What walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening?
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Man, the riddle of the sphinx is a common one
A baby, an adult, and an old geezer
Man. As a baby, and adult, and in old age.
a thing
i use to know this.
A human. In the morning, he is a baby, so he walks on all four limbs. In the afternoon, he's a grown man, so he walks on two legs. In the evening, he's an old man who must use a cane.
This is known as the "Riddle of the Sphinx," from the Greek tale/play of Oedipus Rex. Oedipus answered the riddle correctly and angered the Sphinx into destroying itself, thereby gaining passage into Thebes.
(Most elderly people use walkers now, though, so in a modern version on the riddle, the the old man might have six legs, lol.)
Isnt it a baby, a man, and an old man?
As an infant man crawls on 4 legs (morning), as an adult we walk on 2 legs (afternoon), and as an old man/woman we walk with a cane, which would be the 3rd leg (evening).
a newly married man
man: crawling on four "legs" in early life, walking on two legs, then using two legs and a cane in later life.
Man. It's the riddle of the sphinx.
a hippo
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