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).
the farmer puts a muzzle on both the fox and the goose 2 make things easy.
the farmer kills the goose so he only has to take over the fox and the grain
the farmer kills himself. then yhe fox kills the goose and the grain survives lol
since Geese can fly let the goose fly and tie the grain to his back and take the fox over
just put the fox in the sack wit the grain….
BUT THE GOOSE AND FOX WILL RUN AWAY! lol
goose eat grain, farmer eats goose, farmer and fox goes over.
leave the fox and the grain and take the goose first.
dahh
Build a bridge.
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
FARMER KILZ HIMSELF.. GOOSE EATS GRAINS, FOX EATS GOOSE AND FOX THEN STARVES..
RESOLUTION: EVERYONE DIES! LOL
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…..
wow this is so gay
i got it in like 6 seconds
and i have like 14 alternate
the farmer eats the grain and takes the goose and then takes the fox…
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!
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
i think its a trick question
why doesnt he just walk around the lak????? i mean it easier ………. DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why the hell would a farmer have a fox?
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!!
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 .
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.
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
ALL OF THESE REPLIES ARE DEFINITLY GAY I dont think
i understood one bit of it
whats with all the blood and guts answers..it was only a simple riddle..answers been given lol.
noobs
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
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!!!!!!
booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1st takes goose goes back
2nd takes grain takes goose back with
3rd takes fox with goes back
4th takes goose
he kills himself..the pressure got to him! the end..
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. 😀
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
1st The farmer will eat the grain
2nd The farmer will kill the goose
3rd The farmer will kill the fox
1st The farmer will eat the grain
2nd The farmer will kill the goose
3rd The farmer will kill the fox
1 the goose eats the grain
2 than the fox eats the goose so the farmer can take over all of them
why does a farmer have a fox anyway? its stupid!
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.
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!
Duh y da yell all dis dumbo’s givin dumb answers when dere is just 1 simple answer
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
BBQ the goose, cook the grain, eat them all and then cross the river with the fox. LOL
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
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
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!!
1. Farmer eats the grain
2. Farmer eats the goose
3. Farmer eats the fox
: )
the goose eats grain… the fox eats goose… so he takes just the fox with all the stuff in
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.
what dumbass farmer owns a fkin fox i say shoot the fox then tak the goose and then the grain makes life muuuuuch easier
the farmer kills himself the fox eat the goose and the grain is the end
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
get a bigger boat…
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
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 =/
Lonette geese cannot fly for very long, just like a chicken can’t. and eastman they’re not dead.
thooooooooo tere oper kuta
well the farmer should just walk with animals and put them on a lead befor they go or take one at a time.
i dont get how a farmer would have a fox, some fox’s eat ppl
i rake the leaves then go home and take a dump
THE END.
i poop
me 2
and i eat it
and i eat leftryhvd’s feces
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.
> > > > goose eats grain.
> > > fox eats goose.
> > farmer eats fox.
> farmer goes home.
maybe he should just get a bigger boat.
I feel so stupid and confused right now….wooooow……lol
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
come on you guys i am sixteen years old this riddle is easy as hell… Jesus Christ
this is easy the farmer takes the goose therefore the fox wont eat the goose. and the goose wont eat the grain.
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.
SO SIMPLE QUESTION!! I’ve heard it so many version….hahaha…lol ^^
wht kind of farmer is that?
never mind the farmer..what the hell is a fox good for on a flipin farm?
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.
why not eat all of them???
Farmer , fox, goose and grain goes in the boat.. Farmer is gay remember!!
put them each in a sack and bring them over duh!!! lol!!!
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…..
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
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
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
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!!
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..
One, I would shoot the fox, cook the goose, make beer with the grains, and then sail to the other side drunk and stuffed.
I like the first anwser. Because you have to use your brain which alot of you are not doing!
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
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….
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
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.
Easy just eat the goose shoot the fox and sell the grain