I thought of this one as I was walking to the supermarket, and I think it works. Probably been watching too much Bennett Cerf lately, but he’s becoming a great favorite of mine. Here goes:
A group of men inside a courtroom.
All happen to be… uh, rather well-endowed.
What would they be called?
I’m sure someone here can figure it out. If you do, please use spoiler tags in your comment?
And what are your favorites?
(either self-created or by others?)
EDIT: Couple downvotes in, and they seem to be negative. So… people on Lemmy hate riddles, I take it…?
An old one from an RPG a long time ago.
Buckets, barrels, baskets, cans
What must you fill with empty hands?
spoiler
Gloves
Since you said “RPG,” I came up with:
spoiler
Gauntlets
I like that first line, though. At first I imagined thrusting empty hands in to those containers in order to scoop out nuts, grains, fruit, etc.
IIRC part of the gimmick in the game was that the word length had to match. Combination locks on chests, maybe? It’s been a while, but somehow a couple of the riddles stuck with me.
Another one was
With sharp-edged wit and pointed poise
I can settle arguments without a noise
::: spoiler A sharp blade? :::
Ah, I remember one now I made up a looong time ago:
What cools as it warms,
Moisturizes as it dries,
And oxygenates as it de-oxygenates?
Oof, I’m drawing a blank on this one.
Cools as it warms - chemical reaction or maybe ice melting?
But that doesn’t really fit with moisturizes as it dries or especially oxygenates as it de-oxygenates.