kainzero Wrote:Speaking of which, the genius in that show couldn't solve any of those kinds of riddles, but the slow one could...

I was testing a friend with these, whom I don't consider to be one of the brightest crayons in the box, no offense to her, and she kept getting all the answers right without even pausing to think.

To make myself feel better about my own failure I concluded she was just a member of this forum secretly and was copy pasting the answers I posted

I only got no.2 right this time, but i've heard it before in both languages.^^

Aijin Wrote:I think we need a control group of ten and seven year olds for accurate assessments.

It's not kidnapping if it's for academic purposes, right?

I don't know whether it's legal or not, but I do know it's the things you don't do that you end up regretting.

kainzero Wrote:I only got #2 because I heard it before on Azumanga Daioh.

Speaking of which, the genius in that show couldn't solve any of those kinds of riddles, but the slow one could...

Here's that scene from Azumanga Daioh, if anyone is interested. And yes, people with, um, unconventional thinking probably do have an advantage in solving such riddles.

For the moon riddle, I thought the bad moon was someone's butt.

Today's riddles:

1 - パンはパンでもはけるパンは何？
Bread is bread, but what kind of bread can you wear?

2 - さいはさいでも宇宙で生きる事の出来るさいって何？
A rhino's a rhino, but what kind of rhino can survive in space?

3 - 完全なのに悪い物って何？
What is bad, even though it's perfect?

4 - ぶたが行きたくないヨーロッパのまちはどこ？
Which town in Europe do pigs not want to go to?

5 -　のりはのりでもかっこいいのりは？
Which kind of glue is the coolest glue?

Answers:

1- パンツ

2 - サイボーグ

3 - 完全犯罪 - A perfect crime is still immoral!

4 - ブタペスト - ブタ is pig, and ペスト a plague.

5 - ジェイムス・ボンド - bond meaning 'strong glue' in this case

All five of those were knee-slapper-worthy bad!

I got one!

Out of two days worth ><

:p

Aijin Wrote:3 - カンはカンでも食べられるかんって何？
A can is a can, but what kind of can can you eat?

1 - パンはパンでもはけるパンは何？
Bread is bread, but what kind of bread can you wear?

I thought of 寒天 and 短パン.

These 'riddles' are really bad.