The Brain Baffler Thread [Archive]

Kamazar

01-13-2010, 10:20 PM

So I picked up a book a while ago at BN. It's this book filled with a random and delicious assortment of puzzles... wow, I said delicious, that's... that's a new low. Anyways, solving puzzles only gives so much satisfaction if you're working alone, so I decided to spread the love. I'll post a puzzle now, and once it's solved, I'll post a new one. Note: I refuse to look at the answers at the back of the book, so I'm as clueless as you guys are, I'll solve them alongside. I'll post the winner of each puzzle on here. If nobody gets it after a while, I'll post the answer. If this catches on, I'll see if I can get prizes in here, too.

1) OE XYHSWSNH SN O WOE BRX NHOJHN O MJXNNBXJZ YPFFCD BSHR O IXPEHOSE YDE.

Solved by Mindfield.

2) What is the missing number in this list?

1. 64. 125. 216. 729. 13,824. ?. 15,625. 132,651.

Kunning

01-13-2010, 10:23 PM

Oh, I have two riddles.

1. What is the thing that's most unafraid of the cold?

2. What is the thing that's most afraid of the cold?

Will post answer after five guesses.

AaronAMV

01-13-2010, 10:25 PM

So I picked up a book a while ago at BN. It's this book filled with a random and delicious assortment of puzzles... wow, I said delicious, that's... that's a new low. Anyways, solving puzzles only gives so much satisfaction if you're working alone, so I decided to spread the love. I'll post a puzzle now, and once it's solved, I'll post a new one. Note: I refuse to look at the answers at the back of the book, so I'm as clueless as you guys are, I'll solve them alongside. I'll post the winner of each puzzle on here. If nobody gets it after a while, I'll post the answer.

1) OE XYHSWSNH SN O WOE BRX NHOJHN O MJXNNBXJZ YPFFCD BSHR O EXPEHOSE YDE.
i just raged

dogmeat

01-14-2010, 04:52 PM

Oh, I have two riddles.

1. What is the thing that's most unafraid of the cold?

2. What is the thing that's most afraid of the cold?

Will post answer after five guesses.

1. Snowman
2. A mans dong.

InvincibleBears

01-15-2010, 02:38 AM

Consider my brain baffled. O.o

The Bat Outta Hell

01-15-2010, 03:51 AM

1. Snowman
2. A mans dong.

Lmfao

weedeatinflyincougar

01-15-2010, 03:56 AM

Check my sig for 2 riddles.

Mindfield

01-15-2010, 09:30 AM

AaronAMV

01-15-2010, 09:37 AM

Check my sig for 2 riddles.
you've done the equivilant of dividing by zero, and therefore created a black hole

dogmeat

01-15-2010, 09:43 AM

Check my sig for 2 riddles.

If you try to fail and win at failing, what have you done?

you failed, successfully.

If North is South and South is East, which way is West if Portugal is to the right instead of the left?

lame, portugal could be to the right or the left, depending on your position so west is still west since you never specified that it changed.

LBG

01-15-2010, 12:03 PM

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket.

Why can't a man living in the USA be buried in Canada?

drelbs

01-15-2010, 12:06 PM

1. Snowman
2. A mans dong.

What are: two things that should never come in direct contact with each other! :eek:

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket.

Why can't a man living in the USA be buried in Canada?

1) Put one kid in the basket!

2) I doubt the living man would enjoy being buried...

drelbs

01-15-2010, 12:08 PM

Two more:

How do you make a cat go, "Woof"?

How do you make a dog go, "Meow"?

LBG

01-15-2010, 12:44 PM

Two more:

How do you make a cat go, "Woof"?

How do you make a dog go, "Meow"?

Pour petrol on it a and set it on fire.

Dunno how to make a dog go "meow" though.

Outkast1

01-15-2010, 12:53 PM

1. What is brown and sticky?

2. When is a door not a door?

Outkast1

01-15-2010, 12:58 PM

Pour petrol on it a and set it on fire.

Dunno how to make a dog go "meow" though.

Freeze it and run it through a circular saw!

lord-sam

01-15-2010, 01:34 PM

1. What is brown and sticky?

2. When is a door not a door?

1. Poo. Or a stick
2. When it's a jar

what's soft and slippery?

wootbean

01-15-2010, 01:46 PM

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket.

Why can't a man living in the USA be buried in Canada?

make applesauce :D

live people usually aren't buried

2. When is a door not a door?

when it's ajar -.-

drelbs

01-15-2010, 02:04 PM

1. Poo. Or a stick

How 'bout Poo on a stick?

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/8277/poof.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3176/2652862339_7529c4ba92.jpg

what's soft and slippery?

Slippers?

dogmeat

01-15-2010, 02:06 PM

Freeze it and run it through a circular saw!

hahahaha.

lord-sam

01-15-2010, 02:23 PM

How 'bout Poo on a stick?

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/8277/poof.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3176/2652862339_7529c4ba92.jpg

Slippers?

haha Nice pics. And yes slippers.

drelbs

01-15-2010, 03:19 PM

You guys got all of mine, so here's a more difficult one:

"What is pleased, yet not pleased; what contains it all, yet contains nothing?"

Kamazar

01-15-2010, 03:46 PM

I think you might have made a small typo in that cryptogram. The first E in EXPEHOSE should be something else I think, because it should solve out to "An optimist is a man who starts a crossword puzzle with a fountain pen" but that first E in EXPEHOSE makes it solve out to "nountain," but there are no other Fs in the puzzle to tell me what that E should be.

Oh, sorry, you're right. I actually double-checked it, but it was late. It's actually an I, so yeah... nice job ;)

I'll post the next riddle on the original post, just to keep track of things and keep it consistent.

The Game Reaper

01-16-2010, 11:57 AM

The answer is clearly 4578,203558. C'mon that's too easy.

Michelangelo

01-16-2010, 12:07 PM

Alright, Ive got one. "Whats in my pocket?"

wootbean

01-16-2010, 12:09 PM

What's green and has wheels?

dogmeat

01-16-2010, 02:20 PM

What's green and has wheels?

my wifes saturn

spidey146

01-16-2010, 04:24 PM

my wifes saturn

ROFL :p.

What dries while it get's wet?

KGameLover1

01-16-2010, 04:37 PM

ROFL :p.

What dries while it get's wet?

A sponge?

Alright, Ive got one. "Whats in my pocket?"

Nothing!

I got one:

A man was to be sentenced, and the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free. What did the man say?

MidianGTX

01-16-2010, 04:47 PM

ROFL :p.

What dries while it get's wet?

A towel. I usually hear it as "what gets wetter as it dries?".

spidey146

01-16-2010, 04:56 PM

A towel. I usually hear it as "what gets wetter as it dries?".

Ya, couldn't remember the exact words, sorry :o.

@KGamelover1, I've heard that before, can't remember the answer though....

wootbean

01-16-2010, 05:09 PM

What's green and has wheels?

my wifes saturn

no, it's grass

I lied about the wheels

What kind of suit does a vampire wear in the rain?

Kamazar

01-16-2010, 06:12 PM

no, it's grass

I lied about the wheels

What kind of suit does a vampire wear in the rain?

An Abercrombie and Finch hoodie, not a suit. Vampires these days have changed.

Brazilian Rider

01-16-2010, 08:26 PM

I got one:

A man was to be sentenced, and the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free. What did the man say?

He says, "I'm lying."

KGameLover1

01-16-2010, 08:30 PM

He says, "I'm lying."

Ehh, wrong!

Kamazar

01-16-2010, 09:01 PM

Wait, if KGamerLover1 ignored me, doesn't that mean he isn't able to see this thread, seeing as how I started it?

CaptainAwesome

01-16-2010, 09:02 PM

Wait, if KGamerLover1 ignored me, doesn't that mean he isn't able to see this thread, seeing as how I started it?

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what it means. Or, at least, that's what it should mean.

Quick! Everyone glare at KGL menacingly! :mad:

MidianGTX

01-16-2010, 09:04 PM

Ehh, wrong!

He says "you'll give me six years".

KGameLover1

01-16-2010, 09:06 PM

he says "you'll give me six years".

correct!!!! Ding ding ding!

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what it means. Or, at least, that's what it should mean.

Quick! Everyone glare at KGL menacingly! :mad:

I posted in the thread BEFORE I ignored him, and I have my preferences set so that any thread I post in I auto-subscribe to, so I can see everyone's post BUT Kamazar's.

Kamazar

01-16-2010, 09:15 PM

correct!!!! Ding ding ding!

I posted in the thread BEFORE I ignored him, and I have my preferences set so that any thread I post in I auto-subscribe to, so I can see everyone's post BUT Kamazar's.

Very cleva, young grasshoppa, very cleva. Your mother wears army boots!!! *chuckles mischievously*

KGameLover1

01-16-2010, 09:18 PM

Remove user from ignore list
Kamazar
This message is hidden because Kamazar is on your ignore list.

I can't see a word you're saying!

CaptainAwesome

01-16-2010, 09:26 PM

I posted in the thread BEFORE I ignored him, and I have my preferences set so that any thread I post in I auto-subscribe to, so I can see everyone's post BUT Kamazar's.

Ah, I see. Well played, old chap.

Kamazar

01-16-2010, 11:07 PM

Remove user from ignore list
Kamazar
This message is hidden because Kamazar is on your ignore list.

I can't see a word you're saying!

C'mon, you gotta be somewhat curious about what I'm saying?