Homegrown Chestnuts

Bones of Contention for Aaron only

2007-04-28T00:15:00.000-07:00

A band, quartet, mixed, produced by you two and not us.
You ask yourself, "Am I a hub productive enough?"
Do you lack the zeal? Are you sufficient religious?
'Tis not rocket-math, air-head, so move your dated duff!

Else mayhaps these three shall prevail and you'll owe hard cash!
Unless of course the 'Team H.' schema's a five-year-sham!
I fear not your aged bone, if I may be so brash,
So scramble on, and see if I give a holy damn!

Now, should you ever get so far, string them out to view:
Five, six, seven, eight, eleven, twenty-five, and then,
Just twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-eight, and forty-two.
On your mark... get set... forty-six and forty-seven!

Credits:
Sara - feedback & title

Spring Fantasy

2007-04-24T18:23:00.000-07:00

In France, you might quite mistakenly wipe,
the front of your foot on me, and if I'm ripe,
I'll be your cat's dinner, or at least very sauced,
but I'd already be dead if left out in the frost.
For when it gets cold, I'm not one that lingers,
a month stuck between two little foot fingers.

I Spy

2007-04-14T08:09:00.000-07:00

I spy with my little eye,
Something that is orange

Can you guess what it is?
You only get one try!

Identity Crisis

2007-04-07T12:25:00.000-07:00

First I'm a woman, then I'm a male.
I'm surely a builder, but use not a nail,
If I sound kind of fishy, it's because I'm mixed up,
And if you observe moans, then I'm still not fixed up.
Truly, I could be either woman or man,
But who am I really? Tell me if you can.

Riddle Red Write

2007-03-31T06:56:00.000-07:00

Move once to the left the two words that are right,
then switch the two words that are left,
Move once to the right the word that is right,
then flip the word that is left,
Now make right the word that is right,
and the right answer's right where it's left(which is right)

THE EWE REWSNA HALVE GIRTH

(For full marks a step by step solution and explanation will be required)

credits:
Mike.......the initial idea

Undigested Chestnuts

2007-03-30T15:25:00.000-07:00

There is a new feature on the left side of this page, titled "Undigested Chestnuts". This is a quick way of finding out which riddles haven't been solved by anyone yet. Clicking on them will take you straight to the clicked riddle.

A Foreign Assortment

2007-03-24T11:40:00.000-07:00

Become familiar with each thing that I say,
Varmints, elf ale, pet rocks, today,
When all that is alien has been taken away,
Their basic element is all that will stay.

credits:
Mike....Brainstorming and feedback

TERRAIN BOWLING CENTRAL FOR THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL

2007-03-17T09:40:00.000-07:00

VERVAIN BONFIRE YAWNING OCTAVIO RHUBARB INCISOR GABRYEL
ANGELIC REENACT LETTUCE DIGOXIN LOWLIFE LUETICS DECIMAL
PAIR THE PRIMARY SEVEN WITH THE SECONDARY SEPTIMAL
AND LIST THEM IN A SEQUENCE THAT CENTRES ON THE SPECTRAL
IF THESE INSTRUCTIONS PROVE TO BE EXTREMELY PROBLEMATICAL
THE INITIAL SEVEN CONFUSE A CLUE MORE MAINSTREAMLY MNEMONICAL
AND THE COUPLING KEY IS CONTAINED IN TERRAIN BOWLING CENTRAL

Weeping Prisoners general public

2007-03-16T05:48:00.000-07:00

Five friends and I, we're bound side by side,
stretched to the limit, and struck 'til we've cried.
We each have a name, in fact two are the same,
but our torturer knows, one's skinny, one's wide.

credits:
Mike and Katherine........feedback

Another money problem! general public

2007-03-14T00:49:00.000-07:00

Three people were on a business trip and had to stay in a hotel over night. The price of the room was $30.00, so the group decided to split one room, three ways. Each one paid $10.00. Well after they paid, the manager realized that he/she overcharged them on their room. The room only cost $25.00, so he/she gave the bellperson five loonies to give to the three people. On his/her way up to the room the bellperson was trying to think of a way to split $5.00 three ways. After thinking about it awhile, he/she decided to keep $2.00 for himself/herself and give each person a loonie back. Now, if each person (who paid $10) gets $1 back that means they each paid $9.00 ($10 - $1 = $9 ). $9.00 multiplied by 3 (because there are three people) equals $27.00 plus the $2.00 the bellperson kept equals $29.00! What happened to the missing dollar!? What is the flaw?

I changed the original problem to a canadian non-gender specific problem :)

A penny for your thoughts.general public

2007-03-14T00:21:00.000-07:00

You have 12 pennys,one weighs slighlty less or slightly more than the others. Using an equal arm balance (kinda like a teeter totter, or a justice scale) and only making 3 weighings determine which one is different and whether it is slightly less or slightly more.

Answers to bradaune@gmail.com

A Treasure for the Few general public

2007-03-11T11:14:00.000-07:00

A crystal quite common though understandably so,
A thing most people in this world will not know,
This rhyme's variable sounds, will make you say 'ooh!'
Your ears will free you from confusion and woe.

credits:
Mike and Katherine........preview feedback

Fair Trade general public

2007-03-07T08:12:00.000-08:00

Ted at the market is a shrewd business man. He knows the exact value of anything, and knowing this, he never comes out on the bottom of a trade. For example he would never sell three loaves of bread for a basket. Nor would he sell a basket and a fish for four loaves of bread. But he would sell you two fish for a loaf of bread and a basket.

Would he sell you three fish and three loaves for four baskets?

Anatomical Relations general public

2007-03-05T15:26:00.000-08:00

Eight groups of four, by anatomical relations,
The task is quite simple: sort them with patience.

bottles, kites, gorillas, giraffes, the law, cars, bulls, theatres, the woods, beer, lettuce, needles, storms, trees, chickens, letters, measuring tape, chairs, pilots, mountains, arrows, clay, rabbits, alphabets, beavers, swimmers, nuts, soldiers, guitars, comets, elephants, old wives.

credits:
Katherine McCord....brainstorming and consulting
Mike Hadfield......preview feedback

The Forsaken Ones general public

2007-03-04T13:02:00.000-08:00

Carefully consider the ensembles below,
Illiteracy runs rampant, for flair or for show,
But letters forsaken, just to gratify the eyes,
combine to create, a bluff or disguise.

Pistols and flowers,
a great metal blimp,
the biggest group of bugs,
and a seamate of shrimp

The list should be five, but one could not stay,
for the fifth, by definition, is 'one turned away'.

credits:
Mike Hadfield......brainstorming and inspiration
Katherine McCord...preview feedback

Chestnut with a capital C for John and Luke only

2007-03-03T14:24:00.000-08:00

Winter roads are often quite 1X
You can ride on une 5Xclette
2X Baker can be rather feisty
6x was an autobotette
Math was once taught by Mr. 4X
This'll be a nice j3X riddle to get

"Mes petits lutins, venez 7X!"
There's one key thing you musn't forget
Before each of you screams, "_ _ _ _ _ _ _TT_!"
Replace with letters from the alphabet

THREE GUNSHOT MCS NOW? general public

2007-03-02T10:49:00.000-08:00

WHEN GEM CRUST NOT SHOWN THE GUESTS CHRONOMETER GOWN HOSTS MUNCH???

Homegrown Chestnuts

Bones of Contention **for Aaron only**

Spring Fantasy

I Spy

Identity Crisis

Riddle Red Write

Undigested Chestnuts

A Foreign Assortment

TERRAIN BOWLING CENTRAL **FOR THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL**

Weeping Prisoners **general public**

Another money problem! **general public**

A penny for your thoughts.**general public**

A Treasure for the Few **general public**

Fair Trade **general public**

Anatomical Relations **general public**

The Forsaken Ones **general public**

Chestnut with a capital C **for John and Luke only**

THREE GUNSHOT MCS NOW? **general public**