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Post by: science_guy on 01/05/2007 16:38:22
how about a game where on this thread, we have people post riddles, and whomever solves that riddle gets a point.  The last person to solve a riddle posts a new one.

scores are kept on your sig, and at the end of the month, the winner gets to keep his/her title on his/her signature of riddle game winner!

Who likes this idea?
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Post by: Hadrian on 01/05/2007 16:39:14
what point?..................... LOL
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Post by: Ben6789 on 01/05/2007 16:40:44
What flys when their on and floats when their off?
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Post by: science_guy on 01/05/2007 16:42:57
one of those floating planes with bouys?
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Post by: Ben6789 on 01/05/2007 16:43:31
nope sorry! [:P]
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Post by: science_guy on 01/05/2007 16:49:01
bath toy planes?
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Post by: Ben6789 on 01/05/2007 16:49:53
nope again!
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Post by: Mirage on 01/05/2007 16:50:24
It's a feather
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Post by: Ben6789 on 01/05/2007 16:51:09
Ding ding ding!

One point for Mirage!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: science_guy on 01/05/2007 16:52:36
Very nice!

I envy your point...
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Post by: science_guy on 01/05/2007 16:52:56
Mirage's turn!
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Post by: Ben6789 on 01/05/2007 16:54:45
go ahead! i'm ready and thinkin!
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Post by: science_guy on 01/05/2007 16:56:34
Quote
go ahead! i'm ready and thinkin!

really? [;D][;)][;D]
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Post by: Mirage on 01/05/2007 16:57:21
Cool   [O8)]

Ok, heres an easy one  [;)]

What can you break with only one word
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Post by: Karen W. on 01/05/2007 16:59:07
A heart!
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Post by: science_guy on 01/05/2007 16:59:19
trust?
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Post by: Mirage on 01/05/2007 17:08:32
Both wrong I'm afraid
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Post by: Karen W. on 01/05/2007 17:15:10
a promise
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Post by: Mirage on 01/05/2007 17:18:43
Afraid not
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Post by: Karen W. on 01/05/2007 17:19:36
HUMMM!
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Post by: Hadrian on 01/05/2007 17:23:03
a fly on a hook
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Post by: Karen W. on 01/05/2007 17:25:52
WHAT.. Got to go.. BYEEEEEE!!
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Post by: Mirage on 01/05/2007 17:38:17
Ummm, still no I'm afraid
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Post by: kdlynn on 01/05/2007 17:45:07
silence?
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Post by: Mirage on 01/05/2007 18:05:44
Quote from: kdlynn on 01/05/2007 17:45:07
silence?

It is indeed silence  [:)]

Tis your turn now  [:)]
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Post by: kdlynn on 01/05/2007 18:27:55
ok i have to think of one. it may be a minute... and it may be dumb...
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Post by: kdlynn on 02/05/2007 02:59:30
ok sorry for those of you not from the us... but this is all i can think of. you have two american coins totaling thirty cents. one of them is not a nickel. what are the two coins...
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Post by: Karen W. on 02/05/2007 03:12:34
The answer is a nickel and a quarter! Because ONLY ONE of them is not a nickel That would be the Quarter!
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Post by: kdlynn on 02/05/2007 04:03:24
exactly!! your turn
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Post by: Karen W. on 02/05/2007 05:08:09
Skip me I am lousy at riddles, I don't know any! LOL and surprised when I catch one...LOL
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Post by: kdlynn on 02/05/2007 06:56:44
took me all day to think of that one. somebody else's turn
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Post by: Karen W. on 02/05/2007 06:58:18
LOL>> wheres Neily or Daniel when you need em!
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Post by: kdlynn on 02/05/2007 06:59:16
really! help guys!
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Post by: Karen W. on 02/05/2007 07:02:35
Ditto!
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Post by: Ben6789 on 02/05/2007 13:18:04
Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me, When I have flown. 

All right, start you brains!
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Post by: Carolyn on 02/05/2007 14:23:09
TIME [;D]
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Post by: moonfire on 02/05/2007 14:51:39
Yep that is it!!  LOL  I am sure of it, right Ben???   [;D]
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Post by: Karen W. on 02/05/2007 15:57:00
Sounds right to me!
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Post by: Mirage on 02/05/2007 16:15:28
Quote from: kdlynn on 02/05/2007 02:59:30
ok sorry for those of you not from the us... but this is all i can think of. you have two american coins totaling thirty cents. one of them is not a nickel. what are the two coins...

LOL that was on scrubs [:)]
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Post by: Karen W. on 02/05/2007 16:16:53
LOL.. Scrubs My kids and them loved that series!
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Post by: Mirage on 02/05/2007 16:27:47
Quote from: Karen W. on 02/05/2007 16:16:53
LOL.. Scrubs My kids and them loved that series!

Scrubs is great, it's definitely my sense of humour
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Post by: Ben6789 on 02/05/2007 16:45:52
Yup it's time. Carolyn's turn.

Drat, they solved that one too easily!
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Post by: Carolyn on 02/05/2007 16:55:39
YAYYYY, I feel so smart now.

OK - here it is:

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
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Post by: Mirage on 02/05/2007 17:15:49
I was thinking water for some reason
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Post by: Karen W. on 02/05/2007 17:25:26
A river?
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Post by: Carolyn on 02/05/2007 18:53:10
Quote from: Karen W. on 02/05/2007 17:25:26
A river?

Right you are - guess it's your turn again.
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Post by: kdlynn on 02/05/2007 18:58:21
yes it was on scrubs! i think it was also on the cosby show... you caught me!
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Post by: Carolyn on 02/05/2007 19:00:35
Quote from: kdlynn on 02/05/2007 18:58:21
yes it was on scrubs! i think it was also on the cosby show... you caught me!

HAHA - I remember it from the Cosby show, but wasn't that WAY before your time?
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Post by: kdlynn on 02/05/2007 19:06:51
NO!! i loved the cosby show! i'm almost twenty four... (2 more months) so i was young when it was on, but it shared the spot for my favorite show with full house. lol
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Post by: Mirage on 02/05/2007 20:24:55
Quote from: Carolyn on 02/05/2007 19:00:35
Quote from: kdlynn on 02/05/2007 18:58:21
yes it was on scrubs! i think it was also on the cosby show... you caught me!

HAHA - I remember it from the Cosby show, but wasn't that WAY before your time?


I remember the Cosby Show. Used to watch it a lot but then went off it in the end  [::)]  [;)]
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Post by: kdlynn on 02/05/2007 20:29:37
did you guys ever watch the spin off? i forget what it was called but it was about the college where denise went...
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Post by: Mirage on 02/05/2007 20:36:02
Can say I did, but as I said I kinda lost interest in the Cosby's  [:-\]
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Post by: Carolyn on 02/05/2007 20:46:35
Quote from: kdlynn on 02/05/2007 20:29:37
did you guys ever watch the spin off? i forget what it was called but it was about the college where denise went...

A Different World. I still see re-runs of it occasionally when I'm channel surfing.
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Post by: kdlynn on 02/05/2007 20:48:21
i can't wait to get cable and flip through the channels... twenty eight more days!
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Post by: Karen W. on 03/05/2007 03:35:57
You guys skip me as I do not know a riddle. I'll be guessing you be posing riddles Deal? LOL Hugs you all..So much..
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Post by: Ben6789 on 03/05/2007 13:21:25
What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

hopefully this one is harder.
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Post by: moonfire on 03/05/2007 13:43:04
Statue of Liberty? Lincoln Memorial?
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Post by: Karen W. on 03/05/2007 15:22:17
I don't know that one..
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Post by: science_guy on 03/05/2007 15:56:17
the statue of liberty faces west, and the earth spins east, so I agree with Lo on her second choice.
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Post by: Carolyn on 03/05/2007 15:57:47
Niagara Falls
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Post by: science_guy on 03/05/2007 15:59:02
AH! of course! that also makes sense!
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Post by: Karen W. on 03/05/2007 16:06:59
None of it makes sense to me.. LOL LOL .. Keep up the good work!  LOL!!
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Post by: Ben6789 on 03/05/2007 16:24:56
Quote from: Carolyn on 03/05/2007 15:57:47
Niagara Falls


 [:o] [:o] [:o] [:o] [:o] [:0] [:0] [:0] [:0]

Drat, your too smart...
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Post by: Karen W. on 03/05/2007 17:03:58
COOL! I would never have guessed..LOL
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Post by: kdlynn on 03/05/2007 17:14:21
wait wait wait.... what? how is it moving backwards?
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Post by: Mirage on 03/05/2007 17:43:13
Quote from: kdlynn on 03/05/2007 17:14:21
wait wait wait.... what? how is it moving backwards?

It's a conspiracy
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Post by: Ben6789 on 03/05/2007 18:02:27
Quote from: kdlynn on 03/05/2007 17:14:21
wait wait wait.... what? how is it moving backwards?


gallons of water pour over it every day, you can imagine how much, and how much erosion that would cause.
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Post by: Carolyn on 03/05/2007 18:45:54
Quote from: Ben6789 on 03/05/2007 16:24:56
Quote from: Carolyn on 03/05/2007 15:57:47
Niagara Falls


 [:o] [:o] [:o] [:o] [:o] [:0] [:0] [:0] [:0]

Drat, your too smart...

LOL - Nah, I just like riddles...One of my girlfriends daughters is a riddle nut.  She emailed this one to me a few weeks ago.

Quote from: kdlynn on 03/05/2007 17:14:21
wait wait wait.... what? how is it moving backwards?

This was the original answer that my friends daughter sent me:

Niagara Falls - The rim is worn down about 2 1/2 feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that move over it every minute..


I'll try to think of a good one in a few minutes.
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Post by: Seany on 03/05/2007 21:49:10
Quote from: science_guy on 01/05/2007 16:38:22
how about a game where on this thread, we have people post riddles, and whomever solves that riddle gets a point.  The last person to solve a riddle posts a new one.

scores are kept on your sig, and at the end of the month, the winner gets to keep his/her title on his/her signature of riddle game winner!

Who likes this idea?

So err.. That title of winning a "riddle" quiz is meant to be a privileged title? [;D]
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Post by: paul.fr on 03/05/2007 22:15:04
Quote from: science_guy on 01/05/2007 16:38:22
how about a game where on this thread, we have people post riddles, and whomever solves that riddle gets a point.  The last person to solve a riddle posts a new one.

scores are kept on your sig, and at the end of the month, the winner gets to keep his/her title on his/her signature of riddle game winner!

Who likes this idea?
the last person to solve the riddle! How do you determine the last person?
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Post by: Seany on 03/05/2007 22:21:38
*Shrugs*
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Post by: Karen W. on 04/05/2007 02:25:12
I do not know riddles, but I like to guess.
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Post by: Carolyn on 04/05/2007 03:19:30
Here ya go:

What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
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Post by: moonfire on 04/05/2007 04:43:47
Me ?  LOL Hey, I am a bad girl...what can I say?
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Post by: Ben6789 on 04/05/2007 13:17:49
Drat, i can't get it. what the heck

Tacos?
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Post by: Karen W. on 04/05/2007 14:56:20
Yes thank..you wheres you cell?
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Post by: Ben6789 on 04/05/2007 14:58:59
I don't think my connections will help..
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Post by: Karen W. on 04/05/2007 15:01:09
OH..Too Bad.. Tacos are great!
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Post by: Ben6789 on 04/05/2007 19:07:44
Anyway, back to the riddle...

Anartica?
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Post by: Carolyn on 04/05/2007 22:24:32
Quote from: moonfire on 04/05/2007 04:43:47
Me ?  LOL Hey, I am a bad girl...what can I say?

LOL...not exactly the answer I'm looking for.
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Post by: Carolyn on 04/05/2007 22:25:33
Quote from: Ben6789 on 04/05/2007 19:07:44
Anyway, back to the riddle...

Anartica?

I'm afraid not.  Keep thinking....you're smart.....you can figure it out!
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Post by: Mirage on 04/05/2007 22:34:18
Moon cheese?
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Post by: Carolyn on 04/05/2007 22:36:06
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Moon cheese?

LOL - no not quite.
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Post by: Seany on 04/05/2007 22:37:42
I've had this one before! It's a STAMP! Heehee
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Post by: Carolyn on 04/05/2007 22:44:53
Quote from: Seany on 04/05/2007 22:37:42
I've had this one before! It's a STAMP! Heehee

YAYYYYYY SEANY!  You got it!
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Post by: Mirage on 04/05/2007 22:46:20
Quote from: Carolyn on 04/05/2007 22:44:53
Quote from: Seany on 04/05/2007 22:37:42
I've had this one before! It's a STAMP! Heehee

YAYYYYYY SEANY!  You got it!

I protest, it's moon cheese, it's in a corner, corner of the universe [;)]
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Post by: Seany on 04/05/2007 22:46:45
Heeheee.. Err.. I don't know any riddles lol! [;D] You go again Carolyn!
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Post by: Carolyn on 04/05/2007 22:48:35
Quote from: Mirage on 04/05/2007 22:46:20
Quote from: Carolyn on 04/05/2007 22:44:53
Quote from: Seany on 04/05/2007 22:37:42
I've had this one before! It's a STAMP! Heehee

YAYYYYYY SEANY!  You got it!

I protest, it's moon cheese, it's in a corner, corner of the universe [;)]

I suppose they taste just about the same....lol
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Post by: Carolyn on 04/05/2007 22:49:34
Quote from: Seany on 04/05/2007 22:46:45
Heeheee.. Err.. I don't know any riddles lol! [;D] You go again Carolyn!

OK - here's an easy one:

What's full of holes but still holds water?
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Post by: Seany on 04/05/2007 22:50:35
.... A sponge..
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Post by: Carolyn on 04/05/2007 22:51:22
I guess you do know some riddles after all! [:D]
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Post by: Seany on 04/05/2007 22:51:48
Nah lol. Sponge was just a common sense! [;)]
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Post by: BenV on 04/05/2007 22:55:40
Evening all. Have you voted in the Microbiology poll yet? it's here. (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=7572.0) It's two pics of agar plates, we want to see which you think is taken from a toilet seat and which from a kitchen...

The answer will be given in the Naked Scientists Microbiology Show we have coming up soon.
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Post by: Carolyn on 04/05/2007 22:56:55
Quote from: BenV on 04/05/2007 22:55:40
Evening all. Have you voted in the Microbiology poll yet? it's here. (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=7572.0) It's two pics of agar plates, we want to see which you think is taken from a toilet seat and which from a kitchen...

I DID!
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Post by: BenV on 04/05/2007 22:58:28
Glad to hear it. I'm hoping to be able to introduce more elements to the forum that are then  directly related to the show, so this is a bit of a test run.
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Post by: moonfire on 05/05/2007 05:23:27
Quote from: Carolyn on 04/05/2007 22:24:32
Quote from: moonfire on 04/05/2007 04:43:47
Me ?  LOL Hey, I am a bad girl...what can I say?

LOL...not exactly the answer I'm looking for.

Well, right now I am in a corner...hmmphhhh!
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Post by: moonfire on 05/05/2007 05:26:25
I voted, it is a democratic process afterall!  LOL