Riddle of the Day

[Gizmokid2005]

I drive at an average speed of 30 miles per hour to the railroad station each morning and just catch my train. On a particular morning there was a lot of traffic and at the halfway point I found I had averaged only 15 miles per hour. How fast must I drive for the rest of the way to catch my train?

ANSWER (congrats opnight): You will not make it. Once you hit the halfway point at an average of 15mph, the train is leaving.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

A donkey was tied to a rope six feet long. A bale of hay was 18 feet away and the donkey wanted to eat the hay. How could he do it?

[TurcoLoco]

Just walk to the bale of hay?

After all, the donkey was tied to a 6-feet rope but it didn't say where the other end of the rope was tied to.

[Gizmokid2005]

A donkey was tied to a rope six feet long. A bale of hay was 18 feet away and the donkey wanted to eat the hay. How could he do it?

ANSWER (Congrats TL!!): Just walk to it. The rope is only tied to the donkey.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

After the autumn havest there were nine ears of corn left in the farmer's field. Each night a hungry rabbit sneaked into the field and took three ears home with him. How many nights did it take to get all the corn?

[Gizmokid2005]

After the autumn havest there were nine ears of corn left in the farmer's field. Each night a hungry rabbit sneaked into the field and took three ears home with him. How many nights did it take to get all the corn?

ANSWER (Congrats opnight): 9 nights. Every night, 2 of the ears were the rabbits.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

Two friends were leaving the restaurant and as they passed the cashier, one of them paid his bill but the other handed the cashier a slip of paper with the number 1004180 written on it. The cashier studied the number for a moment, then let the friend pass by without paying. Why?

[mrweasel]

I 0we n0thing, 4 i 8 n0thing

[TurcoLoco]

This one lacks real life realism, if he didn't really eat anything, he wouldn't have a bill (a paper bill) to pay so he wouldn't even have to write a note or even have to explain this to the register.

Hard to believe such an intelligent person is working as a cashier at a restaurant.

[Gizmokid2005]

Two friends were leaving the restaurant and as they passed the cashier, one of them paid his bill but the other handed the cashier a slip of paper with the number 1004180 written on it. The cashier studied the number for a moment, then let the friend pass by without paying. Why?

ANSWER (Congrats mrweasel): 1004180 means I owe nothing for I ate nothing.

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NEXT RIDDLE:

Glenbrook and Springbrook are at each end of a railroad track 100 miles long. At exactly the same instant, one train leaves Glenbrook and one leaves Spingbrook. The engineer operating the train from Glenbrook averages 50 miles an hour, while the engineer on the train from Springbrook averages 40 mile an hour. Where will they meet?

[TurcoLoco]

Glenbrook and Springbrook are at each end of a railroad track 100 miles long. At exactly the same instant, one train leaves Glenbrook and one leaves Spingbrook. The engineer operating the train from Glenbrook averages 50 miles an hour, while the engineer on the train from Springbrook averages 40 mile an hour. Where will they meet?

This is a Mathematical trick, there is always a gap so in that sense they never meet each other!

Physically that would be impossible so they would meet at Cedarbrook which is approximately 55-56 miles from Glenbrook.

[opnight]

This is a Mathematical trick, there is always a gap so in that sense they never meet each other!

Physically that would be impossible so they would meet at Cedarbrook which is approximately 55-56 miles from Glenbrook.

they are both on the same track.

[TurcoLoco]

they are both on the same track.

who knows may be one got derailed somewhere or jump rails? I still go with Cedarbrook