Riddle Me This....
Frank Gorshin, aka The Riddler, dead at 72.
Riddle me this Batman, How much dirt is in a hole 3 acres square and 200 feet deep?
Riddle me this Batman, How do you stop a dog from barking in July?
Riddle me this Batman, What are the chilliest 12 inches in the world?
Riddle me this Batman, What has yellow skin and writes?
Riddle me this Batman, What is it that no man wants to have but no man wants to lose?
Riddle me this, Batman, When does a painter use a trigger instead of a brush?
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Riddles from actual episodes. Answers later, if you don't get them.
Comments
The first two are easy.
None. A hole has had the dirt removed.
Shoot the dog in June.
Posted by: JimK (No Relation) | May 18, 2005 05:21 PM
My favorite was (if memory serves me correctly) from the pilot:
There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?
(...apologies to Michele for the reference to the e-vil Tobacco...)
Posted by: LDH | May 18, 2005 05:21 PM
Riddle me this Batman, What has yellow skin and writes?
A pencil.
Riddle me this Batman, What is it that no man wants to have but no man wants to lose?
Nothing.
Posted by: Shawn | May 18, 2005 05:23 PM
"What has yellow skin and writes?"
A ball-point banana.
Posted by: LDH | May 18, 2005 05:24 PM
Banana is the correct one. I love that.
Posted by: michele | May 18, 2005 05:25 PM
I'm surprised that an Eskimo cock joke made it past the censors back then. Wakka wakka!
Posted by: Hubris | May 18, 2005 05:26 PM
Riddle me this: Who's now assuming room temperature?
Sorry.
Heh.
Posted by: Margi | May 18, 2005 07:22 PM
When does a painter use a trigger instead of a brush?
-when he's a stickup artist.
What are the chilliest 12 inches in the world?
-cold feet
There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?
--they throw one cigarette overboard and make the boat lighter
Posted by: jeff | May 18, 2005 08:14 PM
Jeff, technically the complete answer is:
They threw one cigarette overboard and made the boat a cigarette lighter...
Posted by: LDH | May 18, 2005 10:01 PM
"What has yellow skin and writes?"
Amy Tan?
Posted by: Mumblix Grumph | May 19, 2005 03:21 AM
"Riddle me this Batman, What is it that no man wants to have but no man wants to lose?"
...A bald head?
Posted by: Just John | May 19, 2005 02:42 PM
"Riddle me this Batman, What is it that no man wants to have but no man wants to lose?"
(Not confident on this answer, but...)
A job?...
Posted by: LDH | May 19, 2005 06:10 PM
a lawsuit :)
Posted by: michele | May 19, 2005 07:51 PM
Frank Gorshin and Tony Curtis were guests on CSI's final show thursday pm. Directed by Tarantino
Posted by: lucia | May 20, 2005 04:14 PM