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What is the answer to this riddle?
I'm not really here Posted Oct 10, 2001
Son sounds right to me.
Here's one,
light as a feather, yet no man can hold it for long.
What is the answer to this riddle?
I'm not really here Posted Oct 10, 2001
hmpf.
I have a 100 legs but cannot stand
a long neck and no head
What am I?
About that picture
Ommigosh Posted Oct 10, 2001
The answer is.........
The man is looking at a picture of his son.
About that picture
cafram - in the states. Posted Oct 10, 2001
No no no!! Think about it!!
Without the rhyming bits; I'm an only child. This guy's dad is MY dad's son.
My dad's son - it can only be his brother or him...and seeing as he doens't have a brother...it's HIM!!!
About that picture
Ommigosh Posted Oct 10, 2001
Cafram you have correctly worked out who is doing the speaking but you haven't worked out who he is speaking about.
"This guy's dad" is me. Agreed.
so who is "this guy" in the picture (which is what the original question is)?
I reckon this guy in the picture is my son.
Om
About that picture
cafram - in the states. Posted Oct 10, 2001
Ok. If I were the person talking I would say "my dad's son", which would be my brother. My dad's brother would be my uncle, and my dad's dad would be my grandfather.
So when this guy (let's call him Joe 
) says's "my dad's son" he's talking about his brother.
Seeing as he has already said that he's an only child, it must be him.
About that picture
I'm not really here Posted Oct 10, 2001
A chap is looking at a portrait of a man.
He points to the picture and says;
"Brothers and sisters have I none,
but that man's father is my father's son"
Who is the person in the picture?
The man in the picture has a father.
That father is 'my father's son' ie person pointing - me.
But the picture is not of the father, it is of that father's son. 'that man's father'.
See? So the picture is of the son.
About that picture
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 10, 2001
When Joe talks about my dad's son, he means Joe. When Joe says "that guy's father is my dad's son", he means "that guy's father is Joe". If that guy's father is Joe, then that guy must be Joe's son, Pete.
About that picture
Is mise Duncan Posted Oct 10, 2001
OK - logic seems to have failed. Let's try the brute force method...
Is it an Aardvark? No
Is it an Abacus? No
Is it an Abalone? No
(Please bear with me - this could take some time....)
About that picture
cafram - in the states. Posted Oct 10, 2001
It still doesn't make sense to me, cos my memory is telling me it's him, but you guys're right. Sorry!!
What is the answer to this riddle?
Is mise Duncan Posted Oct 10, 2001
erm...a comb?
No - that doesn't have a neck.
That animal that Bernard Mathews gets his chicken drummers from?
The French team in the 50 man yard of ale competition?
...
100 legs etc
Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 10, 2001
Is that one riddle or two?
Are we talking about one thing/animal/person which has 100 legs and a long neck, has no head and can't stand?
Or is it two separate riddles: one thing that has a long neck and no head, another that has 100 legs and can't stand.
The thing with 100 legs which can't stand could be a jeans shop or a very long relay race.
A teapot has a long neck but no head. So does a decapitated giraffe.
I have it: a meat storage room in an abattoir specialising in exotic animal meat.
100 legs etc
I'm not really here Posted Oct 10, 2001
hmm, it's much more simple than that, it's whole, and not broken.
one riddle.
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