Riddle of the links

**Loren Booda** · Dec13-08, 06:03 PM

What moves without feet in the morning, travels on four feet in the afternoon,
and walks on two feet at night?

Answer: Man - in evolution from swimming organism to quadrupedal animals to bipedal people.

**jimmysnyder** · Dec14-08, 07:33 PM

Wait wasn't there a cane in there somewhere?

**Loren Booda** · Dec14-08, 11:07 PM

That was the story of Cane and Able.

**Andrew Buren** · Jan23-09, 05:09 AM

Originally Posted by jimmysnyder

Wait wasn't there a cane in there somewhere?

You are thinking of:
What walks on four feet in the morning, two at noon, and three in the afternoon.

**Phrak** · Jan23-09, 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by Loren Booda

What moves without feet in the morning, travels on four feet in the afternoon,
and walks on two feet at night?

Answer: Man - in evolution from swimming organism to quadrupedal animals to bipedal people.

What makes you think it's nighttime? With any luck it could be half past 7 on a sunny morning, and we'll be back to no-feet soon.

**Loren Booda** · Jan23-09, 11:42 AM

This riddle is in analogy to that of the Sphinx - however, here it describes not a lifetime, but evolution over the eons.

**DaveC426913** · Jan23-09, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by Phrak

What makes you think it's nighttime? With any luck it could be half past 7 on a sunny morning, and we'll be back to no-feet soon.

He's got a point. A man's lifetime is finite, like the day, but evolution over eons is not finite. Metaphorically, it could be only half past 7.

Or merely 12:01AM...