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The letter M happens once every minute, twice every moment but never in a thousand years, is that what you meant?

The letter M happens once every minute, twice every moment but never in a thousand years

The Letter M.

Tom, Jane, Alex and Sarah all live together in a house. Alex and Sarah go out for dinner one evening and when they return they find Jane on the floor, surrounded in glass and water, dead. Tom obviously killed her but he is not punished, nor severely reprimanded. Why not?

You have to clue to this riddle thing? Eh?

Ahh lol… think on it for a while.

is he dead too???

It’s not that difficult, my mum said it to me and I got it. It becomes stupidly obvious when you know the answer lol

Anonymous wrote:
is he dead too???

Nope he isn’t dead. In fact it’s pretty safe to say he’s quite pleased with himself.

OH! is he a fish????!?!? XD cant be lol um… i have no idea… XD

231me231 wrote:
OH! is he a fish????!?!? XD cant be lol um… i have no idea… XD

Yay! Yeah Jane is a fish and Tom is a cat! He knocked the bowl over while trying to swipe Jane. Well done Annyia!

I got it?! omg yay! that was a guess! wow..

The police get an anonymous phone call that there is a suspected murderer in a house. They don’t know what he looks like, all they know is his name is John and he is inside the house. The police burst in and there is a lorry driver, a mechanic, a fireman and a carpenter all playing poker. Without hesitation or talking to anyone they arrest the fireman. How do they know they’ve got the right person?

the fire mans a man? it doesnt say what gender the others r…

volleytdec wrote:
did he wear a name tag or something?

No lol.

It saidd fireman not firewoman=]

231me231 wrote:
the fire mans a man? it doesnt say what gender the others r…

Yep the fireman is a man. The rest are women. Well done AGAIN!

Rofl… Hes a fish?

Any Moree ?

Im gd at these! gimme another one!!

he has a name tag and the rest are dead

There was a truck driver obviously going the wrong way down a one way street, but she didn’t try and stop him. Why not?

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:
There was a truck driver obviously going the wrong way down a one way street, but she didn’t try and stop him. Why not?

Whoops.

There was a truck driver obviously going the wrong way down a one way street, a police officer saw but she didn’t try and stop him. Why not?

was she a baby in a pram

Because she was busy =o or… She was chasing him for a crime =) or… she was just bored… =D

volleytdec wrote:
be cause he was on a bike or walking or something

Yep he was walking.

Give me food and I will live, give me water and I will die. What am I?

it was her husband…. XD

The man who invented it doesn’t want it, the man who bought it doesn’t need it, the man who knows it doesn’t know it, what is it =o

fenruorki wrote:
Give me food and I will live, give me water and I will die. What am I?

A FISSSHHHYYY

what gets bigger the more you take away, and what goes up but dont come down

fenruorki wrote:
Give me food and I will live, give me water and I will die. What am I?

Fire

WHATABIGNICKNAM wrote:
what gets bigger the more you take away, and what goes up but dont come down

Bigger - Hole
Up not down - Your age :p

fenruorki wrote:
The man who invented it doesn’t want it, the man who bought it doesn’t need it, the man who knows it doesn’t know it, what is it =o

Coffin

there ya go, now… The man who invented it doesn’t want it, the man who bought it doesn’t need it, the man who knows it doesn’t know it, what is it

… You people searching on the internet…

fenruorki wrote:
… You people searching on the internet…

No, it’s just lateral thinking lol. Heard most of these before too.

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I’m double, I’m single,
I’m black, blue, and gray,
I’m read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?

Eye

Which is faster, hot or cold?

Cold is because you can catch a cold.. here’s another. You can keep it only after giving it away to someone else. What is it?

fenruorki wrote:
Cold is because you can catch a cold.. here’s another. You can keep it only after giving it away to someone else. What is it?

Trust? Your word?

fenruorki wrote:
Cold is because you can catch a cold.. here’s another. You can keep it only after giving it away to someone else. What is it?

Your word?

-.- must say, these are from a website… but you guys shouldn’t ruin them, How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday, stay two days, and ride out on Friday?

his horse is called Friday

Friday is a horse

fenruorki wrote:
-.- must say, these are from a website… but you guys shouldn’t ruin them,

How is working out the answer and replying ruining them? Isn’t that what we’re meant to do…?

rofl… its horse anyway -.- now i know you’re on a web volley

You can see nothing else
When you look in my face,
I will look you in the eye
And I will never lie.

volleytdec wrote:

fenruorki wrote:
rofl… its horse anyway -.- now i know you’re on a web volley

i really ain’t on the web

Me neither, I love lateral thinking puzzles, I’ve got a huge book full of them, I read and work them out for fun.

fenruorki wrote:
You can see nothing else
When you look in my face,
I will look you in the eye
And I will never lie.

Oh, i’ve heard this before

is it your reflection?

❷ĐØŰߣË❷ wrote:

fenruorki wrote:
You can see nothing else
When you look in my face,
I will look you in the eye
And I will never lie.

Oh, i’ve heard this before

is it your reflection?

I think it’s your reflection

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:

volleytdec wrote:

fenruorki wrote:
rofl… its horse anyway -.- now i know you’re on a web volley

i really ain’t on the web

Me neither, I love lateral thinking puzzles, I’ve got a huge book full of them, I read and work them out for fun.

Me neither. I’ve heard some of them and am guessing others

❷ĐØŰߣË❷ wrote:

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:

volleytdec wrote:

fenruorki wrote:
rofl… its horse anyway -.- now i know you’re on a web volley

i really ain’t on the web

Me neither, I love lateral thinking puzzles, I’ve got a huge book full of them, I read and work them out for fun.

Me neither. I’ve heard some of them and am guessing others

It’s great for training your mind to think differently.

I heard this one the other day.

A baby falls out of a 40 floor apartment tower and survives, how?

Nobody caught the baby. The baby’s bounciness was not a factor lol.

Ahh I have to go. I’ve self shouted the answer if you want to check yours or can’t guess.

fenruorki wrote:
The man who invented it doesn’t want it, the man who bought it doesn’t need it, the man who knows it doesn’t know it, what is it =o

Coffin.

lol these are pretty cool! :) I wish I could do riddles…

Me too. What was the answer to the one about the baby?

I have one!

I live above a star but never burn.
I have eleven neighbours who never turn.
My initials are p, q, r and s.

signmycast wrote:
I live above a star but never burn.
I have eleven neighbours who never turn.
My initials are p, q, r and s.

very cute, It’s the number seven on a cell phone pad.

awh >

Queenlala64 wrote:
Me too. What was the answer to the one about the baby?

look at

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:
Ahh I have to go. I’ve self shouted the answer if you want to check yours or can’t guess.

so in her shoutbox! :)

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:

❷ĐØŰߣË❷ wrote:

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:

volleytdec wrote:

fenruorki wrote:
rofl… its horse anyway -.- now i know you’re on a web volley

i really ain’t on the web

Me neither, I love lateral thinking puzzles, I’ve got a huge book full of them, I read and work them out for fun.

Me neither. I’ve heard some of them and am guessing others

It’s great for training your mind to think differently.

The baby falls out of the ground floor of the building…

I heard this one the other day.

A baby falls out of a 40 floor apartment tower and survives, how?

PurplePluto wrote:

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:

❷ĐØŰߣË❷ wrote:

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:

volleytdec wrote:

fenruorki wrote:
rofl… its horse anyway -.- now i know you’re on a web volley

i really ain’t on the web

Me neither, I love lateral thinking puzzles, I’ve got a huge book full of them, I read and work them out for fun.

Me neither. I’ve heard some of them and am guessing others

It’s great for training your mind to think differently.

The baby falls out of the ground floor of the building…

I heard this one the other day.

A baby falls out of a 40 floor apartment tower and survives, how?

hmmm my answer never showed up :S the baby falls out of the ground floor of the building!!!

water lol it might dry up in a thousand years. no, I actually have no idea lol

jetmoo wrote:
water lol it might dry up in a thousand years. no, I actually have no idea lol

The answer was M.

oh, yeah lol oops

wow these are fun!

I got one, its kind of an old one.

“often gurgles never talks, always runs but never walks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats. what is it?

A river?

I dont know lmao what is it??

there is a barbaric tribe, in which the men are very intelligent people.
however, it is known that there are women that are cheating on their husbands.
the elders gather a meeting with all the men, and they decide that something must be done about it, so they make the following plan:
starting tonight at six o’clock - all the men are to lock themselves with their wives in their tents, and not to go out until they find out if their wife is cheating on them or not.
if they are to discover that their wife is a cheater, they must then shoot her at six o’clock exactly.
if they does not, then it would wait until six o’clock the next day, etc.

all the men knows about every other women but their own wife, whether cheating or not.
and their wives won’t talk.

at the first day at six o’clock, nothing happened, the camp remained silent.
the following day, same hour, no shots were to be heard.
so does on the third day,
but on the fourth day, at six o’clock, the sound of shooting was heard in the camp.

how many shots have been fired? (and why)

a soft blanket on a hard bed
whom rest on it is restless
whom sleeps on it will not wake

grbghp wrote:
a soft blanket on a hard bed
whom rest on it is restless
whom sleeps on it will not wake

Is it a river? As in riverbed?

Grbg, idk that 1, help us plox,

grbghp wrote:
there is a barbaric tribe, in which the men are very intelligent people.
however, it is known that there are women that are cheating on their husbands.
the elders gather a meeting with all the men, and they decide that something must be done about it, so they make the following plan:
starting tonight at six o’clock - all the men are to lock themselves with their wives in their tents, and not to go out until they find out if their wife is cheating on them or not.
if they are to discover that their wife is a cheater, they must then shoot her at six o’clock exactly.
if they does not, then it would wait until six o’clock the next day, etc.

all the men knows about every other women but their own wife, whether cheating or not.
and their wives won’t talk.

at the first day at six o’clock, nothing happened, the camp remained silent.
the following day, same hour, no shots were to be heard.
so does on the third day,
but on the fourth day, at six o’clock, the sound of shooting was heard in the camp.

how many shots have been fired? (and why)

Im guessing 1, or 4…idk!…whats the answer!?!?

amcs1001 wrote:

grbghp wrote:
there is a barbaric tribe, in which the men are very intelligent people.
however, it is known that there are women that are cheating on their husbands.
the elders gather a meeting with all the men, and they decide that something must be done about it, so they make the following plan:
starting tonight at six o’clock - all the men are to lock themselves with their wives in their tents, and not to go out until they find out if their wife is cheating on them or not.
if they are to discover that their wife is a cheater, they must then shoot her at six o’clock exactly.
if they does not, then it would wait until six o’clock the next day, etc.

all the men knows about every other women but their own wife, whether cheating or not.
and their wives won’t talk.

at the first day at six o’clock, nothing happened, the camp remained silent.
the following day, same hour, no shots were to be heard.
so does on the third day,
but on the fourth day, at six o’clock, the sound of shooting was heard in the camp.

how many shots have been fired? (and why)

Im guessing 1, or 4…idk!…whats the answer!?!?

Since when did barbarians have watches… or locks on their doors?

Hmmm… are the women who cheat, cheating only with one other man, and do all the men know the cheat couplings?

How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?

bahaha. This is like a tounge twister.

Brenda☆ツ wrote:
How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?

bahaha. This is like a tounge twister.

a wood chuck could chuck wood as much as wood chuck could ;)

joseph_dorrel wrote:
Since when did barbarians have watches… or locks on their doors?

Hmmm… are the women who cheat, cheating only with one other man, and do all the men know the cheat couplings?

this isn’t a tricky question, only pure logic.
each man doesn’t know if his wife is cheating on him,
but he knows about each other wife that is cheating (and with how many other man is irrelevant :P ).

Godfather wrote:

grbghp wrote:
a soft blanket on a hard bed
whom rest on it is restless
whom sleeps on it will not wake

Is it a river? As in riverbed?

nope.

whats the answer to the barbarian question?

grbghp wrote:

Godfather wrote:

grbghp wrote:
a soft blanket on a hard bed
whom rest on it is restless
whom sleeps on it will not wake

Is it a river? As in riverbed?

nope.

wut is it? snooker table ? it’s not on google man aaarf

ok heres a really hard riddle!! lol

you are locked in a room and cant get out, no way, no windows no nothing

all there is is a calender (on the wall), a bed, and a table

you have to eat drink and escape, in tht order, how do you eat drink and escape??

only what i have said is in the room, NOTHING else!!!

vampress;p wrote:
ok heres a really hard riddle!! lol

you are locked in a room and cant get out, no way, no windows no nothing

all there is is a calender (on the wall), a bed, and a table

you have to eat drink and escape, in tht order, how do you eat drink and escape??

only what i have said is in the room, NOTHING else!!!

you eat yourself while drinking your own blood until you are dead, then you are free. muhaha!

sorry :P

Ok you eat the calender dates, drink the water from the bed springs, and break the table in half, put them together which makes a whole, and climb out of the hole, yeah?

i hate u!! how did u know tht?? bt the table bit is wrong

u rub ur finger on the walll till its sore, u saw the table in half, then out it together and 2 halfs make a hole

n im kiddin i lv u really

bt how did u know tht??

Can I eat drink and escape into my mind?

sum wrote:
Can I eat drink and escape into my mind?

no soz sum!!!xx

I really like riddles… I’m kind of a geek like that, I’ve heard two similar riddles but not put together like that, I had to think hard about the table bit cos in the one I heard he was locked in a room with a saw and a table

can u giv me 2 facts on cleopatra?? plseplseplseplseplseplse

vampress;p wrote:
can u giv me 2 facts on cleopatra?? plseplseplseplseplseplse

It was the most expensive film ever made

The leading lady was very ill during its filming

vampress;p wrote:
can u giv me 2 facts on cleopatra?? plseplseplseplseplseplse

it starts with a “C”
it ends with an “A”

nt wot i ment!!

vampress;p wrote:
nt wot i ment!!

ahh i got it:

fact fact
Cleopatra

bribe someone outside the room with the table and calender to let me out? lol thats such a better answer :p

hint for the tribe riddle:
- a good start is to assume a certain number of cheaters.

another riddle:

you have a room with three light bulbs inside, and their switches are outside, and there is nothing to indicate which switch turns which light bulb.
how can you know which switch turns which light bulb?
you are only allowed to enter the room once.
(and ofc can’t see whats in the room without entering it)

grbghp wrote:
another riddle:

you have a room with three light bulbs inside, and their switches are outside, and there is nothing to indicate which switch turns which light bulb.
how can you know which switch turns which light bulb?
you are only allowed to enter the room once.
(and ofc can’t see whats in the room without entering it)

You never said you have to tell all of them. Just flip a switch and see then you know.

sum wrote:

grbghp wrote:
another riddle:

you have a room with three light bulbs inside, and their switches are outside, and there is nothing to indicate which switch turns which light bulb.
how can you know which switch turns which light bulb?
you are only allowed to enter the room once.
(and ofc can’t see whats in the room without entering it)

You never said you have to tell all of them. Just flip a switch and see then you know.

three light bulbs, three switches, one room, one chance to enter the room to tell which switch turns which light bulb. you need to tell all the three.

grbghp wrote:

sum wrote:

grbghp wrote:
another riddle:

you have a room with three light bulbs inside, and their switches are outside, and there is nothing to indicate which switch turns which light bulb.
how can you know which switch turns which light bulb?
you are only allowed to enter the room once.
(and ofc can’t see whats in the room without entering it)

You never said you have to tell all of them. Just flip a switch and see then you know.

three light bulbs, three switches, one room, one chance to enter the room to tell which switch turns which light bulb. you need to tell all the three.

Are you allowed to go in the room and touch the bulbs?

you can do whatever you wish ;)

Then turn on two switches, wait for 5 minutes, turn ONE switch off, then when you go in one light will be on, one light will be hot (which will be the one you turned off) and one will be off which is the one you didn’t touch

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:
Then turn on two switches, wait for 5 minutes, turn ONE switch off, then when you go in one light will be on, one light will be hot (which will be the one you turned off) and one will be off which is the one you didn’t touch

bingo :)

i would have put up a mirror and the bulbs wont be hot if they are florescent

I can’t work out that tribe one, only thing I could think was every wife would be shot to rule out the chance of cheating.

what binds two people but only touches one

Penguin B☺y Brian wrote:
what binds two people but only touches one

you? :P

lol no

grbghp wrote:

Penguin B☺y Brian wrote:
what binds two people but only touches one

you? :P

Penguin B☺y Brian wrote:
what binds two people but only touches one

unrequited love?

Penguin B☺y Brian wrote:
what binds two people but only touches one

I would have said a wedding ring cos that binds someone to another but when you put it on the other person touches it…

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:

Penguin B☺y Brian wrote:
what binds two people but only touches one

I would have said a wedding ring cos that binds someone to another but when you put it on the other person touches it…

nope

or maybe a heart. it can bind two people but one heart can only physically touch one person. i think the ring though is better for this answer…

An umbilical cord? lol

what about a reverse restraining order?

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:
I can’t work out that tribe one, only thing I could think was every wife would be shot to rule out the chance of cheating.

its a really hard one so don’t give up too quickly.

another hint - ask yourself, how can they find out if their wife is cheating on them?

grbghp wrote:

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:
I can’t work out that tribe one, only thing I could think was every wife would be shot to rule out the chance of cheating.

its a really hard one so don’t give up too quickly.

another hint - ask yourself, how can they find out if their wife is cheating on them?

if somebody else told them, or if they caught them

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:
if somebody else told them, or if they caught them

neither, they are locked in their tents and the wives won’t talk. it’s not a tricky riddle, so shouts and flairs and burning tents and text messages, etc… well.. no.
you have all the information you need in order to solve this riddle.

grbghp wrote:

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:
if somebody else told them, or if they caught them

neither, they are locked in their tents and the wives won’t talk. it’s not a tricky riddle, so shouts and flairs and burning tents and text messages, etc… well.. no.
you have all the information you need in order to solve this riddle.

Nope, I give up. Shout me the answer lol

i like this thread :D

another riddle:

you have 10 sacks, in each there are 1000 coins, each coin weigh 10g, except for one, that has coins that weigh 9g. they appear the same by all means to the 10g coins.

you have a regular, normal size, digital weight, and only one chance of weighing,
in order to find out in which sack are the 9g coins.
how?

You put all the sacks on the scale at once and take them off one at a time and watch the change in weight.

grbghp wrote:
i like this thread :D

another riddle:

you have 10 sacks, in each there are 1000 coins, each coin weigh 10g, except for one, that has coins that weigh 9g. they appear the same by all means to the 10g coins.

you have a regular, normal size, digital weight, and only one chance of weighing,
in order to find out in which sack are the 9g coins.
how?

This is tough, the only way to tell would be to number the sacks, line them up, open them, take one from the first, two from the second, three from the third (an so on and so forth, then weigh the coins you took away, it should add up to 550g but cos of the 9g coins if it adds up to 549 it’d be in the 1st bag cos there would only be one 1g missing, 548 would be the 2nd bag, 547 the 3rd bag and so on.

I don’t think I’ve explained that very well

grbghp wrote:
a soft blanket on a hard bed
whom rest on it is restless
whom sleeps on it will not wake

Is it a coffin?

sum wrote:
You put all the sacks on the scale at once and take them off one at a time and watch the change in weight.

that would be weighing more than once… and you can’t put all the sacks on the scale, they are simply too big.

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:
This is tough, the only way to tell would be to number the sacks, line them up, open them, take one from the first, two from the second, three from the third (an so on and so forth, then weigh the coins you took away, it should add up to 550g but cos of the 9g coins if it adds up to 549 it’d be in the 1st bag cos there would only be one 1g missing, 548 would be the 2nd bag, 547 the 3rd bag and so on.

I don’t think I’ve explained that very well

you got it right :)

grbghp wrote:

sum wrote:
You put all the sacks on the scale at once and take them off one at a time and watch the change in weight.

that would be weighing more than once… and you can’t put all the sacks on the scale, they are simply too big.

you can put a basket on it or plank of wood to make it fit. Ive weighed my cats on a scale by holding them then letting them go and add the difference so i know that works.

does weighing them without the scale count as cheating? i can determine wight by hand fairly well

**** it i told you my answers are to abstract!!! it never fits the original answer even though i can be right T_T

sum wrote:
**** it i told you my answers are to abstract!!! it never fits the original answer even though i can be right T_T

Lol it’s just a maths question, and your answer wasn’t abstract, it was obvious, I thought that first but that would have been too easy

okay then is it abstract if I light them on fire and see which bag burns fastest from radiant heat off the coins?

I’ve already given the answer?

grbghp wrote:

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:
This is tough, the only way to tell would be to number the sacks, line them up, open them, take one from the first, two from the second, three from the third (an so on and so forth, then weigh the coins you took away, it should add up to 550g but cos of the 9g coins if it adds up to 549 it’d be in the 1st bag cos there would only be one 1g missing, 548 would be the 2nd bag, 547 the 3rd bag and so on.

I don’t think I’ve explained that very well

you got it right :)

Godfather wrote:

grbghp wrote:
a soft blanket on a hard bed
whom rest on it is restless
whom sleeps on it will not wake

Is it a coffin?

*sigh* anything?

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:

sum wrote:
**** it i told you my answers are to abstract!!! it never fits the original answer even though i can be right T_T

Lol it’s just a maths question, and your answer wasn’t abstract, it was obvious, I thought that first but that would have been too easy

and it would be weighing more than once.
you put all the sacks at once, but each time you remove one you do another checkup on the weight, but you were only allowed one…

Godfather wrote:

Godfather wrote:

grbghp wrote:
a soft blanket on a hard bed
whom rest on it is restless
whom sleeps on it will not wake

Is it a coffin?

*sigh* anything?

bed of burning coals?

Godfather wrote:

Godfather wrote:

grbghp wrote:
a soft blanket on a hard bed
whom rest on it is restless
whom sleeps on it will not wake

Is it a coffin?

*sigh* anything?

the answer is snow

grbghp wrote:

Miss Jessica Bunny wrote:

sum wrote:
**** it i told you my answers are to abstract!!! it never fits the original answer even though i can be right T_T

Lol it’s just a maths question, and your answer wasn’t abstract, it was obvious, I thought that first but that would have been too easy

and it would be weighing more than once.
you put all the sacks at once, but each time you remove one you do another checkup on the weight, but you were only allowed one…

my burning the bag idea might have worked at leas. IF it has a different mass then one should burn faster or slower and i dont even need a scale for that lol

grbghp wrote:

Godfather wrote:

Godfather wrote:

grbghp wrote:
a soft blanket on a hard bed
whom rest on it is restless
whom sleeps on it will not wake

Is it a coffin?

*sigh* anything?

the answer is snow

ive slept on snow lol

sum wrote:

grbghp wrote:

Godfather wrote:

Godfather wrote:

grbghp wrote:
a soft blanket on a hard bed
whom rest on it is restless
whom sleeps on it will not wake

Is it a coffin?

*sigh* anything?

the answer is snow

ive slept on snow lol

hmmmmmm snooker table laced with hydrofluoric acid

joseph_dorrel wrote:

amcs1001 wrote:

grbghp wrote:
there is a barbaric tribe, in which the men are very intelligent people.
however, it is known that there are women that are cheating on their husbands.
the elders gather a meeting with all the men, and they decide that something must be done about it, so they make the following plan:
starting tonight at six o’clock - all the men are to lock themselves with their wives in their tents, and not to go out until they find out if their wife is cheating on them or not.
if they are to discover that their wife is a cheater, they must then shoot her at six o’clock exactly.
if they does not, then it would wait until six o’clock the next day, etc.

all the men knows about every other women but their own wife, whether cheating or not.
and their wives won’t talk.

at the first day at six o’clock, nothing happened, the camp remained silent.
the following day, same hour, no shots were to be heard.
so does on the third day,
but on the fourth day, at six o’clock, the sound of shooting was heard in the camp.

how many shots have been fired? (and why)

Im guessing 1, or 4…idk!…whats the answer!?!?

Since when did barbarians have watches… or locks on their doors?

Hmmm… are the women who cheat, cheating only with one other man, and do all the men know the cheat couplings?

Situation 1
OK M1 F1, M2 F2, M3 F3…. Mx Fx are couples.
assume F1 is cheating.
M1 and knows that there is a cheater in the camp, but knows that it is not anyone else’s wife, and must therefore be his own. He shoots her.
End

Situation 2
M1 F1, M2 F2, M3 F3… Mx Fx.
Assume cheaters: F1, F2.
M2 knows that F1 is cheating, and knows that other women, apart from F2 are not cheating. If no-one is shot on the first day, he knows that there is more than one cheating wife, otherwise situation 1 would have played out, and yet knows that the other cheating wife must be his, and shoots her. M1 has the same logic.

Situation 3
M1 F1, M2 F2, M3 F3… Mx Fx.
Assume cheaters F1, F2, F3.
M3 knows that F1 and F2 are cheating, and knows that F4 to Fx are not. If no-one is shot on the second day, he know that situation 2 is not in effect, and that there must be at least three cheaters, the third of which must be his own wife.

Situation 4
M1 F1, M2 F2, M3 F3… Mx Fx.
Assume cheaters F1, F2, F3, F4.
M4 knows that F1, F2, F3 are cheating, and knows that all others are not, except for his own wife. Since no-one shot on the first three days, none of the previous situations is correct, and there must be at least 4 cheaters in the camp: he shoots his wife.

So yes, the correct women are shot (If you believe that to be ‘correct’) on the 4th day, by their husbands.

Is it right???!?!

…sorry, yes, four shots were fired at four women.

applause!

didn’t think anyone will solve it, tbh.
well done!

did you solve it or found the answer somewhere?
if yes then it must be in a very interesting place that i would like to see :)

No, I worked it all out on my lonesome. I studied maths at Uni, me.

Though funnily enough I did see the same problem, but with a different setting, in the Times (UK) this morning. Do we have a lurker in this thread???

A puzzle! Feel free to ask lot of questions.

A man lies dead at the bottom of a telephone box. Two of the windows are smashed and there is blood and glass everywhere. The phone is off the hook.

How did he die?

He is a hunter/fisherman and he was on the phone talking about his latest kill/catch, he was talking very excitedly and said “it was THIS big” and struck his hands out to demonstrate, smashing through the glass his arms/wrists were slit and he fell and bled to death.

Doh, you’ve done this before. I thought I could string it out to at least a couple of days.

Well done anyway! sticks tounge out>

Couple of days? That was an easy one lol. Thanks :p

Puzzle two. Ask lots of questions!

A man sends a box to another man. The other man opens it, looks inside, closes it, and sends it to a third man. The third man opens it, looks inside, closes it, and sends it to a fourth man. The forth man opens it, looks inside, and promptly throws it away.

What is in the box, and why is it being sent around these men?

I’ve heard this before, isn’t there meant to be an arm in the box?

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo.

I should really get some new puzzles… liking cats btw.

Lol yeah LOLcats are great.

yes …arms…. and….why exactly