Can you solve this riddle?

[milkanannan]

I also like the thought of a bear so large that it sandwiches its paws simultaneously into opposite sides of the phone booth.

[Mandle]

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[Mandle]

Ah, he caught a swordfish and thought it was dead. He called someone to brag and the swordfish recovered from being stunned and stabbed him through one phone booth wall and out the other?

[milkanannan]

Here's the solution:

Spoiler

Not the smartest of people, the fisherman gestures while on the phone, "I caught a fish THIS big!"

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[Mandle]

Here's the solution:

Spoiler

Not the smartest of people, the fisherman gestures while on the phone, "I caught a fish THIS big!"

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LMAO! So, more of a joke than a riddle, but is pretty funny!

[milkanannan]

Haha I guess. Sorry, I didn’t mean to hold the thread hostage.

[milkanannan]

Can we revive this thread? Mandle, it's technically your turn. (I can try and drum up a riddle if you'd rather pass.)

[mkennedy]

Here is an original Lord of the Rings riddle/joke that I came up with:

"What is the legal drinking age in Middle Earth?"

Here's a hint.

Spoiler

Think of Bilbo's birthday.

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If you still haven't got it the answer is:

Spoiler

Eleventeen.

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[Mandle]

Here is an original Lord of the Rings riddle/joke that I came up with:

"What is the legal drinking age in Middle Earth?"

Here's a hint.

Spoiler

Think of Bilbo's birthday.

[close]

If you still haven't got it the answer is:

Spoiler

Eleventeen.

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Didn't quite get yours but here's one of my own:

Q: Why was Gandalf good at golf?

Spoiler

A: Because he could always get a couple of eagles.

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[mkennedy]

Here is an original Lord of the Rings riddle/joke that I came up with:

"What is the legal drinking age in Middle Earth?"

Here's a hint.

Spoiler

Think of Bilbo's birthday.

[close]

If you still haven't got it the answer is:

Spoiler

Eleventeen.

[close]

Didn't quite get yours but here's one of my own:

Q: Why was Gandalf good at golf?

Spoiler

A: Because he could always get a couple of eagles.

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Spoiler

Bilbo had his eleventieth birthday (11*10) so by using that logic you get 11+10 = eleventeen which conveniently happens to be the same as 21.

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[Mandle]

Ah, I had always thought it was his eleventy-first birthday and that's probably why I didn't get the reference.

[Mandle]

A new one I came up with today that I think is worthy:
(Please answer in spoiler tags if possible. I think it's worth it to let others feel that "click" moment)
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I was walking down a very dark and narrow lane one night. A light approached from behind me. I was worried it might be a car. Then I looked back and saw it was just a bicycle. At which point I stopped being merely worried and became scared.

Why?

[Mandle]

By the way, I'll answer this one I posted above as it's just a silly thing:

Q: Why was Gandalf good at golf?
A: Because he can always get at least a few eagles.

The new one is a bit more elegant I'd say.

[heltenjon]

I was walking down a very dark and narrow lane one night. A light approached from behind me. I was worried it might be a car. Then I looked back and saw it was just a bicycle. At which point I stopped being merely worried and became scared.

Why?

Spoiler

Because "just a bicycle" must be ridden by an invisible ghost?

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[Creamy]

Ah, I didn't think about that. My first thought was:

Spoiler

E.T. in the basket bike 

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[Mandle]

I was walking down a very dark and narrow lane one night. A light approached from behind me. I was worried it might be a car. Then I looked back and saw it was just a bicycle. At which point I stopped being merely worried and became scared.

Why?

Spoiler

Because "just a bicycle" must be ridden by an invisible ghost?

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This is indeed the correct answer. About how long did it take you? Or was it immediate?

[heltenjon]

This is indeed the correct answer. About how long did it take you? Or was it immediate?

30 seconds...I first wondered if there was somehow a pun involving "recycle". But on another day I probably would have been stumped.

[heltenjon]

Two pointing up, four pointing down,
two showing the way to town,
and one dragging behind.

[Mandle]

I doubt it, but, just to get things rolling:

A scorpion?

[heltenjon]

Two pointing up, four eight pointing down,
two showing the way to town,
and one dragging behind.

Whoops!

A scorpion?

Nope.