Can anyone help me figure out this riddle?
 

I know this is pretty bizarre starting a thread about a riddle, but I go into this sandwich shop to eat and study a lot and they have these riddles they call 'Riddle of the week." I'm pretty good at getting them, but this one lost me, and I've been dying to know what it means. Here it is:

A man arrives in town on Friday, stays three consecutive days, and leaves on Friday. How can this be?

Can anyone figure it out? :confused:

Friday is the name of his horse.

His horse's name is Friday.

OMG! You guys are so good! Thanks.:p

A man arrives in town on Friday, stays three consecutive days, and leaves on Friday. How can this be?

I've heard this one before i think
i think the answer is: hes horse is called friday

I have another one. I was eating and studying at the same place again, and today's riddle stumped me too. Here it goes...."What gets wet as it dries?"

I would ask the people working there, but they won't tell me, because anyone who gets the answer wins a prize. I usually win, but I want another prize. Can anyone help me out? Thanks.:)

A towel. It gets wet as it dries you.

The man that makes it doesn't want it, the man that wants it doesn't use it, the man that uses it, does so without ever knowing.

What is it?

Thanks! Going back to get my prize.:p You guys are the best!:)

a coffin

Ok...let's see if you get this one sands....

Father Bull and his 2 baby bulls get up at 6am go to the top of the hill, eats grass and comes back to the barn.

Mother Bull and her 2 baby bulls get up at 9 am go to the to of the hill, eats grass and comes back to the barn.

At sunset, Father Bull, Mother Bull and all 4 baby bulls all climb the hill, eats grass and comes back to the barn.

How many bulls are there total?

5. There is no such thing as a Mama Bull.

Though I'm even more inclined to say 3, because you would never see a bull with calves.

Explain your 5 and your 3.....hehehehe

Or are you going by the capitalization in your riddle? Then 4.

I count 3 "bulls" I count 7 occurances with reference to a male bovine (Bull and bulls)

Nope....

and nope...I will field 2 more answers and I will tell you all the solution...

You know...I used this question on some pledges one time...And one of them was a Biology major....God... that was a long day......

I did, but it was right at the end of work before I had to get the kid, so I didn't take much time...

ETA: I think you're going to say the answer is one.

don't worry about what I think...hehehe... I know the answer...what do YOU think it is...? LOL

I'm more annoyed at your lack of subject/verb agreement in the riddle, but whatev.

Hokay. If you're talking about the word "bulls" (plural) there are four. If you're talking about the word "Bull" (singular and plural) there are eight.

If you're talking about the male species of bovine, there are five. Female bovine that have had a calf are Cows. Male calves are still considered bulls (until they get their testes snipped, thereafter they are considered steers.)

And I'm most impressed that cow had four calves. And lived. And all her calves lived. Must have been rough with one at each teat for the first few months.

I don't know how many bulls there are but there is sure a heck of a lot of bull sh*t

webster.com defines a bull as: an adult uncastrated male domestic bovine
so there is ONE and only one bull.

There is no such thing as a baby bull, it's a calf (or in my preference veal :D). The girl is obviously excluded because she has a vagina and doesn't qualify!

BankPink (dictionary usage counts as cheating ) got it right.....in otras palabras....only a full grown Male steer can be called a bull.

Hehehe....I have been telling that riddle for 15 years and still it takes 'forever' for people to get that right.......LOL

Um, no a full-grown male steer cannot be called a bull, as steers, by definition lack the equipment that makes bulls, well, bulls.

So my instinct was right about you saying the answer is one, but I don't agree. No matter what webster.com says. I still stand by my statement that male calves can also be [informally] called bulls, as that's how my dad, who has been raising beef cattle for 50+ years calls them.

Neener.

And I realize it's ridiculous I'm so annoyed by this, but I am.

You know what the heck I meant....don't be annoyed....just go for the obvious answer...we are not going by what your dad says...I don't know your dad.

I'm more annoyed at myself for getting so involved. :p

And I asked the hub, who also grew up on a farm, and he said one. So obviously I'm dumb.

Hey...you said it I didn't....LOL

Any adult (bovine, elk, moose, elephant...etc) is a bull...when you are considering young....a bull more than likely is used to differentiate between the sexes.

I didn't grow up on a farm ;)


Don't be annoyed....like I said 15 years and I watched all kinds of people get frustrated with that riddle....hehehe.

BTW...this came up from a dispute I had with my biology teacher over the same issue....LOL.

He tried to tell me the same thing until we looked it up.

Ok....new riddle:

What does a diamond become when it is placed in water?

wet? I feel like I've heard that one before...

o.k. that was funny.:p

Wet.

...and that was an easy one....

This is great on paper, but I'm not sure how well this will work on a message board but it's worth a try. o.k. add these numbers up and tell me what you end up with. You have to scroll down after you say each number. Remember to add them together. For example: 18 + 68 then you would say 86 then 86 + 14 then you would say 100 and so on. I hope this works otherwise it'll look silly.:o o.k. start adding.

1000














30















1000















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1000
















10















o.k. now what's your answer. Did you get 4000 or 3100. Be honest. The correct answer is 3100. Most everyone comes up with 4000.

I got 3100. How do you get 4000???

I guess it doesn't work on a message board. Write it down on a sheet of paper and cover each number with your hand as you ask someone to add them together. After they mention each one, scroll down to the next number until you get to the end. I'll betcha they come up with 4000.

Did you get 4000 when you first did it? If so, do you remember what tripped you up?

I got 3100, but I had to think about it. It's the number of 0's that screws people up, I think. You've got 1000 then 1000-something, then 2000-something, then 3000-something, so you'd expect it to go to 4000.

Ok, maybe that makes more sense in my head than it does written out. Lol

I got 3100 as well, I guess i'll have to try it on someone on paper to really see if they could get 4000, but i dont know how they would.

Maybe we're all geniuses. :D

I got 4000 the first 3 times. :rolleyes: I was adding in my head and well you do that, you get used to the first digit increasing (because it keeps going up by 1000) so when you get to that ten, you automatically carry the one to the 3, making it 4000, instead of carrying it to the 0. Just sloppy addition and paying to close attention to patterns than the actual math, that's all.