Riddles

[winneratlife]

I've got one: Name a nine letter word that remains a word after you take out one letter at a time, right down to one letter? (example: straps - traps - taps) List all nine forms of the word.

Startling is one...

Startling
Starting
Staring
String
Sting
Sing
Sin
In
I

I can't help but think American is one...though not 9 letters...and it probably isnt...

Dude! You were supposed to hide that, not just blatantly post it! Did you not see all of the "size 1" discussion?

There's no "E", the most common letter in the alphabet...

Here's one:

At one time, the Canadian and US dollars were discounted by 10 cents on each side of the border (i.e., a Canadian dollar was worth 90 US cents in the US, and a US dollar was worth 90 Canadian cents in Canada). A man walks into a bar on the US side of the border, orders 10 US cents worth of beer, pays with a US dollar and receives a Canadian dollar in change. He then walks across the border to Canada, orders 10 Canadian cents worth of beer, pays with a Canadian dollar and receives a US dollar in change. He continues this throughout the day, and ends up drunk with the original dollar in his pocket.
Who pays for the drinks?

The bartenders. Nope.

Uh... the currency exchange units?

[junexia]

riddle: Person A and Person B were born at the exact same time and have the same parents, but they are not twins. what are they?

[zyzzyva980]

The guy does, but he doesn't lose any money <=Answer (robodude)
They were born on different days, possibly many years apart <=Answer (junexia)

[amerikestrel]

riddle: Person A and Person B were born at the exact same time and have the same parents, but they are not twins. what are they?

Two people can't technically be born at the exact same time...

They were two out of a set of triplets.

[junexia]

ok, fine, two minutes within each other

[FueL]

junexia: They're triplets.

[Dark Sabre]

The guy does, but he doesn't lose any money <=Answer (robodude)
They were born on different days, possibly many years apart <=Answer (junexia)

Answer (robodude) (Click to Show Hidden Text)

The guy does, but he doesn't lose any money

Answer (junexia) (Click to Show Hidden Text)

They were born on different days, possibly many years apart

[zyzzyva980]

Well, FueL is right as well. I've heard different versions.

[junexia]

yeah, the answer i always heard was that they were triplets, but the other answer works too.

[blue cobra]

There's no "E", the most common letter in the alphabet...

Here's one:

At one time, the Canadian and US dollars were discounted by 10 cents on each side of the border (i.e., a Canadian dollar was worth 90 US cents in the US, and a US dollar was worth 90 Canadian cents in Canada). A man walks into a bar on the US side of the border, orders 10 US cents worth of beer, pays with a US dollar and receives a Canadian dollar in change. He then walks across the border to Canada, orders 10 Canadian cents worth of beer, pays with a Canadian dollar and receives a US dollar in change. He continues this throughout the day, and ends up drunk with the original dollar in his pocket.
Who pays for the drinks?

I'd say the guy does, just when dealing with this we'll use the word "exchange". He made several exchanges throughout the day, which ended up being profitable for him. He was given 100 cents for something he spent 90 cents on. After several exchanges, this ended up being the price of a drink.