I hope you like math. All you need is math, and maybe a bit of patience to work it out, and this riddle is in the bag.
I was visiting a friend one evening and remembered that he had three daughters. I asked him how old they were.
“The product of their ages is 72,” he answered.
Quizzically, I asked, “Is there anything else you can tell me?”
“Yes,” he replied, “the sum of their ages is equal to the number of my house.”
I stepped outside to see what the house number was. Upon returning inside, I said to my host, “I’m sorry, but I still can’t figure out their ages.”
He responded apologetically, “I’m sorry. I forgot to mention that my oldest daughter likes strawberry shortcake.”
With this information, I was able to determine all of their ages. How old is each daughter?
I could really go for some strawberry shortcake myself right now. In fact, Rebecca and I are planning a trip to Sweet Berry Farm very soon, so that strawberry shortcake just might happen.
Very tricky. Very clever. Very low house number, too.
It’s in England. :)
On the even side of the street.
You clearly haven’t been to England in the while. There’s no such thing as an “even side of the street.”
Man, I’m an English major. You can’t trick me into trying this riddle… I’ll just wait for the right answer. And you still owe me a phone call, buddy. :)
I wouldn’t know about England. In France, there has to be an even and an odd side of the street so that the parking signs will work. On narrow streets, you park on the odd side of the street from the 1st to the 15th of the month, and on the even side from the 16th to the end of the month.
Anyway, the real question is, has the strawberry shortcake daughter been baptized and, how are the twins doing?
Oh, and, where do you get these riddles? I haven’t seen an old episode of Dr. Who in ages!
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