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Farmer And A Fox

August 13, 2007 by F&J Staff 94 Comments

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).

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Comments

  1. hailey says

    August 14, 2007 at 10:15 am

    the farmer puts a muzzle on both the fox and the goose 2 make things easy.

    Reply
  2. Samantha says

    August 14, 2007 at 10:53 am

    the farmer kills the goose so he only has to take over the fox and the grain

    Reply
  3. sarah says

    August 15, 2007 at 12:32 am

    the farmer kills himself. then yhe fox kills the goose and the grain survives lol

    Reply
  4. Lonette says

    August 16, 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

    Reply
  5. chris says

    August 17, 2007 at 12:20 am

    just put the fox in the sack wit the grain….

    Reply
  6. Renee_cy says

    August 20, 2007 at 2:10 pm

    BUT THE GOOSE AND FOX WILL RUN AWAY! lol

    Reply
  7. roxy says

    August 31, 2007 at 11:19 pm

    goose eat grain, farmer eats goose, farmer and fox goes over.

    Reply
  8. katie says

    September 3, 2007 at 10:58 pm

    leave the fox and the grain and take the goose first.
    dahh

    Reply
  9. jordan says

    September 4, 2007 at 11:08 am

    Build a bridge.

    Reply
  10. b0bby says

    September 11, 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

    Reply
  11. TONEZ says

    September 19, 2007 at 8:52 pm

    FARMER KILZ HIMSELF.. GOOSE EATS GRAINS, FOX EATS GOOSE AND FOX THEN STARVES..
    RESOLUTION: EVERYONE DIES! LOL

    Reply
  12. Billy says

    September 23, 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…..

    Reply
  13. greg says

    September 27, 2007 at 1:52 pm

    wow this is so gay
    i got it in like 6 seconds

    and i have like 14 alternate

    Reply
  14. cameron says

    September 30, 2007 at 4:20 pm

    the farmer eats the grain and takes the goose and then takes the fox…

    Reply
  15. sheezy says

    October 1, 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!

    Reply
  16. B A R R A T T says

    October 3, 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

    Reply
  17. kikky says

    October 4, 2007 at 8:04 am

    i think its a trick question

    Reply
  18. jazzy jazzy me says

    October 5, 2007 at 11:47 pm

    why doesnt he just walk around the lak????? i mean it easier ………. DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  19. Brett says

    October 10, 2007 at 1:10 pm

    Why the hell would a farmer have a fox?

    Reply
  20. Danielle says

    October 19, 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!!

    Reply
  21. shivani says

    October 24, 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 .

    Reply
  22. Kirsten says

    October 25, 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.

    Reply
  23. Kiki says

    October 25, 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

    Reply
  24. john cena says

    October 27, 2007 at 1:53 pm

    ALL OF THESE REPLIES ARE DEFINITLY GAY I dont think
    i understood one bit of it

    Reply
  25. Fee says

    October 31, 2007 at 11:52 pm

    whats with all the blood and guts answers..it was only a simple riddle..answers been given lol.

    Reply
  26. noob says

    November 7, 2007 at 2:50 pm

    noobs

    Reply
  27. Potteriscrazzy says

    November 21, 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

    Reply
  28. ana says

    November 24, 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!!!!!!

    Reply
  29. nancy says

    December 1, 2007 at 7:03 pm

    booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  30. zac efron says

    December 1, 2007 at 7:06 pm

    i hate vannessa,ilove another girl now.hear that van!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  31. vannessa says

    December 1, 2007 at 7:07 pm

    why???????????????????????????????????????????????????????/

    Reply
  32. benjerman says

    December 8, 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  33. Travis says

    December 13, 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

    Reply
  34. its me u prat! says

    December 26, 2007 at 5:04 pm

    he kills himself..the pressure got to him! the end..

    Reply
  35. taylann says

    December 31, 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. 😀

    Reply
  36. abdul says

    January 4, 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

    Reply
  37. Malu says

    January 6, 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

    Reply
  38. Malu says

    January 6, 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

    Reply
  39. smart person says

    January 9, 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

    Reply
  40. riddler says

    January 20, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    why does a farmer have a fox anyway? its stupid!

    Reply
  41. a smelly random hobo with a mac says

    January 22, 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.

    Reply
  42. The Fox says

    January 23, 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!

    Reply
  43. Tina says

    January 23, 2008 at 5:59 pm

    Duh y da yell all dis dumbo’s givin dumb answers when dere is just 1 simple answer

    Reply
  44. Ashif says

    January 23, 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

    Reply
  45. Malz says

    January 28, 2008 at 1:12 am

    BBQ the goose, cook the grain, eat them all and then cross the river with the fox. LOL

    Reply
  46. bludy easy dis 1 says

    January 31, 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

    Reply
  47. bludy easy dis 1 says

    January 31, 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

    Reply
  48. Danielle says

    February 6, 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!!

    Reply
  49. Vecna says

    February 8, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    1. Farmer eats the grain
    2. Farmer eats the goose
    3. Farmer eats the fox

    : )

    Reply
  50. richard says

    February 9, 2008 at 1:52 pm

    the goose eats grain… the fox eats goose… so he takes just the fox with all the stuff in

    Reply
  51. katelyn says

    February 9, 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.

    Reply
  52. Jordon says

    February 19, 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

    Reply
  53. lazeena says

    February 20, 2008 at 4:06 pm

    the farmer kills himself the fox eat the goose and the grain is the end

    Reply
  54. Josh says

    February 20, 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

    Reply
  55. jesso says

    February 25, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    get a bigger boat…

    Reply
  56. Adhira says

    February 26, 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

    Reply
  57. Eastman says

    February 29, 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 =/

    Reply
  58. Ravengal101 says

    March 1, 2008 at 8:00 am

    Lonette geese cannot fly for very long, just like a chicken can’t. and eastman they’re not dead.

    Reply
  59. kuta says

    March 20, 2008 at 12:36 pm

    thooooooooo tere oper kuta

    Reply
  60. kelly says

    March 22, 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.

    Reply
  61. Christina says

    March 25, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    i dont get how a farmer would have a fox, some fox’s eat ppl

    Reply
  62. leaf raker says

    March 28, 2008 at 8:31 pm

    i rake the leaves then go home and take a dump

    THE END.

    Reply
  63. bsdkgvkhgzs says

    March 28, 2008 at 8:33 pm

    i poop

    Reply
  64. aaaaaaaaa says

    March 28, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    me 2

    Reply
  65. leftryhvd says

    March 28, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    and i eat it

    Reply
  66. and i says

    March 28, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    and i eat leftryhvd’s feces

    Reply
  67. Luke says

    April 8, 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.

    Reply
  68. Britty says

    April 10, 2008 at 8:22 am

    > > > > goose eats grain.

    > > > fox eats goose.

    > > farmer eats fox.

    > farmer goes home.

    Reply
  69. McKenzie says

    April 13, 2008 at 6:35 pm

    maybe he should just get a bigger boat.

    Reply
  70. Daniel says

    April 21, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    I feel so stupid and confused right now….wooooow……lol

    Reply
  71. Todd says

    April 28, 2008 at 10:57 am

    The Farmer takes the goose over then goes back and takes the fox then drops the fox off bringing to goose back then drops the goose off and picks up the corn, brings the corn across goes back and gets the goose

    Reply
  72. Todd says

    April 28, 2008 at 10:59 am

    come on you guys i am sixteen years old this riddle is easy as hell… Jesus Christ

    Reply
  73. Ryan Riot says

    April 28, 2008 at 7:21 pm

    this is easy the farmer takes the goose therefore the fox wont eat the goose. and the goose wont eat the grain.

    Reply
  74. Luis says

    May 7, 2008 at 8:46 am

    take goose, then take grain and let goose eat it,then fox and fox eats goose. farmer kills fox and make sum kind of fur with it or he can sell it and make money !!! and thats only 3 trips. or let a hitman take car of the farmer and the goose,fox can do wat ever the hell they want with the grain.

    Reply
  75. SeCrEt SpY~! says

    June 8, 2008 at 6:27 am

    SO SIMPLE QUESTION!! I’ve heard it so many version….hahaha…lol ^^

    Reply
  76. matty says

    August 1, 2008 at 7:11 am

    wht kind of farmer is that?

    Reply
  77. morgan says

    August 6, 2008 at 8:17 am

    never mind the farmer..what the hell is a fox good for on a flipin farm?

    Reply
  78. Herb says

    August 27, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    my dad told me this when i was young, only it was fox, chicken, and chicken feed. anyway, the way i solved it was to dump the feed in the boat bottom, stuff the bird in the feed sack, and transport all three in one trip.

    Reply
  79. Ike says

    September 7, 2008 at 10:25 pm

    why not eat all of them???

    Reply
  80. muhaha says

    September 16, 2008 at 6:38 am

    Farmer , fox, goose and grain goes in the boat.. Farmer is gay remember!!

    Reply
  81. jonny cox says

    September 25, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    put them each in a sack and bring them over duh!!! lol!!!

    Reply
  82. calota says

    November 16, 2008 at 9:13 am

    hey……it mus be too difficult for d farmer to take 2 or 3 journeys…
    its better if he cooks the goose and fox…its dat dereitself….
    n shud take the grain along wid him in the boat….
    its so simple…..

    Reply
  83. lilcee says

    November 26, 2008 at 4:17 am

    farmer is gay right so farmer fucks th fox than takes the grain across
    fox so embarrassed to eat the hen , farmer then takes the fox then come back n take the hen

    Reply
  84. wow seriously tho!!?? says

    January 31, 2009 at 1:35 am

    ok ths is really soooo easy !!!! i mean waht whas that person thinkin i told ths ridddle to my 4 year old bro and he solved it dude he was like oh htas aaaeasy u kill em all

    Reply
  85. RACHEAL ROOMS says

    January 31, 2009 at 1:38 am

    LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE RADICALEST RIDDLE IV EVER HEARD OF OK I KINDA GOT TO GO SLEEP MAN IVE BEEN UP WORKING ON MY STUPID PROJEXT FOR THIS COMPANY I TOLD MY WIFE IM BEAT UP SO GNITE

    Reply
  86. Brittany says

    February 21, 2009 at 4:15 am

    Its easy.
    Take the goose 2 the other side
    take the grain over but take the goose back.
    take the fox over and leave it with the grain
    then go bac and get the goose
    der!!

    Reply
  87. Todd says

    March 23, 2009 at 11:49 am

    Im pretty sure you could fit a 30 lbs fox, a 50 lbs of grain, a 10 lbs goose ,and a 180 lbs Farmer into one boat…for a combined total of 270 lbs…smack the fox around if he tried to eat the goose..tape the goose’s mouth shut..

    Reply
  88. THE GOOFENECK says

    April 13, 2009 at 3:10 am

    One, I would shoot the fox, cook the goose, make beer with the grains, and then sail to the other side drunk and stuffed.

    Reply
  89. lil says

    April 18, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    I like the first anwser. Because you have to use your brain which alot of you are not doing!

    Reply
  90. jay says

    April 18, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    if they are all togother at the start, whats the big deal about having them apart on the boat and what happens when you get to the other side..he should just build a bridge..also foxs DONT eat people your thinking of the boogyman

    Reply
  91. Sule says

    April 26, 2009 at 2:47 am

    I heard a different version with a rabbit, lettuce and a fox =S and you weren’t allowed a fourth journey just three! but i couldn’t figure it out, it does seem a lot easier with a goose though seeing as it can just swim by the boat, the version i heard was probably wrong….

    Reply
  92. Tra says

    October 29, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    First of all what is it with people saying they take a crap then eats it? it a joke not a tell all about disgusting things.
    Now u get the goose to fly and u, the fox, and the grain go over. farmer pushing the boat is….well unethical. 🙁 (sigh) c’mon people

    Reply
  93. faythe says

    August 18, 2010 at 2:53 pm

    this is a test of logic. If you did not get the answer you probably have a low I.Q. if you gave a stupid answer, or smarted off, you probably have a job with your name on your shirt.

    Reply
  94. Peyton says

    February 23, 2011 at 12:49 am

    Easy just eat the goose shoot the fox and sell the grain

    Reply

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