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I have become a giraffe. (Original Post) sibelian Oct 2013 OP
Eyes. Recursion Oct 2013 #1
I have to contest the legitimacy of that answer. Chan790 Oct 2013 #4
Talk to the giraffe Recursion Oct 2013 #6
ME TOO! I said the door...you open the door... 2theleft Oct 2013 #21
Me too! This riddle assumes people are sleeping at 3am, which not everyone would be. GreenPartyVoter Oct 2013 #24
I must have run into a person that decided "door" was fine as an answer before... Silent3 Oct 2013 #26
Yeah, hermetic Oct 2013 #2
I said sibelian Oct 2013 #3
If you're like me, you were probably up already taking a leak HarveyDarkey Oct 2013 #19
Don't know In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #5
I think I need another cup of coffee... magical thyme Oct 2013 #7
... handmade34 Oct 2013 #8
Stay away from the diving board HarveyDarkey Oct 2013 #9
Impressive, but I noticed not one of them attempted the "Triple Lindy". Slackers. bluesbassman Oct 2013 #17
Sorry, but I guessed it in seconds. Baitball Blogger Oct 2013 #10
That's really stiking your neck out ashling Oct 2013 #12
Badum - sibelian Oct 2013 #25
Yes. nt Still Blue in PDX Oct 2013 #11
I guessed "the door", thinking I was brilliant... blueamy66 Oct 2013 #13
the accent is pretty throat-y. Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2013 #14
Sort of... bluesbassman Oct 2013 #15
Hurray for honesty! In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #16
Yeah, I was an idiot and guessed door too. Autumn Oct 2013 #18
I think it's a tie-in to the release of that new movie HarveyDarkey Oct 2013 #20
Well, since I didn't open the message telling me I was wrong (I said door), ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #22
I think my answer of door was correct because LoveMyCali Oct 2013 #23
 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
4. I have to contest the legitimacy of that answer.
Tue Oct 29, 2013, 10:22 AM
Oct 2013

Maybe I'm just a light sleeper but that was autonomic and immediate as soon as the doorbell rang, I no more have to open my eyes than I have to stop being asleep...it just happened automatically.

2theleft

(1,136 posts)
21. ME TOO! I said the door...you open the door...
Tue Oct 29, 2013, 10:35 PM
Oct 2013

Unless your mother is like mine...Then you open the wine and hide under the bed and hope she goes away!!

Silent3

(15,210 posts)
26. I must have run into a person that decided "door" was fine as an answer before...
Wed Oct 30, 2013, 09:26 AM
Oct 2013

...running into anyone else pushing this riddle, because the first time I encountered the riddle, I was told that both "door" or "eyes" were acceptable answers.

 

HarveyDarkey

(9,077 posts)
19. If you're like me, you were probably up already taking a leak
Tue Oct 29, 2013, 05:46 PM
Oct 2013

In that case, your answer would be right.

Baitball Blogger

(46,703 posts)
10. Sorry, but I guessed it in seconds.
Tue Oct 29, 2013, 01:11 PM
Oct 2013

I'm a suspicious person and figured out that any information that anybody gives you willingly, is usually a distraction.

 

blueamy66

(6,795 posts)
13. I guessed "the door", thinking I was brilliant...
Tue Oct 29, 2013, 01:39 PM
Oct 2013

anyway, I was a giraffe, but changed it after 2 days

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
22. Well, since I didn't open the message telling me I was wrong (I said door),
Tue Oct 29, 2013, 11:09 PM
Oct 2013

no I have not become a giraffe...

LoveMyCali

(2,015 posts)
23. I think my answer of door was correct because
Tue Oct 29, 2013, 11:23 PM
Oct 2013

both of my parents have been dead for many years so I would be way too scared to open my eyes.

Yeah, I probably shouldn't open the door either.

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