The Daily Riddle Thread

Get rid of the “s”! :wink:

Tricky, Yourrid! The $2 should be subtracted from the $27 to make $25. The manager initially receives $30. He then gives $3 back, $1 to each man. He now has $27 because he kept the extra $2 that he should have given them, but didn’t because of uneven/awkward distribution.
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Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man’s father is my father’s son. Who is the man?

Oh my! I looked in the mirror, and it was me!

Nope.

Just transpose/simplify. My father’s son must be me as I have no brother’s and sisters. Therefore it becomes this man’s father is me. Therefore the picture must be of his son.

As it turns out I had a dispute about this long ago and phoned MENSA. They got it wrong (Amazing). It was only after I suggested they transpose/simplify that they agreed it has to be his son.

Your logic is, how do you say it….very logical. As we say here in the colonies, you da man. :slight_smile:

I was going to argue… until I put a pen to paper. It is indeed the riddler’s son. Tough one to figure in the head.

This man….let’s say this is me…his father (my father) has a son. (Me again) My father’s son (Me again)

It cannot be this man’s son, as the man in question (This man in the this man’s father equation) is the son of my father. The brothers and sisters I have none part merely indicates there are no options for other kids being the answer. My father has a son. Me. My father’s son is me. period. end of story. And truly, my father has one natural born son. So, who is my father’s son? Me.

The question doesn’t ask “Who am I?” The identity of the speaker, or riddler if you will, is of no importance. “The picture must be of his son” makes no sense in relation to the question, as there was no “picture” in the question.

If it walks like a duck

And talks like a duck ,

You sir , are drunk .

ducks can't talk .

If you study the question as posed you will note the term ‘this man’. Plainly the riddler is referring or pointing to someone. OK it could be a real person but usually in this riddle it refers to a picture. However, the big clue is that the riddle is being spoken by someone and at the end the riddle is asking who is this man rather than who am I. I suppose riddler might be pointing to himself and talking of himself in the third person but that is so unlikely a possibility that we must logically ignore it.

Let’s say we have a photograph/picture (Brit-speak for conceptualized image) of 3 men, grandfather on the left, father center, and grandson on the right.

The father, explaining the relationship to a third party, points to the son and says “this man’s father (himself) is my father’s (grandfather) son.

I value the community we have here to discuss POV’s as we do.

Make it into a math problem. Here it is:

Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man’s father is my father’s son. Who is the man?

This man’s father = my father’s son

If my father had no other children than me, then the following must be true:

This man’s father = my father’s son = me

So, then this man’s father = me

So then, this man = son of me

Just to lighten the load as the previously debated riddle always causes arguments. here are a couple of short ones.

A) Two fathers and two sons go to the lake. They each catch a fish. They bring them home and put the three fish on the table. Why are there only three fish?

B) I have a basket with four apples in it. I give an apple each to my four children but there remains one apple in the basket. How can this be?

A) There are three men, just as in the “previously debated riddle”. One is the father of another, who is the father of another. So, one is both a father and a son.

B) I’m just guessing, but I think maybe you started out with an apple in your hand (not in the basket)?

Dead right on (A). It was the first riddle that reminded me of that one.

But keep working on (B)…………… :bigsmile:

Could it be that the fourth child is an infant, and currently in the basket? Yes, that could happen.

I think I’ve got it. You gave the basket with one apple in it to one of your four children!?

Yep, that’s it. David. :bigsmile: