A RIDDLE THAT'LL KILL YOUR BRAIN!

[cmpoka.livejournal.com]

This is going to make you so MAD!

There are three words in the English language that end in "gry". ONE is
angry and the other is hungry. EveryONE knows what the third ONE means and
what it stands for. EveryONE uses them everyday, and if you listened very
carefully, I've given you the third word.



What is it?
_______gry?

Comments

[kaibutsu-b.livejournal.com]

the "other"

[zima3000.livejournal.com]

I guess I'm slow today... or this year :))
but I didn't get it. "The other"?

[xnrrn.livejournal.com]

Look here (http://www.word-detective.com/gry.html) for one of the answers, and apparently by someone... who started the whole mess. ;)

For unbelivers here (http://www.snopes.com/language/puzzlers/gry.asp) is a snopes explanation. ;)

P.s. Bore-squad! We ruin your fun!

[xnrrn.livejournal.com]

Yet another (http://www.geocities.com/loisnotlane/gry.html) good explanation. ;)

[kaibutsu-b.livejournal.com]

thanks. I was thinking about something like that, but just counted the wrong word in the wrong sentence.

[xnrrn.livejournal.com]

There are quite a few variations, and with them quite a list of proper answers. Still, the internet is yet to acheive the goal of being able to present oral riddles to general public without them losing their meaning...

[zima3000.livejournal.com]

Мда....
:)))

[kaibutsu-b.livejournal.com]

Надо правильно загадки загадывать. Тогда всё будет хорошо:

Angry and hungry are two words that end in '-gry'. There are three words in the English language. What is the third word? Everyone knows what it means and everyone uses it every day. Look closely and I have already given you the third word. What is it?

[xnrrn.livejournal.com]

Загадки можно по-любому загадывать. Э:)

[kaibutsu-b.livejournal.com]

ага, тольк пускают по ложному пути, особенно в таких загадках, где необходимо порядок слов соблюдать. Всё дело ведь именно в предложении про "There are three words in the English language"

[xnrrn.livejournal.com]

Мне больше нравится вот этот вариант:

A unique answer to the puzzle was sent to me in an e-mail message:
Subject: GRY. The answer ...
To: lfundis@weir.net, fundisl@weirton.lib.wv.us
From: "Andrew-J Gordon"
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 16:27:48 +0000
I am unconvinced by suggested answers to the problem ('language', 'say', 'three' and so on) and that much of the wording is irrelevent.
That would not be very elegant.
Also, statements of the problem like the one below been rephrased to ensure this these are even possible solutions:
"Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There
are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The
word is something that everyone uses every day.  If you have listened
carefully, I have already told you what it is."
The original (shorter) conundrum, as I know it, is:
"There are three words in the english language that end GRY. One is angry, another is hungry.
The third word is something that everyone uses. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is!"
The answer is 'every', and the logic is as follows:
There are three words, ending G, R and Y.
The first is 'fuming', ending in 'G' and meaning angry.
The second is 'eager', ending in 'R' and meaning hungry.
The third is 'every', ending in 'Y' and clearly something that the word 'EVERYone' uses. Also, you have been told it, if you listened carefully.

[dimrub.livejournal.com]

Помнится, видел эту загадку в одной из книжек М. Гарднера. Лет 15 назад.

[(Anonymous)]

http://www.word-detective.com/gry.html