Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 (edited) A monk builds a hut out of the abundant materials around him. The next day, as the monk sits in morning meditation, he is startled by crunching sounds outside. Looking outside, the monk sees that a bear is eating his home!! The monk tries to shoo away the bear, who turns and..... question 1: What color is the bear? question 2: What does the bear do next, and why? (bonus) Like you need one... question 3) What is the hut made out of? edit: punched up the ambiguity, improved the riddle. Edited December 13, 2008 by Grayven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 A monk builds a hut out of the abundant materials around him. The next day, as the monk sits in morning meditation, he is startled by crunching sounds outside. Looking outside, the monk sees that a bear is eating his home!! The monk tries to shoo away the bear, who turns and..... question 1: What color is the bear? question 2: What does the bear do next, and why? (bonus) Like you need one... question 3) What is the hut made out of? edit: punched up the ambiguity, improved the riddle. is black and white the home is made of bamboo The bear then - eats, shoots, and leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 If the Monk is meditating outside, he is probably a Buddhist Monk in China. The abundant material would of course be bamboo. The bear is then a black and white Panda which, being quite docile, continues munching on the monk's delicious hut. A monk builds a hut out of the abundant materials around him. The next day, as the monk sits in morning meditation, he is startled by crunching sounds outside. Looking outside, the monk sees that a bear is eating his home!! The monk tries to shoo away the bear, who turns and..... question 1: What color is the bear? question 2: What does the bear do next, and why? (bonus) Like you need one... question 3) What is the hut made out of? edit: punched up the ambiguity, improved the riddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 is black and white the home is made of bamboo The bear then - eats, shoots, and leaves. Xucam of course got it in one!... If I had it to do over again, replace monk with man and try to bait a few polar bear answers. Of course another option is always:The polar bear eats him!! What's a monk doing building igloos in the North Pole, anyway?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 andromeda Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Panda is not a bear <_< Interesting riddle though... but I would have never cracked it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 A panda is a bear. You might be thinking Koala? Interesting riddle though... but I would have never cracked it Panda is not a bear <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Interesting riddle though... but I would have never cracked it Panda is not a bear <_< I was hoping you wouldn't catch on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 The Giant Panda (Chinese: 大熊貓; Hanyu Pinyin: dàxióngmāo; Tongyong Pinyin: dàsyóngmao; Wade-Giles: ta⁴hsiung²mao¹) (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally "cat-foot black-and-white") is a bear native to central-western and southwestern China.[2] The Giant Panda was previously thought to be a member of the Procyonidae (raccoon) family. --Wiki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 (edited) I've created controversy? Cool. Yuppers, the Panda is indeed a bear. Edited December 13, 2008 by Grayven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 (edited) The Giant Panda (Chinese: 大熊貓; Hanyu Pinyin: dàxióngmāo; Tongyong Pinyin: dàsyóngmao; Wade-Giles: ta⁴hsiung²mao¹) (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally "cat-foot black-and-white") is a bear native to central-western and southwestern China.[2] The Giant Panda was previously thought to be a member of the Procyonidae (raccoon) family. --Wiki mind you, that's from wiki.... anywho, the merriam-webster says it's a bear too. Main Entry: pan·da Pronunciation:\ˈpan-də\ Function:noun Etymology: French, perhaps from a language of the southeast Himalayas Date:1835 a large black-and-white mammal (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) of chiefly central China that feeds primarily on bamboo shoots and is [color="#FF0000"]now usually classified with the bears (family Ursidae)[/color] —called also giant panda[/codebox] [color=#0000FF]There goes my fight....[/color] Edited December 13, 2008 by Neptune'sObsoleteVersion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 mind you, that's from wiki.... Wikis are always right! The bear was grey The house was made of eucalyptus branches and the bear said "Sorry mate, I'm an herbivorous marsupial, not a bear" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 The panda is definitely a bear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Interesting riddle though... but I would have never cracked it Panda is not a bear <_< I was right there with you, but about 10ish years ago, the giant panda got moved from the Racoon family tree over to the Bear family tree.......ah, the joys of DNA........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 andromeda Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 I was right there with you, but about 10ish years ago, the giant panda got moved from the Racoon family tree over to the Bear family tree.......ah, the joys of DNA........ Son of a *****!!! I'll take it up with my Zoology of Vertebrates professor! <_< Ester!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 (edited) The bear is black and white The house is made of bamboo When the monk shoos him away, he keeps on eating and lumbers away, being a kind animal Darn, too late. Edited December 13, 2008 by Demonheat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Son of a *****!!! I'll take it up with my Zoology of Vertebrates professor! <_< Ester!!! Whoa, whoa! Calm down! Try not to swear (even though when I get pissed I do too ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted December 14, 2008 Report Share Posted December 14, 2008 Lookee what I found...Looks like the bear could also have been this fella. Apparently, this Asian Black bear competes with the Giant Panda for territory and likes to eat bamboo as well. I really need to learn to NOT post first drafts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A monk builds a hut out of the abundant materials around him.
The next day, as the monk sits in morning meditation, he is startled by crunching sounds outside.
Looking outside, the monk sees that a bear is eating his home!!
The monk tries to shoo away the bear, who turns and.....
question 1: What color is the bear?
question 2: What does the bear do next, and why? (bonus)
edit: punched up the ambiguity, improved the riddle.
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