gfunk. Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Was posed with a riddle on friday and as a rule i'm quite good with them, however this one's a real kicker, 3 doctors are traveling through a desert, when they come across a drowned donkey lying before them, no planes have passed over head in months and the near'st watering hole is over five hundred miles away. The question of course is how did a donkey drown in a desert? I dont have a clue and have just searched the web with no luck, any one have any ideas??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackr Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Was posed with a riddle on friday and as a rule i'm quite good with them, however this one's a real kicker,3 doctors are traveling through a desert, when they come across a drowned donkey lying before them, no planes have passed over head in months and the near'st watering hole is over five hundred miles away. The question of course is how did a donkey drown in a desert? I dont have a clue and have just searched the web with no luck, any one have any ideas??? Captain Kirk drowned the donkey and beamed him down to the desert to conceal the evidence ...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfunk. Posted November 1, 2004 Author Share Posted November 1, 2004 like it but i dont think thats the right answer, i'll call my friend and check any way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatter than harry Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 You sure it wasn't 'a dessert', a blamanche incident could explain the drowned donkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulaphat Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Desert got cold at night and Donkey caught pneumonia. Lungs filled with fluid and Donkey drowned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 The donkey was found drowned in a dried up river bed after a flash flood. Some deserts can receive too much rain all at once then nothing for bloody ages. Or, the donkey drowned in a mirage? Or, the donkeys lungs filled with sand during a sandstorm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulaphat Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 If the lack of flora or fauna on the earth's surface constitutes a desert, then is the ocean a desert? Diddn't the Eagles say so in one of their songs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumonster Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 its a mirage, the doctors are suffering from heat stress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandon Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Why 3 doctors I wonder. why 3. why not one Doctor. why a doctor and not a scientist, or a taxidermist.... the answer lies there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jockstar Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Before it was a desert it was covered with water. this is when it drowned. Maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulaphat Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Why 3 doctors I wonder. why 3. why not one Doctor. why a doctor and not a scientist, or a taxidermist.... the answer lies there <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes. That must be the key. What kind of doctors were they? Witch doctors? Why were the doctors in the desert, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Can't you drown in quicksand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totster Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Can't you drown in quicksand? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You can only drown in a liquid... in sand you would suffocate totster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackr Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Desert got cold at night and Donkey caught pneumonia. Lungs filled with fluid and Donkey drowned. There's your answer gfunk. Well done Sulaphat. Kirk could also be the perpetrator, although slightly less likely; he's not the murdering type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajarn Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Can't you drown in quicksand? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You can only drown in a liquid... in sand you would suffocate totster <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quicksand is water and sand.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etxkgh Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Was posed with a riddle on friday and as a rule i'm quite good with them, however this one's a real kicker,3 doctors are traveling through a desert, when they come across a drowned donkey lying before them, no planes have passed over head in months and the near'st watering hole is over five hundred miles away. The question of course is how did a donkey drown in a desert? I dont have a clue and have just searched the web with no luck, any one have any ideas??? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Simple ,the donkey had been washed up on the beach, the desert extended to the sea as it does in many places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackr Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Was posed with a riddle on friday and as a rule i'm quite good with them, however this one's a real kicker,3 doctors are traveling through a desert, when they come across a drowned donkey lying before them, no planes have passed over head in months and the near'st watering hole is over five hundred miles away. The question of course is how did a donkey drown in a desert? I dont have a clue and have just searched the web with no luck, any one have any ideas??? Simple ,the donkey had been washed up on the beach, the desert extended to the sea as it does in many places. Never heard of a sea retreating 500 miles in the time it'd take a donkey's body to decompose. But then again, the sea isn't classed as a watering hole, so to speak; so you could be right. Good thinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medicinebox Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 The donkey vomited, and drown in its own sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totster Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 The donkey vomited, and drown in its own sick. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bloody chang.... totster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfunk. Posted November 2, 2004 Author Share Posted November 2, 2004 BTW the donkey was still wet, i do also think the answer is something to do with 3 doctors, will try to get the real answer today, and post it, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drummer Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 If the lack of flora or fauna on the earth's surface constitutes a desert, then is the ocean a desert? Diddn't the Eagles say so in one of their songs? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> To get really anal, I think the oceans actually hold the vast majority of the Earth's flora and fauna.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulaphat Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 If the lack of flora or fauna on the earth's surface constitutes a desert, then is the ocean a desert? Diddn't the Eagles say so in one of their songs? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> To get really anal, I think the oceans actually hold the vast majority of the Earth's flora and fauna.... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> True, but not on the surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackr Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 If the lack of flora or fauna on the earth's surface constitutes a desert, then is the ocean a desert? Diddn't the Eagles say so in one of their songs? To get really anal, I think the oceans actually hold the vast majority of the Earth's flora and fauna.... True, but not on the surface. ...seaweed and Jaws gfunk, have you got the answer yet? Still think Sulaphat's original answer is the correct one, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 And the answer to the riddle is.............?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandon Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 Yeah - what's the chuffing answer?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackr Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 ...perhaps he went the same way as the donkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayo Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 The answer is... Once there was a forest. In the forest, There was a fire. No one knew how, what or even why. The firemen were called, Their planes and choppers flew wildly With buckets that water did hold. from the nearby little wadi´s. Now Pedro was a pauper, but proud. His donkey had won, at the beauty contest a crown. All was good and getting better, on the day the fire did fetter. Pedro jumped up and Donkey did tumble, Into the wadi, where the choppers did fumble with buckets and water and scoops and ... Donkey and Pedro, once both so proud, Now only Pedro for the donkey had drowned. (Okay it started bad, and only got worse... but hey) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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