SecretAsianMan Posted March 5, 2014 I like riddles, logic puzzles, and brain teasers, although I'm not especially good at them. I figured we could share some of our favorites. I also have an idea for making it a game if everyone agrees. The rules would be: 1. The first person to correctly answer the riddle earns the right to ask the next riddle. 2. If no one correctly answers the riddle after a certain period of time (say a week), then the person asking the riddle is said to have won and can then ask another riddle. 3. Anyone can also choose to pass instead of asking a riddle. You can either pass it off to a specific person (maybe someone who came close to the answer) or make it open, in which case anyone can ask the next riddle. 4. This is supposed to be fun, so try to avoid simply Googling the answer. What do you guys think? If no one wants to do it this way, we can simply post riddles and answers instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretAsianMan Posted March 5, 2014 I'll go first. The word "cool" has one double letter (oo). The word "balloon" has 2 adjacent double letters (ll and oo). Can you name a word that has 3 adjacent double letters? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted March 5, 2014 Please change this topic title to «Baffle me this...»! It's a swell idea. I guess most people here enjoy puzzles. I'm reminded of those crazy internet games of some 10 years ago where you'd get these insane riddles and puzzles, just one after the other, that had elaborate ploys and things you had to answer and figure out. That was fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dibs Posted March 5, 2014 On 3/5/2014 at 2:13 PM, SecretAsianMan said: I'll go first. The word "cool" has one double letter (oo). The word "balloon" has 2 adjacent double letters (ll and oo). Can you name a word that has 3 adjacent double letters? No. I win win! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretAsianMan Posted March 5, 2014 On 3/5/2014 at 2:15 PM, Rodi said: Please change this topic title to «Baffle me this...»! I actually considered that when I was making the thread. You may have noticed that one of the tags is "the baffler". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Leego Posted March 5, 2014 Does "Mississippi" count, or are you looking for three pairings of distinct letters? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretAsianMan Posted March 5, 2014 I'm looking for them to be next to each other. Like in the example with balloon, there's no letter between "ll" and "oo". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Berzee Posted March 5, 2014 After much brow-furrowing I thought of the real answer, but I don't want to say it because I had the teensiest tiniest bit of a hint stuck in my head from when Encyclopedia Brown solved this riddle in my youth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted March 5, 2014 «The Baffler» is funny because it sounds like a sexual perversion. Is the answer Woolloomooloo? I know that word because my sister worked in a restaurant with that name in Avignon, it's supposed to be some area somewhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretAsianMan Posted March 5, 2014 On 3/5/2014 at 2:40 PM, Berzee said: After much brow-furrowing I thought of the real answer, but I don't want to say it because I had the teensiest tiniest bit of a hint stuck in my head from when Encyclopedia Brown solved this riddle in my youth. Actually, that's where I got it from in the first place On 3/5/2014 at 2:43 PM, Rodi said: «The Baffler» is funny because it sounds like a sexual perversion. Is the answer Woolloomooloo? I know that word because my sister worked in a restaurant with that name in Avignon, it's supposed to be some area somewhere. I would prefer it not to be a name or place, but I'll give it to you if no one else comes up with anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted March 5, 2014 Well, then it's obviously not the answer you had in mind. It's a goddamn riddle, not a multiple choice query that must take into account any loquacious colloquialism. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Berzee Posted March 5, 2014 On 3/5/2014 at 2:53 PM, SecretAsianMan said: Actually, that's where I got it from in the first place If nobody manages to guess this riddle, I think I will cry. But the tears will be streaming from the outer corners of my eyes and so you will know they were faked! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted March 5, 2014 Slanted text is the universal sign of a hint! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justin Leego Posted March 5, 2014 Hmm. Is it.... outeerrffaked? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dibs Posted March 5, 2014 Hold on, the question was can you name such a word. I was the first to answer with No. I win, totes on a technicality. Don't make me get the internet lawyers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Berzee Posted March 5, 2014 On 3/5/2014 at 3:44 PM, dibs said: Hold on, the question was can you name such a word. I was the first to answer with No. I win, totes on a technicality. Don't make me get the internet lawyers. When the internet lawyers join your riddle game, everybody loses. D: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dibs Posted March 5, 2014 What have i got in my pocket? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woebin Posted March 5, 2014 I'm no good with riddles as such, but I did recently discover the game of Word Golf. It's quite simple, although everyone I've explained it to has been terribly confused. Basically you get a starting word and a target word with the same number of characters, and you need to get from one to the other by changing one letter at a time and getting a real word at each step. I don't know if my explanation is very good, so an example: "Love" to "hate": Love Live Hive Have Hate Would that be appropriate at all for this thread? Either way it's good fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dibs Posted March 5, 2014 Balloonneer? One who balloons? balloonneer English Nounballoonneer Common misspelling of ballooner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gormongous Posted March 5, 2014 On 3/5/2014 at 2:13 PM, SecretAsianMan said: I'll go first. The word "cool" has one double letter (oo). The word "balloon" has 2 adjacent double letters (ll and oo). Can you name a word that has 3 adjacent double letters? I know the answer, but I have no riddles of my own to ask nor anyone I'd pass if off to, so I'm keeping mum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted March 5, 2014 I actually came up with woolloom before I read Rodi's, but I don't know if it's a word. [edit] isn't Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James Posted March 5, 2014 On 3/5/2014 at 5:41 PM, Gormongous said: I know the answer, but I have no riddles of my own to ask nor anyone I'd pass if off to, so I'm keeping mum.I also know it, but only because I've heard the same question before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clyde Posted March 5, 2014 The best I got is "successfully". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RubixsQube Posted March 5, 2014 Wait what, it's not bookkeeper? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
