Comments on: Riddle about Cinderella

By: smiles4angels

smiles4angels — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:52:20 +0000

haha. Its just now that I realized my mistake (potatoes for tomatoes) and am really wondering where I got that. But generally I think that’s what happens with raw food, fresh floats, rotten sinks.

By: Riddle about the Prisoner Princess | Riddles

Riddle about the Prisoner Princess | Riddles — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:01:26 +0000

[...] answer to the previous riddle about Cinderella is: she threw all tomatoes into water; the ripe ones floated and unripe – sank. Some of you [...]

By: Tobey

Tobey — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:03:09 +0000

She put tomatoes to water, ripe would float, unripe would sink.

I didn’t read the thread, I swear….. I used to work with veggies

By: Marina

Marina — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:37:05 +0000

Oh my God, Chris is right! I’ve just tried it. Ripe tomatoes DO float!!!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:26:19 +0000

Is Clarissa suggesting that Prince Charming is gay?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:20:26 +0000

With so many people suggesting that unripe tomatoes will float and ripe ones will sink I just performed an experiment to verify my previous post. My results show that RIPE tomatoes FLOAT and UNRIPE SINK.

By: Clarissa Miller

Clarissa Miller — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:19:55 +0000

The fairy helped Cinderella to sort the tomatoes.

By: Moca-loca

Moca-loca — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:35:45 +0000

What about the colors of the tomatoes? red ones are normally ripe and green ones are… green

By: Marina

Marina — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:41:00 +0000

Good question ) I guess if she threw all tomatoes to water, ripe ones would go down while unripe ones would be above.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:51:44 +0000

I just found a more practical way (If Cinderella was indeed such a smart cookie). She hands the bag to Prince Charming and tells him to sort the tomatoes into two piles – ripe and unripe within thirty seconds or he does not get any nookie for a week.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:24:27 +0000

Thanks for the new puzzle.
There are actually four different ways of sorting ripe from unripe tomatoes:
1. Unripe tomatoes, “green”, will sink in water, while ripe tomatoes will not. This is the commercial way of sorting them. 2. The stems of ripe tomatoes will easily detach from the fruit. Stems from unripe tomatoes will not do this easily. 3 Simply smell them – ripe tomatoes smell like tomatoes, unripe ones do really not smell of anything. 4. This is too obvious – unripe tomatoes are usually green, ripe ones are usually red, but some heirloom tomatoes are always green. Since she only had a minute, answer number 4 is probably what is being looked for.

By: Geniusbeauty.com

Geniusbeauty.com — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:50:47 +0000

Hi, everybody, I’m keeping your comments with correct answers unpublished now just not to spoil it for others, but soon they will appear. I wish you all good luck!

By: imasiberian

imasiberian — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:33:40 +0000

My guess is that ripe tomatoes are heavier than unripe ones so if put in water the ripe ones would be at the bottom and the green ones on top of them.

By: Moo

Moo — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:00:49 +0000

know it dont wanna spoil the game for others

By: Marta

Marta — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:50:21 +0000

I know it! Actualy my mom helped me… But still: Cinderella put all the tomatoes into water. The ripe tomatoes sank, the “green” tomatoes – not.

By: Toney

Toney — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:11:28 +0000

Gimme some time, I must solve it!

By: smiles4angels

smiles4angels — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:35:35 +0000

I’m guessing she threw the potatoes in the water, those that float are the ripe ones.

P.S. i just discovered this site and thank you for sharing.

By: Marta

Marta — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:24:32 +0000

Need to think a bit….

Btw, happy to see riddles again!