Riddle

[shorti]

Thirty men, with ladies: two
Standing around with nothing to do
Formally dressed in black and white
Yet when they move it starts a fight.

Post only if you think you know so we have something to laugh at. If you know you know, which you will if you know, don't post please.

[brianweaver]

Eish that sounds like a governing body in South Africa...

[henkg]

tugverhoor voor die kerkraad?

[justin]

I got it!! Took me a while, but promise that I didn't Google it

[shorti]

Bwahahaha, Henk and Brian your guesses are hilarious!

Curse you Justin, well done! It took me waaaaay too long to get the answer and I kicked myself repeatedly and had to endure my friends cracking themselves up for my silly guesses (which I thought was rather clever)

[Marshall1]

fight - must be in Uitenhage

[emile]

mmmm, I thought the "with ladies:two" was a bit of a give-away

[siamm]

Got it as well...went quickly:)
Good one though...

[garvinj]

I first thought rugby and from there straight to the answer. How does the brain do the connecting the dots thing. I think it quite amazing.
Garvin

[marley]

Shorti
You become too predictable when someone knows you for long enough. You are talking about one of your favourite past-times, except for climbing that is..... Very strategic indeed....

[Wayne73]

Took a while I must be getting old and slow.

[shorti]

Damn, I feel so predictable now. Marley I didn't even know that you know that I am in the know with the answer. Anyway, just for entertainment value, before the penny dropped, my best answer was 2 battle ships (ladies) lining up their canons (men) and when the first canon moved it meant a shot was fired and the battle was on. The sails are white and the canons are black and the rest I can't make fit. 30 canons didn't make sense either.

[tygereye]

Too easy!

[Dewrance]

HIJACK...

What gets wetter as it dries?

[Trevor]

@ SHORTI - Good one, took a while but got it
@ MARK - Simple like a pimple

[GBM]

Here’s another one

Rope and rock a harness times two,
Standing around with one pitch to do,
Dressed for the beach, no pro on the rack,
they may know the way but don’t often call “slack”.

What are they doing?

[shorti]

hehe, good one Marc.

Grant, is yours for real? Is it one that I'll know if I'm right, otherwise I think it's one only a traddy would find funny

[GBM]

Yup Shorti ... it may only bring a smile to a trad climber. But its all in the spirit of humour this thread so why not ...

[Dewrance]

I turn everything around without effort, yet I need not move.
What am I?

[Neil]

Here is one for us climbers. There are two huge towers or pillars: Each 1000m high and 1000m apart. They are 100m wide. You are on top of the one and all you have is a round stone (cricket ball size), a 2m long straight stick with a fork on the end (each prong about 100mm) and endless rope. How would you get to the top of the other tower? (The towers are too wide to wrap a rope around, and too steep and smooth to climb down or up)

[Neil]

Feel free to ask for clues.

[shorti]

Are the towers under water?

Marc, you're a woman off course!

[wolter]

fill the void between the two pillars with rope and walk over

[mr Chabalala]

Read each line aloud without making any mistakes. If you make a mistake you MUST start again without going any further.

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