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[StillFingers]

A guy bet his neighbor $100 dollars that his dog could jump higher than a house.
Thinking this not possible, the neighbor took the bet an lost.
Why did he lose the bet?

[Wheelsonfire]

StillFingers, on Apr 24 2010, 04:57 PM, said:

A guy bet his neighbor $100 dollars that his dog could jump higher than a house.
Thinking this not possible, the neighbor took the bet an lost.
Why did he lose the bet?

It was the dog house?(kennel)

Edited by Wheelsonfire, 24 April 2010 - 04:11 PM.

[rue2you]

A house can't jump!

[Wheelsonfire]

rue2you, on Apr 24 2010, 05:11 PM, said:

A house can't jump!

Now don't I feel like a tit

[StillFingers]

rue2you, on Apr 24 2010, 09:11 AM, said:

A house can't jump!

Indeed Rue, sorry wheels...

[Wheelsonfire]

Two trains travel toward each other on the same track, beginning 100 miles apart.
One train travels at 40 miles per hour; the other travels at 60 miles an hour.
A bird starts flight at the same location as the faster train, flying at a speed of 90 miles per hour.
When it reaches the slower train, it turns around, flying the other direction at the same speed.
When it reaches the faster train again, it turns around -- and so on. When the trains collide, how far will the bird have flown?

[rue2you]

John, this doesn't sound like a riddle. It sounds like algebra story problems and my weak little brain just can't process this kind of stuff!! Hopefully Jerry can get it!

[Wheelsonfire]

rue2you, on Apr 24 2010, 06:11 PM, said:

John, this doesn't sound like a riddle. It sounds like algebra story problems and my weak little brain just can't process this kind of stuff!! Hopefully Jerry can get it!

It's a mathematical riddle, but a riddle all the same........I'm reckoning on Jerry, Ed and Gordon to name but a few to give the correct answer

[StillFingers]

Wheelsonfire, on Apr 24 2010, 09:27 AM, said:

Two trains travel toward each other on the same track, beginning 100 miles apart.
One train travels at 40 miles per hour; the other travels at 60 miles an hour.
A bird starts flight at the same location as the faster train, flying at a speed of 90 miles per hour.
When it reaches the slower train, it turns around, flying the other direction at the same speed.
When it reaches the faster train again, it turns around -- and so on. When the trains collide, how far will the bird have flown?

90 miles...why?

1 - the trains are 100 miles apart
2 - train no 1 travels 60 miles per hour
3 - train no 2 travels 40 miles per hour
4 - the bird flies at 90 miles per hour
5 - it takes 1 hour for the trains to collide, so the bird flies 90 miles

Edited by StillFingers, 24 April 2010 - 05:26 PM.

[Wheelsonfire]

Correct

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

[StillFingers]

Wheelsonfire, on Apr 24 2010, 10:26 AM, said:

Correct

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

If I was BBQing, I would open the outside, then butter, garlic salt n pepper the inside, close the outside, set it on the grill, then remove the outside and throw it away, then eat the outside and throw away the inside...I love corn on the cob, one of my favorite things to eat as a kid!

That was great John, brought back memories...thnx!

[Wheelsonfire]

Jerry

Your good.

Try this one;

The man who invented it doesn't want it.
The man who bought it doesn't need it.
The man who needs it doesn't know it.
What is it?

[StillFingers]

Wheelsonfire, on Apr 24 2010, 10:48 AM, said:

Jerry

Your good.

Try this one;

The man who invented it doesn't want it.
The man who bought it doesn't need it.
The man who needs it doesn't know it.
What is it?

I'm thinking it's a coffin?

But I'm not sure funny thing how our minds work, I watched "Interview With The Vampire" late last night...luv that movie!

Edited by StillFingers, 24 April 2010 - 06:08 PM.

[Wheelsonfire]

Correct.

Good movie

[rue2you]

See? I told you my mind is weak. I am no good at this stuff! You guys have it solved before I have it read!!
John, I knew it was a real riddle. I was just teasing ya!

Edited by rue2you, 24 April 2010 - 08:53 PM.

[Wheelsonfire]

Alicia,

You are in no way weak minded.

Try this

I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?

[StillFingers]

Wheelsonfire, on Apr 25 2010, 06:52 AM, said:

I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?

Peace of mind perhaps?

[Trinity]

Wheelsonfire, on Apr 25 2010, 02:52 PM, said:

I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?

A splinter!

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

[StillFingers]

Trinity, on Apr 25 2010, 08:39 AM, said:

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

That would be a





I am your lifeline only once in a lifetime, sometimes I'm in, sometimes I'm out, lint is often my cover...what am I?

Edited by StillFingers, 25 April 2010 - 04:05 PM.

[spot]

StillFingers, on Apr 25 2010, 08:56 AM, said:

Trinity, on Apr 25 2010, 08:39 AM, said:

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

That would be a





I am your lifeline only once in a lifetime, sometimes I'm in, sometimes I'm out, lint is often my cover...what am I?

Actually, it is the remenant of the "lifeline", being your navel. The umbilical cord would actually be the "lifeline".

[StillFingers]

spot, on Apr 25 2010, 09:20 AM, said:

StillFingers, on Apr 25 2010, 08:56 AM, said:

Trinity, on Apr 25 2010, 08:39 AM, said:

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

That would be a





I am your lifeline only once in a lifetime, sometimes I'm in, sometimes I'm out, lint is often my cover...what am I?

Actually, it is the remenant of the "lifeline", being your navel. The umbilical cord would actually be the "lifeline".

Correct Spot

[rue2you]

Love her Jerry!

[edlee]

I hadn't heard of a river head,, is that a british thing?
ed

[jenny407]

God - this riddle thread has developed into some really intellectual exercise! The only thing I could have got was the "house". I'm impressed. I feel stupid. I get back to correcting my essays. At least that's a thing I CAN do! (And I'll be VERY merciful now with my pupils.)

Jerry - didn't I pay proper attention (possibly - I'm in a hurry today), or have you never given the solutions to the original riddle? There are still a few I wonder about.

Edited by jenny407, 25 April 2010 - 08:50 PM.

[spot]

edlee, on Apr 25 2010, 01:37 PM, said:

I hadn't heard of a river head,, is that a british thing?
ed

I've heard the term, but more typically we use "source". Maybe the term "head of a river" is a British usage. Where are our U.K. folks on this one?

Edited by spot, 27 April 2010 - 03:18 AM.

[Wheelsonfire]

spot, on Apr 27 2010, 04:17 AM, said:

edlee, on Apr 25 2010, 01:37 PM, said:

I hadn't heard of a river head,, is that a british thing?
ed

I've heard the term, but more typically we use "source". Maybe the term "head of a river" is a British usage. Where are our U.K. folks on this one?

Outside of the UK but it's the answer nonetheless

The term river head equates to river source. Just different terminology.

[spot]

Wheelsonfire, on Apr 26 2010, 09:59 PM, said:

spot, on Apr 27 2010, 04:17 AM, said:

edlee, on Apr 25 2010, 01:37 PM, said:

I hadn't heard of a river head,, is that a british thing?
ed

I've heard the term, but more typically we use "source". Maybe the term "head of a river" is a British usage. Where are our U.K. folks on this one?

Outside of the UK but it's the answer nonetheless

The term river head equates to river source. Just different terminology.

I've also heard "head waters" as the source of a river. I forgot about that one yesterday. Where did the brain cells go?

[edlee]

I agree, Spot. Hadn't thought of that.
ed