Riddle me this!

[Tanukitsune]

"What is a jar, but made out of wood?"

The only person who guessed it so far had heard a variation or similar riddle... But I made this one up myself! Of course that doesn't mean someone else might of thought of it too before me...

You can use this thread for more riddles... If you can guess mine!

[Kestralyn]

"What is a jar, but made out of wood?"

A door, of course!

And to bring the mental level of this thread down several notches:

"What is grey, has four legs and a trunk?"

[Ryalyn]

An elephant on vacation!!

I love elephant jokes.

How do you get an elephant into a refridgerator?

[Bodhisattva]

You open the door and put the elephant in the refrigerator.

What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and three legs at night?

[Ryalyn]

Man.

How do you put a giraffe in the refridgerator?

[kinako mochi]

A people?

With a name like Bodhisattva, the following should be easy!

Shuzan held out his staff, and said "if you call this short, you oppose its reality, but if you don't call it short, you ignore the fact. What you you wish to call this?"

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A monk asked Joshu, "Does a dog have Buddha-nature?"

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For the rest of us:

This one should be appropriate considering the Giggle's thread

[Tanukitsune]

"What is a jar, but made out of wood?"

A door, of course!

Man, you sure guessed that one fast!
This is the first time someone in a forum guessed it so quickly, be proud... or... not...

[azalea2]

She was 15, he was 45 when they first wed.

[Kestralyn]

Man, you sure guessed that one fast!
This is the first time someone in a forum guessed it so quickly, be proud... or... not...

Just to make you smile, I found something for you, Tanuk:

[Kestralyn]

An elephant on vacation!!

Nope! A mouse on a cruise!

But speaking of childish riddles...

Why do ducks have webbed feet?

[Ryalyn]

Why do ducks have webbed feet?

To put out forest fires.

Why do elephants have flat feet?

[kinako mochi]

She was 15, he was 45 when they first wed.

Dingdingding!

'Kay, if the Hobbit riddles were old news

[Kestralyn]

Why do ducks have webbed feet?

To put out forest fires.

Why do elephants have flat feet?

To stamp out flaming ducks!

Quack quack quack quack! (Yes, I AM a flaming duck on many days)

[Ryalyn]

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.

The dark?

This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.

Time?

At the sound of me, men may dream
Or stamp their feet
At the sound of me, women may laugh
Or sometimes weep.

Sounds like something to do with war or battles. Marching?

You do hard riddles.

[kinako mochi]

I am, in truth, a yellow fork
From tables in the sky
By inadvertent fingers dropped
The awful cutlery.
Of mansions never quite disclosed
And never quite concealed
The apparatus of the dark
To ignorance revealed.

Lightning.

At the sound of me, men may dream
Or stamp their feet
At the sound of me, women may laugh
Or sometimes weep.

Music.

[Tanukitsune]

Man, you sure guessed that one fast!
This is the first time someone in a forum guessed it so quickly, be proud... or... not...

Just to make you smile, I found something for you, Tanuk:

OMG! A fainting avatar!
I'm so excited I think I'm gonna...

[Ryalyn]

This make me giggle every time I see it!!

How do you put a giraffe in the refridgerator? Open the door, take out the elephant, put in the giraffe.

All the animals in the forest are invited to a party. Who won't be there?

[Fhqwhgads]

A monk asked Joshu, "Does a dog have Buddha-nature?"

Ooh ooh! This one I got:

Mu! My answer to most tech support questions from end users.

[kinako mochi]

Mu! My answer to most tech support questions from end users.

That's awesome! Having been a programmer in the past, I can sympathize with front-end people. Working with the general public is many, many books filled with craptastica.

Technically, here, a Zen master would agree and say you got it right. But in cloister he/she would say you got it wrong! Even if it says so right there for posterity! It's not that the literal answer is wrong, but the true answer also lies in the realization of the speaker. Koans are designed to frustrate and short-circuit the knee-jerk paths we all crutch on and stimulates our true potential into play. Logic cannot defeat a koan.

So d'ya get it right or not? Muuuuuuuuu. Rings copper bell around neck.

[PrettyPrincess]

This make me giggle every time I see it!!

How do you put a giraffe in the refridgerator? Open the door, take out the elephant, put in the giraffe.

All the animals in the forest are invited to a party. Who won't be there?

the giraffe, cuz he's still in the fridge!

What is the name of a man with no arms and no legs hanging on the wall?

[Fhqwhgads]

Art.

Man, no arms/legs, floating in the pool.

Man, no arms/legs, drunk on the doorstep.

Man, no arms/legs, in your mailbox.

Man, no arms/legs, in the hottub.

Man, no arms/legs, in the BBQ.

Man, no arms/legs, holding your car up.

Man, no arms/legs, upside down in the end zone.

Man, no arms/legs, on a poker table.

Man, no arms/legs, in a coffee cup.

Man, no arms/legs, waterskiing.

Man, no arms/legs, on a beach.

Man, no arms/legs, throwing up.

Man, no arms/legs, hit by lightning.

Worst one: Man, half of one leg and 4/5 of the other foot gone.

[Kestralyn]

Art.

Man, no arms/legs, floating in the pool.

Bob

Man, no arms/legs, drunk on the doorstep.

Matt

Man, no arms/legs, in your mailbox.

Bill

Man, no arms/legs, in the hottub.

Stu

Man, no arms/legs, holding your car up.

Jack

Man, no arms/legs, on a poker table.

Chip

Man, no arms/legs, waterskiing.

Skip

You've got a bunch here I haven't heard before! Cool!

And of course, the classic: Man, no arms/legs, in a tree?

[Fhqwhgads]

Technically, here, a Zen master would agree and say you got it right. But in cloister he/she would say you got it wrong! Even if it says so right there for posterity! It's not that the literal answer is wrong, but the true answer also lies in the realization of the speaker. Koans are designed to frustrate and short-circuit the knee-jerk paths we all crutch on and stimulates our true potential into play. Logic cannot defeat a koan.

*chuckle* Yeah. Logic is good but it's not the end-all be-all of existence. Out here in Jesus-freak land (I say that affectionately being a big ol' JC-freak meself) I have to crack up when people tuck in to, for instance, the Calvinist-Armenian debate. (For anyone not knowing about this, the Cliff's Notes version is: one side of the argument says God determines who will be chosen or "elected" and the other side says man's free will is the deciding factor.) So which is it? Muuu. (*dings the cowbell*) Anybody who says they've got God figured out is either deluded or worshipping something that's not God.

[Ryalyn]

Well, done, PP!

Everyone's heard my jokes already but I just have to keep on going.

You're in the forest and you have to cross over a piranha infested river. What do you do?

[Fhqwhgads]

Rent a freakin' boat. *snerk*

EDIT: BTW, good going Kes. I think I'll wait a bit before posting the rest...

'NOTHER EDIT:

And of course, the classic: Man, no arms/legs, in a tree?

Eh...Russell?