OT: Riddles from books older than the internet

[Tamar]

Q: Where does an elephant sit at a dinner party?
A: ANYWHERE IT WANTS.

[Artemisia]

Riddle me this...riddle me that...

why are we discussing riddles older than the internet?

[Lia S]

Q: Why do elephants paint their toenails red?
A: For camouflage when they hide in a cherry tree.

What, you've never seen an elephant in a cherry tree? Just proves how well it works, doesn't it?

I know that one as

Q: Why does an elephant wear yellow wooden shoes?
A: So you won't see it when it's upside down in the vanilla vla*

*vla is a Dutch food similar to custard

[svenman]

I know that one as

Q: Why does an elephant wear yellow wooden shoes?
A: So you won't see it when it's upside down in the vanilla vla*

*vla is a Dutch food similar to custard

How very Dutch.

Come to think of it, there's another variant which has the elephants attempting to hide in a strawberry patch...

[NobodySpecial]

I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be.

[Alice Macher]

Aha, moving from conundrums (pun-based riddles) to enigmas (puzzle-based riddles), are we?

The answer is "few".

[LadyObvious23]

Q: What is something that you can hear and feel but can not see unless it is full of dust?
A: The wind.

[grimmi05]

Think of the words ending in GRY, angry and hungry are two of them. There are three are only three words in the English language. What is the third word. The word is something every one uses everyday, If you read carefully I have already told you what it is.



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[retrophrenologist]

Q: Why did the elephant pick up the phone?

A: To make a trunk call!

Sorry, I thought we were still on elephants.

[LadyObvious23]

Q: The more you take out of it the bigger it gets.
A: A hole.

[Ameyal]

(Why are all of my jokes about elephants?)

All other jokes are irrelephant.

[Trefle]

hahahahaha. Too bad I cannot participate.

Think of the words ending in GRY, angry and hungry are two of them. There are three are only three words in the English language. What is the third word. The word is something every one uses everyday, If you read carefully I have already told you what it is.

I got the answer, but I'm not sure on how..

[Foxurus]

Ooh, elephant jokes! My favorite! :3


Q: How do you shoot a blue elephant?
A: With a blue elephant shot gun.
Q: How do you shoot a pink elephant?
A: Twist its trunk until it turns blue and shoot it with a blue elephant shot gun.

Q: How do you put an elephant in the fridge?
A: Open the door and put the elephant in.
Q: How do you put a giraffe in the fridge?
A: Open the door, take the elephant out, and put the giraffe in.

Q: How do you know if an elephant's been in your fridge?
A: Check the peanut butter for footprints.

Q: The king of the jungle called a meeting, but one animal didn't come...which one?
A: The giraffe. He was in the fridge.


Oh, and also... My mom and brother's favorite joke, which I don't think is offensive but might be, so I apologize in advance if anyone is offended?

Q: How many feminists does it take to change a--
A: THAT'S. NOT. FUNNY.

[svenman]

Q: How do you put an elephant in the fridge?
A: Open the door and put the elephant in.
Q: How do you put a giraffe in the fridge?
A: Open the door, take the elephant out, and put the giraffe in.

And then follow these up with:
Q: How do you put a zebra in the fridge?
Other person's answer: Uh, open the door, take the giraffe out, and put the zebra in, I guess?
Reply: No, silly, you can't! A zebra is too big to fit in the fridge!

[Muttley]

Think of the words ending in GRY, angry and hungry are two of them. There are three are only three words in the English language. What is the third word. The word is something every one uses everyday, If you read carefully I have already told you what it is.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/gry.htm