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Answer to previous riddle: A splinter.

Explanation: The guy got the splinter from going in the woods, he sat down to find it but couldn't so he went home, with the splinter still there.

Riddle: I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?

Answer: The woman is a photographer and was taking a picture of her husband.

Explanation: The woman shot the picture of her husband, put the picture in the water to develop it, and then hung it. (to dry/on the wall - either works for the riddle I guess)

Riddle: How will you behead sixty eight and leave eighteen? (a.k.a how do you get 18 from 68?)

[Oh, and the answer to my previous riddle was indeed "A tree."]

Most riddles are flawed in the way that they do not account for multiple answers that work.

[Hmm, I don't quite understand your answer to my riddle. Do you mind explaining? It is not the answer that I know and I don't see how your answer works...?]

[Hint: There isn't any beheading actually going on, my riddle is asking what do you cut from 68 to get 18?]

A promise.
You can break a promise, it makes no noise, and it is done on purpose (usually).

If you put a curve in a 1 dimensional line, it becomes 2 dimensional. If you put a curve (concave/convex) in a plane, it becomes 3 dimensional. So isn't a cube with a curve in it 4 dimensional?

(NO, the 4th dimension is NOT time. Also, Euclidean geometry will inevitable fail in the 4th dimension, so you cannot rely on that either.))

(Bread doesn't make any sense. If anything it would have to be a promise. The answer can't be bread.)

(EDIT: I looked it up and it is bread. Seems like a bad answer to me, but I guess it's right.)

[Widm, your explanation was the one I was looking for for my riddle, my question was indeed referring to roman numerals, although James' explanation works as well technically. Great job you two! Also, to comment on James' riddle, I see how it is 'bread' and potentially 'promise', but I also see how they can both go against the circumstances of the riddle.]

Time is a fourth dimension in a 3-dimensional space, but in the context of this riddle, it isn't necessarily the fourth dimension.

I think that the answer is "yes"--the ends of the curve both exist in 4-dimensional space, and all the pieces in between do as well, but they exist in different 3-dimensional spaces, so the resulting figure is 4-dimensional.



Here's mine:

"A man walks into a store and notices two products. One is labeled Gold Edition, the other is labeled Silver Edition. He walks up to the cashier.

'HellocanItakeyourorder?' the cashier says, disinterested.
'How much does that Gold Edition cost?'
'Ahundreddollars.'
'Oh. Is the price for the Silver Edition any lower?'
'Fiftypercent.'
'I see.'

The man places a dollar on the counter and walks out with five thousand Silver Editions. Why?"

Yes. If Anne is unmarried, she is looking at Jules, so the answer is yes. If Anne is married, then Jake is looking at her, so the answer is still yes.

A fast food restaurant sells chicken in orders of 6, 9, and 20.
What is the largest number of pieces of chicken you cannot order from this restaurant?

Note: credit to a friend for this one