h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

How can you enter a room with two legs and leave with six legs if there is no-one in the room to start with?

Maybe you have left the room with a table or chair.

(Patches - I am filled with remorse at re-posting something that you had posted before. Please forgive me.)

I'd be dubious about entering any room with 2legs, for fear of what I might see.


Geggs

PBS - UR4givN

Sir G - I KNOW what u MEAN.

Depends what the room is - if it's a stable it could be that you entered and then left with a horse!!!

Alternatively you could walk into any room in a house and leave with a cat, rat, dog etc.

Is that too easy a suggestion?

The chair was correct, but anyone of those are also feasable.
PBS - Your post.

Sorry - I forgot to post yesterday.

A Man Dead on an Island
A man is dead in a desert with a rock lying beside him. There are no footprints leading to or away from him, nor have any been covered over. How did he die?

Was he dropped there from a plane or helicopter to examine the rock. He might be a Geologist. The rock may have been a small meteorite and when he touched it he was killed because it was, possibly, radioactive.

Is the rock a specific type (and, if so, is it green)?

czardene is on the wrong track SiWC seems to be on the right one although as I am colourblind, don't have a television and seldom watch cartoons - I cannot answer the question. I suppose I could Google it but I don't have the time.

I was 'cheating' a little, as I have heard this one before (though wanted to check). Your reference to cartoons should be the giveaway. The rock is usually portrayed as luminous green, though I don't know what colour it really is.

I do not look at cartoons, so that is no help to me. I now suspect that "rock" is the slang word for a precious stone, such as a diamond. He may have stolen some jewellery. For some reason most of it had been recovered from him, by others crooks. They did not realise that he had one jewel with him when they threw him out of the plane.

No - whether or not you watch cartoons - the clue is still there - put another way - the man was not a real man.

Is this thread take-your-turn or can I post a brainteaser?

I think that you have to solve the problem (328) first. Perhaps Pedantic will confirm.

The man is Superman. The rock is kryptonite. He was flying over the rock when he lost his powers and died. No idea how I know this much about a comic book...never read any.

Yes - your go. You got the answer before - or rather knew what it was but didn't actually tell us the answer other than that you thought that the rock was green.
Your go anyway

What goes up but never comes down?

Several things. Price of goods and services. Hot air rises, but hot air does not come down again.