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Patrick2011
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This thread is a riddle involving 4 people who I will call P1, P2, P3, and P4. This is a conversation by the people:

P2: I am not right in the head.
P3: P2 is not kidding. He really does have a problem.
P3: *whacks P1*
P1: Why did you whack me?
P3: Why not?
P1: Why would you answer why with why not?
P2: That is a cop out.
P3: I did cop out. P1, you're not right in the head.
P1: You're not right in the head. Why did you cop out?
P3: You didn't deserve a reason because you're not right in the head.
P2: None of us are right in the head.
P4: Wrong! I'm the only one right in the head.
P3: You're not right in the head.
P1: P4 is right in the head and so am I.
P3: Then why did you resist the cop out?
P1: Resistance to cop out does not make me not right in the head. You're not right in the head because you copped out.
P4: P1 is right in the head. P3, you're not right in the head.
P3: I am right in the head. P1, go to your cage.
P1: It's a room, not a cage.
P3: You're not right in the head.

To solve this riddle, you need to figure out which people are right in the head. Use this definition for right in the head:

Not mentally ill

In a few days, I will give the answer to the riddle, then discussion may continue until this thread is locked.

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iMogwai
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There's already a thread for riddles in the forum games section.

Anyways, whoever wrote that riddle is not right in the head (no offense if it was you, I'm just joking). It's totally weird, and none of them talk as if they're right in the head.

P1 is a bit of an idiot. He keeps saying asking P3 to explain why he didn't want to explain why he said something. He's definitely not right in the head.

P2 seems kind of right in the head, but the fact that he says he isn't (assuming he's not joking) makes me think he's not quite right. He's either right in the head and joking, or not quite right in the head, but not too wrong either.

P3 seems kind of angry. He attacked P1 unprovoked, but as P1 started talking, it got more and more obvious that he deserved it. P3 is either mad, or he can see the future.

P4 first says he's the only one who's right, then later he says P1 is right too. He seems to just try to fit in or something, so I wouldn't call him a reliable source. Still, he could be right, it's hard to tell because he didn't talk.

Anyways, my guess: They're all mad. So are you. The whole **** world is mad. THIS IS MADNESS!

Patrick2011
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Anyways, my guess: They're all mad. So are you. The whole **** world is mad. THIS IS MADNESS!


Only the first part of the guess is necessary. Also, you are wrong.
Joe96
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Let me take out the pen and pad of paper *cracks knuckles*
...
*le looking at puzzle*
... (another dramatic pause)
Gives up.
It's a bit confusing, and I'm too tired to try figuring it out :P

iMogwai
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Also, you are wrong.


Listen, anyone who voluntarily hangs out with that P1 guy is obviously mad. I'm right, you're wrong. The whole **** world is wrong. THIS IS WRONGNESS.
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At first I though P1 and P4 were right in the head, but then I realized P4 contradicts himself ("I'm the only one right in the head"; "P1 is right in the head&quot. So, he must be wrong in the head... right? Which may mean that since he thought he was the only one, maybe everyone else is right in the head?

But, then he says P1 is right in the head. If someone wrong in the head calls someone else right in the head, is that someone else therefore wrong in the head? Does this mean that P1 is wrong in the head?

P2 calls himself not right in the head. But would someone not right in the head ever realize that they are not right in the head? P2 later says that none of them is right in the head...

Then P3 calls a room a cage. This makes me believe that he is not right in the head. Also, he whacked P1 without a reason. But if P3 isn't right in the head, then P1 is right in the head and subsequently P4 is, too...

So, you may be disappointed in my answer (I am), but I think all of them are wrong in the head. :P

Patrick2011
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Listen, anyone who voluntarily hangs out with that P1 guy is obviously mad. I'm right, you're wrong. The whole **** world is wrong. THIS IS WRONGNESS.


I'm the creator, so I decide what the answer is, not you.

So, you may be disappointed in my answer (I am), but I think all of them are wrong in the head.


That's the same as iMogwai's answer. Since he was wrong, you are also wrong.

Attempted Answers:

-All are wrong in the head: wrong

What is known:

-Somebody is right in the head.
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P2 admits he is not right in the head.

P3 confirms this, then goes on to hit P1 un provoked.

Therefore, P3 cannot be right in the head, because a normal person does not randomly hit people.

If P3 is not right in the head, than we cannot trust him when he says that P2 is not right in the head.

Therefore we cannot know if P2 is right in the head, because we have conflicting sources as to his mental state.

P4 confirms that he is the only person right in the head, but then says that P1 is right in the head as well. So P4 is obviously confused, and cannot be trusted to make judgements that the and P1 are right in the head, and that P3 is not right in the head.

Therefore, we cannot assume that P1 is right in the head, and that P3 is not right in the head.

I could go on, but won't. This is just dumb.

Patrick2011
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P2 admits he is not right in the head.

P3 confirms this, then goes on to hit P1 un provoked.

Therefore, P3 cannot be right in the head, because a normal person does not randomly hit people.

If P3 is not right in the head, than we cannot trust him when he says that P2 is not right in the head.

Therefore we cannot know if P2 is right in the head, because we have conflicting sources as to his mental state.

P4 confirms that he is the only person right in the head, but then says that P1 is right in the head as well. So P4 is obviously confused, and cannot be trusted to make judgements that the and P1 are right in the head, and that P3 is not right in the head.

Therefore, we cannot assume that P1 is right in the head, and that P3 is not right in the head.

I could go on, but won't. This is just dumb.


This post doesn't contain an answer.

Person two is the one right in his head. he seems to not target anybody in particular. I dunno, just a guess.


Wrong. P2 is not right in the head.

What is known:

-Someone is right in the head.
-P2 is not right in the head.
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I have two solutions:
-P1 and P3 are right in the head. Dunno why, it's just that you said there must be more than one and P2 and P4 are out.
-P3 is right in the head. "not mentally ill" actually means that he didn't act mentally, and while everyone talked he was the only one to whack P1, therefore he acted physically and not mentally.

Patrick2011
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-P1 and P3 are right in the head. Dunno why, it's just that you said there must be more than one and P2 and P4 are out.


Only P2 was out and I didn't say there was more than one person right in the head. That answer is wrong.

-P3 is right in the head. "not mentally ill" actually means that he didn't act mentally, and while everyone talked he was the only one to whack P1, therefore he acted physically and not mentally.


That answer is also wrong.

The solution has been narrowed down to this:

P1 and/or P4 is/are right in the head.
Patrick2011
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My paper says that P1 is the only one right in the head.


That is wrong.

What is known:

P4 is right in the head. P2 and P3 are not right in the head.

It is time to decide if P1 is right in the head or not.
Patrick2011
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I thought you said that only one could be right in the head.


I never said that. P4 is right in the head. The goal is to decide if P1 is right in the head or not.
iMogwai
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I'm the creator, so I decide what the answer is, not you.


So basically the answer is your opinion, and not based on what's in the conversation?

This riddle is dumb. We don't learn enough about P4 to know for sure if he's sane or not, and P3 is obviously not sane. P1 is really annoying and doesn't seem to understand a thing about social interactions, but it's possible that he's just a sane person with a bad personality.

The only person there who seems normal is P2, but unfortunately, he says he is insane instead.

I don't know which ones of them you think are mad, but I think this riddle is mad.
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P1 is right in the head because P4 said so and P4 is right.

iMogwai
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P1 is right in the head because P4 said so and P4 is right.


Just before that, P4 said P1 wasn't right in the head too. He said he was the only one who was. That means he lied at least once.
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