Riddle Thread

[cannedcommunism]

Basically, I will post a riddle, and will occasionally give hints to help solve it. Once somebody gets it right, I will move on to the next riddle.

RIDDLE #1

Spoiler

A man walks into a saloon and asks for a glass of water. The bartender, in response, grabs a gun and shoots. The man says "Thanks", and walks out. Why is this so?

Answer: The man had the hiccups. The gun scared the hiccups away from him.
Winner: Marriska

RIDDLE #2

Spoiler

On my way to St. Ives,
I met a man with 7 wives.
Each wife had 7 sacks,
each sack had 7 cats,
each cat had 7 kittens.
How many were going to St. Ives?

 

[CommanderLeahShepard]

... Erm ... Clues?

 

[cannedcommunism]

The gun was not loaded.

 

[CR33P]

i thought it was going to be one of those guns in a bar where it shoots out water

 

[CommanderLeahShepard]

Was it to scare the man?

 

[cannedcommunism]

Yes.

 

[Marisska]

the man wanted to stop hiccupping ?

 

[BerryPop]

it was a water gun

 

[cannedcommunism]

the man wanted to stop hiccupping ?

You got it right! I'll post the next riddle.

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it was a water gun

If you looked at the hint, you would know that the gun was not loaded.

 

[Saylor]

For the second riddle, would it just be one person (the narrator) going to St. Ives?

 

[Cam1]

Is #2 107?

 

[LadyOfOuran]

For #2, only the narrator is going to St. Ives. All the others are going in the opposite direction, which is how he ran into them on the way.

 

[PaperCat]

Riddle 2, the one man?

 

[ellabella12345]

#2 you?