Farmer And A Fox
The Riddle:
A farmer has to transport a fox, a goose and a sack of grain across a river. The boat is so small that there is room only for him and one of the others at a time, but if he leaves the fox and goose together the fox will kill the goose, and if the goose and the sack of grain are left together the goose will eat the grain. How does he get them all over?
Answer:
1st journey takes goose only, leaving fox and grain. Returns leaving goose on other side.
2nd journey takes fox over, leave fox on other side, returns with goose.
3rd journey takes grain over leaving on the other side with fox. Returns and picks up goose again taking it over on the 4th journey.
Alternatives (for those smart arses):
A2: Geese can swim so takes fox over first goose tethered and swimming behind each journey. Returns and picks up grain (2 Journeys).
A3: Fox and grain in boat, both farmer and goose swim, farmer pushing boat (1 Journey).
What'd You Think?
(249 votes, average: 2.69 out of 5)
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August 14th, 2007 at 10:15 am
the farmer puts a muzzle on both the fox and the goose 2 make things easy.
August 14th, 2007 at 10:53 am
the farmer kills the goose so he only has to take over the fox and the grain
August 15th, 2007 at 12:32 am
the farmer kills himself. then yhe fox kills the goose and the grain survives lol
August 16th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
since Geese can fly let the goose fly and tie the grain to his back and take the fox over
August 17th, 2007 at 12:20 am
just put the fox in the sack wit the grain….
August 20th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
BUT THE GOOSE AND FOX WILL RUN AWAY! lol
August 31st, 2007 at 11:19 pm
goose eat grain, farmer eats goose, farmer and fox goes over.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:58 pm
leave the fox and the grain and take the goose first.
dahh
September 4th, 2007 at 11:08 am
Build a bridge.
September 11th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Let the gose eat the grain and then let the fox eat the goose abd viola there you have it all three in one trip
September 19th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
FARMER KILZ HIMSELF.. GOOSE EATS GRAINS, FOX EATS GOOSE AND FOX THEN STARVES..
RESOLUTION: EVERYONE DIES! LOL
September 23rd, 2007 at 2:45 pm
farmer kills him self then goose flies away and the fox runs off. the grain is used to soak up the farmers blood latter by the police…..
September 27th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
wow this is so gay
i got it in like 6 seconds
and i have like 14 alternate
September 30th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
the farmer eats the grain and takes the goose and then takes the fox…
October 1st, 2007 at 6:06 pm
let the goose eat the grain, the fox eat the goose, and the farmer can do wutever the hell he wants with the fox as he crosses the river!
October 3rd, 2007 at 2:41 am
Easy i come over kill the farmer blow the head of the fox take the goose home in the boat cook the goose and eat it 4 my tea and we all live happly aver after
lmfao pmsl hahaha
October 4th, 2007 at 8:04 am
i think its a trick question
October 5th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
why doesnt he just walk around the lak????? i mean it easier ………. DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 10th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Why the hell would a farmer have a fox?
October 19th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Well the goose can eat the grain then swim over, while the farmer takes the fox over on the boat. Then when they get to the other side the farmer can give goose an operation to take the grain out it stomach, and that means he only had to make one trip over. See Clever!!
October 24th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
duh i got that in like 2 seconds this is dum P.S why would afarmer fox ho yay danielle that a stupid idea,why would he do a operation .
October 25th, 2007 at 8:08 pm
THE REASON THE FARMER DIEZ IS BECAZ HEZ TRYING TO CUT THE GOOSE ALIVE WITH A SHARP KNIFE AND THEN THE GOOSE KICKED HIM AND THE SHARP KNIFE GOZ RIGHT INTO HIS HEART.
October 25th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
THE FARMER IS STUPID AND GOEZ WAC AND THEN HE WAS RUNNING AROUND WITH A SHARP KNIF AND POKED HIS EYE OUT THEN HE WAS DEAD
October 27th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
ALL OF THESE REPLIES ARE DEFINITLY GAY I dont think
i understood one bit of it
October 31st, 2007 at 11:52 pm
whats with all the blood and guts answers..it was only a simple riddle..answers been given lol.
November 7th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
noobs
November 21st, 2007 at 5:52 pm
you all are stupid its an easy riddle with an answer why try to further decode it. the blood and guts is so retarded
and i agree
why would the farmer have a fox
November 24th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
well the man can throw the fox to the other side
then throw the bag of grain over and then throw
his own stubby self and then tell the goose to
fly its not that hard…depending on how far it
is to the other side, but it didnt say anything
about that…SO MY ANSWER STILL COUNTS!!!!!!
December 1st, 2007 at 7:03 pm
booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 1st, 2007 at 7:06 pm
i hate vannessa,ilove another girl now.hear that van!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 1st, 2007 at 7:07 pm
why???????????????????????????????????????????????????????/
December 8th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
if you take the goose and leave the fox and grain and then go back get the foxand take back the goose thenget the grain take it there and go back and get the goose. its so easy people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 13th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
1st takes goose goes back
2nd takes grain takes goose back with
3rd takes fox with goes back
4th takes goose
December 26th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
he kills himself..the pressure got to him! the end..
December 31st, 2007 at 1:50 pm
bahaha.
this is gayy.
i got it right.
only cause i have read it before.
Fox and the Farmer.
they couldnt have thought of anything better than that.
bahaha.
January 4th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
put tape around the foxs mouth then take the grain to the other side then the goose then the fox. if it didnt have tape on its mouth it wudve killed the farmer
January 6th, 2008 at 8:58 am
1st The farmer will eat the grain
2nd The farmer will kill the goose
3rd The farmer will kill the fox
January 6th, 2008 at 9:01 am
1st The farmer will eat the grain
2nd The farmer will kill the goose
3rd The farmer will kill the fox
January 9th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
1 the goose eats the grain
2 than the fox eats the goose so the farmer can take over all of them
January 20th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
why does a farmer have a fox anyway? its stupid!
January 22nd, 2008 at 7:38 pm
The farmer comes out of the closet, OMG hes a homo
says the fox, The fox is hung for discrimination
the goose who loves the fox, takes there grain children (adopted)
to his hanging, the grain take a keg of paracetomol and cut thier wrists
sadly the grain could not be recussitated
The goose, Crippled by grief can no long afford the rent and starts whoring on the block.
making ends meet when ever she can, see’s an oppurtinity too make a whole yen i one night, it’s a trap, the goose is violated and ashphyxiated.
everyone laughs at riddles at the funeral and calls the guy that invented this riddle on a phone and say. Excuse me, Your mum is dead, she was found int’ woods wee knickers daan err legs like, Everyone laughs as a total loser crys over the phone, thus once again the world is saved by a really cool guy called steven hawkings
Goodnight and Godspeed.
January 23rd, 2008 at 11:25 am
That aint the way this went down. Here’s the truth.
The Farmer isn’t really a farmer he’s a dentist with a beastiality fetish, he tried it on with me and threatened to take all my teeth out so i could go down on him - i told him i wasn’t in the mood - understandably. Then he tried to kidnap stella - (stella’s the goose) and have his wicked way with her. He got her to the other side of the river in the boat and slipped her one. stella went ape and fired an egg at him, which knocked him into the boat. Me and stella then added water, sugar and yeast to he grain and made some real strong ale. We necked the lot smoked crack and did crystal meths on the river bank.
Unsuprisingly, i didn’t do very well and the job interview the following day!
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Duh y da yell all dis dumbo’s givin dumb answers when dere is just 1 simple answer
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:07 pm
well it sooooo obvious dat the answer is given as option 1…… y r all u guys trying to wreck ur brains out………….
Ps:
this applies to all those who have brains…..thanx
January 28th, 2008 at 1:12 am
BBQ the goose, cook the grain, eat them all and then cross the river with the fox. LOL
January 31st, 2008 at 3:28 pm
well take fox then grain then bludy goose how it hard u lot tryin to make it funny and u all suk at it and u not doin rite u cant wiv dis 1 guys god. poor farmer he probly like why oh why did i ask a person how should i do it coz he dun dis now look at u lot killin the animal jst aint rite
January 31st, 2008 at 3:30 pm
coz rite killin da animals is creul and wot u should do is set em free then every 1 happy and farmer dont have to have a hard life feedin animals ahhh simple
February 6th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I’m pretty sure that this is the silliest riddle i’ve ever read!! i couldn’t rap my head around it from the start!!
February 8th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
1. Farmer eats the grain
2. Farmer eats the goose
3. Farmer eats the fox
: )
February 9th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
the goose eats grain… the fox eats goose… so he takes just the fox with all the stuff in
February 9th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
this is so stupid i got the riddle so easily and whats with all the dying and the gay made up answers? you people are stupid. This riddle was so easy.
February 19th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
what dumbass farmer owns a fkin fox i say shoot the fox then tak the goose and then the grain makes life muuuuuch easier
February 20th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
the farmer kills himself the fox eat the goose and the grain is the end
February 20th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Hmmmm theres a game called runescape that is just like this, a quest called recruitment drive and you must carry a fox, grain, and goose over a bridge but you can because you will way to much you must find a way
February 25th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
get a bigger boat…
February 26th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
ok here it is once and for all
for the person who said everybody dies
and the person who said everybody is set free and lives
i like that its simple and its good
as for those people who want to know why a farmer would have a fox… its probably a silver fox they sell the furs for big$$ but why its not dead i dont know
oh and the person who said”its simple take the fox then the goose then the grain” while the fox was being taken over the goose ate the grain and so the farmer takes the goose over and returns to get another sack of grain but when he returns he finds the fox has eaten the goose and run off it just wont work
just go with the answers provided i mean the first few responses were decent but as they go on they get more and more retarded
February 29th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
If you shoot everything, then theres no point of transporting, a dead fox and goose and a sack of grain with holes in it, after that, kill yourself because your gonna starve in the winter =/
March 1st, 2008 at 8:00 am
Lonette geese cannot fly for very long, just like a chicken can’t. and eastman they’re not dead.
March 20th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
thooooooooo tere oper kuta
March 22nd, 2008 at 8:31 am
well the farmer should just walk with animals and put them on a lead befor they go or take one at a time.
March 25th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
i dont get how a farmer would have a fox, some fox’s eat ppl
March 28th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
i rake the leaves then go home and take a dump
THE END.
March 28th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
i poop
March 28th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
me 2
March 28th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
and i eat it
March 28th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
and i eat leftryhvd’s feces
April 8th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Farmer takes the fox and leaves on the other side. Rows back, takes grain and leaves on other side with fox. Rows back and takes goose. Simple. Only three trips.
April 10th, 2008 at 8:22 am
> > > > goose eats grain.
> > > fox eats goose.
> > farmer eats fox.
> farmer goes home.
April 13th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
maybe he should just get a bigger boat.
April 21st, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I feel so stupid and confused right now….wooooow……lol