Riddles and Puzzles

[jayco]

Here's an old time 'thinking puzzle' that might be fun to work through.

I only know a couple, so feel free to post a possible answer .............or maybe you know of a different riddle or puzzle we can work on.

Fox,Goose,and Corn
A farmer had three items to take to town to sell. A fox, a goose, and a sack of corn. The only way to town was to cross an old rickety bridge.
Because the bridge was so rickety, he could only carry one thing at a time across the bridge. To further complicate matters,he could not leave the fox alone with the goose, for the fox would surely eat the goose if given a chance.Also, he can't leave the goose alone with the corn,because the goose would eat the corn! The fox will not eat the corn.
So can the farmer get all three items across the bridge?....Safe and sound?.........And if he can how does he do it?

Have fun!

[skunkriv]

Take the goose across, return
Take the corn across, return carrying the goose
Take the fox across, return
Take the goose across

Could save a trip if you turned the corn into moonshine first LOL

[habu68]

now there was a farmer with 17 horses in his will he left 1/9th of his horses to his third son, 1/3rd to his second son and 1/2 of his horses to his first son. And $1000 to the person who could sove the problem with out a remaining horse(s) or partial owner ship.

this was told to me by a 96 year old man (hint it was solved by an old blacksmith with a mule)

[habu68]

True or false
Pi r sq

[Glenn]

Riddle that I have heard many times
You can make money blacksmithing.

Looking for the solution.

[keykeeper]

Originally Posted by jayco

Fox,Goose,and Corn
A farmer had three items to take to town to sell. A fox, a goose, and a sack of corn. The only way to town was to cross an old rickety bridge.
Because the bridge was so rickety, he could only carry one thing at a time across the bridge. To further complicate matters,he could not leave the fox alone with the goose, for the fox would surely eat the goose if given a chance.Also, he can't leave the goose alone with the corn,because the goose would eat the corn! The fox will not eat the corn.
So can the farmer get all three items across the bridge?....Safe and sound?.........And if he can how does he do it?

Have fun!

He takes the goose across first. Then takes over the corn. The fox follows, as he wants the goose!

[habu68]

Originally Posted by habu68

True or false
Pi r sq

Ans: False
cornbread r sq, pi r round!

[jayco]

Skunkriv, you got the 'Fox,goose, corn' riddle correctly.
( I never thought of the 'moonshine'!)

Keykeeper......your alternative answer certainly saves some steps! Never thought of that one either!

Habu 68......at my house 'pi r round-cobbler r sq.

The 17 horses riddle? I'm still working on that one! It's a tough one!

[habu68]

17 horses

It was a slow year in the village, and the lawyers, bankers, and accountants, (not having real jobs) all fig'ed, scratched, and calc'lated. But the old blacksmith and his mule just grinned.

[jayco]

Habu 68.........the farmer probably figured it would be impossible to give each of his sons fractions of horses, so instead 'pretended' he had 18.......making the dividing much easier.

He gave the 3rd. son 2 horses(1/9 of 18)
He gave the 2nd. son 6 horses(1/3 of 18)
He gave the 1st. son 9 horses(1/2 of 18)

2 + 6 + 9 = 17 horses

And what about the 18th horse?
Well, there never was an 18th horse.....
It was just a 'pretend' horse!