A riddle

fisher · Post by **fisher** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:56 am

Here's another....The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

NefariousSaint · Post by **NefariousSaint** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:59 am

Coffin....

fisher · Post by **fisher** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:12 pm

NefariousSaint wrote: Coffin.... Yes.Good job.

fisher · Post by **fisher** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:18 am

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

fisher · Post by **fisher** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:23 am

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:33 am

fisher wrote: I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

Light

fisher · Post by **fisher** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:35 am

K.Snyder wrote: Light
Good guess but light would not make the bucket lighter

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:42 am

fisher wrote: Good guess but light would not make the bucket lighter

It would make it lighter as in brighter sure.....wouldnt it?

fisher · Post by **fisher** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:01 am

K.Snyder wrote: It would make it lighter as in brighter sure.....wouldnt it?
Well I guess you are right there. But what is does is make the bucket lighter in weight. I guess there will be two answers to this one.

fisher · Post by **fisher** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:43 am

fisher wrote: Well I guess you are right there. But what is does is make the bucket lighter in weight. I guess there will be two answers to this one.
The answer I am looking for is a hole.

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 1:29 pm

fisher wrote: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

A river

fisher · Post by **fisher** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:42 pm

Bryn Mawr wrote: A river
Yes.That's correct.