Some riddles for you guys & girls to work out

[gerry]

1.What is cut but never eaten?

 

2.A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me �50, but if I cannot, I will pay you �50."The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the man writes he'll just say he weighs more or less.In the end the boy ended up paying the man �50. How did the man win the bet?

 

3.A black dog stands in the middle of an intersecton in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time?

 

4.A guy bet his neighbor �100 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?

 

5.A fireman is running to get a net under a lady who looks like she might jump off the balcony of her 20 story apartment building. There is nothing below her except a 20 story fall. The fireman is still 100 yards away when she falls.The woman is not hurt more than a bruise. How is that possible?

 

6.A man walks into a his bathroom and shoots himself right between the eyes using a real gun with real bullets. He walks out alive, with no blood anywhere. And no, he didn't miss and he wasn't Superman or any other caped crusader.
How did he do this?

 

 

[Sequin]

1 Hair
3 It was daytime
4 Houses can't jump

[kempie]

• 1 A deck of cards
• 6 Reflection in mirror

[jade_pie]

6) he shot his reflection

[silly moo]

2 - he wrote 'your exact weight'

5 - she was not on the top floor?

[gerry]

Riddles 1,3,4 & 6 are correct.Just 2 & 5 to be worked out.

[gerry]

The answer to riddle 2 is correct but the answer to riddle 5 is wrong.

[jhtc]

(6) He shot the mirror

[Marsh]

She landed in the river/canal/sea?

[looney]

5 - Presumably the "20 storey fall" was a 20-storey fall of snow (talk about strange weather conditions...!)

[silly moo]

the fireman was holding one side of the net, although he was 100 yrds away the net was still in the right place?

[Melliexr]

She falls backwards, back into her apartment.

[thebookbloke]

6. He shot the mirror

[thebookbloke]

2. he wote 'your exact weight' on the piece of paper

[gerry]

Many thanxs to those who took part.The answers are

1.Deck of Cards or Hair

2.The man wrote "Your Exact Weight" on the paper

3.It was daytime

4.House can't jump

5.She fell backwards into her apartment

6.He shot his reflection in the mirror

[wull]

3 it was daylight

4 houses cant jump

6 he shot the mirror

[jacey]

1. material

3. It was daylight

6. he shot his reflection in the mirror

[jacey]

5.  Its a STORY

[NewDazzler]

1 Cards

2 he writes on the paper "your exact weight"

3 It's daytime

4 I'm guessing that the house can't jump at all

5 she falls, but not from the balcony, but rather on it

6 he shoots his reflection in the mirror ?

[FieryPhoenix]

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