Can you solve this riddle?

Baron · Sat 02/12/2017 01:40:07

Juliette finds Mario?

Mandle · Sat 02/12/2017 03:50:34

Baron got it also!

Okay, here is the answer stated clearly, but not the exact solution just yet:

Answer: It took Jane 9 months to find Mike.

Mandle · Sat 02/12/2017 10:06:52

Here's the complete solution of the Jane And Mike riddle if anyone still needs to see it:

Spoiler

The first letters of each word in the middle sentence of "Jane Found Mike At Midnight Just Joking And Smiling." are the same as the first letters of the first 9 months of the year in English: January February March April May June July August September.

Hence why it took Jane 9 months to find Mike.

Before anyone says the riddle was too hard/unfair: Kweeper proved it wasn't by solving it without hints (Kweeper even added up the exact number of days between January and September (excluding leap years) in his winning answer.)

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Cassiebsg · Sat 02/12/2017 10:11:42

Uhm...okay. would never have guessed it.

Stupot · Sat 02/12/2017 10:31:13

For me, once Mandle said to focus on the middle sentence, something about the phrase 'just joking and smiling' seemed a bit off and I knew the words must have been chosen for a reason other than their meaning as a sentence. That's what led me to find the solution.

Mandle · Sat 02/12/2017 12:29:24

Quote from: Stupot on Sat 02/12/2017 10:31:13
something about the phrase 'just joking and smiling' seemed a bit off and I knew the words must have been chosen for a reason other than their meaning as a sentence. That's what led me to find the solution.

YES!!! That's exactly what I thought when I wrote the sentence: That it was just enough "off" to seem a bit weird but maybe not enough to draw the attention that would bust the riddle outright.

Mandle · Sat 02/12/2017 12:41:50

Quote from: Cassiebsg on Sat 02/12/2017 10:11:42
Uhm...okay. would never have guessed it.

I never would have either.

And I was prepared to give massive hints until:

Kweepa proved to be a genius and solved it without any!

That was proof that the riddle was pretty solid and could be solved as it stood.

And Kweepa told me in PM that it was a nice "Aha!" moment when solved, which was what I had hoped for, so I decided to just let the riddle stand for a while until the actual solution was released so that maybe others could have that same kind of fun moment.

Sorry if this annoyed anyone in the meanwhile.

CaptainD · Sat 02/12/2017 14:03:39

Quote from: Mandle on Sat 02/12/2017 12:41:50
Sorry if this annoyed anyone in the meanwhile.

What are riddles for?!??

Kweepa · Sat 02/12/2017 15:28:45

Quote from: Stupot on Sat 02/12/2017 10:31:13
something about the phrase 'just joking and smiling' seemed a bit off and I knew the words must have been chosen for a reason other than their meaning as a sentence. That's what led me to find the solution.

Yes, that was the chink in the puzzle's armour for me too!
Now, let's have another!

Mandle · Sun 03/12/2017 13:30:53

Probably a pretty easy one I just wrote so please hide answers to avoid too many early spoilers:

They raised my siblings and I with great care,
When they took us away it was fair,
But then they brutally bashed us,
And in wooden prisons they stashed us,
Years later we were bought by some mayor.

What were we?

CaptainD · Sun 03/12/2017 13:32:56

Spoiler

Confirmed Winner By Mandle
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YOU EXPECTED TO SEE THE ANSWER HERE DIDN'T YOU, FOOLISH MORTAL?!?!

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Mandle · Sun 03/12/2017 14:06:03

CaptainD is the confirmed winner but may be obscuring his answer soon.

Sorry, but I'm just interested in how easy or difficult it is for people in general to solve riddles.

Kweepa · Sun 03/12/2017 18:50:42

And this doesn't require outside knowledge?
Seems like a world history quiz/puzzle crossover given the last line...

(I like the format!)

Wyz · Sun 03/12/2017 21:39:42

Woah, in under two minutes; CaptainD really smoked it.

Mandle · Sun 03/12/2017 22:13:48

Quote from: Kweepa on Sun 03/12/2017 18:50:42
And this doesn't require outside knowledge?
Seems like a world history quiz/puzzle crossover given the last line...
(I like the format!)

No outside knowledge needed as you probably already know now seeing as you answered correctly in PM...

mkennedy · Mon 04/12/2017 06:20:40

Quote from: Mandle on Sun 03/12/2017 13:30:53
Probably a pretty easy one I just wrote so please hide answers to avoid too many early spoilers:

They raised my siblings and I with great care,
When they took us away it was fair,
But then they brutally bashed us,
And in wooden prisons they stashed us,
Years later we were bought by some mayor.

What were we?

Spoiler

Grapes made into wine?

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Mandle · Mon 04/12/2017 11:10:19

Quote from: mkennedy on Mon 04/12/2017 06:20:40
Quote from: Mandle on Sun 03/12/2017 13:30:53
Probably a pretty easy one I just wrote so please hide answers to avoid too many early spoilers:

They raised my siblings and I with great care,
When they took us away it was fair,
But then they brutally bashed us,
And in wooden prisons they stashed us,
Years later we were bought by some mayor.

What were we?

Spoiler
Grapes made into wine?
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Yup! Well done to you and also to CaptainD and Kweepa!

Spoiler

The reason it ended with "bought by some mayor" was to infer that the wine was of fine quality and expensive and also it was the only thing I could think of to fit the rhyming scheme...

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Mandle · Wed 06/12/2017 07:20:07

Billions of us are thrown away,
By everybody, every day.
Yet noone ever finds us lacking,
Until Death comes a rapping.

What are we?

Kweepa · Wed 06/12/2017 07:51:47

Danvzare · Wed 06/12/2017 11:34:22

Toilet paper?