Riddle of the Day

[Gizmokid2005]

My first is a number, my second another,
And each, I assure you, wil rhyme with the other.
My first you will find is one-fifth of my second,
And truly my whole a long period reckoned.
Yet my first and my seond(nay, think not I cozen),
When added together will make but two dozen.

ANSWER: Four Score.

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NEXT RIDDLE (Let's kickstart the brains for the week):

A man ordered a length of rope by telephone from his hardware store. But when he went to collect the rope, he found that the assistant had miswritten the order by interchanging feet and inches. As a result of this, the rope was only 30% of the length that the man wanted. So, what length did he want and what length did he get?

[acoustikarl]

NEXT RIDDLE (Let's kickstart the brains for the week):

A man ordered a length of rope by telephone from his hardware store. But when he went to collect the rope, he found that the assistant had miswritten the order by interchanging feet and inches. As a result of this, the rope was only 30% of the length that the man wanted. So, what length did he want and what length did he get?

Used trial and error to get this one. I'm not sure if there is a mathematical formula for it or not, but I came up with him requesting 9'2" of rope and getting 2'9". So was this the same store that did the Stonehenge sculpture for Spinal Tap?

[Gizmokid2005]

A man ordered a length of rope by telephone from his hardware store. But when he went to collect the rope, he found that the assistant had miswritten the order by interchanging feet and inches. As a result of this, the rope was only 30% of the length that the man wanted. So, what length did he want and what length did he get?

ANSWER (Congrats Acoustikarl): He requested 9'2" and got 2'9".

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NEXT RIDDLE:

What is it that stands aloft and regulates our daily movements, yet feels no interest in our concerns; directs us when to go and when to come. Yet cares not whether we attend of not; still, thus indifferent to our fate, often strikes a blow to urge us on, though we feel no resentment when the reproof is given?

[Gizmokid2005]

What is it that stands aloft and regulates our daily movements, yet feels no interest in our concerns; directs us when to go and when to come. Yet cares not whether we attend of not; still, thus indifferent to our fate, often strikes a blow to urge us on, though we feel no resentment when the reproof is given?

ANSWER (Congrats Heylinder): a Clock

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NEXT RIDDLE:

Man, looking at a portrait: "Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son."
Who is the subjectof the portrait?

[Gizmokid2005]

Man, looking at a portrait: "Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son."
Who is the subjectof the portrait?

ANSWER (Congrats Cauzomb): The son of the speaker.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

All but one of the following words require clarification as to their exact meaning and usage. Which word is therefore the odd one and why?
suspect - drive - dive - race - borrow - taste

[cauzomb]

related to basic vocabulary? I'm going with DIVE.

[Gizmokid2005]

All but one of the following words require clarification as to their exact meaning and usage. Which word is therefore the odd one and why?
suspect - drive - dive - race - borrow - taste

ANSWER: Borrow. All the words except 'borrow' may be used as both nouns and verbs.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

What is it that you can take away the whole and still have some left; and that you can take away some and still have the whole left?



BTW - HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!

[acoustikarl]

NEXT RIDDLE:

What is it that you can take away the whole and still have some left; and that you can take away some and still have the whole left?

Not a word I'd use to describe this group, that's for sure.

Acoustikarl
Google cheater and post ***** extraordinaire

[Mathster]

Not a word I'd use to describe this group, that's for sure.

Acoustikarl
Google cheater and post ***** extraordinaire

why is the word censor blocking post*****?

[TurcoLoco]

ANSWER: Borrow. All the words except 'borrow' may be used as both nouns and verbs.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

What is it that you can take away the whole and still have some left; and that you can take away some and still have the whole left?



BTW - HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!

The words SOME and WHOLE