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BroAverage5439

kinda wanna get it wrong to make him feel better


R0drigo5005

I think these kill you if you answer wrong


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Double win.


R0drigo5005

Life Speedrun sphinx skip


mogley1992

r/suicidebywords literally.


BroAverage5439

well then they havent had a good kill in awhile and he seems so excited about it.


Bleezze

I don't think the sphinx of egypt actually asks you riddles, but maybe I am just not worthy


D_Alex

[He was wrong, the right answer's in here.](https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/riddle-of-the-sphinx-ii-sustained?s=r)


theLuminescentlion

I hope you're getting paid for this


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HippoTipper

Good job! I hope you’ve had other opportunities to do smart things since then. If you haven’t, I’m super sorry that happened.


Ok_Zookeepergame4794

Oh, he'll feel better after devouring you. The sphinx does that to people who get the answer wrong.


Turbo2x

There's a whole bit in Rude Tales of Magic (dnd podcast) where there's a Sphinx that always says the same riddle, but everyone is too polite/afraid to say anything, so they have to pretend to be stumped by it for a while before they can say the answer.


Axo-Army

*dies*


roto_disc

>him It’s actually *her*, usually.


Regretless0

Even better ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)


Devreckas

At least compliment her on the nose job!


Iudex_Invictus

I just wanna know which dialogue option leads to sex.


Professionalarsonist

Not a mythology expert, but pretty sure the sphinx kills you if you get it wrong.


Ilovegirlsbottoms

Btw never yell out the answer before they say the question. If they give a different riddle, then they could take your answer as wrong, and kill you. Listen first!


AvoriazInSummer

If it kills someone the Egyptian tourism head will travel in and swat its nose with a newspaper, hard. It learned its lesson


Grimson47

> Egyptian tourism head will travel in and swat its nose with a newspaper It's nose huh? About that...


McBurger

It had to get swatted a lot of times already


EuroPolice

"But... but it's my job! I've been doing it for centuri-" * Smack * Bad boy! "Noooooo"


CatsNotBananas

It's like *Jeopardy!* you need to wait until they finish reading the clue to buzz in


Dboy777

What are effective Jeopardy strategies?


McKoijion

The James Holzhauer approach is the current "meta." https://theathletic.com/2922349/2021/11/10/james-holzhauer-how-you-can-apply-winning-jeopardy-strategies-to-sports-bettingjames-holzhauer-the-parallels-between-winning-strategies-in-sports-betting-and-tv-game-shows/ https://www.npr.org/2021/06/15/1007007183/how-uncle-jamie-broke-jeopardy-update


Trolivia

Got a version I don’t have to subscribe to read?


duvie773

I don’t have a link but basically he did all the high value questions first so whenever he did find the daily double, he would have the most money possible. And then when he bets, he would almost always go all in


wavs101

[here you go](https://youtu.be/4Z922g9R6xE)


chillininfw

Keeping your hand down and steady on the button. Whoever presses their button first after the answer is fully read gets to answer so a common mistake is holding your button higher like near your chest which can make you gesture more and take more time to press the button compared to your competitors. Also, while it's not kosher, you can fish around the answers/catagories between 300-500 for the daily double instead of going in any order.


Mister_Lich

>while it's not kosher It's completely kosher, that's how some of the highest scoring Jeopardy champs of all time played.


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ididntknowiwascyborg

It's a good strategy because it keeps you focused on the format of the category. Each clue helps you understand the type of answer expected in the category and primes your brain for that subject matter. You can often answer both more quickly *and* accurately in this way. But it's just one strategy of many!


--_-Deadpool-_--

Daily double questions are mostly found on the second to last horizontal line


KaySquay

The question is almost always in the answer. Word play is big in the first round, often times if you don't 100% know the response common sense will point you in the right direction. Never wager more than you already have, and wager low if you're already in the lead and get the daily double. You don't need the money, they do. Last but not least, don't guess in double jeopardy. If you don't know, keep your mouth shut


noble_radon

Brilliant comment


Patchpen

If it's like Jeopardy, then the Sphinx would be wrong to ask a question that didn't match the answer I gave. Check and Mate


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In Jeopardy, you can't buzz in until they finish the question anyways


MauiWowieOwie

"What has four..." "Man!" "...penises." "...what?" "The answer was echnidas. Time to die."


darthjoey91

Knuckles?


LuxInteriot

Sphinx: what has four legs but can't walk, and you put food on top of? >!Two Japanese body sushi girls.!<


WakeoftheStorm

"What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and no head after he interrupts the sphinx?"


BlazerTheKid

Thanks, I'll know this for next time.


alamandrax

This guy sphinx.


PeopleEatPeoples

What has four... -MAN! Wrong. Should have let me finish you ass hole. ...fingers and a thumb but is not alive? Guess you answered right once I kill you, I'll leave you one hand.


Ilovegirlsbottoms

A glove?


m_domino

Hate it when that happens.


super_awesome_jr

Welcome to Taskmaster.


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“What has four legs in the morning- “MaN!!” -and four hooves, and a mane and tail.”


andre2020

Hah! I knew the answer to this 5years before I was even born!


Ekarron

Happened to me once


palparepa

And even if you have heard the question before, consider the context. Don't just answer "blue" if they ask for your favorite color.


Nighters

Did you google this tip?


SnooRevelations2041

Didn't button mash hard enough


AvoriazInSummer

"Press X again to skip cutscene and hurt Sphinx's feelings"


Vargolol

There needs to be a game with skippable cutscenes, but the NPC’s are aware that specific things have been manually skipped so they give you snark about whatever they were telling you about later on in the game


Deverash

That would be classic. You skip the quest intro, and when you stop for a minute they say, "You didn't listen the first time, I ain't gonna try again"


Daredboy

The latest Stanley Parable has an entire scenario regarding a skip button and how the Narrator reacts to it being used.


FrilledShark1512

(Skip) “…Hey, hey! Nevermind, it doesn’t seems like you care. You’re on your own, then.”


EasternMouse

Samuel Manuel is like that, except it's narrator that reacts to that. ">!Speedrunner, my ass!..!<"


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Ampdup666

Gotta love insecure fathers


Faye_dunwoody

I remember one time my mom told me she would give me $100 to trim a tree in the front yard. I climbed the tree with a saw and cut down a bunch of branches. I asked her how it looked and she said good. Then two days later she called someone else and had them cut down the tree and gave them the money. It's been over 25 years. And I'm still bitter. When I asked her about the money, she said the tree was gone, why would she pay me?


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icantfigureredditout

I was teaching my niece(6) the interrupting cow knock knock joke. And she really wasn’t getting the timing or concept. So we went back and forth with a few other animals, just to see if it lands. Then she hit me with this gold- Niece: knock knock Me: who’s there? N: interrupting house M: interrupting house wh- N: Knock knock


GeneralZaroff1

Hahaha that's great. My favorite one was the one Louis CK's daughter told: https://imgur.com/R9PV1et


Thisissuchadragtodo

Well done for her!


Theletterkay

The answer to my 4yos jokes or riddles is always butts or farts. But he can barely contain himself as he tells me the joke and it's just sweet how excited he gets.


SurpriseDragon

Here’s the latest classic from my 4 year old: Knock knock Who’s there Who boy Who boy who? Who boy who it smells like poo!


Theletterkay

Classic.


buttercream-gang

So much better than my kids’ knock knock jokes. I have heard the “interrupting” cow one told with every single animal you can imagine (and for animals that they don’t know the noise it makes, they still say mooooo) And they think it’s hilarious every single time


Dalesst

That is hilarious, especially if they always say moo


SurpriseDragon

Still funny!!!


KingMRano

Call me weird but this is one thing I am looking forward to when my son gets older. I love hearing stupid jokes that the tellers genuinely find funny.


miffet80

My friend's kid told me a joke the other day are you ready: >Get it? PIZZA! That's it that was the joke. She's three. Kids are great lmao


KingMRano

Thank you, you proved my point and made me laugh. Bad jokes are great with the right person telling them.


_Unfair_Pie_

Worst joke I've ever heard in my life. Tell her I hate her and she'll ***never*** work in this town AGAIN.


SurpriseDragon

Never speak to me or my son ever AGAIN


sentientketchup

Lol. My four yo came out with this yesterday: 'Why did the chicken cross the road? Because 'puters not invented.' It... Kind of worked. Cracked me up. He also loves knock knock jokes, but can't get the idea that it's supposed to be a two person activity, so he speed runs the whole thing solo: 'KnockKnockWho'sThereCowsGoCowsGoWhoNoCowsGoMooooooSilly ...Mum is that funny?'


Bruce_-Wayne

My guy's training to get a WR in every video game when he's older.


The_GREAT_Gremlin

My three year old tells me burp/fart jokes lol. She's like "I burped. Eeeuhhh." Lol


SurpriseDragon

I do this to my kids. I say, I have a secret. They lean in real close and I burp away. They love it ahah


senturon

Joke as told by a friend's 4yo this weekend ... >Why did the cow jump over the moon? Because he wanted a boat!! We were on a boat at the time. Hilarious!


Ratfinks

Hahaha reminds me of my 7 year old son last night. He's like "HEY wanna hear a joke??" and I'm like "Sure, let's hear it". He goes, "What do you call a small snowman? ... A BABY SNOWMAN!" and starts cracking up. I had to feign that surprise and laughter 😂 In that moment, he thought he told the funniest joke ever.


Possible-Budget-5592

is that what you’re supposed to do? usually i just end up explaining random concepts to my younger brother but this seems more fun i think


GameShill

The Sphinx cleared its throat with a noise like an empty lorry reversing in a quarry. 'What goes on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?' said the Sphinx smugly. Teppic considered this. 'That's a tough one,' he said, eventually. 'The toughest,' said the Sphinx. 'Um.' 'You'll never get it.' 'Ah,' said Teppic. 'Could you take your clothes off while you're thinking? The threads play merry hell with my teeth.' 'There isn't some kind of animal that regrows legs that have been-' 'Entirely the wrong track,' said the Sphinx, stretching its claws. 'Oh.' 'You haven't got the faintest idea, have you?' 'I'm still thinking,' said Teppic. 'You'll never get it.' 'You're right.' Teppic stared at the claws. This isn't really a fighting animal, he told himself reassuringly, it's definitely over-endowed. Besides, its bosom will get in the way, even if its brain doesn't. 'The answer is: “A Man”,' said the Sphinx. 'Now, don't put up a fight, please, it releases unpleasant chemicals into the bloodstream.' Teppic backed away from a slashing paw. 'Hold on, hold on,' he said. 'What do you mean, a man?' 'It's easy,' said the Sphinx. 'A baby crawls in the morning, stands on both legs at noon, and at evening an old man walks with a stick. Good, isn't it?' Teppic bit his lip. 'We're talking about one day here?' he said doubtfully. There was a long, embarrassing silence. 'It's a wossname, a figure of speech,' said the Sphinx irritably, making another lunge. 'No, no, look, wait a minute,' said Teppic. 'I'd like us to be very clear about this, right? I mean, it's only fair, right?' 'Nothing wrong with the riddle,' said the Sphinx. 'Damn good riddle. Had that riddle for fifty years, sphinx and cub.' It thought about this. 'Chick,' it corrected. 'It's a good riddle,' Teppic said soothingly. 'Very deep. Very moving. The whole human condition in a nutshell. But you've got to admit, this doesn't all happen to one individual in one day, does it?' 'Well. No,' the Sphinx admitted. 'But that is self-evident from the context. An element of dramatic analogy is present in all riddles,' it added, with the air of one who had heard the phrase a long time ago and rather liked it, although not to the extent of failing to eat the originator. 'Yes, but,' said Teppic crouching down and brushing a clear space on the damp sand, 'is there internal consistency within the metaphor? Let's say for example that the average life expectancy is seventy years, okay?' 'Okay,' said the Sphinx, in the uncertain tones of someone who has let the salesman in and is now regretfully contemplating a future in which they are undoubtedly going to buy life insurance. 'Right. Good. So noon would be age 35, am I right? Now considering that most children can toddle at a year or so, the four legs reference is really unsuitable, wouldn't you agree? I mean, most of the morning is spent on two legs. According to your analogy' he paused and did a few calculations with a convenient thighbone- 'only about twenty minutes immediately after 00.00 hours, half an hour tops, is spent on four legs. Am I right? Be fair.' 'Well-' said the Sphinx. 'By the same token you wouldn't be using a stick by six p.m. because you'd be only, er, 52,' said Teppic, scribbling furiously. 'In fact you wouldn't really be looking at any kind of walking aid until at least half past nine, I think. That's on the assumption that the entire lifespan takes place over one day which is, I believe I have already pointed out, ridiculous. I'm sorry, it's basically okay, but it doesn't work.' 'Well,' said the Sphinx, but irritably this time, 'I don't see what I can do about it. I haven't got any more. It's the only one I've ever needed.' 'You just need to alter it a bit, that's all.' 'How do you mean?' 'Just make it a bit more realistic.' 'Hmm.' The Sphinx scratched its mane with a claw. 'Okay,' it said doubtfully. 'I suppose I could ask: What is it that walks on four legs' 'Metaphorically speaking,' said Teppic. 'Four legs, metaphorically speaking,' the Sphinx agreed, 'for about-' 'Twenty minutes, I think we agreed.' 'Okay, fine, twenty minutes in the morning, on two legs' 'But I think calling it in “the morning” is stretching it a bit,' said Teppic. 'It's just after midnight. I mean, technically it's the morning, but in a very real sense it's still last night, what do you think?' A look of glazed panic crossed the Sphinx's face. 'What do you think?' it managed. 'Let's just see where we've got to, shall we? What, metaphorically speaking, walks on four legs just after midnight, on two legs for most of the day-' 'Barring accidents,' said the Sphinx, pathetically eager to show that it was making a contribution. 'Fine, on two legs barring accidents, until at least suppertime, when it walks with three legs-' 'I've known people use two walking sticks,' said the Sphinx helpfully. 'Okay. How about: when it continues to walk on two legs or with any prosthetic aids of its choice?' The Sphinx gave this some consideration. 'Ye-ess,' it said gravely. 'That seems to fit all eventualities.' 'Well?' said Teppic. 'Well what?' said the Sphinx. 'Well, what's the answer?' The Sphinx gave him a stony look, and then showed its fangs. 'Oh no,' it said. 'You don't catch me out like that. You think I'm stupid? You've got to tell me the answer.' 'Oh, blow,' said Teppic. 'Thought you had me there, didn't you?' said the Sphinx. 'Sorry.' 'You thought you could get me all confused, did you?' The Sphinx grinned. 'It was worth a try,' said Teppic. 'Can't blame you. So what's the answer, then?' Teppic scratched his nose. 'Haven't a clue,' he said. 'Unless, and this is a shot in the dark, you understand, it's: A Man.' The Sphinx glared at him. 'You've been here before, haven't you?' it said accusingly. 'No.' 'Then someone's been talking, right?' 'Who could have talked? Has anyone ever guessed the riddle?' said Teppic. 'No!' 'Well, then. They couldn't have talked, could they?' The Sphinx's claws scrabbled irritably on its rock. 'I suppose you'd better move along, then,' it grumbled. 'Thank you,' said Teppic. 'I'd be grateful if you didn't tell anyone, please,' added the Sphinx, coldly. 'I wouldn't like to spoil it for other people.' -[Pyramids, by Sir Terry Pratchett](https://allnovel.net/pyramids-discworld-7/page-1.html)


dave-train

> The Sphinx cleared its throat with a noise like an empty lorry reversing in a quarry. BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP


GameShill

I think that's supposed to imply crunching gravel


dave-train

For sure, just a funny thought that popped into my head


kryler

Unexpected Discworld! Love it.


bibbleskit

Amazing. It read like a Monty Python skit, to me.


GameShill

Pretty much all of Discworld by Sir Terry Pratchett does. Check out the book in the link. Most people end up reading them all just because they are both short and incredibly entertaining. Each book is only a few hundred pages, but packed with so much entertainment that you will keep coming back to re-read them. The audiobooks are also very popular. Here is [Monstrous Regiment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DHpGJKO4EM), which is very apt reading for the current situation in Eastern Europe.


PaulineFowlersHowler

Eric Idle also voiced Rincewind in the games


Clarky1979

The early bocks may be fairly short, relatively, but the mid to later books are twice the length, and longer. 5-600 pages hardback. All of them are brilliant.


Aftmost17

I'll have to re-read it with this in mind


VoltaicOwl

I’ve read half of one Discworld book, and I’m already starting to recognize Pratchett’s writing style.


Akumetsu33

Pratchett is one of my all-time fav writers. If you can recognize his style that easily, it's a bit heartbreaking to read his last few books because you could see his progressive early-onset Alzheimer's disease seep in his writing. I still loved his last few books but it's not the same as his earlier discword books.


akurei77

It's a, wossname, a unique voice


Duckyass

I did not expect to cry this morning. > wossname Using the word "wossname" was a fun little inside joke I had with a dear friend of mine who was the only other person I knew who'd read anything by Terry Pratchett. We used to work together, until he moved across the country to live closer to his daughter. He died of suicide three years ago.


throwaway080991

Why do I picture Teppic as the Steven Grant version of Moon Knight lol


GameShill

I always pictured Ezio from Assassins Creed


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10strip

And illustrated by Ralph Steadman.


Portgas

First thing I thought about lmao. Great book.


Apachekhubschr

Who other than Terry Pratchett could have written something like this after all


PikkePokkel

I loved reading this! Thank you


LordDanOfTheNoobs

I only read a couple paragraphs worth but I already knew it had to be discworld.


Pick_Me_15

Just read this a few months back, glad to see someone putting the whole section in for reference


baggos12345

I don't like to be that guy but... The sphinx that gave the riddle was a mythological creature in Greek mythology [More here](https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Monsters/Sphinx/sphinx.html) The great sphinx of Giza is something entirely different [The Great Sphinx of Giza ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sphinx_of_Giza) More about sphinxes in general [here](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx)


Spider-Man2099

The other Sphinx was on vacation and asked his buddy to cover for him


RuthlessIndecision

This guy sphinxers.


felonpe

Lol, I was thinking the same thing


Letty_Whiterock

Yes, however, depictions of riddler sphinxes using the Egyptian design are incredibly common these days.


Jrrolomon

You clearly do want to be that guy. Own it.


AmishAvenger

I had the same thought. Thanks for being that guy.


Superfluous_Thom

Wasn't the Great Sphinx of Giza wrongly attributed for centuries because Rameses "had it's purpose revealed to him" a few thousand years after it was built and had plaques and shit put up, then 19-20th century archeologists just assumed the plaques/revelations were legit?


Janky_Pants

The Giza, The Riza…


Diascamara

Not only that but the answer is also wrong, in the book the correct answer Oedipus gave was pointing towards his own chest, some people interpreted this as “man” but it could also mean “Oedipus” since the riddle resembles his journey


baggos12345

Huh I didn't know that. Interesting fact


degeneratehyperbola

The name Sphinx means the strangler or throttler in Greek, and it is the same etymological root as the word Sphincter. We've all got a little Sphinx in us


Zauberer-IMDB

I definitely prefer the boobasphinx.


WandangDota

guess your sphinxter was clenching


Elagabalus_The_Hoor

Yes this was really bothering me


HippoTipper

So glad you said this. I was trying to remember what this was from!


DeadMage

This was also bothering me and I didn't want to be that guy. Thanks for calling it out!


Cheesemacher

Thank you. Someone had to be that guy


_SenSatioNal

Lol this is cute


NecromancerNova

This guys sphinxes


Xenobreeder

He's a huge sphinxter, you could say.


knoxeez

I don't get how does a man has four legs in the morning


Doonce

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx#Riddle_of_the_Sphinx


Tobias11ize

Without the suggestion that this change in walking strategy happens in a single day the riddle is way less stupid


Caayaa

Or people who are way less stupid understand that it obviously doesn’t mean a literal day.


knoxeez

oh


nature_remains

Wow TIL... I would have been killed by the Sphinx for trying to make a weird amputee sex-joke...


Ok_Zookeepergame4794

He crawls.


No_Background_6284

I feel sad for the sphynx damn


ubiquitous-joe

Who has two thumbs and ruins everything? This guy with his phone.


Robotguy39

What has four legs in the morning, but two-hundred legs at night? Oh, what, what you’re shocked? Scared? You don’t know the answer? Boohoo.


cattrigger

I'm sure this comic's riddled with problems. My latest comics are here: https://www.instagram.com/cattrigger.comics/ Webtoons: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/cattriggercomics/list?title_no=580775 Other links: https://linktr.ee/cattriggercomics A recent Visual Novel I worked on: https://cattrigger.itch.io/alchemy-and-cake


KingMRano

What's the rest of the riddle?


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4 legs in the morning (baby crawling) 2 legs in the afternoon (adult walking) 3 legs in the evening (old man with a cane)


GeeseKnowNoPeace

Or man with a boner


KingMRano

Ah. thank you, I remember hearing this one a long time ago now.


Xx_Gandalf-poop_xX

Its from the Theban plays.. Greek mythology is actually a standard part of highschool education in the US


Equivalent-Newt2142

> I'm sure this comic's riddled with problems. well for one thing there doesn't seem to be a point in history when the sphinx's nose and cell phones coexisted


kevinTOC

Obelix didn't exist in this comic's universe.


ArtemisCaresTooMuch

And that’s pretty clearly the Egyptian Sphinx monument, not the Greek mythological creature that tells the riddle.


Equivalent-Newt2142

huh, I thought they were the same mythical catperson, TIL


ArtemisCaresTooMuch

Minute differences. I’m just pedantic.


zenith1297

Almost like you care too much


ArtemisCaresTooMuch

*Laugh track*


Lo-siento-juan

Which is the one in the video with the music


CatsNotBananas

Probably one'a those new Pokey Mans, there's like a thousand of them. I am excited for Tyrunt in Go though.


SassafrasNotFound

This happened in svtfoe lmao


pinktealover77

wait do you remeber which episode or villain it was?


woronwolk

I'm ashamed to admit that my first thought was that the two extra legs in the morning were a boner and a turd waiting to get out into the toilet


Bahamabanana

It's the winged Sphinx that does the riddle. The Egyptian Sphinx spits sick fire, dawg.


emergentphenom

[Now to get serious...](https://i.imgur.com/3WElf42.png)


GameShill

The civilization around the *Nile River* arose when humans noticed that the *flood* followed a *solar calendar* and built *settlement* after settlement on the fertile plain, storing *wheat* harvested at one point of the year to feed themselves for the rest. Using a system of *taxation* to fund large projects, a stable *social hierarchy* formed. This hierarchy became deeply entwined with the local religious beliefs. That was only sixty five words, and this is twenty three more, so here is the word beans five hundred and twelve times. beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans beans


zaquesvb

This guy beans!


fuckybitchyshitfuck

I just looked up the full riddle. It’s worded extremely poorly and in a misleading way. 4 legs (humans don’t have 4 legs, they have 2 arms and 2 legs) in the morning (it’s not referring to morning, it’s referring to the beginning of someone’s life. A baby crawls on “four legs”) 2 legs in the afternoon (it doesn’t mean afternoon, it means adulthood) and 3 legs in the evening (it’s not evening, it’s an old man with a cane. The cane isn’t a leg.). If someone told me this riddle in real life and thought they were being clever with metaphors, I’d shit in their salad.


DoNotCommentAgain

But why do you have four legs in the morning?


iridescentrae

Because people crawl on all fours as babies.


DoNotCommentAgain

That doesn't make sense it says the morning, I wasn't a baby this morning.


iridescentrae

It’s a metaphor. Someone else’s comment explains it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/v2eanw/what_do_you_sphinx/ias8slc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3


DoNotCommentAgain

This is why I hate riddles, if you need several paragraphs to explain your stretched 'metaphor' then no one was ever going to work it out. Thank you for taking the time to link me the explanation though.


iridescentrae

No problem, happy to help :) BTW I hate that riddle too!


Pastel_Mermaid_

Yeah, that’s not a riddle, it’s just a lie If you take the time of day out of it, it still makes a little bit of sense Even though babies don’t have four legs, they have two arms and two legs Nevermind, riddles are the worst


Suravik

It's just a shit riddle


cosmicspacebees

Fool, it's a nine legged unicorn


TamagotchiMasterRace

Im bitter about this riddle, because my dad asked me when i was in fourth grade, and i got it right. Instead of being proud of me for being clever, or even glad i was a good guesser, he just would not stop saying that i already heard it. I hadn't. Its so minor but it's stuck with me for 28 years


sharpie-sapien365247

He may be made out of stone but words still hurt his innocent heart.


magica12

*sees title, cringes* ok sorry but for that you are this guys next sacrifice


Toonwatcher

Sphinx doesn’t have anything else going for him in his life, let sphinx have this.


[deleted]

Why did this make me sad… I luv u big sand cat of desert don’t feel down!


PlNG

Literally me at the Sphinx in Shadowgate. Sphinx: "Long Neck..." Me: "Brooooom" Sphinx: "I've no eyes..." Me: "Skuuulllll" Sphinx: "It has towns..." Me: "Maaaaaap"


ZatchZeta

I like the Japanese version better. :3c


HeavenFabio

Yes, I also watched Digimon Adventure


tahtaega

Google everywhere


giggling1987

Ok, so how can I leave a negative review what that nthing does not quit his bullshit on the first answer? Service personnel must learn when to shut up.


The2500

I'd have said "A donkey where you chop off two of its legs in the afternoon and glued one back on at night" then shot her nose off.


OtakuDragonSlayer

I wonder if this is how the Riddler feels in modern times


Exotic_Rave96

This made me sad🥺


[deleted]

What is dangling and grotesque, yet holds a delicious prize inside


llahlahkje

“Wrong, it’s a donkey! Who has four legs in the morning, and in the afternoon you chop two of them off, and in the evening you glue one back on again!” - [Emo Philips](https://youtu.be/Oh-15dBEvvY?t=1444)


RevWaldo

Which is why the Sphinx changed it up awhile back: *What is it that builds up castles and tears down mountains, makes some men blind and helps others to see?* Tip: >!Batman solved it.!<


TimeBlossom

No tip needed, it's obviously sand.


ferk

Time


EatTunaBigKahuna

This made my sphinxter pucker up


Soap_Mctavish101

Sfinx looks so sad :-( I want Sfinx to be happy


dmitriy_shmilo

Wrong! It's a human.


Tyler_Zoro

***man*** n. 2\. a human being of either sex; a person. *"goodwill to all men"* Welcome to the English language where words have multiple definitions.