A riddle

[Ian Smith]

A 30 year old man married a 25 year old woman. She died at age 50
and her husband was so devastated that he cried for years. Ten
years after he stopped crying, he died. If he had lived to be 80,
how many years was he a widower?

 

[Phreezer]

25

 

[Ian Smith]

No,,,, Keep trying...

 

[Phreezer]

20

 

[Ian Smith]

No,,,, Phreezer, I got this off of a riddle site,,, I know the anwser,,, but I had to ask for it..... So I know the answe but still cant figure out why... do you want the answer,,, because I think if you can figure out why,,, thats a riddle in itself....lol

 

[Phreezer]

No,,,, Phreezer, I got this off of a riddle site,,, I know the anwser,,, but I had to ask for it..... So I know the answe but still cant figure out why... do you want the answer,,, because I think if you can figure out why,,, thats a riddle in itself....lol

PM me the answer damn it!

 

[Phreezer]

hmmmm.. I got your pm .. but I can't see it... Maybe I'm just too stupid...but I don't think the "answer" from the riddle site is correct... perhaps someone will come along witht the correct answer...(matching the sites) if they do..please have them explain it to me

 

[Ian Smith]

LOL,,, Phreezer, Im a dumbass,,, I just went back to the site,,, your first answer was correct,,, I was looking at the answer to the riddle below it.... DDuuuuuRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

[Phreezer]

A 30 year old man married a 25 year old woman. She died at age 50
and her husband was so devastated that he cried for years. Ten
years after he stopped crying, he died. If he had lived to be 80,
how many years was he a widower?

It's actually pretty simple math..

she died at 50 so he was 55 years old when she died If he had lived to be 80 then 80-55 = 25 ...That is how long he would have been a widow

 

[Ian Smith]

I guess t was to simple..LoL....

 

[shredalean]

25 can't be anything else??

 

[Massive690]

Ian, what did you initially think the answer was. its probably funny

 

[bodyofwork26]

Another riddle for you.

What is greater than God, more evil than the Devil, rich people want it, poor people have it, and if you eat it you will die?

 

[Massive690]

herpes?????

 

[MD28]

What is greater than God, more evil than the Devil, rich people want it, poor people have it, and if you eat it you will die?

FREAKYFREDDY?

 

[Ian Smith]

..

Ian, what did you initially think the answer was. its probably funny

LOL, Massive, I'd rather not say.... I will say that I put entirely too much thought into it......

 

[bodyofwork26]

There really is an answer to this riddle. The sad part is that less than 10% of Harvard graduates came up with the answer, while 86% of Kindergarten students answered it immediately.

 

[Ian Smith]

I cant say anything,,, I read the answer to that one a couple of days ago.......

 

[Massive690]

HAH!!! got it

 

[Massive690]

Quote:[A 30 year old man married a 25 year old woman. She died at age 50 and her husband was so devastated that he cried for years. Ten
years after he stopped crying, he died. If he had lived to be 80,
how many years was he a widower?]Quote:


hey Ian, i bet you thought it was 45 huh? hehehe. i think i found the site you got it from