It is not a riddle, it is anti-humour. It has no meaning, it doesn't make sense, and it's there just to confuse people.
Because it has one leg the same and its head bangs together wen it walks.
That's the way i remember hearing it over 50 years ago
The answer is a human. Walking on four legs represents a human as a baby when you crawl on your hands and knees, two legs is a human as an adult and three legs is a human as an elder (both of your legs and a walking stick). -rolls eyes and sighs- everyone knows this riddle!!!
This is a very old riddle out of Greek mythology. It is known as the riddle of the Sphinx. The answer is a man because, It's about a man's life. Four feet in the morning: you walk on both arms and legs when you are a kid.(2legs+2 arms=4) Two feet at noon: you walk on your legs only when you are young.(2legs only) Three feet in the evening: You walk with a walking stick.(2 legs+1 stick=3)
The "riddle of the Sphinx" is: What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the middle of the day, and three at night?
The riddle of the sphinx is: what walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and3 in the evening? The answer is MAN - Walks on 4 legs as an infant 2 legs as an adult and 2 legs + a cane in the elderly years.
The riddle of the Sphinx which goes as follows:What goes on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?Oedipus was able to answer the question correctly: Man.
Because one of it's back legs are both the same.
The answer is a human. Walking on four legs represents a human as a baby when you crawl on your hands and knees, two legs is a human as an adult and three legs is a human as an elder (both of your legs and a walking stick). -rolls eyes and sighs- everyone knows this riddle!!!
This is a very old riddle out of Greek mythology. It is known as the riddle of the Sphinx. The answer is a man because, It's about a man's life. Four feet in the morning: you walk on both arms and legs when you are a kid.(2legs+2 arms=4) Two feet at noon: you walk on your legs only when you are young.(2legs only) Three feet in the evening: You walk with a walking stick.(2 legs+1 stick=3)
"What has four legs but can't walk?" is the only riddle with table as an answer.
ducks do because they have legs that only bend in the water
The "riddle of the Sphinx" is: What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the middle of the day, and three at night?
The riddle of the sphinx is: what walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and3 in the evening? The answer is MAN - Walks on 4 legs as an infant 2 legs as an adult and 2 legs + a cane in the elderly years.
The riddle of the Sphinx which goes as follows:What goes on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?Oedipus was able to answer the question correctly: Man.
ducks have 2 legs ducks have 2 legs
There is no riddle of the Sphinx, the question/ riddle is what walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at midday and three legs in the evening. the answer would be a human. as in the morning of someones life they are a baby or toddler, so they would crawl on four legs, at midday it refers to an adult ( who walks on two legs ) while in the evening the human is old and uses a walking stick ( equals three legs ) . ------- There IS a riddle of the Sphinx. Created in Oedipus when Oedipus needed to get to Thebes, he came across a Sphinx blocking his path who asked him this riddle. He gave the correct answer and went on.
What walks on three legs in the afternoon? Answer: Man walks on 4 legs in morning, as in a baby crawling, two legs in afternoon, as adult, and three at night, as a man with a cane
The riddle he solves was what walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and walks on 3 legs in the evening? The answer was a human. 94 legs while crawling as a baby; 2 legs middle aged; and 3 legs while old (leaning on a cane).