Hilo de Chistes / Joke Thread

[poli]

I was having a rare Mensa moment. You don't use casket in Britain? We use both casket and coffin.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by poli

I was having a rare Mensa moment. You don't use casket in Britain? We use both casket and coffin.

I'm no longer sure. A casket is normally where you put ashes after a cremation, and a coffin is what you bury with a body inside.

[vita32]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Is that the same as a coffin? Dang - you are not supposed to get it so quickly.

Poli is very clever! Bravo! or is it Brava?

It is nothing when it is by itself and something otherwise. What is it?

Originally Posted by Perikles

I'm no longer sure. A casket is normally where you put ashes after a cremation, and a coffin is what you bury with a body inside.

I thought casket and coffin mean the same thing? Should we consult Wiki?

[poli]

What is nothing by itself

My guess is space.
I think that fits the riddle but may not be the answer.

Urns are where you put the ashes. Coffins sound nicer than caskets. If I'm not mistaken a casket (certainly cask) has meant treasure chest in the past.

[irmamar]

¿Alguien me puede traducir la respuesta?

[poli]

Cual repuesta. Hay varios.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

OK - what is made by somebody for somebody he does not know, and who does not want it, and does not know it when he is using it?

Originally Posted by poli

How about a casket?

Originally Posted by Perikles

Is that the same as a coffin? Dang - you are not supposed to get it so quickly.

@Irma: Para la adivinanza de Perikles, la respuesta (correcta) que dio Poli es un ataúd/caja (de muerto)/féretro/catafalco...


Btw... I have a question: is "chest" also a valid one or only in The Treasure Island?
(♫ Thirteen men on the dead man's chest, yo-ho-ho, and the bottle of rum! ♫)

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Btw... I have a question: is "chest" also a valid one or only in The Treasure Island?
(♫ Thirteen men on the dead man's chest, yo-ho-ho, and the bottle of rum! ♫)

No, no, chest is not a coffin. In Treasure Island, the chest is a box (arcón) usually for treasure, nothing to do with a coffin.

[vita32]

Originally Posted by poli

What is nothing by itself

My guess is space.
I think that fits the riddle but may not be the answer.

Urns are where you put the ashes. Coffins sound nicer than caskets. If I'm not mistaken a casket (certainly cask) has meant treasure chest in the past.

Originally Posted by Perikles

No, no, chest is not a coffin. In Treasure Island, the chest is a box (arcón) usually for treasure, nothing to do with a coffin.

@poli, your answer is very close and it is a good one. Another hint: side by side with its own kind, it is still nothing, but with another kind, it becomes something.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by vita32

It has no mind so it cannot think. It has no physical body but yet it moves swiftly. It has no physical appearance and therefore cannot be seen. It is not a king or someone in high authority and yet men follow its whims. Man needs it for everything he does. Man will not exist without it. What is it? And please translate it in Spanish. Thank you.

Originally Posted by vita32

You try to hurry to keep up with it. People say it flies but it has no wings. People ask: "where did it go" when it is always here.

A coffin? ¿Un ataúd? Shouldn't it be the death?

A coffin has a physical appearance and can be seen. Man can be seen without a coffin. A coffin doesn't fly and people don't ask: "Were is my coffin?" (which is not: "Where is my coffee?").