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Riddles

Well, we were missing such a thread after all...

1.Round as an apple,
Deep as a cup,
All the Bitter Sea,
Can't fill it up.

2. . Flat as a leaf,
Round as a ring,
Has two eyes,
But can't see a thing

3. With this one thing alone,
you will have defeated
even the strongest foe.

4. You can count on them,
though some would rather curse them.
You can speak dear to them,
though well all know 'tis just in vain.

5. A man leaves his home. He turns right, and then left three times and returns home. There is a man in a mask waiting for him.

What's going on?

6. A man leaves his house in a car and passes the bank, where he receives a cash amount. He makes for the local jail, where he visits. He stops at a hotel and pays the owner.

What's going on?

7. You will invite him into your house,
Yet you know him not.
Once you get to know him,
This thing he will no longer be.
 
err to be frank i knew the answer beforehand. so i'll still leave you the chance to solve it

Ans 5
A baseball player. he leaves 'home' and traverses the diamond to come back.
 
ah - lovely riddles...feels like home.

Answers to 1-4

1 - a well. (wasn't this a rhyme by mother goose?)
2 - button
3 - victory?
4 - dice (possibly also 'family')

5,6 and 7 already answered

Mxx
 
All correct thus far except no 1

Feel free to chip in with others everyone

8. A precious gift, this,
Yet it has no end or beginning,
And in the middle, nothing.

9. After the final fire,
the winds will blow.
And these, which are already dead,
will cover the ones who have
yet to die.

10. He gets short when he gets old.
He goes out then it gets cold.

11.This wondrous thing, though not
an herb, can help comfort the weak
and the dying. It can even be used to
rally the troops, or make one start
laughing or crying.
 
Surprised the first one isn't a well...shall be interested to find out your answer.

the rest...

8 - ring
9 - ashes
10 - burning candle
11 - hmm - could be many things. song?

not sure on that last one.

Mxx
 
This one's easier...

What's greater than god; more evil than the devil; the poor have it; the rich want it; and if you eat it you will die...?

A suspension of disbelief is required for the 'god' and 'devil' parts...
 
Yep. It's a good riddle, but lot's of people have heard of it...

Did you know that when it has been asked to 8-12 year olds, it is answered correctly within 30 seconds...
 
I read that somewhere. Kids are smarter than sophisticated adults in many ways. Life's simpler for them. I wish I could learn how to be simple again.
 
Ou Be Low hoo said:
Yep. It's a good riddle, but lot's of people have heard of it...

Did you know that when it has been asked to 8-12 year olds, it is answered correctly within 30 seconds...

And a room full of executives couldn't figure it out at all....
 
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