OT: Extremely Tough Riddle Challenge

Post #41 » by **j4remi** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:08 pm

I need to figure out this goddamn riddle!

HEZI · Post #42 » by **HEZI** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:02 pm

Because they didnt want to drive past the 10th block because they would be entering the hood

UCLAnyk · Post #43 » by **UCLAnyk** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 9:19 pm

a drum could refer to a drum of whiskey or rum (or hell, the phrase "for a drum" could even be "for red rum") with drumsticks meaning chicken drumsticks.

as NYKnicksfan11 pointed out--there's ambiguity as to who drove whom. so let's say the man with the dollar pays the streetcar driver for the right to drive the streetcar.

so basically, some guy gets hammered at lunch then rents a streetcar and gets 10 blocks before they realize he's too drunk to drive and kick him out.

This doesn't really explain the hint in a very satisfying way but i think it works well for the rest of it.

Maybe?

Post #44 » by **GONYK** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:01 pm

UCLAnyk wrote:a drum could refer to a drum of whiskey or rum (or hell, the phrase "for a drum" could even be "for red rum") with drumsticks meaning chicken drumsticks.

as NYKnicksfan11 pointed out--there's ambiguity as to who drove whom. so let's say the man with the dollar pays the streetcar driver for the right to drive the streetcar.

so basically, some guy gets hammered at lunch then rents a streetcar and gets 10 blocks before they realize he's too drunk to drive and kick him out.

This doesn't really explain the hint in a very satisfying way but i think it works well for the rest of it.

Maybe?

Ha...I tried that route of thinking, but that wasn't it. My friend said that the family member who knows it said once you get the right answer, you just know it, because it fits everything so perfectly.

Post #45 » by **Deeeez Knicks** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:09 pm

It was the end of the line??

Post #46 » by **GONYK** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:31 am

Brad Lohaus wrote:It was the end of the line??

No, it's not quite that simple

Post #47 » by **Capn'O** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:02 pm

DocZaius wrote:by "they kicked him out", is it talking about the passenger or the driver?

I think you're on to something here.

He gives the driver a dime and THEY kick him out after 10 blocks. There is only one driver mentioned. That has to be at least one of the pieces.

I was seeing if there was a marching band tune called "the riddle" that could potentially offend but no dice.

Knicksfan20 · Post #48 » by **Knicksfan20** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:51 pm

Now....

Did he he spend 80 cents for the drum...then 10 cents for EACH stick? so he was spent out

then when the driver found out he had no money, he got kicked out?

Knicksfan20 · Post #49 » by **Knicksfan20** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:58 pm

Does this have anything to do with it maybe?

In the riddle he sayd he spend 80 CENTS on a drum...and ten CENTS on the sticks

but he gave the driver a DIME...He didnt give him ten CENTS...

Am i looking to far into it?

why didnt he spend a dime on 2 sticks? or why didnt he give the driver 10 cents?

i think im onto something? or no? lol im going nuts

Post #50 » by **j4remi** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 4:57 pm

This riddle is evil.

passthedutchman · Post #51 » by **passthedutchman** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:25 pm

NYKnicksfan11 wrote:Does this have anything to do with it maybe?

In the riddle he sayd he spend 80 CENTS on a drum...and ten CENTS on the sticks

but he gave the driver a DIME...He didnt give him ten CENTS...

Am i looking to far into it?

why didnt he spend a dime on 2 sticks? or why didnt he give the driver 10 cents?

i think im onto something? or no? lol im going nuts

yeah I actually thought about that too and thought of 3 slang meanings for dime:

1. dime piece- he gave the driver a woman to drive him somewhere and they decided to kick him out ha.
2. dropping a dime- he gave the driver some info I dunno
3. dime bag- I don't think they used that term back then.

....

anyway what I also thought of was that the guy bought the drums to be part of a parade or funeral procession. he gets kicked out after 10 blocks because either the street is closed off due to the parade/funeral procession or because it has already started and has advanced 3 blocks by the time he gets there.

Red Vines · Post #52 » by **Red Vines** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:55 pm

There has to be some connection between the 10 cents and the 10th block...

OR since the riddle doesn't tell you the sequence, maybe he first paid the driver 10 cents then was kicked out after 10 blocks in order to buy the drums and drumsticks.

Puertorique · Post #53 » by **Puertorique** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:04 pm

If you don't give us the answer to this riddle so help you we will all hunt you down for putting this in our brains.

You evil bastard.

Post #54 » by **j4remi** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:09 pm

I'm showing this riddle to my professors at college.

JimmyBaller · Post #55 » by **JimmyBaller** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:34 pm

Goddammit tell me if I'm right or wrong. He left the drums behind!!!! Ominous silence? come ooonnnn, I'm dyin' here.

Red Vines · Post #56 » by **Red Vines** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:28 am

UCLAnyk wrote:a drum could refer to a drum of whiskey or rum (or hell, the phrase "for a drum" could even be "for red rum") with drumsticks meaning chicken drumsticks.

That's what I'm thinking-couldn't have food or alcohol on the streetcar. It's settled for me.

DocZaius · Post #57 » by **DocZaius** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:31 am

i bet the only way to figure it out is on your death bed

makes alot of sense

Post #58 » by **GONYK** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:31 am

JimmyBaller wrote:Goddammit tell me if I'm right or wrong. He left the drums behind!!!! Ominous silence? come ooonnnn, I'm dyin' here.

No, that's not it. Why would he get "kicked off" for that?

knicksNOTslick · Post #59 » by **knicksNOTslick** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:37 am

I got it. There's a streetcar driver and then there's the conductor. You don't pay the driver, you pay the conductor. That is why it's "they" kicked him out, instead of "he."

Post #60 » by **Sleepy** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:07 am

ok... this doesn't look like a np-complete problem. Nothing like the seven bridges of Königsberg or the travelling salesman or something like that.

It also could be a linguistic riddle, with some double meaning somewhere. That would be lame, but can't rule it out. The fact that it says "dime" instead of using "X cents" like it did before may be a hint in that direction... if it's impossible to rephrase the riddle it's one of these, but I don't think so.

It's more likely a test in abductive logic, like that famous Pyramid riddle. That would mean, assuming that every information is substantial, to gather everything said in the riddle and search for an explanation that covers all of it. Thus, the answer has to include the drum and the sticks, the money, the driver, the blocks, the car, the man, "they" and every other factor I might have overlooked.

I can't make much sense of it right now, especially with the hint. Does that mean that the answer is part of the riddle or that "the riddle" is part of the answer?