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(Message started by: alien2 on Jul 8^th, 2017, 10:02pm)

Title: Lighter
Post by alien2 on Jul 8^th, 2017, 10:02pm

If I mention a kid and a lighter, what is below the number 5?

Title: Re: Lighter
Post by dudiobugtron on Jul 19^th, 2017, 2:48pm

I don't get the bits you mentioned, but here are a few things that are commonly below the number 5:

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Title: Re: Lighter
Post by alien2 on Jul 20^th, 2017, 2:08am

Granted, the riddle has too many omitted parts. I wish I could offer a hint but I can't think of any w/o a giveaway.

Title: Re: Lighter
Post by alien2 on Jul 31^st, 2017, 11:32am

What do kids like? One thing will do. But which?

Title: Re: Lighter
Post by alien2 on Aug 14^th, 2017, 6:02am

Nope. Go way way back in time, before computers, before wives, when all kids were bastards, when America was found by brave pioneers like Lewis and Clark. No more ballyhoo. Be serious for a change, will ya?

Btw, you got any kids? If so, how old?

Title: Re: Lighter
Post by alien2 on Sep 12^th, 2017, 12:43am

A birthday cake. Why don't you like kids?! The candle is shaped like number five. Why? Because he is five years old!

Title: Re: Lighter
Post by dudiobugtron on Sep 12^th, 2017, 6:17pm

Ah, that is pretty cool. I'm not sure there was enough info in the riddle for me to guess that, since in my country 5 year olds aren't allowed to use lighters. Still a neat idea for a riddle though!!

Title: Re: Lighter
Post by alien2 on Sep 13^th, 2017, 1:08am

Well use a match then. And thanks. Glad to be part of this riddling community. However, as of late, I am getting a peculiar feeling that, you and me are the only members here, which is ultimately wrong. It appears, aliens can be illogical as well.

Title: Re: Lighter
Post by dudiobugtron on Sep 13^th, 2017, 5:53pm

I wonder if many of the other active members prefer the 'easy', 'medium' and 'hard' riddles, rather than the 'Who am I?' or 'What happened?' riddles. Maths over mind-reading; literal over lateral. I happen to prefer the latter(al) ones; but to each their own.

Of course many riddles have aspects of both. At its heart, maths is about thinking outside the box. The study of maths, complementarily, is about increasing the size of the box.

Title: Re: Lighter
Post by alien2 on Sep 14^th, 2017, 1:15am

Increasing the size of the box? I'd like to increase something else, let me tell you. 'Another quaalude she gonna love me again.'

on 09/13/17 at 17:53:33, dudiobugtron wrote:

(...) Maths over mind-reading; literal over lateral. I happen to prefer the latter(al) ones; but to each their own.

I am very happy to be here!