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RIDDLE
A MAN WAS FOUND LYING DEAD IN AN ALLEY WITH FIVE BICYCLES
ALL AROUND HIM. HOW AND WHY DID HE DIE?
-- HE WAS KILLED BECAUSE HE CHEATED IN A POKER GAME AND
THE BICYCLES WERE FIVE "BICYCLE" BRAND PLAYING CARDS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): POKER BICYCLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
RIDDLE
FIFTY PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD IN A CABIN ON THE TOP OF A
MOUNTAIN. HOW DID THEY DIE?
-- THE CABIN WAS AN AIRPLANE CABIN. THERE WAS A PLANE
CRASH IN WHICH ALL THE INHABITANTS OF THE PLANE DIED.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PLANE CABIN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
THREE WORMS
ONCE THERE WERE THREE WORMS - MOM, DAD, AND WEE LITTLE BABY -
WHO DECIDED TO HAVE A PICNIC. THEY PACKED A LUNCH AND
SCAMPERED OFF. WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE PARK IT CLOUDED UP
SO THEY RAN AS FAST AS THEY COULD TO THEIR HOLE. WHEN THEY
ARRIVED THERE SAFELY THE WEE BABY WORM SAID, "GEE, I'M GLAD THE
FOUR OF US ARRIVED SAFELY." WHY DID HE SAY "FOUR" WHEN THERE
WERE THREE? (TELLER IS ASKED QUESTIONS WITH "YES" AND "NO"
RESPONSES)
-- HE WAS TOO YOUNG TO COUNT ACCURATELY.
Submitter comment:
FIRST HEARD IN 1952 AND MANY TIMES SINCE. SOMETIMES WITH
MICE INSTEAD OF WORMS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): HUMOR INTELLIGENCE ATTIBUTED TO ANIMALS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1952
RIDDLE
WHICH PART OF A HORSE HAS THE MOST HAIR?
-- THE OUTSIDE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
ON WHICH SIDE DOES THE CHICKEN HAVE THE MOST FEATHERS?
-- THE OUTSIDE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
WHICH SIDE OF A CHICKEN HAS THE MOST FEATHERS?
-- THE OUTSIDE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
A MAN WENT INTO A BAR AND ASKED THE BARTENDER FOR A GLASS
OF WATER. THE BARTENDER PULLED A GUN ON HIM. WHY?
-- THE MAN HAD THE HICCUPS SO HE WANTED TO SCARE HIM IN
ORDER TO GET RID OF THEM.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): FRIGHT CURE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
RIDDLE
IF A BUTCHER IS 5 FEET 7 INCHES TALL AND WEARS A SIZE
10 SHOE, AND IS 34 INCHES AROUND THE WAIST, WHAT DOES
HE WEIGH?
-- MEAT
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): TRANSATIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB MEANING "TO WEIGH."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
RIDDLE
THERE WAS A MAN WHO LIVED IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING.
EVERYDAY TO GET UP TO HIS APARTMENT WHICH WAS ON THE
12TH FLOOR, HE WOULD TAKE THE ELEVATOR TO THE 6TH FLOOR
AND WALK 6 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS. LEAVING THE APARTMENT,
HE WOULD GET INTO THE ELEVATOR AND GO RIGHT DOWN. HE
WOULDN'T GET OFF UNTIL HE GOT TO THE LOBBY FLOOR (HIS
DESTINATION). WHY DID HE ONLY GO SIX FLOORS ON THE
ELEVATOR AND THEN WALK UP THE REST ?
-- HE WAS A DWARF AND COULDN'T REACH THE NUMBER 12 BUTTON.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-23-1971
RIDDLE
A MAN WALKS UP TO ANOTHER MAN'S HOUSE WITH A LONG
TRENCH COAT ON AND A BOX UNDER HIS ARM. HE PROCEEDS
TO HAND IT TO THE OTHER MAN SAYING "NOW, WE'RE EVEN."
WHY?
-- TWO MEN WERE SHIPWRECKED ON A DESERTED ISLAND
WITHOUT FOOD AND INSTEAD OF STARVING, THE ONE MAN
(WHO WAS A DOCTOR) SAID HE'D CUT OFF THE OTHER MAN'S
ARM TO USE FOR FOOD. IF THEY EVER GOT OFF THIS ISLAND,
THE DOCTOR SAID HE WOULD REPAY THE MAN BY CUTTING OFF
HIS OWN ARM ONCE THEY GOT BACK. SO, THERE WAS AN ARM
IN THE BOX. THE REASON FOR THE LONG TRENCH COAT WHICH
HID THE DOCTOR'S ARM WAS HE STILL HAS HIS OWN ARM. HE
HAD CUT THE ARM IN THE BOX OFF OF SOMEONE ELSE IN HOPES
THAT THE MAN WOULD THINK IT WAS THE DOCTOR'S ARM.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
RIDDLE
THERE WERE TWO BROTHERS BORN IN MARCH WHOSE BIRTHDAY'S
WERE IN JULY. ONE MARRIED THE OTHER DID NOT, YET BOTH
DIED BACHELORS. FIGURE IT OUT.
-- MARCH IS A TOWN IN EAST. ONE MARRIED - HE WAS A PRIEST.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
RIDDLE
RIDDLE ME RIDDLE ME, RANDY - O,
MY FATHER GAVE ME THE SEED TO SOW.
THE SEED WAS BLACK AND THE GROUND WAS WHITE,
COME RIDDLE ME THAT AND I'LL GIVE YOU A PIPE.
-- COLLECTOR FORGOT ANSWER
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): HARVEST
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
JOKE
"HOW FAR CAN A DOG RUN INTO THE WOODS?"
-- "HALF WAY, BECAUSE THE OTHER HALF HE'S RUNNING OUT
OF THE WOODS."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS OLDER BROTHER WHO IS A
SCHOOL TEACHER AND LEARNED IT WHEN HE WAS STILL STUDYING
EDUCATION.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): DISTANCE MEASURE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
RIDDLE
HOW MUCH DIRT IS THERE IN A WHOLE FIVE FEET DEEP?
-- NONE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): MEASURMENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-30-1967
RIDDLE
IF A ROOSTER LAID AN EGG ON TOP OF A ROOF, WHICH WAY WOULD
IT FALL?
-- ROOSTERS DON'T LAY EGGS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; LEFT RIGHT EAST WEST
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
RIDDLE
"HOW LONG" IS A CHINAMAN'S NAME.
Submitter comment:
(THIS IS A DECLARATIVE SENTENCE STATING THE NAME OF
A PARTICULAR CHINAMAN. MOST PEOPLE INTERPRET IT AS
A QUESTION. THEY BECOME PUZZLED IN TRYING TO ANSWER IT.)
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ORIENT NATIONALITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-25-1970
RIDDLE
WHY DID TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE WALK OUT OF THE BEST
RESTURANT IN NEW YORK?
-- BECAUSE THEY WERE FINISHED EATING.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
RIDDLE
HOW CAN YOU TELL THE AGE OF A CHICKEN?
-- BY HIS TEETH. (CATCH - CHICKENS DO NOT HAVE TEETH).
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-25-1970
RIDDLE
IF A PLANE CRASHES ON THE BORDER OF CANADA AND
THE UNITED STATES, WHERE WOULD YOU BURY THE
SURVIVORS?
-- YOU DON'T BURY "SURVIVORS".
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): FLYING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
RIDDLE
HOW DID THE BUCKWHEAT COME TO AMERICA?
-- IT CAME THREE-CORNERED. (THE GRAIN ITSELF)
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): FARMING AGRICULTURE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-25-1970