Four Legs in the Morning
It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. What is it?
Man (or woman). A baby crawls on all fours, then walks on two legs as an adult and uses two legs and a cane when they’re old.
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46 Comments on "Four Legs in the Morning"
The Sphinx says
December 18, 2015 @ 20:05
Why dom’t some people know this? This is a very popular riddle and is the riddle of the Sphinx (my name). Don’t tell me you don’t know it? This is probably hard to solve, but almost everyone knows it. It is referring to the life of a man/woman. In the morning, (his/her early time of life) he/she crawls on it’s arms and knees. Therefore, he/she has 4 legs. In the afternoon, (middle aged) he walks on 2 legs. In the evening, (very old) he/she usually uses a cane, thus 3 legs.
Ash says
December 28, 2015 @ 23:21
When Oedipus reached Thebes, he encountered a Sphinx. “If you want to pass this point alive, you must answer my riddle: What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?”, the Sphinx asked. Oedipus pondered for a moment. “Probably one of those new Pokemon”, he finally replied. “There’s like 600 of them, I’d be surprised if one of them DOESN’T change its number of legs whilst evolving”. “Fair enough, man”, spoke the Sphinx. “I can’t reasonably expect you to remember all their names. You may pass.”
gowtham says
March 3, 2016 @ 12:22
The answer is oedipus himself this is his second riddle
Mel says
March 8, 2016 @ 01:15
I knew about this riddle and answer for a while, but if I heard it the first time, human never would have crossed my mind.
I mean, how do you know the riddle is being metaphorical? I know riddles can be vague, but c’mon :/
Glen is a tit says
March 19, 2016 @ 05:28
Glen no way is your IQ 181 haha.
Idiot.
Mage maker says
September 4, 2016 @ 12:41
Human. It crawls, then walks, finally used a cane
Aborigart says
November 14, 2016 @ 16:11
The Bumble beast good night tale sounds as funny as believable, I would tell it to my kids to put them to sleep. Now I have a question for the guy with the 181 IQ; do you read much at all, and I am not talking about sci-fi books or comics, you seem to know much about that, I am refering to books where they use a very coon writing technique to describe thoughts…
I will give it to you; Metaphor!!! Bingo the whole riddle is just that; a metaphor.
Human would be right, in my opinion. But I only have an IQ of (-181)
Thanks
Geneticallysuperior says
November 24, 2016 @ 22:22
What is a day to something as ancient as the sphinx. As it states in the bible, to god, a thousand years is like a day. The meaning of which is, what is time to one who is eternal? The problem with most intellectuals is they try to quantify something which is unquantifiable…
Elocin says
November 28, 2016 @ 10:00
Four legs ??? Humans do not have four legs. This is the dumbest riddle iv ever heard. The time of day makes no sense. And a cane is not a leg. Wtf kind of riddle is this ???
tristen says
November 30, 2016 @ 14:07
its the sphinx. this is an ancient greece riddle wow all u guys are dumb
Boogle says
November 30, 2016 @ 16:33
It is stupid ..any one with any inteligence oho can spell.lol….Or even thinks about the question is gonna get confuied about the times of day ..# wtf .der
Jacob says
December 4, 2016 @ 08:47
(Alot right) its a human I’ve been telling this for years only one person ever got it right its the cane that gets um in ancient times the cane was called the 3rd leg.(what walks on 4 in the beginning of its day 2 in the middle of its day and 3 at the end of its day) this is how it was told to me 30yrs ago i was told its one of the oldest riddles on ?:-)
Arundeep says
December 12, 2016 @ 08:56
I think that is a human
Dyisis says
December 18, 2016 @ 13:56
Omg in tears reading this @Ash that was fricking hilarious. Love the personality. ??????
Zeek says
December 20, 2016 @ 05:44
Any four legged creature
It walks on four legs in the morning
It walks on four legs at two in the afternoon and at three in the morning as well
The wording in the question is a bit off but not as far off as it is for the human answer
a cane does have a foot and you do walk on it, the times so metaphorically make sense, but no matter how it walks or crawls a normal baby only has two feet
The riddle makes no sense
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