Three more for your enjoyment 1) An Arab sheikh is old and must will his fortune to one of his two sons. He makes a proposition. His two sons will ride their camels in a race, and whichever camel crosses the finish line last will win the fortune for its owner. During the race, the two brothers wander aimlessly for days, neither willing to cross the finish line. In desperation, they ask a wise man for advice. He tells them something; then the brothers leap onto their camels and charge toward the finish line. What did the wise man say? 2) Here is a well-known English word. Can you work out what it is? E10100010001000UNI100ATXN 3) A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed 5 consecutive days and left on Friday. How could this be? ------------------ "Repression never did me any harm (I finally ceased to include "stop masturbating" as one of my guilt ridden New Year's resolutions, but that's a different topic)." Achebe - programmer by day, Mrs Palmers Husband by night
3. The horse's name is Friday. Was someone watching Little Big League? ------------------ "Of course, thats just my opinion, I could be wrong" -- Dennis Miller [This message has been edited by Hydra (edited April 23, 2001).]
This is actually a really great riddle. I know the answer and encourage everyone to think for a few minutes on this one. It's one of my favorite "Aha" riddles, where you get this great mental rush when you figure it out. Or at least I did. dylan ------------------
The brothers jumped on each others camels... I mean they didn't get on "their" camel they got on the other brother's camel. The proposition was the "owner of the losing camel" would win the fortune. ------------------ DREAMer's Rocket Page
I already know the answer to the 2nd one, so I won't say, but in my opinion it's mentally the least rewarding of the 3. I agree with dylan that the 1st one is a very good riddle. ------------------ Yugo grills, Yugo mills, Check out the oil my Yugo spills...
haha. That's the answer to the wrong riddle. The answer he's looking for requires the knowledge of another number system. ...but i'm telling ya, you'll be pissed when you find out the answer. Not because it's easy, but because it's dorky. ------------------ Yugo grills, Yugo mills, Check out the oil my Yugo spills...
Does it have to do with the binary number system? ------------------ My dream job is to be a Houston Rockets towel boy.
No ------------------ "Repression never did me any harm (I finally ceased to include "stop masturbating" as one of my guilt ridden New Year's resolutions, but that's a different topic)." Achebe - programmer by day, Mrs Palmers Husband by night
Well, it couldn't be hex... so if it isn't binary or hexadecimal, then I say screw it, I am not going to kill my brain over this. ------------------ Watch out for gay Limbo Dancers.
1 and 3 were easy; 2 I'm not even going to try at. ------------------ RealGM Gafford Art Artisan Cakes
An Arab sheikh is old and must will his fortune to one of his two sons. He makes a proposition. His two sons will ride their camels in a race, and whichever camel crosses the finish line last will win the fortune for its owner. During the race, the two brothers wander aimlessly for days, neither willing to cross the finish line. In desperation, they ask a wise man for advice. He tells them something; then the brothers leap onto their camels and charge toward the finish line. What did the wise man say? The wise men told him that the one who finishes last would win the fortune for it's owner. The owner will be the son that wins the race. ------------------ "I never did like that "Dr. Stupid""-Monty Burns
