawn, a knife protruding from his chest.
A hasty examination indicated to Haledjian that the killing had occurred about an hour before. He studied the scene.
A half-cooked steak lay above flameless coals banked in a stone barbecue pit. Upon an iron shelf were a tray of condiments and a long-handled knife and fork.
"Who are you?" demanded Haledjian as a young man burst through the woods.
"Ed Magden. My house is about a hundred yards back there. I heard a shriek -- what happened?"
"Where were you an hour ago?" inquired Haledjian.
"Over at the boat yard. I'd just entered my driveway when I heard a shriek," replied Magden. "Here -- what's this?"
Magden pointed to a metallic object partly buried under the coals. WIth a quick stride, he reached the pit, thrust in his hand and pulled out a charred earring.
"Why, it's mine!" gasped Nora. Suddenly her expression hardened, "Ed Magden, you hated Bill. What are you trying to do?"
"You hated him more than anyone," snapped back Magden.
"You hated enough to kill," Haledjian said to --

Which one and why?

Magden
How else would he see the earing in the coal so quickLY. He was busy talking to Haledjian, and if it was partly buried, the only way he would've known it was there by placing it himself, framing Nora.

(Note: I am so totally guessing, I really have no clue.)

//edit//

my reply is talking bout the first riddle.. when you get shot then it takes you 15 minutes to die so the dead guy could have rewinded it himself...  this could change the solution but i dont know if you all want to get so technical.

He most likely shot himself in the head, which would've killed him instantly, or paralyzed him until he bled to death.

[Ington]

YOU GOT IT!

"Bill would have met your train himself, Dr. Haledjian," said Nora Perkins. "But since I was in town, he asked me to pick you up. He wanted more time to prepare the barbecue."
Bill Perkins, however, was past worrying about barbecues when Haledjian and his hostess arrived at the house half and hour later. Nora shrieked. Her husband lay on the lawn, a knife protruding from his chest.
A hasty examination indicated to Haledjian that the killing had occurred about an hour before. He studied the scene.
A half-cooked steak lay above flameless coals banked in a stone barbecue pit. Upon an iron shelf were a tray of condiments and a long-handled knife and fork.
"Who are you?" demanded Haledjian as a young man burst through the woods.
"Ed Magden. My house is about a hundred yards back there. I heard a shriek -- what happened?"
"Where were you an hour ago?" inquired Haledjian.
"Over at the boat yard. I'd just entered my driveway when I heard a shriek," replied Magden. "Here -- what's this?"
Magden pointed to a metallic object partly buried under the coals. WIth a quick stride, he reached the pit, thrust in his hand and pulled out a charred earring.
"Why, it's mine!" gasped Nora. Suddenly her expression hardened, "Ed Magden, you hated Bill. What are you trying to do?"
"You hated him more than anyone," snapped back Magden.
"You hated enough to kill," Haledjian said to --

Which one and why?

Magden. How would he have heard the shriek from a hundred yards in the woods?

Oh. And Nora and the detective were together half an hour before the killing. She picked him up from the train station.

[*mona lisa*]

"Bill would have met your train himself, Dr. Haledjian," said Nora Perkins. "But since I was in town, he asked me to pick you up. He wanted more time to prepare the barbecue."
Bill Perkins, however, was past worrying about barbecues when Haledjian and his hostess arrived at the house half and hour later. Nora shrieked. Her husband lay on the lawn, a knife protruding from his chest.
A hasty examination indicated to Haledjian that the killing had occurred about an hour before. He studied the scene.
A half-cooked steak lay above flameless coals banked in a stone barbecue pit. Upon an iron shelf were a tray of condiments and a long-handled knife and fork.
"Who are you?" demanded Haledjian as a young man burst through the woods.
"Ed Magden. My house is about a hundred yards back there. I heard a shriek -- what happened?"
"Where were you an hour ago?" inquired Haledjian.
"Over at the boat yard. I'd just entered my driveway when I heard a shriek," replied Magden. "Here -- what's this?"
Magden pointed to a metallic object partly buried under the coals. WIth a quick stride, he reached the pit, thrust in his hand and pulled out a charred earring.
"Why, it's mine!" gasped Nora. Suddenly her expression hardened, "Ed Magden, you hated Bill. What are you trying to do?"
"You hated him more than anyone," snapped back Magden.
"You hated enough to kill," Haledjian said to --

Which one and why?

I'm guessing Magden. He framed Nora Perkins.

[Paradox of Life]

Magden
How else would he see the earing in the coal so quickLY. He was busy talking to Haledjian, and if it was partly buried, the only way he would've known it was there by placing it himself, framing Nora.

(Note: I am so totally guessing, I really have no clue.)

//edit//

He most likely shot himself in the head, which would've killed him instantly, or paralyzed him until he bled to death.

Yeah, close enough. The reason was that there was no way he could've known the coals were safe to put his hand into if he'd just come.

Dr. Evelyn Williams, a London-born New York dentist, was preparing to take a wax impression of the right lower teeth of his patient, Dorothy Hoover. Silently, the door behind him opened. A gloved hand holding an automatic appeared.
Two shots sounded. Miss Hoover slumped over, dead.

--
"We've got a suspect," Inspector Winters told Dr. Haledjian at his office an hour afterward. "The elevator boy took a nervous man to the fifteenth floor -- Dr. Williams has one of six offices on that floor -- a few moments before the shooting. The description fits John 'Torpedo' Burton.
"Burton is out on parole," continued the inspector, "I had him picked up at his rooming house. As far as he knows, I want to question him about a minor parole infraction."
Burton was ushered in and angrily demanded, "What's this all about?"
"Ever hear of Dr. Evelyn Williams?" said the inspector.
"No! Why?"
"Dorothy Hoover was shot to death less than two hours ago as she sat in the chair in Dr. William's office."
"I've been sleeping all afternoon."
"An elevator operator says he took a man answering your description to the fifteenth floor a moment before the shots."
"It wasn't me," snarled Burton indignantly, "I look like a lot of guys. I ain't been near a dentist's office since Sing Sing. This Williams, I bet he never saw me, so what can you prove?"
"Enough," snapped Dr. Haledjian, "to send you to the chair!"

What was the basis of Haledjian's remark?

[Ington]

The title 'Dr.' can be for a male or female.

"This Williams, I bet he never saw me, so what can you prove?"

Also, Evelyn is usually a girls name. However, Burton used 'he', which meant he lied about not knowing him.

That was pretty easy.

[Paradox of Life]

The title 'Dr.' can be for a male or female.
Also, Evelyn is usually a girls name. However, Burton used 'he', which meant he lied about not knowing him.

That was pretty easy.

Ah, you win! ARIEL I THINK I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU.

Here's just a plain ol' riddle.

I have four wings, but I cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I'm always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I?

[JustAnotherTeena...]

I have four wings, but I cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I'm always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I?

A windmill?

[Paradox of Life]

A windmill?

Indeed!

When Inspector Winters slammed on the brakes, Dr. Haledjian would have been pitched through the windshielf had he not been wearing his seat belt.
The reason for the inspector's sudden stop was horribly evident.
A red sports care had come racing around the hairpin turn on the mountain road ahead. Out of control, the car had crashed through the gardrail.
The impact didn't stop the car, but it flung the driver straight up. He seemed to hang in the air a moment before plunging out of sight.
Haledjian and the inspector scrambled down the two hundred-foot precipice.
The driver's body was a shattered mass of broken bones and blood. About one hundred feet beyond, a sports car lay on its side, a total wreck.
"Strange," muttered the inspector, pointing to the seat belt, obviously unused, which lay in the fresh blood that covered the driver's bucket seat.
"I doubt that even a sear belt could have saved his life," said Haledjian.
"I'd better telephone the state police," said the inspector, "It looks like one more traffic fatality for the year. Do you think he fell asleep on the wheel?"
"No," said HAledjian. "He was murdered."

Why murder?

[Ington]

Indeed!
"Strange," muttered the inspector, pointing to the seat belt, obviously unused, which lay in the fresh blood that covered the driver's bucket seat.

Strange indeed. The driver was thrown out of the car before falling. How could blood have possibly gotten onto the seat?

I love you too.

[Paradox of Life]

Strange indeed. The driver was thrown out of the car before falling. How could blood have possibly gotten onto the seat?

I love you too. 

Wow, you're a smart one. And you have a really nice body. Sweet.

"At 8 AM on Monday, March 4, 1968, you were drinking coffee in a rear booth in the Sandwich Shop at the airport?" asked the district attorney.
"I was," answered McCarthy, the murder defendant.
"And you didn't see the man in the booth across the aisle - not five feet from you - stabbed to death!"
"No, I was reading the local morning newspaper."
"The cashier remembers you. You were in an awful hurry. You gave her a half-dollar in payment for a 15-cent check, and you didn't wait for your change."
"I had to catch a plane."
"You were aware of the time, but you didn't notice the man in the next booth was dead - with a knife sticking out of his chest?"
"I might have seen him, but I never looked directly at him."
"You didn't hear him order eggs and coffee?"
"I might have. I don't remember. I was busy reading the New York Stock Exchange listings. I own some shares."
"How long did that take you?"
"A couple of minutes. Then I read the market news. There was a long article forecasting steel prospects for next year. After I finished reading the article, I noticed the time. I had less than two minutes to catch my plane to Los Angeles."
In the rear of the courtroom, Dr. Haledjian leaned over and whispered to Inspector Winters: "If he isn't convicted of murder, he'll draw a stiff sentence for perjury."

How come?

[pshaa.shauna]

Wow, you're a smart one. And you have a really nice body. Sweet.

"At 8 AM on Monday, March 4, 1968, you were drinking coffee in a rear booth in the Sandwich Shop at the airport?" asked the district attorney.
"I was," answered McCarthy, the murder defendant.
"And you didn't see the man in the booth across the aisle - not five feet from you - stabbed to death!"
"No, I was reading the local morning newspaper."
"The cashier remembers you. You were in an awful hurry. You gave her a half-dollar in payment for a 15-cent check, and you didn't wait for your change."
"I had to catch a plane."
"You were aware of the time, but you didn't notice the man in the next booth was dead - with a knife sticking out of his chest?"
"I might have seen him, but I never looked directly at him."
"You didn't hear him order eggs and coffee?"
"I might have. I don't remember. I was busy reading the New York Stock Exchange listings. I own some shares."
"How long did that take you?"
"A couple of minutes. Then I read the market news. There was a long article forecasting steel prospects for next year. After I finished reading the article, I noticed the time. I had less than two minutes to catch my plane to Los Angeles."
In the rear of the courtroom, Dr. Haledjian leaned over and whispered to Inspector Winters: "If he isn't convicted of murder, he'll draw a stiff sentence for perjury."

How come?

Because he lied about not seeing him?

Where do you get these?

[Paradox of Life]

Because he lied about not seeing him?

Where do you get these?

Nope and I bought a book - "Two Minute Mysteries Collection" by Donald J. Sobol () at the book fair. I just type them down. There are two hundred or so in there.

[Ington]

I got it again. :]

You can't get the NYSE on a Monday.