Riddles

Solve the following problem: Suppose you’re a museum guard. It’s the guard’s job to protect the valuable artwork. But the guard fell asleep. While he was snoozing, three thieves broke in and stole twenty paintings and the guard’s wallet. What color are the museum guard’s eyes?

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Whatever color your eyes are because it says “suppose you’re a museum guard.”

[ 11-05-2007, 02:01 AM: Message edited by: Mockingbird ]

Tssss… you only said “you are a museum guard”, but never “you are the museum guard”.

How should we guess that your sentences were mutually related - and in this manner? :stuck_out_tongue:

[ 11-05-2007, 04:04 AM: Message edited by: Unicorn ]

We don’t think that there’s something wrong, since there is only one museum guard mentioned in the above riddle…

Also… How about this…! :cool:

"I have no fangs, yet I constantly bite. I have no scales, yet I slither through you. What am I?"

I copied it directly from Sunday’s (yesterday’s) newspaper.

As for the answer to 13th’s question…some sort of liquid? Acid?

A tapeworm?

[ 11-06-2007, 02:57 PM: Message edited by: CDP5280 ]

'kay… You’re somehow close… :wink:

I know! I know! My ex-girlfriend! :smiley:

What do I win? :stuck_out_tongue:

Also, some of us are not ‘he’. :slight_smile:

Heh…

Maybe not always on the same sheet of music with you Papillon…

But I like your style.

Okey… For a thorough answer explaination…though y’all probably noticed already…

In actuality… That is a… “Riddle of the Viper’s Venom.” “FANGS” and “SCALES” are the main clues…
To put things simply…It’s venom that’s been coursing through one’s veins and is constantly implicting pain to that one being…ne…? :stuck_out_tongue:

Here’s a new one…also an easy one…

"What can a peasant get for free that an emperor can never buy…?

“…Saa…?”