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Riddle me this:Fowards I am heavy....[no looking it up]

Posted on 06/06/2018 10:47:46 AM PDT by Bigtigermike

1. Fowards I am heavy, backwards I am not. What am I?

2. What is lighter than a feather but the strongest man in the world can not pick up?

3. A prisoner is told “if you tell a lie we will hang you, if you tell the truth we will shoot you.” What can he say to save himself?

4. (Personal favorite) What is that is too much for one, enough for two, and nothing at all for three?

5. If someone was born August 1 25 BC then died on August 1 25 AD, how are were they when they died?

6. I start going and end up doing, finishing everything and concluded nothing, what am I?

7. What relationship to you is your fathers only brothers wife’s only brother-in-law?

8. Johnny’s mother had three children. First child was named April, the second child was name Mary. What was the third child’s name?

9. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position do you finish?

10. You may enter but you may not come in, I have space but no room. I have keys but open no lock. What am I?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Miscellaneous; The Hobbit Hole
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1 posted on 06/06/2018 10:47:46 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: Bigtigermike

HILLIARY.........................


2 posted on 06/06/2018 10:48:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (When Obama and VJ go to prison for treason, will Roseanne get her show back?...)
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To: Red Badger

Bwahahaha! Close but no cigar...heh!


3 posted on 06/06/2018 10:50:18 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
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>> Fowards I am heavy, backwards I am not. What am I?<<

My ex wife.


4 posted on 06/06/2018 10:54:17 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (robert mueller is an unguided missile)
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To: Bigtigermike

5 = 50
7 = dad
8 = johnny


5 posted on 06/06/2018 10:55:43 AM PDT by WhoisAlanGreenspan?
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To: Bigtigermike

1. A hill?
3. Nothing
5. 51
7. Dad
8. Johnny
9. Uncertain
10. Computer


6 posted on 06/06/2018 10:57:16 AM PDT by EEGator (The best part of freedom of speech is it lets one know who the a-holes are...)
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To: Bigtigermike

i’d guess 10 is a keyboard (or typewriter)


7 posted on 06/06/2018 10:57:22 AM PDT by chrisser
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1) TON


8 posted on 06/06/2018 10:58:28 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Bigtigermike

2. What is lighter than a feather but the strongest man in the world can not pick up?

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I know this one! Your shadow.


9 posted on 06/06/2018 11:02:02 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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1. Ton
2. ?
3. Nothing
4. ?
5. 50
6. ?
7. My father
8. Johnny
9. Second
10. Keyboard


10 posted on 06/06/2018 11:02:52 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: Bigtigermike

5) 49 (there is no year “0”)


11 posted on 06/06/2018 11:03:23 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Bigtigermike

The answer to all ten questions is 42.


12 posted on 06/06/2018 11:03:48 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: Bigtigermike

6) the letter ‘g’


13 posted on 06/06/2018 11:03:53 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: WhoisAlanGreenspan?

5 = 49 years old

25 BC -> 1 AD = 25 yrs (there is no year “0”)

1 AD -> 25 AD = 24 yrs

... I think ...


14 posted on 06/06/2018 11:03:59 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: Bigtigermike

6 g
9 second


15 posted on 06/06/2018 11:04:08 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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8. Johnny’s mother had three children. First child was named April, the second child was name Mary. What was the third child’s name?

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Derp. Gee, I better ask Johnny.


16 posted on 06/06/2018 11:04:53 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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I guessed tons. Less clever but still true?


17 posted on 06/06/2018 11:05:39 AM PDT by ruiner
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To: Bigtigermike

#5 - 50 seems too obvious, but I can’t figure what I’m missing. :P


18 posted on 06/06/2018 11:06:26 AM PDT by MissTed ( Private Tagline - Do Not Read!)
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To: freedumb2003

Thta’s good!!! I like it!!!


19 posted on 06/06/2018 11:06:39 AM PDT by bantam
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To: Bigtigermike

#2: A carbon atom.


20 posted on 06/06/2018 11:14:32 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Get in the Spirit! The Spirit of '76!)
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