world's hardest riddle

by **Riot** on Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:13 pm

What the fuck is the answer?

by **---** on Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:22 pm

adv1s5 wrote:the answer is no, i can't guess it

^

He's right. :shock:

by **cyanide** on Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:25 pm

I'm so lost.

So horribly lost.

by **Gundy** on Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:49 pm

So the answer is no...what a complete fucking waste of time. That's not the hardest riddle...it's not even a riddle.

by **Dan's Brain** on Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:22 pm

It's more a question of "What was in the dickhead's head when he came up with the riddle?" You could make it true of a lot of different things.

And anyway, they don't ask you to figure it out. They only ask IF YOU CAN figure it out.

I'm gonna go with yes. And solve the riddle by saying "racism"

by **jenz** on Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:56 pm

cyanide wrote::lol: I'm so lost.

So horribly lost.

well, he's not the only one now..

by **Fitzy** on Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:40 am

if you do a google search for the riddle it says the answer is time, like pdub said

by **Gundy** on Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:46 am

Fitzy wrote:if you do a google search for the riddle it says the answer is time, like pdub said

I did the same and I found "no". Plus, if 84% of kindergartners could answer it and the last part of the riddle is "Can you guess the riddle?" than it makes sense that the answer is no.

by **benji** on Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:53 am

I think my answer earlier in the thread of "Yes" is just as valid. I may not know the riddle, but I certainly have the ability to guess it.

And if the answer is "no", and you say "no", you do infact know the riddle and have guessed it.

by **Sauru** on Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:13 am

time does not even make sense anyway

by **JT_55** on Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:20 am

Think about it this way. Assuming that the stats are accurate, would a Harvard graduate be more likely to say "yes" without actually knowing the answer or a kindergartener? On the flip side, would a Harvard graduate say no or a kindergartener?

by **benji** on Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:09 pm

It obviously means a Harvard graduate would attempt to discover the "object" doing these things. Whereas the kindergartner would merely answer the question posed.

by **cyanide** on Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:52 am

benji wrote:It obviously means a Harvard graduate would attempt to discover the "object" doing these things. Whereas the kindergartner would merely answer the question posed.

Yes! Well said. That was brilliant.

I still agree with JT too, that "yes" is not a probable answer.

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:45 pm

Took you time cyanide, I was about to get disappointed with you getting "lost". :lol:

And if what that poem posted by Pdub is true, then the kindergarteners probably know that poem more than the Harvard eggheads.

by **JT_55** on Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:20 pm

I went to kindergarten. I never learnt that poem.

Then again, the stats are probably fake. What did they do, go around Harvard asking some dumb riddle like that?

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:30 pm

Or really screwed-up the sampling of data.

Maybe the poem was introduced when you were already out of kindergarten?

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:40 am

Perhaps it's a clue in itself, suggesting the answer is simple and in its simplicity, goes over the heads of "educated" people who are looking for a more complex answer; maybe those figures are legit for that very reason. Or perhaps it is a matter of children being more familiar with a long forgotten poem (or the older people questioned never learned it in the first place).

Or perhaps it's something that's been added by someone forwarding the riddle across cyberspace so that anyone who doesn't get the answer feels stupid because it's something that a large majority of kindergarteners can answer.

by **jenz** on Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:04 pm

Andrew wrote:Or perhaps it's something that's been added by someone forwarding the riddle across cyberspace so that anyone who doesn't get the answer feels stupid because it's something that a large majority of kindergarteners can answer.

ofcourse not!.. :mrgreen:

by **Patr1ck** on Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:50 pm

Homer Simpson wrote:Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14 per cent of people know that.

by **Oznogrd** on Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:59 am

Solely because no one else has said it yet i'm going to say:

*raises a middle finger at Jenner* A riddle is a thing you can think about and eventually figure out, it involves logic based on the clues given. This is not a riddle, its a question made to look like a riddle to piss people off. I may take riddles too seriously but hey, at least im not trying to show intelligence by posting riddles that arent riddles on message boards

and my answer of course:
Your Mom

by **jenz** on Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:14 am

illini wrote:but hey, at least im not trying to show intelligence by posting riddles that arent riddles on message boards

and the hell did that?..c'mon man...you could have just given an answer or ignored this thread..you didn't have to say everything you've just posted..

by **JT_55** on Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:24 am

Jenner wrote:
illini wrote:but hey, at least im not trying to show intelligence by posting riddles that arent riddles on message boards

and the hell did that?..c'mon man...you could have just given an answer or ignored this thread..you didn't have to say everything you've just posted..

^Why not? This is a board, and he has every right to say what he is thinking. If you have a problem with it, respond or choose to ignore it.

But I don't think Jenner is trying to show off intelligence, just saw this on a Myspace bulletin and thought the NLSC will have another (useless) debate on it. Blame the guy who thought of it in the first place.

by **jenz** on Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:56 pm

JT_55 wrote:Why not? This is a board, and he has every right to say what he is thinking.

and he also has the obligation to respect the rights of others..oh well..

by **Gundy** on Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:59 pm

Jenner wrote:
JT_55 wrote:Why not? This is a board, and he has every right to say what he is thinking.

and he also has the obligation to respect the rights of others..oh well..

And what right might that be?

by **jenz** on Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:07 pm

like the right to post what i am thinking...just like what JT_55 said..

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