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Riddle Me This XIII.

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Heath
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Riddle Me This XIII

Someone starts a riddle or puzzle, and everyone else tries to guess what it is. The person with the right answer gets to ask the next one.  If the riddle poster does not respond within a week, send them a Private Message to remind them.  If the riddle poster does not respond within another week, assume that riddle is dead and move on to the next one.  When you post a PM, also make a post in this thread to let people know that you've given the reminder.

(Time to start a new thread.  The old one was nearing 1000 posts.)

There is no current riddle, so anyone may post one.

EDIT: If you want to see private line guesses for previous riddles, you can look at a closed and archived riddle thread.
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Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

My clothes are my home,
As I move about,
And from that home,
My head doth sprout.
From my trail am I found;
No need to scout.
FourLegged
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Wed 11 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

At first, I thought...
A Dinosaur
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Wed 11 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Turtle.
Heath
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Not turtle.

Fourlegged got it right. The answer is "snail."
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

My best friend,
I sometimes bite;
But no sweat here;
My ears mark your pages at night.
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firelizardkimi
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Thu 12 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Murphy!
Heath
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Thu 12 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

You are correct!  (In your private line, that is.)
Heath
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Fri 13 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The answer was accurately guessed as a dog.  Someone else may post a riddle now.
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Sun 15 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A man lives on the Top floor of a Building.
He goes down all 6 floors each morning to get to Work.
But when he gets home, he only goes up 3 Floors, and Walks the rest of the Way.
EXCEPT for when it Rains.

Why is This...?


OOC: I did not make this riddle up and it is easily found within the series of tubes known as the interwebs.  Please try to refrain from Going and ogling it.
Heath
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Mon 16 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

He's a dwarf and uses an umbrella to push buttons in the rain.  That's an oldie but a goodie.  We even used it once here a few years back in the puzzle rooms, I believe.
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Tue 17 Sep 2013
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I remember.  But it has been a few years and I figured what what was old can be new again.
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Tue 17 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I whistle, breathe,
Howl, moan,
And whisper in your ear;
I tear down mountains,
Make lakes quiver,
And am found everywhere
On the sphere.
FourLegged
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Tue 17 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Kagura should answer this one.


EDIT: Typo
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Heath
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Wed 18 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes, wind is correct
Heath
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Mon 23 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

There is nothing I cannot do,
Except live in reverse;
But I do what I do,
No matter how hard you coerce.
Grant
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Tue 24 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Time?
FourLegged
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Tue 24 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I thought that too.
Heath
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Wed 25 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Time is not correct, but I'm glad I fooled you.  ;)
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Wed 25 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The second line is the key to the answer.  If you can put the first two lines together, you should be able to get this riddle.
FourLegged
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Wed 25 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

This riddle is sounding rather pious all of a sudden.
Heath
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Wed 25 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes, indeed.  It's almost, but not quite, good.
Grant
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Thu 26 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Eeeeeeviiiillllll! :P

Live in reverse = eviL
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Thu 26 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

You figured out line 2, but "evil" is not the answer.
FourLegged
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Thu 26 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Heath:
There is nothing I cannot do,
Except live in reverse;
But I do what I do,
No matter how hard you coerce.


Good?
Heath
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Thu 26 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No.  It's got one too many letters.
FourLegged
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Fri 27 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Aha!  Now I get it.  The answer is Goo!
Grant
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Fri 27 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I had thought it was God at first but I didn't think it would be that simple for some reason.
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Fri 27 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

So simple it was hard, eh?  :)

Here's the solution, using the most popular concept of God.

There is nothing I cannot do,  [GOD IS ALL POWERFUL]
Except live in reverse; [GOD DOES NT DO EVIL, WHICH IS 'LIVE' REVERSED]
But I do what I do,
No matter how hard you coerce. [GOD'S WILL IS IMMUTABLE]
FourLegged
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Sat 28 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

There is nothing I cannot do,  [Have you ever seen the Blob?  It was unstoppable!]
Except live in reverse; [Go is without morality.  Therefore it is beyond good and evil.  Hmmm... that would make a great book title.  Goo: Beyond Good and Evil]
But I do what I do,
No matter how hard you coerce. [Have you tried to manipulate goo?]
A Dinosaur
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Sun 29 Sep 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Well, I think the koala just beat god.
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

My blade doth yield beneath your feet,
And shines not at all in summer's heat;
But is cut down in defeat,
By the turning blades I climb to meet.
FourLegged
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Wed 2 Oct 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Grass?
Heath
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Wed 2 Oct 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes.  I guess it wasn't as hard as I thought it might be.  But I do like this one, if I do say so myself.  I think the last two lines give it away.  I was tempted to just use the first two lines.
FourLegged
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Wed 2 Oct 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I got it from the first line.  The next three confirmed it.
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Oh, yeah, "feet" probably did it in.
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Wed 2 Oct 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

It was creative nonetheless.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I am the maiden, the archer,
 The fish and the bear;
 I am the lion and crab,
 And water I bear.


I messed this up. I will rewrite
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FourLegged
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Oh my stars.  Are you constellations?
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No, I messed it up.  It was supposed to be constellations initially, and then I decided to make it astrological signs.  Then I realized after the fact that the bear is not an astrological sign.  I was going to fix that, but you answered too quickly.

EDIT: But I guess constellations still applies, just not what I was going for
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FourLegged
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I was in the process of identifying the astrological signs when I realized that the bear was not one of the twelve.  So, I altered my answer to constellations.

What a nice rabbit hole you have lead me down.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I thought it would be an easy fix until I realized that the rhyme depended on "bear."
FourLegged
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Sat 26 Oct 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Care to try again?
Amy2
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Sat 26 Oct 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

So was the riddle guessed correctly? If so I have one!

One day the King was having a banquet. Attending the banquet was the Farmer, Farmer's Wife, the Princess, the Queen, and obviously the King himself, who all loved food more than life. By the end of the banquet there were four pies remaining, and each person wanted equal shares. How can this be done without breaking the pies, making more or changing the number of people?
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Mon 28 Oct 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Give each one a pie. The princess married a farmer. :D
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Mon 28 Oct 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

PB got it?
Amy2
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Mon 28 Oct 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

yep!
PrettyBirdie
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Mon 28 Oct 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
Amy2
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Mon 28 Oct 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Towel. If that's right I pass, I gotta go!
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PrettyBirdie
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Mon 28 Oct 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yep!

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
Just a girl passing through
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Wed 30 Oct 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Corn...

There is a story that a man and not a man
Saw and did not see a bird and not a bird
Perched on a branch and not a branch
And hit him and did not hit him with a rock and not a rock.
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Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Amy2:
So was the riddle guessed correctly? If so I have one!

One day the King was having a banquet. Attending the banquet was the Farmer, Farmer's Wife, the Princess, the Queen, and obviously the King himself, who all loved food more than life. By the end of the banquet there were four pies remaining, and each person wanted equal shares. How can this be done without breaking the pies, making more or changing the number of people?

Not to be too picky, but this is actually a puzzle, not a riddle.  Puzzles should technically be in the Puzzle Room thread.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

In reply to Just a girl passing through (msg # 51):

I think I've heard that one.  The man is looking into a mirror.
Heath
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Thu 31 Oct 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The wisest of trees,
Wasn't wisest 'til it died;
And then its layers
Were together tied;
And it held some truth,
But also lied.
FourLegged
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Sat 2 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A newspaper
Just a girl passing through
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Sun 3 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Heath:
In reply to Just a girl passing through (msg # 51):

I think I've heard that one.  The man is looking into a mirror.


Well yes, and no...  While there is a mirror, it also involves a monkey throwing a pummis stone for some reason.  I found it would be extremely difficult to nail precisely so I figured I'd post it and give the answer once even one factor was found.  Sadly I forgot to dot it down on my scratchpad...

I'm actually quite horrid with riddles so I'll let the wise ones continue this thread *walk of shame*
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Sun 3 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Don't feel bad.  I have posted very few riddles, myself.  Heath is the really clever one here.
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Mon 4 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The man who makes it
doesn't use it

the man who buys it
doesn't want it

the man who uses it
never knows
FourLegged
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Mon 4 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A classic.
PrettyBirdie
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Mon 4 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Bingo. Anyone else want to guess?
Just a girl passing through
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Mon 4 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A gift?
FourLegged
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Mon 4 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope.
Heath
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Mon 4 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Coffin.  That's a classic.

Along the same lines of thinking, here is another classic:


I walked and walked and at last I got it;
I didn't want it, so I stopped and looked for it;
When I found it, I threw it away.
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Mon 4 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Sounds like a waste of time.
Heath
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Mon 4 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

It does, but that's not the right answer.
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Mon 4 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The throw it away part, plus ASWOT... seemed an OK guess.
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Mon 4 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

But this is a "classic" riddle that I did not make up, so it has a more mundane answer.
Athena
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Mon 4 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A thorn?
Yoss
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Mon 4 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

That fits.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A thorn is correct!
Yoss
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Mon 4 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Athena's turn!
LuLu Prayer
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Athena lost her phone so that's not happening anytime soon, is anyone else willing to do it?
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I move when filled,
With my mirror twin,
But sleep when empty,
Nothing within.
LuLu Prayer
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Oxygen, water, or glass? I'm running half blind with this one, still figure it's worth a try
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope
LuLu Prayer
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Darn, a mirror?
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope
LuLu Prayer
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A Rope!?
Heath
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope
LuLu Prayer
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

And Gold?
Heath
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No.

Do you just want to list every word in the dictionary, and I'll tell you when you're right?  :)
LuLu Prayer
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Sure Animal?
Yoss
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Broccoli!
Heath
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope.
Yoss
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

windmill
Heath
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No.
Yoss
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

something to do with water maybe
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

no
firelizardkimi
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Shoes
Heath
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Thu 7 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

YES!!!
Yoss
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Fri 8 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yay kimi!
firelizardkimi
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Fri 8 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I like riddles. Post another one, someone?
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Mon 11 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I am whispers
I am north south east and west
I am winters
I am where you are when you quest
What am I?
PrettyBirdie
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Mon 11 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Wind? Map? Compass?
LuLu Prayer
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Mon 11 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No, no, no
Heath
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Mon 11 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

direction? coordinated?
LuLu Prayer
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Mon 11 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No, no
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I think we need a hint.
Yoss
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Thu 14 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

dungeon?
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

map?
PrettyBirdie
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Thu 14 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

World? Continent? Dimension? Globe? Universe?
Vixcis
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Fri 15 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The middle?
Just a girl passing through
player, 941 posts
The Recorder
The Infinite Alpha
Fri 15 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I'm totally guessing, but...   I am the 'you are here'
LuLu Prayer
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Hope comes
In all hues
Sat 16 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

World, or Ground are the correct answers, so attaboy, or girl? 'cause I still don't know, Birdie, although nice guess GPT, funny guess too
Yoss
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Mon 18 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nice work, Birdie.  Your turn.
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I hit with my head,
And pull with my tail;
I fly through the air,
And pound a pointy trail.
Athena
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Thu 21 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A Hammer????
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes!
Athena
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Thu 21 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yay! I feel smart for a moment! Maybe it was the moment of humanity?
FourLegged
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Sun 24 Nov 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

You're up next Mz. Smartie.  What's your riddle?
Yoss
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Fri 6 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Athena?
PrettyBirdie
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Mon 9 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

(Stole this from someone, didn't make it up myself, just really like it. ^^)

Round is she
Yet flat as a board
Altar of
The lupine lord

Pearl on black velvet
Gem in the sea
Unchanged yet changing eternally
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

pearl?
PrettyBirdie
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Mon 9 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope. The answer is not one of the words in the riddle itself.
FourLegged
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Mon 9 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The moon?
PrettyBirdie
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Mon 9 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Bingo.
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

PrettyBirdie:
Nope. The answer is not one of the words in the riddle itself.

oops.  That's what I get for rushing a quick read through.  The day I get back from vacation is sooo busy.
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Take out my eyes,
Flay off my skin,
And boil whatever
Lies within.
PrettyBirdie
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Thu 12 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Potato!
Heath
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Thu 12 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes.  How'd you like my graphic imagery? :)
PrettyBirdie
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Thu 12 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Lol. XD
PrettyBirdie
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Mon 16 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

With me you can fly,
Or swim the deepest seas
I might hold a lie,
Or is the truth within me?

You can take me in a car,
On a boat, plane, or train,
I'm found near and far,
I'm pretty or plain.

I'll tell you a tale,
Of the places I've been,
Just look within me,
And let the thrill begin.



(Maybe a little too obvious, but I wrote it myself, so of course I'm proud of it. XD )
MapleFall
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Tue 17 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A Book?
PrettyBirdie
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Tue 17 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yep! Your turn!
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

MapleFall's turn to post a riddle (or pass).  You only get 2 days before it's open to anyone.
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Thu 19 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I am in life,
And signify no constance;
You can always catch me in a drift,
But not for any distance.
Heath
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Fri 20 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

What, no guesses yet?  It's not THAT hard... :)
charlotteen
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Fri 20 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

it requires thinking....

um... snowflake?
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

nope
charlotteen
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Fri 20 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

hummmmmmm

a dream?
PrettyBirdie
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Slightly sugar-spastic
And a bit...uh...spazz!!!
Sat 21 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Change?
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No.  Hint:


Spoiler text: (Highlight or hover over the text to view)
The first line and third line are based on an orthography

firelizardkimi
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Tue 24 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

if?
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes!
firelizardkimi
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Tue 24 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Oh, cool. I was thinking "I" at first, but it didn't fit all the clues.

Who's up next? I pass my turn (as usual).
Athena
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Tue 24 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Here's one...

A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place, and I'm the torment of man.

What am I?
Heath
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Tue 24 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

First thing that comes to mind is rain.
Athena
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Tue 24 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nice you got it!

I could keep this up all day but I gotta pass my turn on now. Next!!!
charlotteen
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Tue 24 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

dose that mean I get ago?
Athena
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Tue 24 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Anyone can put a riddle once the last one is done. I believe that's how the rule works
charlotteen
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Tue 24 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

okay

some think I am cute
they give me to small children
but I have been known to eat them
what am I?
Athena
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Tue 24 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

This is mostly a joking guess... Gremlins or Furbies hahaha.

Or lions OH MY!
charlotteen
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Tue 24 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

no no but close and no
PrettyBirdie
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Tue 24 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Uh... snakes? I think they're adorable. ^^
charlotteen
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Wed 25 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

True but not what I was thinking of...
Athena
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Wed 25 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Troll? Fairy? Changeling?
firelizardkimi
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Wed 25 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Athena:
Anyone can put a riddle once the last one is done. I believe that's how the rule works


Actually, the next riddle is posted by the person who correctly guessed the answer to the previous riddle (same applies to Puzzle Room, btw).

And for my riddle guess: teddy bear?
charlotteen
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Wed 25 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yep teddy bear is the right answer
firelizardkimi
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Wed 25 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Cool. :D

I don't like posting riddles, I just like solving them, so I will pass my turn on to whoever wants to post a riddle.
Athena
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Wed 25 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Here's one!!!

When one does not know what it is, then it is something; but when one knows what it is, then it is nothing.

What is it?
charlotteen
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Wed 25 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

love?
hope?
a dream?
faith?
PrettyBirdie
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Wed 25 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A riddle.
Athena
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Sat 28 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

You got it Birdie
PrettyBirdie
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Sat 28 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yay!

Now to think of a riddle...


My name says I'm cold, but your tongue says I'm hot,
I'm delicious in winter, but in summer? Not.
PrettyBirdie
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Tue 31 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

What... is everyone stumped? Or just not guessing?
charlotteen
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Tue 31 Dec 2013
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

christmas pudding?

I don't know...
FourLegged
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Thu 2 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

It's a mystery to me, or maybe just a secret.
PrettyBirdie
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Thu 2 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I'm glad to know I've made such a good riddle. ^^

Here's a hint - The first line is the most important. (The second line is just for a rhyme, actually. XD)

"My name says I'm cold" - My name actually means cold.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

firelizardkimi:
Athena:
Anyone can put a riddle once the last one is done. I believe that's how the rule works


Actually, the next riddle is posted by the person who correctly guessed the answer to the previous riddle (same applies to Puzzle Room, btw).


To clarify the rule, anyone can post a riddle if the person who solved it does not post a new riddle after a day or so.  That keeps the board moving.  It's best if you solve it and indicate you will be posting a riddle shortly so we all know to wait.  Otherwise, sometimes people jump in with a riddle anyway, and the rest of us don't care because we just want a new riddle going.
Vixcis
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Sun 5 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

hmmm wintergreen?
PrettyBirdie
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Sun 5 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope. ^^


"Your tongue says I'm hot"
Temperature, not spice.


You're getting clooooser~
Vixcis
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Sun 5 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

AHHHH Chili!!! muahahaha!
PrettyBirdie
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Sun 5 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

BINGO!

Dingdingdingding! We have a winner!

*dramatic bow* The stage is yours.
Vixcis
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Tue 7 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

He starts and finishes two common words. One painful for love, One painfull in mind. What two words must I be?
Heath
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Tue 7 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I was thinking "ache," like heartache and headache, but that doesn't start either word...
PrettyBirdie
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Tue 7 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I think it's "he" starts and ends them both. I think you're right, and "headache" and "heartache" are the two correct answers - at least, they sound like they fit if you interpret it that way.
Heath
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Tue 7 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Oh, now I get it.  Glad I got it after I got it.  :)
Vixcis
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Tue 7 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

That is correct, curse you Heath!!
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Someone can take my turn if they want. I probably won't be posting again until Friday.
PrettyBirdie
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Wed 8 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I might be a shrub
I might be a candy
In court I won't budge
I'm a lawyer, not a dandy



(Okay, somewhat horrible... I think my rhymes are getting worse... >.> )
Heath
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Wed 8 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Haha.  The answer is Heath.
PrettyBirdie
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Wed 8 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yep. ^^
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I am no potion,
But healing powers I may hold;
I am no ocean,
But dryness by me is controlled.
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charlotteen
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Wed 8 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

wind?
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope
Vixcis
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Wed 8 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Chapstick lol
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No, but closer
charlotteen
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Wed 8 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Moisturiser
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No, but again getting close.  The answer is also a rhyme with the riddle.
Vixcis
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Wed 8 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

lotion?
Heath
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Wed 8 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes!
Vixcis
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Sun 12 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

What stinks when living and smells good when dead?
LuLu Prayer
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Sun 12 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

S-skunk??? I really have no idea
charlotteen
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Sun 12 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I was thinking skunk... or some kind of fish?
LuLu Prayer
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Sun 12 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Or maybe a nun? It's just an old wives tail, but it's said that when something supernal dies it gives off the sweetest smell, and to be honest nuns' otherwise smell like mouldy clothing, at least where I'm from-- help me out here, does the above statement constitute as rude?
This message was last edited by the player at 03:27, Wed 15 Jan 2014.
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

pork?
LuLu Prayer
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Mon 13 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Oy, lady of chaos, did we get any of these right yet? Also, it might possibly be a flower of some kind
Heath
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Mon 13 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Given enough time to decompose into a skeleton, any living animal will probably smell better than it did when it was alive.
Vixcis
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Mon 13 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The answer was bacon so I'll give it to heath...but I did enjoy your stinky nun story!
LuLu Prayer
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Wed 15 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

hehehe, just some random knowledge I picked up researching old wives tails >.<

What smells and tastes like pork, maybe even a bit better than pork, but isn't in any way pork
Heath
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Thu 16 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Turkey bacon?
firelizardkimi
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Fri 17 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Oy with the bacon already
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Did I get it right?
Heath
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Fri 17 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I came before the water,
But stayed on after blood;
I came before the room,
But followed the bird for its mud.
charlotteen
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Sat 18 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

stone
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

no
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Do you guys need a hint?  The hint is:


Spoiler text: (Highlight or hover over the text to view)
...compound words

firelizardkimi
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Wed 22 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

bath!
Heath
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Wed 22 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes!
firelizardkimi
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Thu 23 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Someone post another?
charlotteen
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Thu 23 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I am black and white but you can't read me
it is cold where i live but in other places it is very hot
I can't fly but I might sing
what am I?

(okay making this one up)
firelizardkimi
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Thu 23 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Penguin?
charlotteen
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Thu 23 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

yep
told you I would be bad at this
Heath
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Thu 23 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Actually, Penguin is the name of a publishing company, so technically sometimes you can read "Penguin books."  :)
charlotteen
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Thu 23 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

hush you
firelizardkimi
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Thu 23 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

*flaps a hand dismissively at Heath*
charlotteen
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Thu 23 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

*giggles*
Heath
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Thu 23 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I am only made after I make much annoyance.
charlotteen
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Thu 23 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

who makes you and who do you annoy?
people who try to annoy me will only get their hair ruffled affectionatly and a hug
*nod*
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I was posting a new riddle...
charlotteen
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Thu 23 Jan 2014
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Oh... I thought made was a typo and you meant mad and so I tried to be silly
Never mind


A clean room?
A baby?
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Thu 23 Jan 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope
Vixcis
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Thu 23 Jan 2014
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alarm?
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Nope, but interesting guesses so far.

The riddle means "made" in the physical sense.
charlotteen
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Fri 24 Jan 2014
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a book?
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Nope
Vixcis
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Fri 24 Jan 2014
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Poop?
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No...and ewwwww.
charlotteen
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Fri 24 Jan 2014
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A life
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No, but it is valuable.
Vixcis
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I still like poop...

a marriage?
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No. It is an object.  It is sometimes associated with wisdom.
charlotteen
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Sat 25 Jan 2014
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Old men?
firelizardkimi
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Sat 25 Jan 2014
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A valuable object, associated with wisdom, that is only made after it makes annoyance?
Vixcis
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Sun 26 Jan 2014
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Teeth?
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No, I'm surprised no one got this.  Sorry to clam up over the weekend.
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Tue 28 Jan 2014
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Here's the riddle again:

I am only made after I make much annoyance.
charlotteen
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Tue 28 Jan 2014
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A house or extension?
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Tue 28 Jan 2014
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No. I gave you a clue in post 226...
jioan
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Tue 28 Jan 2014
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A pearl?
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Yes!
Vixcis
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Wed 29 Jan 2014
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"My feelings towards that riddle" is also and answer to that riddle -_-

...I still think poop was better...
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If you have IBS, then yes.
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Rising from the basket,
That has e'er been my casket,
I twist and squirm,
With eyes held firm,
As long as the music lasted.
Grant
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Sun 2 Feb 2014
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A snake charmer?
firelizardkimi
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Or the snake being charmed?
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ITS SEAN CONNERY!!!
Sun 2 Feb 2014
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In reply to firelizardkimi (msg # 236):

Well that's what I meant.
charlotteen
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Sun 2 Feb 2014
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really?
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firelizardkimi:
Or the snake being charmed?

Yes, this is correct.  The answer is a "cobra" but since rat snake, puff adders, and Indian sand boas can also be charmed, I would have accepted any.
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Tue 4 Feb 2014
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Good job, Grant! Post another!
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Four towers rise,
To hold the platform for the dead;
Scorching demise,
And then on it they are spread.
jioan
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Tue 4 Feb 2014
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Cooked meat?
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No.  You need to find out what "it" is.  I think you are trying to answer something else.
jioan
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Tue 4 Feb 2014
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A table?
Heath
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Yes!
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Brothers and sisters, four together,
While one stood a ways apart.
One got up and shushed another,
Or pointing did impart.
While up they waved a mighty hello,
Or at auctions did commit;
But down they dealt a mighty blow,
Held tight to make a hit.
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Wed 5 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Fingers.
Heath
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Yes.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I guess just put it in the riddle thread.  That shouldn't be an issue.
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Mmm, okay then. I mean, I can put it into the puzzle thread if you think it doesn't fit, but here goes anyways.

A women was at her mother's funeral and she met a man she'd never seen before. They got to talking and she thought that he was interesting and wanted to spend more time with him, but she'd forgotten to get his phone number. One week later she killed her sister.

Why?

(To prevent answer contamination, please respond in a private line to me. I want to see how many truly unique answers I get.)
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

PL
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jioan
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Wed 5 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

PL
Kagura
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Thu 6 Feb 2014
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No and no.

Heath, you -would- come up with something that convoluted!
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Well, the less convoluted and more twisted version of what I posted is that she killed her sister simply so the guy would show up at the sister's funeral, and this time she would remember to get his number.  Hopefully, he'll run the other way very fast from this crazy lady!
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Thu 6 Feb 2014
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I know this game...

*giggles* I always thought you were a little nutty Heath...
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

In reply to Heath (msg # 254):

… that's actually the correct answer. Apparently if you come up with that answer without prompting then you have the makings of a psychopath.
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Thu 6 Feb 2014
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But my original answer gets the same result in the same way without the psychopathic part.  Here it is for those who can't see the hidden answers:

"The man was the executor of the sister's estate, and he told her the sister had a living will saying that she wanted no heroic measures to be taken and to pull the plug if she ever became incapacited.  So the sister pulled the plug per her sister's request, and then knew the man would show up [at the sister's funeral] to confirm that the last wishes had been granted."
Kagura
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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Not exactly. In the case of your first answer, the law-related one, she didn't kill her sister. "Pulling the plug" is a euphemism which actually means that the family instructs the physicians to cease life support measures including CPR, and NG and ET tubes. So nobody's actually being killed, and it's not something that the family members are doing. The doctors are merely removing any equipment artificially supporting life.

I specifically said that she killed her sister, so your original answer doesn't get the same result.

Also, you came up with the bit about the guy being the executor of the sister's estate all on your own. :P
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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But I said SHE "pulled the plug," so maybe she is a psychopath after all...

Legally, indirect killing by instructing others to take the action is still "killing," just like if an evil dictator orders his men to commit a war crime.  The dictator is still responsible just as if he'd done it himself.

Yeah, I came up with the executor part, but most puzzles require you to fill in a blank to solve, so that was reasonable.  ;)
Kagura
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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Legally following the sister's wishes from an advance directive written when the sister was in sound mind isn't killing at all.

Your argument that she pulled the plug is irrelevant because it doesn't actually work that way. Even if you pulled the physical plug from the electrical socket, it would take HOURS for the machines to stop working (internal power backups), and before that happened, alarms would go off alerting medical staff that the power was running low.

Also, even if someone is say, in a coma, they will still have regular checks by nurses. Checking on the machines, checking vital signs, checking medication levels. Someone would notice that the plugs were pulled out and replace them in the sockets.

You can't argue this one with me, Heath. In addition to my own medical problems which require an outpatient treatment every 8 weeks, I work for a hospital system. I know a LOT more about hospital protocols than the average person. Trust me when I say that what you're suggesting is impossible.
jioan
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I don't think there was enough information in this riddle for it to have a single correct answer.
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Except that there IS only one correct answer, which is that she killed her sister because she wanted to see the guy again.
jioan
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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That's one possible answer but for all we know she could have been demon possessed or maybe her sister was trying to kill her and it was in self defense.  Or one of a million other possibilities.
Kagura
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes, but this has a definitive answer BECAUSE it's a riddle… or a puzzle. Whichever. It is written with a single answer in mind.
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Kagura:
Legally following the sister's wishes from an advance directive written when the sister was in sound mind isn't killing at all.

Your argument that she pulled the plug is irrelevant because it doesn't actually work that way. Even if you pulled the physical plug from the electrical socket, it would take HOURS for the machines to stop working (internal power backups), and before that happened, alarms would go off alerting medical staff that the power was running low.

Also, even if someone is say, in a coma, they will still have regular checks by nurses. Checking on the machines, checking vital signs, checking medication levels. Someone would notice that the plugs were pulled out and replace them in the sockets.

You can't argue this one with me, Heath. In addition to my own medical problems which require an outpatient treatment every 8 weeks, I work for a hospital system. I know a LOT more about hospital protocols than the average person. Trust me when I say that what you're suggesting is impossible.

Actually, it's your definition of "killing" that bothers me.  You certainly can have other people kill for you, and it certainly is "killing."  Now, if you had used the term "murder," then I would agree with you.  However, I think my original answer is actually one possible solution as to a mere "killing," and I agree completely with Jioan that there are multiple possible correct answers.

Having now looked up the puzzle online, I believe you are mistaken, Kagura.  From what I saw, it does not say the puzzle has only one answer, but that "if" the person answers in a fashion that sets her up to be a murderess, "then" it could indicate a psychopathic tendancy.  So the solution to the puzzle is not the answer that is given, but rather to test whether the person answering can enter the mind of a psychopath--yes or no.

So if you only accept the answer of psychopaths, then you are correct that my first answer is wrong because it is not a psychopathic answer.  But in that case, only a psychopath could get it right, and it would be an unfair puzzle.  On the other hand, if you accept non-psychopathic answers as well, then there are multiple possibilities.
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Kagura:
Yes, but this has a definitive answer BECAUSE it's a riddle… or a puzzle. Whichever. It is written with a single answer in mind.

Yes, a single answer in mind for 'psychopaths,' but many possible answers for those who are not 'psychopaths.'
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

To put it another way, it's more of a personality or Rorschach test than a true puzzle.
firelizardkimi
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

All right, Heath. The answer's been revealed, give us a new riddle.
charlotteen
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

can I try?
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Go ahead. I don't like to do them on Fridays anyway because I won't post again until Monday.
charlotteen
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

its been in books and TV shows
you give them to small children
they make good pillows
what are they?
jioan
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Teddy Bears?
charlotteen
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

yeah...
okay so I am not good at this
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

"good" and "hard" are not the same thing.  In fact, a riddle that is too hard or esoteric is probably not a good riddle at all.
charlotteen
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

oh okay
who posts the next riddle?
Kagura
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Fri 7 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

jioan does, since he solved it.
charlotteen
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Sat 8 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

When will he do it?
firelizardkimi
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Sat 8 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Anyone can post if they have one.
charlotteen
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Sat 8 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

it flies
but is not a bird
it eats fruit
but does not pollenate

what is it?
jioan
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Sun 9 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Fruit bats?
charlotteen
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Sun 9 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

see I can't think up hard ones at alll
you are correct
jioan
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Sun 9 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I don't have any good riddles right now so does anyone else want to put one up?
charlotteen
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Sun 9 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

other people are around
also I was soposed to do something and its not going to happen now
oh well
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

This floating castle,
With its might,
Can pass the king,
Or take out a knight;
It can join the battle,
Or take to flight.
charlotteen
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Mon 10 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

the wather?
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope
charlotteen
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Mon 10 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

ice?
jioan
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Mon 10 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A rook in chess? (Also called a castle)
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes, the answer is a "rook."
charlotteen
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Sun 16 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

new riddle?

its a way of ordering things
these things make up everything in the world
they can join together to make life and everything posible
it has collums and rows
what is it?
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Tue 18 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

charts!  What, that's not it?  ;)
charlotteen
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Tue 18 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

no it is not charts
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Tue 18 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

words!
charlotteen
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Tue 18 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

no

*giggles* I can not believe Mr know it all can't guess it
maybe its a science geek thing...
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Tue 18 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Well, I was just throwing things out there that sounded funny.  I could guess elements or atoms or the periodic table.
charlotteen
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Tue 18 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

the correct answer was pireodic table...
I thought you were being sireuse :(
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Tue 18 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No, I was not being any kind of star at all.
Vixcis
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Wed 19 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

*facepalm*
Heath
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Wed 19 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Neither Sirius A nor Sirius B
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The first five hundred,
And the heat begins;
The second also
Begins the end;
Yet the third in five,
And I hear the screams,
Of the one
That's next amassed;
But the fifty means,
That it's the last.
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Fri 21 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No guesses on this yet?  I thought Vixcis would get it for sure.
jioan
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Sat 22 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Torture of some kind?
Vixcis
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Sun 23 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I dunno what it is but I like the sound of it!
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Hint:


Spoiler text: (Highlight or hover over the text to view)
The lines describe letters in the answer.

Vixcis
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Thu 27 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Is it Devil?
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes!

Here's why:


The first five hundred, [Roman Numeral D is the first letter and it means 500]
And the heat begins; [hell is reportedly hot]
The second also
Begins the end; [Second letter is E]
Yet the third in five, [V is the third letter and is 5 in roman numerals]
And I hear the screams, [what I imagine you would hear in hell]
Of the one [I is the roman numeral for 1]
That's next amassed;
But the fifty means,
That it's the last. [Last letter is L, which is 50 in roman numerals]
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Fri 28 Feb 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

He is a hell of a guy.  You're up, Vixcis.
Vixcis
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Sun 2 Mar 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

There are two countries, a good one and a bad one, that share one border. The border is a giant chasm that anyone who fell in would die. The only connecting point is a foot bridge. There is a guard on the good side stopping people from crossing into either country. The guard checks the bridge every 15 minutes and it takes 30 minutes to cross the bridge. How does an old woman successfully cross from the bad side to the good?
Athena
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Sun 2 Mar 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Could she walk for 15 minutes and turn around to look like she was going to bad side as a good person?

Logically speaking if the guard on the good side is going to send the person back to the side they seemed to originate from and so would therefore be under the impression that the woman had in fact been coming from the good side?

Just my thought...
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I was thinking along a similar vein that she should cross the bridge walking backwards.
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Is the old woman really Yoda in drag?  If so, many possibilities I see, hmmm.   :)
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She could also walk across holding a giant mirror in front of her.  Then the guard would only see a reflection of the empty bridge.

Or camouflage.   Yes, a camouflaged old woman who looks like the bridge.

Or maybe she just shoots herself across with a giant cannon or trebuchet...
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Your starting to think a little toooo much into it, walking the bridge backwards was correct...
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There's a similar riddle out there that I recall about the Nazis and Switzerland.  There was a bridge and gate between the two.  The Nazi guard was instructed to shoot anyone crossing the bridge to escape Germany and to make sure anyone entering Germany had the proper papers.  It took 6 minutes to cross the bridge, and he checked up on it every 3 minutes, so how could a person safely escape Germany?

And the answer was that the person would leave Germany but then turn around and approach the gate just before the guard checked.  Then it made it look like they were entering Germany.  Then when asked for their paperwork, they would not have the proper papers and would be sent "back" to Switzerland (rather than get shot trying to escape).
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New one (that I made up, so don't waste your time on the internet):

Edgar Allen Poe is one yet falls just one short of being one.  What is it?
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A poet?
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Yes!

Maybe it wasn't as hard as I thought it might be?
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Well, it could have been "poem," but Poe wrote the poems, he wasn't one himself. He also wrote short stories, though, so I wasn't sure initially.
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The swallower doth writhe,
Yet never lives;
It doth smell,
Yet hath no nose!
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a septic pump
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Haha!  No, but certainly an interesting guess!
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Any more guesses?
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A shoe?
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Nope, but closer.
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Still no guesses?  Shoe was pretty close...
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Here's a new line:

The swallower doth writhe,
Yet never lives;
It doth smell,
Yet hath no nose!
Between life and death,
It writhes to and fro.
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Tongue?
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Nope.
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Hint: Shoes was really, really close...
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Alright, no new guesses in awhile, so here's the answer:

The swallower doth writhe, [IT SWALLOWS YOUR FEET]
 Yet never lives; [IT IS MADE OF SYNTHETIC, NON ORGANIC MATERIAL]
 It doth smell, [YES, IT CERTAINLY CAN]
 Yet hath no nose! [BECAUSE IT'S SMELLY]
 Between life and death, [YOUR FOOT IS ALIVE AND YOUR SHOE IS NOT ALIVE]
 It writhes to and fro. [IT IS VERY MALLEABLE AND MOVES WITH YOUR FEET IN IT]

And the answer is:

A SOCK!
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I bleed without blood;
I speak without sound;
Between two lengths of flesh,
I often abound.
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Heart?
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No, but interesting answer.
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paintbrush?
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No wait, it's a Pen!
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A ride in me will be your last
The waits a lifetime but gone so fast
Resting horizontal dressed in black
A destination from which you wont come back
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Vixcis:
No wait, it's a Pen!

Yes!
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Coffin
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Close but not what I was thinking of
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Vixcis:
A ride in me will be your last
The waits a lifetime but gone so fast
Resting horizontal dressed in black
A destination from which you wont come back

If not a coffin how about a mortuary, the grave, or a hearse?  As for other ideas, how about a ride on the living room floor...

The Lovely young lady from York,
whose body was hit with a torque
electrical shock
her husband did gawk
She's done, you can stick in a fork.

He was convicted of manslaughter and third degree murder.  Probably the black electrical tape on her mouth that really sealed his fate with the jury.  No?  Not what you were referring to, Vixcis?  Hmm, well, I can't be expected to read your mind.

Ok, it must be riding in the batplane while it carries a giant bomb.  Sure, the movie said that Batman wasn't actually in the batplane, but we all know that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead">Batman really died.</a>
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My next guess would have been a grave.

This has some similarities to the Emily Dickinson poem #943:

A Coffin—is a small Domain,
Yet able to contain
A Citizen of Paradise
In it diminished Plane.

A Grave—is a restricted Breadth—
Yet ampler than the Sun—
And all the Seas He populates
And Lands He looks upon

To Him who on its small Repose
Bestows a single Friend—
Circumference without Relief—
Or Estimate—or End—
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I think "grave" was right, Bart, (or maybe "death" or something similar) which means it's your turn.
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Well, here's an easy one you can solve before Vixcis gets back:
Bristly hair upon my head, the better for to clean.
The worst case of anorexia you've ever seen.
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I want to say "toothbrush"
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It was Hearse...but, as always, I enjoy your thought processes
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Toothbrush would fit what I said, but it wasn't what I was thinking of, sorry.  Here's more:
Not to clean from where you sneeze,
But to clean below your knees.
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The next thing that comes to mind is a toilet brush, but that would be bulimia, not anorexia.
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Maybe a broom.
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Yes, 'tis a broom.  :)  You know broom handles are so slender compared to people.
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Black and white,
And tickled all over;
My voice cries out,
At the touch of my owner.
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A harpsichord?
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Close enough.  The answer is a piano.
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A typical harpsichord, though not all, has all black keys.  A piano almost always has black and white keys, which is why I think piano is a better fit to the clues.
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I thought harpsichords have black and white keys while pianos have white and black keys?
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Harpsichords come in different styles.  That is one of the styles, yes.
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It's FL's turn for a riddle.
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My claws probe and poke and grab;
Sometimes they even press or stab.
My claws find sound or dig a crab,
But they always wait until I'm grabbed.
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Can't be a cricket, even though they have ears in their legs, since crabs eat crickets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35gJZUvIE3Y

I have the answer, 'tis an old arthritic Victorian-style woman.  Her hands, you see, are very arthritic and rather resemble claws.  She loves shellfish, and she's Victorian, formal, and waits for her beau to make the first move before she leaps on him and drags him to the bedroom.  What's the thing about sound?  Oh, ever since her stroke she can feel sound: http://scienceblogs.com/neurop...es-woman-to-feel-so/
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Interesting as it is, I'm afraid none of that is correct.

I'll give a hint.  "Find sound" refers to a different version (homonym) of the word in the rest of the riddle, and "find" is not the best verb, just the best I could think up.
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You guys can guess the answer over the weekend, I guess.  The answer is a common, everyday object, at least in most parts of the world.
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Hunh, I'm stumped -- I can't think of any homonyms for sound or anything that sounds like "find sound".
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Just ignore that line then, as it is the most distractive of them.

This item is something you probably use every day.
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I keep thinking of a claw machine
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You must be quite the addict if you use that every day!
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Hint:


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There is no spoon.

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Neither time nor tine will help us on this one Heath.
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But perhaps a tuning fork will...
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A tin ear?
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Or a crab fork?
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A trident?
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For those who can't see around FL's wordplay with me, the answer was a "fork," like the kind you eat with or a tuning fork.
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Oooh!  I would have never guessed.
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That's a forked up attitude.  :)
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Mind the cutlery.

Sorry, I'm not handling this idle time at work too well today.
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Then you must answer this riddle:  "What... is the average air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
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African or European?
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North American!
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That's about the same as the European
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http://style.org/unladenswallow/ says that "the average cruising airspeed velocity of an unladen European Swallow is roughly 11 meters per second, or 24 miles an hour."  That's quick, although I guess they'd sort of need to be to fly back and forth from South Africa to Britain.
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...and that's before you factor in the coconuts
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So, FourLegged, isn't it your turn to give us a riddle?
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I have never been good or quick at making riddles.  I'll work on one, but it'll take a while.  In the meantime, feel free to throw out one of your own.
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A head that's never sore,
And a tail but no more;
Though more than a score,
Usually just one of four.
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A snake.  Though Christ shall have power to bruise the "serpent's" head (Genesis 3:15), obviously it's not yet bruised enough to stop him.  Snakes are pretty much a head and a tail, nothing else.  Though some snake species give birth to 12 or more snakes at a time, most* snakes only have a few babies at once.

*This word is pure supposition. :p
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Interesting, but no.
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Does it have something to do with a boat?
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No.
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A head that's never sore,
And a tail but no more;
Though more than a score,
Usually just one of four.

Raphael, part of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  In at least TMNT III on the original Nintendo, his special move was a "drill" attack -- he'd throw himself at he enemy head-first at roughly waist-height, while spinning around a longitudinal axis.  Obviously his head never got sore.  Turtles normally have a tail, but the TMNT's don't have tails (at least I'm pretty sure I don't remember them having tails).  He was one of many mutants, but usually he's just referenced as one of the four TMNT's.
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Nope.  That show was actually after my time anyway.  I'm not very familiar with it.
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One word: what.

A head that's never sore,
And a tail but no more;
Though more than a score,
Usually just one of four.

Ok, an American football offensive guard.  He of course blocks and tackles with his shoulder, not his head, the way he's supposed to, so that he never gets a sore head and hopefully never gets a concussion.  He used to be a tailback, but now he's moved forward a spot to be one of the offensive guards.  There's more than a score of people on a football team, offense and defense, but he's usually just talked about as one of the four guards/tackles.
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Nope.
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Good try!
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I may need another hint or clarifying clue at some point.
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The last two lines really should give it away.  Ignore the top two lines and try to solve it, and then look at how the top two lines confirm.  I originally had the top two and bottom two lines reversed but then put it like this to make it more difficult because I thought it would be too simple.

Another hint:  this riddle is probably harder for people not living in the U.S.
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A head that's never sore,
And a tail but no more;
Though more than a score,
Usually just one of four.

My goodness, Heath, why'd you put in a riddle about a person's chances of meeting another person and starting a relationship?  One in four refers to the average person's chances of meeting someone and immediately hitting it off, and it's more than a "score", it's the beginning of a relationship.  This is the best way to look at any encounter like that, since it activates the "long term" receptors in your brain that are "near enough" to the "pleasure" receptors in your brain to make it a better experience (humans are weird that way -- we're one of the very few animals where those types of neurons are close enough that hitting one hits the other and makes it a more fulfilling experience if you think it's not a one-night stand but the beginning of a relationship).  The first two lines also have double entendres in them that I hesitate to point out.
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*facepalm*

Well, I never even considered that, which I guess makes the answer wrong.  It is very, very WRONG!  :)

Hint: The "score" in the riddle refers to a number.
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Well, this could be referring to one of the four living ex-Presidents of the United States (which Obama isn't yet, since he's currently President), who are over a score in age.  I don't think I could say that any of them routinely turned tail and ran from a fight (although Jimmy Carter never did really start any foreign wars or send lots of American troops to a foreign location) and all four of them beat their head against different obstacles (like Congress) at various times.
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The riddle refers to something you probably handle almost every day of your life (if you live in the U.S.).
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Okay, since it's Friday and this has been lingering, I'm going to give the answer and let someone else post.

A head that's never sore,  [heads or tails???]
And a tail but no more;  [has nothing besides a head and a tail]
Though more than a score, [over 20]
Usually just one of four. [equal to 25%]

The answer:

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a QUARTER

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I was close.  I was thinking about the change in your picket.

A head that's never sore, (the front of a coin)
And a tail but no more; (the back of a coin)
Though more than a score, (many different kinds of coins)
Usually just one of four. (Penny, nickel, dime, quarter)
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I probably should have said something besides "usually" just one of four.

But your answer is much more Tolkienesque.
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As in the changesess that was rubbing against your newly found gold ring?
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I thought about a quarter, but wasn't it the penny that used to have a tail on the back?
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Doesn't the eagle have tail feathers?
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Meh, whatever, your turn to submit a riddle. :)
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But I didn't solve it.  You claim to have thought specifically about a quarter.  Mine guess was coins in general.  Also, I am worse at inventing riddles than I am at making limericks.
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You have more time right now. :)
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Bart:
I thought about a quarter, but wasn't it the penny that used to have a tail on the back?

Maybe, but you call "heads or tails" when you flip a coin.  One side, whatever the picture is, is called "heads" and the other "tails."
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And FourLegged is right, eagles do have tail feathers.

What travels to every country while remaining placidly in its home corner?
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A stamp. Now let Heath make another riddle.
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HOLY CRAP!!! IT'S SEAN CONNERY!!!
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So it is. I don't think your riddle was too easy for him, Bart.
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One of two certain,
With a reckoning nigh;
Your riches condemn you,
Too low or too high.
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Oxygen?
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Nope
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One of two certain,
With a reckoning nigh;
Your riches condemn you,
Too low or too high.

Heaven, or Hell, depending on your viewpoint.  Presuming that your reliospiritual viewpoint of an afterlife doesn't encompass a limbo or something else, you're only destined for heaven or hell.

As we all know, it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven.  Not necessarily impossible -- someone in the ninth century asserted that there was a gate in Jerusalem called the Eye of the Needle which was built small to discourage raiders or something from riding into the city and that the only way for a camel to pass through the gate was for it to be unloaded and then pass through on its knees.  While a camel can apparently crawl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gILoMYfXNaA there's no archaeological or other evidence for the existence of this gate than the one commentator.  So, the basic point is that it's pretty difficult to get into heaven if you have too much money.

That being said, the scriptures enjoin us, both explicitly and implicitly, to be good stewards.  Take the parable of Ten Talents.  If you don't properly build up your talents, you're not going to get into heaven.  In the Bible, these are actual monetary denominations, referring to a specific weight of gold, while most modern retellings of the story talents are supposed to be understood as real life talents, like being able to play the piano, being patient with people, etc.  Thus, a lack of spiritual riches will likewise condemn a person and prevent them from getting into heaven.  The case can be made that if you "eat, drink, and be merry" for you have "taken no thought for the morrow" that you will have a hard time getting into heaven, so it's conceivable that the riddle could be referring to a lack of monetary riches -- it's somewhat ambiguous.

Still, though, you're either going to heaven or hell.  The reckoning is nigh, death and judgement will come to pass for us all.  Your excessive monetary riches, or lack thereof, or at least a lack of spiritual riches, will condemn you to hell and if you did build up spiritual riches by either taking on the name of Christ, or demonstrating your faith through your works (James 2:18 and surrounding verses), or whatever, then you'll be entitled (or allowed) to pass into heaven.
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Very interesting answer but not what I had in mind.

Hint: The day that I posted the riddle has significance.
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Taxes?
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Yeah, you're probably right, Vixcis.  My first thought was, "April 15th, the Boston Marathon bombing?"  United States tax day is probably what Heath was thinking of.
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Vixcis:
Taxes?

Yes!

One of two certain, [THE ONLY CERTAIN THINGS IN LIFE ARE DEATH AND TAXES]
 With a reckoning nigh; [YOU HAVE TO PAY THE TAX MAN OR GET AUDITED!]
 Your riches condemn you, [YOU PAY DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH YOU MAKE]
 Too low or too high.
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What does the "two low or too high" refer to?  If you may little enough money you don't have to pay taxes, or if you make enough money you can structure your earnings such that you don't really have to pay very much taxes?
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If you pay too low in taxes, they will get you.  Yeah, I should probably rework that.  My five minute riddles aren't always perfect.
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OK, I'll concede that taxes fit better than oxygen.
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Vixcis' turn!
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A stone kills me
In water and glass;
Or walk away,
And I shrink and pass.
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Tension?
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I was thinking something like that, something with a quality of smoothness, but it shrinks or goes away when we walk past?  Hmm...
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Two kinds of tension, surface and interpersonal
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Basically a stone kills everything.  Except fire/sparks, possibly, but basically getting hit with a stone in some way kills pretty much everything.  This stone thing happens in water and glass, however, which greatly restricts the choices, unless there's some wordplay that I haven't spotted yet.

Then when we walk away, whatever it is shrinks and passes.  Now, everything is passed when we walk by.  It could mean pass as in "dead" though which would fit more with shrink.  Is this a literal cessation like the stillness of a pond being disturbed or a metaphorical cessation like how I internally shrink and die when I'm passed up for something that I wanted?
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None of those is right.  Keep guessing.
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Ice?
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Nope.

Hint:  It is neither a physical object nor an abstract concept.
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Hint: It is probably something you see every day.
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Ripples?  Echos?  I'm thinking that perhaps the latter two lines refer to the Doppler effect.
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No, the answer is much simpler, though I fear the riddle may have not been clear enough.  What do you see every day that could be a result of water or glass?
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Reflection?
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Yes!
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Sheesh, people who solved the riddle already.  That doesn't mean I can't keep guessing. :p
Heath:
No, the answer is much simpler, though I fear the riddle may have not been clear enough.  What do you see every day that could be a result of water or glass?
A stone kills me
In water and glass;
Or walk away,
And I shrink and pass.

A puddle.  Obviously, a stone splashes water away, breaks any glass, etc.  As you walk away, it shrinks as it evaporates, then passes.
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I still hold that tension was a good answer.
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Well, here was my thinking:

A stone kills me
In water and glass;
[a stone will create ripples that destroy a reflection in water and a stone will break the glass mirror showing a reflection]

Or walk away,
And I shrink and pass.
[as you walk away, the reflection gets smaller, and if you step outside the area being reflected, it will disappear]
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Part of a puzzle,
Or part of a grave;
Sometimes just mad;
But sometimes the way
To get past those river waves.
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Does the answer have to do with fish eggs?
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Nope, not fish eggs.  Hint: The answer can be both a noun (object) or a preposition or a verb, and it can be one word or two depending on your usage.
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Hunh, I'll have to think of something other than row then (row/roe).
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You're on the right track, though.  The second line probably only applies to Christians...  The first line applies to only a very particular type of puzzle.
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Ah, cross?
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That's right.  "a cross" or "across" is correct.
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Ok, I was thinking cross as in cross the river, and across works too, phonetically. :)
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Fruity and funny in a tight little skin,
strangely appealing, or at least it has been.
Home grown like Tarzan,
I'll play the straight man.
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Did anyone want a hint?
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The first things that came to mind were leotard and leopard, but I know that's wrong.

Yeah, we might need a hint.
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Americans eat more of this per capita than any other nation in the world.
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Is it a banana?  It's used for jokes, like slipping on a peel, and likewise goes with Tarzan and his apes.  It is fruity and with a skin. And you "peel" ("appeal") the skin to eat it.
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It is a banana! :)

Straight man reference: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StraightMan
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Two of one and one of eight,
Ever shifting, ever shaping;
Life giving, and yet life taking.
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Well, seeing as this is a gaming site and most of us are familiar with D&D...  You must be talking about Bigby, the wizard, the one with the hand spells.  There were only two wizards in the original Circle of Eight (Gygax & Greyhawk) and in the most familiar incarnation of that group he was one of the eight wizards (Mordenkainen was the other wizard in the original circle but in the famous public version he was not actually part of the Circle of Eight).  Shifting, shaping, healing, killing, yadda, yadda.
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Uh, no, and I didn't know any of those facts.  Sorry.  The answer is an everyday thing.
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Well, let me think about it for a day.

Two of one and one of eight,
Ever shifting, ever shaping;
Life giving, and yet life taking.

Apples?  They give life (nourishment) and then you have the fruit in the Garden of Eden and the cyanide in apple seeds.  They grow and change from a flower to a fruit with seeds.  I don't see how the first line applies, however.
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Nope, not apples.
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Still thinking about it.  Dinner sets (plates, etc.) usually come in sets of 4, 8, or 12, and 8 is a pretty standard package.

8 pistons in an engine?

Can't be heart valves, that doesn't add up to 8.

8 items of clothing: bottom underwear, 2 socks, 2 shoes, pants, shirt, belt/top underwear?

What else in life comes in sets of 8...
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Hint: It's not a "set" of 8.  "One of eight" means it is comprised of 8 things.
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Two of one and one of eight,
Ever shifting, ever shaping;
Life giving, and yet life taking.

Remote controls?  You have to have two of them, at least, one for your TV, one for your VCR/DVD/Bluetooth/whatever... ok, it doesn't really fit in with the rest of the riddle.

charloteen, Vixcis, FourLegged, anyone have any off the wall suggestions?
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"Two of one and one of eight" refers to what the thing being described is composed of.
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A chess piece?
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Yeah, could be a pawn.  Black/white, eight pawns.  They can advance to become queens, although I don't see how the life giving works in.
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Nope.  Think at more of an atomic level...
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Hmm, oxygen has eight protons and hydrogen is basically just a proton.  Hold on, let me go pull out my old books and look up electron layers and all that stuff.
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Water?
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Ok.

Two of one and one of eight,
Ever shifting, ever shaping;
Life giving, and yet life taking.

An orbital can only have two electrons.  Oxygen usually has around eight electrons  Let's go with oxygen.  Shifting, shaping, you have to have it to live, if you get too much of it too fast you could die from oxygen molecules becoming free radicals as electrons get stripped off (presumably, the jury is still out on that one)?  We still don't really know exactly how anesthetics work, whether they bond to ion channels or interrupt ion channels or do something completely different.  People are still working on that.  We think that oxygen should be more poisonous if our bodies didn't metabolize it so quickly.
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I'm gonna stick with water, and I'll tell you why:


"Two of one and one of eight,"
The chemical formula for water is H2O. Hydrogen's atomic number is one, oxygen's atomic number is 8. So, two molecules of hydrogen (one) and one molecule of oxygen (eight) makes water.

"Ever shifting, ever shaping;"
Water is constantly in motion. Even still water has some movement, and the movement translates very well through water. And given enough time, water can shape things like rocks (let's talk about the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls).

"Life giving, and yet life taking."
Water is essential to all life on this planet, including us a humans. Every living thing needs water. However, too much water, or water down the wrong pipe can cause death.
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firelizardkimi:
"Two of one and one of eight,"
The chemical formula for water is H2O. Hydrogen's atomic number is one, oxygen's atomic number is 8. So, two molecules of hydrogen (one) and one molecule of oxygen (eight) makes water.
Oh, that's clever.
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You gave me the hint when you were talking about oxygen having eight protons and hydrogen only having one in post 467. I was a biology major in college, and I TAed for chemistry labs for my last two years. I would've had a chem minor if I'd chosen to take a grade in my 300-level chemistry my senior spring. Science is my thing. :D
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In reply to firelizardkimi (msg # 470):

This is exactly right and exactly my reasoning in writing the riddle.  Great analysis!

You know what that means...your turn for a riddle!!
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Here's a periodic table for reference as to hydrogen and oxygen (#1 and 8).  I was thinking of their periodic number, or also their number of protons or electrons.


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Well, the atomic number is how many protons are in the nucleus, so it makes sense that those match up. However, the number of electrons does not alway match up to the number of protons in the nucleus, because sometimes it's not stable.

Take oxygen for example: oxygen atoms generally like to have a 2- charge, because they will pick up 2 extra electrons. Having the 2 extra electrons fills their outermost valence shell makes them like the closest noble gas, neon. Neon, like all the other elements in column VIIIA, is extremely stable to the point of being inert because of its filled outer electron shell.

Hydrogen actually runs around most often as an H+ ion (basically, a proton), and is extremely stable that way. Again, it has to do with the outer shell of electrons, and how they spin. Hydrogen only has 1 electron, so it only has an s orbital. S orbitals only hold two electrons, so having just one electron in the shell is actually pretty unstable. It's much more likely to donate its electron to something else and float around as an ion.

But I digress into science.

I pass my turn. Somebody else post a riddle?
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But technically, oxygen and hydrogen have 8 and 1 electrons.  I was not going into ionization or covalent bonds or anything like that for a simple riddle.  But point taken...
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A place where no spider will ever climb;
A place no spider has built in time;
Yet a place where spiders you can find.
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Bump. Do you need a hint?
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Did you mean spider at the end or spyder?  Because there are plenty of things spying on us out in space...

Maybe you meant the water spout?
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INteresting answer, but not what I had in mind.

"Spider" is accurate, though certainly "spyder" is an interesting thought, but much too frightening to put into a riddle.
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The internet?
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Yes, it's full of spying spiders too.
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firelizardkimi:
The internet?

Yes, but technically, I was looking for "The Web"---as in the world wide web.
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Yeah, I considered putting the Web, but I thought it might be too literal an interpretation.
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It's been awhile, so here's a new riddle:


I have a pocket,
But you cannot lock it;
I may just sock it,
And hop, not walk, it.
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A shoe?
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That's silly.
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Yeah you're probably right.
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Kagura got it right in a private line.  The answer is "kangaroo."
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I don't have a riddle, only puzzles that I steal from Professor Layton games.

Someone else do a riddle.
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Finish the pun:
The ___________ thief was cot _____-handed.  (Number of underscores may or may not bear any relation to the number of letters in the missing words.)
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Is it supposed to say "caught" instead of "cot"?

Maybe "the Paint thief was caught Red Handed?"

Or

The book thief was caught read-handed?
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Or maybe:  "the mattress thief was 'cot' bed-handed" ??
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Bart must be on vacation...
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Bart, where are you?  We need a response or a hint...
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cot is correct, it's a clue ;)
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Heath:
Or maybe:  "the mattress thief was 'cot' bed-handed" ??
Yeah, we can just go with that.  Cot was a clue to "bed-handed".
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The rock inside the tree doth shrink,
But not through wind or rain or ink;
A thousand tales or more it shares,
Or rubs out all such verbal affairs.
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A pencil?
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Yes!
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Must be short stories to get more than a thousand tales out of a single pencil. ;)
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Woohoo!

I pass, who's posting the next riddle?
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Not it!  Guess you'll have to do one, firelizardkimi. :D
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Bart:
Must be short stories to get more than a thousand tales out of a single pencil. ;)

The answer can also be "pencils"
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Twisting, winding,
The ladder climbs,
Defining the man,
Throughout his time.
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DNA?
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Yes!

Are my riddles too easy these days?  Everyone's getting them with the first guess.
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Well, to be fair I got my ex-boyfriend's help with that one XD


Tall and short
Fat and thin
Blond brown red
Your story begins

Young and old
Fighters and hiders
Tragedy, comedy
Afraid of spiders?

Dark or light-skinned
Funny or grim
Turn the pages
The story begins

All are one
Made up of many
Each one of us
Has them aplenty

Speaking for us
In our heads
Our fantasy voices
In the worlds ahead

Parts of the story
Component parts
They're first in our heads
And then in our hearts
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Nursery Rhymes
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Nope. Good guess, though.
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I was thinking tale/tail.
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Closer, but still nope
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ideas?
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Nuh-uh
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The story of life, rather like that old Sphinx riddle.  We start as babies, progress, die, then move on to something else.
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Even closer, but nope

These two lines might help

"Each one of us
Has them aplenty

....

Parts of the story
Component parts"
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chapters?
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Noooope
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Characters?
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Bingo ^^
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Characters in our head?  Did you mean a type of schizophrenia or roleplaying characters?
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Roleplaying/book/movie type characters - they only exist in our heads, not in real life.
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Sometimes hanging loose or tight,
Sometimes companion with a gun;
Freedom's foe yet sets evil right,
But sometimes for play or fun.
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Handcuffs, perhaps?
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A clock
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In reply to PrettyBirdie (msg # 524):

Yes, handcuffs is correct!
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Sweet.
Okay...

Hmm....


Red to blue to red
Down to up to down
East to up to West
What am I?


(Okay that's pitifully easy ><)
(I'm too tired right now XD)
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A political map of the United States, combined with Hillary Clinton's chances to be elected President of the USA.
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Pfffffft XD
Beautiful answer, I almost hate to say it's wrong.
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The moon, (combined with Hillary Clinton's chances to be elected President of the USA?)
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Thanks, I liked that answer too. :)

Red to blue to red
Down to up to down
East to up to West
What am I?

A description of the circulatory system.  Blood pumps from the heart, to the lungs, back to the heart, through the body, back to the heart.  On its journey it changes from red to blue as it's deoxygenated, then turns red as it passes the lungs back to the heart again, ready to begin its journey once more.
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I suppose that depending on exactly which part you're looking at, blue could be replaced with yellow and it would work just as well.
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Are you talking about "moon"?  There is a "blue moon" so I thought moon would have been the right answer.
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Closer, but no - the colors are probably throwing everyone off XD
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So help me, if this has something to do with Halo...  ;)
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No, no, it doesn't XD
Forget about the colors and you'll probably get it
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Rainbow?
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The sun?
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Yeah, when he said the colors were probably throwing everyone off, I thought of the sun as well.  Rises in the East, goes up in the sky, comes down in the West.  Sky may go colors as the sun rises, then goes blue, then goes colors again.

Red to blue to red
Down to up to down
East to up to West
What am I?

The red is because red light can "punch" through the thicker layers of the atmosphere more easily when the sun is shining along the surface of the planet.  All of the blue light, etc., is scattered by the atmosphere and doesn't make it to you.  The sky is generally blue because during the day you're seeing all the scattering of the overhead sun and the sunsets/sunrises that are concurrently happening elsewhere in the world, plus human eyes are just really sensitive to the color blue.

The sky is more red when there's more things blocking the light (like super thick smog).  In smogless areas, the sky will be more red when there are more clouds, hence the old weather rhyme based on how clouds form when there's hot/cold fronts approaching each other and how the day is warm and the nights are cool:
Red at night, sailor's delight,
Red in the morning, sailors take warning.
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Yes it's the sun - and nice mini science lesson, Bart.
Also, I dunno what it is about my writing style, but *she.
:P
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Sorry, I thought I'd seen someone else use he.  So, we're looking for a riddle from Heath then as he was the first to call it out. :)
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Yup - and I'm pretty sure at least half the people here have called me he at one point or another XD
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Since it's Friday, someone can take my turn if they want.
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Riddle me this, Batman, when does a driver walk on Man's Best Friend?  When Man's Best Friend is a...
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golf ball?
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Gray hound
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Your guess is as good as mine.  Underdog?  Perhaps there were just too many problems underfoot (pun intended), or maybe I've just filled out far too many applications and driven far too much to remember the exact pun I was going for several days ago.  I had a new job lined up on Friday, then on Monday when I got there early in the morning I found they'd lost a big customer and were thinking of laying off someone who already worked there, so no chance of them hiring me.

I kind of think it's related to golf and dogs, because why else would I mention a driver, but I can't think of a golf-related dog pun at the moment.  Right now this is my best guess:

Riddle me this, Batman, when does a driver walk on Man's Best Friend?  When Man's Best Friend is an underdog.
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A foot?  As in 'I've been on my feet all day and boy are my dogs barking'
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I am... I don't really know anything about Batman, and though that might not pertain to this, I find myself feeling very confused.
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I am the shapeshifter,
Always in flight,
Different things,
To different sight;
And when angry and dark,
I ignite my bite,
And cry in might,
All to give some
A shocking fright.
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Clouds.

Go again. :P
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Storm clouds?
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Clouds is correct!  (True, they become storm clouds.)
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Woo hoo!!!!
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My tines be long,
My tines be short,
My tines end ere my first report.
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A spork? No, sorry, that probably isn't it... Man, I'm tired.
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Nope.
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Ermmmmmmmmmmmmmm, lightening? Fiddler on the roof, that's probably wrong too. Your previous riddle has me thinking of storms and clouds.
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Lightning is correct.  I actually stole that riddle from one of the Zork games--Zork Zero, I think.
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Wow, really? How on earth did I manage to get it right? I've played Zork, though I don't think I've done Zork Zero per se.
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I was also reminded of it by my previous riddle.  Perhaps that was what did it.
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I would've never thought of lightening if I hadn't been thinking of clouds, so perhaps you're right.
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SInce you guessed it, you get to post the next riddle.  The general rule is that if you don't post a new riddle within a couple of days, someone else gets to take your turn.
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Oh! Sorry, didn't know. Erm...
It walks on four legs in the morning,
two legs at noon,
and three legs in the evening.
What is it?
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Man.

Around here, you'll probably have to make up a riddle, as we will have heard all the typical and published ones.  In fact, the Zork one was the first one I hadn't made up in about the last 50 riddles I posted.
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I need coffee for this....
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Leaning left,
Leaning right,
Leaning neither way;
A bed for meat or bread,
A tier for stones or gold,
Or where justice has its say.
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My first guess would be a scale.
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Scale does sound right...
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Yes!
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Woohoo! Technically, because the koala guessed it first, that means he must speak the next riddle. Seeing as I'm horrible at thinking up riddles, another woohoo! Go FourLegged, for being faster than I.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I was hoping that one would pose a bit of a challenge.  When you make these up, sometimes it's hard to tell how difficult they will be.  I try to just aim for making sure there is only one correct answer and that the reader will have that "Aha" moment upon hearing (or guessing) the answer.
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Hmm.... Maybe I shall try to think one up after all?
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Good idea.  Be my guest.
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Repeatedly advertise,
The source of mouse demise.
The province of those who shill,
Something that flies for a thrill.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

pitch?
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That's a really good guess.  It wasn't what I was going for and I have to get technical if I'm going to not accept it.  A pitch flies to the batter under power that isn't its own, and although we could get metaphysical about whether or not inanimate objects have feelings, most baseball pitches apparently don't derive any sense of satisfaction from their ability to fly through the air after being thrown.  Great guess, though.  Keep trying. :)
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The mouse demise one was probably the most questionable.  Pitches are thrown for a thrill, which is why I said that, but I thought I would get it.  Anyway...

I was also thinking "dock," such as "hickory dickory dock, the MOUSE ran up the clock..."

And also "spread," such as "CHEESE" spread, which could kill a mouse in a mousetrap, spread the word for advertise, spread like a house being a location for a decoy shill, but it kind of breaks down at the flying clue...
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1 & 3, 2 & 4.  I figured an AD&D character might hear someone _________ their wares. ;)
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Ahh,  it's hawk
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Yes!
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A mirror
Hit a nerve;
Beauty's will
Doth it serve.
Discreet
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Vanity
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Good guess, but not what I had in mind.  The answer is an object.
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"But vanity can be a double entendre, because a vanity is also a piece of furniture." -- Friend who was looking over my shoulder, ever so rudely
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Vanity, thy name is Hemnes*.




*according to IKEA
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True, but still incorrect.  :)
Discreet
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Oh I don't know it would have to be silver of gold then probably.
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Nope.

I'm going to change it slightly, and it should be ever so slightly more easy this way:

A mirror
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Beauty's place
Doth it serve.
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Also, think of "nerve" in the neurological sense, not the metaphorical sense.
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Why do I suddenly feel like this is brain vs brawn? Other than that, I haven't any idea; and that rude friend who is apparently smarter than me is conveniently not looking over my shoulder...
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Where is beauty?
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In the mind.
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I'm thinking of a common saying...
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In the eye of the beholder
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Really?!
Discreet
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I like my vanity answer better.
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Eye is correct.
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A mirror
Hit a nerve;  [the retina acts as a mirror and is connected to the optic nerve]
Beauty's place
Doth it serve. [beauty is in the "eye" of the beholder, and it requires sight and eyes to behold beauty]
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Discreet's turn
Discreet
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Listen carefully Jonathan,
For this is a task of liberty
And of ambrosia.
During Sundance,
At Cortland jubilee,
beware the northern spy,
The pink lady, and her keepsake,
The ultra gold.

What is going on here?

Note: Heath may classify this as a puzzle, but I don't think so.
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Heath
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Is the "this" repetition on purpose?  ("this this")
Discreet
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No that's a typo. I'll edit it out.
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Does it have something to do with candy?
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Or eggs?
Discreet
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Not candy.
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I'm wondering if this is word substitution.  So the words are synonyms or similar words subbing in for lyrics in a familiar poem or song...

In any case, you have me intrigued.
Discreet
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Well I did pick my words carefully, but that's all I'll say on that, I don't want to lay any seeds of thought that lead you down the wrong path.
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I really think it must be word substitution.

Like "listen carefully" in the original might be "hark" or "pay heed" or something.

I just can't figure out what.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Here's what I have so far;

Sundance is a film festival (or it could be the Sundance Kid).
The last four lines talk about apples.
Ambrosia is the food of the gods in ancient Greek texts (I think its also an apple).
It might also have something to do with Johnny Appleseed.

That's about it. Not much sense, just clues. Could be utterly on the wrong track, but hey. Figured I'd say something.
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Discreet
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

It's all about apples! There are ten different kinds of apples listed in there.  Well done Grant.
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Well done.  That one had me stumped to the core.  :)
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The only reason I guessed apples is because I work at a grocery store that sells a lot of apples. I didn't know that many of them were apples but I knew about half of them.

Whoever wants to go can take a stab at it.
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If you aim to give us a shot we'll riddle you.
What are we?
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Guns?
firelizardkimi
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Bullets
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

firelizardkimi:
Bullets


That's what I was going to say but I figured guns were close enough.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Sorry the answer was helicopter :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...bjYQ&app=desktop



J/k it was bullets. Congrats!
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

kimi is up
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It should always be assumed that when it's my turn I pass.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Alright here's a slightly more serious riddle.


53 56 29 51 41 ?

What is the next number in this series?


MATH IS FUN \o/
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46?

FYI, this is a puzzle, not a riddle.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I'm guessing .3
praguepride
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FourLegged:
I'm guessing .3



YOU ARE CORRECT! The koala gets it!


If you read it backwards...

?1415926535

Which of course means adding 3. to the front gives you 3.1415926535

mmmmm....pi
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I've always been a little bit backwards.
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Cold makes me big,
And heat makes me fly;
As I live in
The earth, sea and sky.
Grant
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Fri 31 Oct 2014
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Water? Ice expands, steam rises, and water exists everywhere short of being under the tectonic plates.
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Yes!

I was thinking in wells, in clouds, and of course the ocean.
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I am in the air,
But not the sky;
I am in ice,
But never in the sea,
And I am in both everything and nothing.
What am I?
Presto
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Thu 4 Dec 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

You are I
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Yes.  You "am" I?  You "are" I?  In any case, the answer is "I".
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Victory and prime and the slaughterhouse and golden ring;
Or the worst hurricane seen;
Given high or low,
Or the perfect music flow.
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Victory and prime and the slaughterhouse and golden ring;
Or the worst hurricane seen;
Given high or low,
Or the perfect music flow.
firelizardkimi
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Fri 12 Dec 2014
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Pitch?
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Nope
Grant
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

5.

High five, its a prime number, Slaughterhouse 5 by Vonnegut, "5 goooooold riiiinnggssss". Category 5 hurricane. Not sure about the music part though.
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That is correct.

A music has a "perfect fifth," the most common chord change for things such as rock music or common songs.

Also, "victory" refers to giving the V signal, and V is also the Roman Numeral for 5.
firelizardkimi
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Actually, a perfect fifth just refers to the interval, not the chord change. The chord change is called a cadence, and yes, the V-I cadence is one of the most commonly used cadences, especially for ending a musical phrase (it's called "perfect cadence").
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Yeah, I know. I'm a musician--performed in Carnegie Hall, etc.

I was just typing fast and thoughtlessly--darned multitasking.  The perfect fifth and perfect fourth are intervals.  The devil's interval is the augmented fourth, which is most common in hard rock music.  Chord changes to the fourth and fifth are the most common (C to F or G, for example).  The perfect fifth interval is also the interval used in the theme to the Halloween horror movie theme song.  The perfect fourth is the interval jump in "Here Comes the Bride."  That's how I remember them in vocals.
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I have a face,
And sometimes two;
I am myself,
But sometimes you.
praguepride
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Tue 16 Dec 2014
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A MIMIC!!!!

:P
Grant
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Tue 16 Dec 2014
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A mirror?
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Mirror is correct!
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Sometimes I feel like a bother always answering your riddles Heath, like you're going to get tired of me doing so at some point. :P
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nah, they're there to be solved.
praguepride
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A metal spine
A metal base
Two fangs with which I defend
Hit me and I strike
But the more I pierce
the better I mend


What am i?
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

staples?
firelizardkimi
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Or a stapler?
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Yeah, that's what I meant actually. D'oh!
praguepride
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Thu 5 Feb 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

FIRELIZARDKIMI FIENDISHLY FIGURES IT OUT

HEATH HANGS HIS HEAD, HIDING HIS sHAME
firelizardkimi
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

One month later, praguepride returns to name the winner.

Heath, go ahead. You gave me the clue to the right answer. I just built on it.
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I have two fangs,
And a spoke,
To sink into pulp,
With one solid stroke.
firelizardkimi
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Sat 14 Feb 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Give us a hint, Heath?
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It's a follow up to the previous riddle.
Grant
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A hole punch?
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Nope.  The "two fangs" clue should give it away.
Grant
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Thu 19 Feb 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A stapler? I thought that was too obvious...
firelizardkimi
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Thu 19 Feb 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A staple?
Grant
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yeah, that's what I meant... It was stapler last time. D'oh.
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Yes, a STAPLE!!!

You guys got after me for guessing "staple" when it was "stapler," so I thought I would turn the tables on you.  It worked!
firelizardkimi
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I'm with Grant: I thought it was too obvious after stapler was the last one.
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Because I was too subtle about it being a joke, I guess.  The answer was hiding in plain sight.  I think it would have been easier if "stapler" had NOT been the previous answer because it deterred you from the answer.
firelizardkimi
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Fri 20 Feb 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Possibly.
praguepride
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Tue 7 Apr 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A wooden dagger
The bleeds black
If you misstep
With red I'll attack
Grant
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Wed 8 Apr 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A pencil.

Whoever wants to go next can.
praguepride
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Grant wins it. I guess that one was too easy.

Also I need to stop making riddles about random stuff I see on my desk :P
Grant
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Sat 18 Apr 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Don't feel bad. I'm pretty good at riddles.

Heath can have it if he wants.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Always hungering,
Always reaching,
Always feeding,
Smacking its lips,
And extending its tendril tips.
Kitty
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You are reading
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Thu 23 Apr 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The ocean?
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Hint: "Smacking" refers to making a sound like smacking or popping.  Tendril tips might also be called something like fingers.
Grant
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Sat 25 Apr 2015
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At first I thought you meant roots but they don't make noises (at least not that I've ever heard).
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This thing is much more "hungry" than roots.  It will devour things quickly.
Grant
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Lava? Or acid?

If its not even close to that then I'll need another hint.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Close, but the answer is much more basic than that.  Something you might make while camping...
Grant
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Oh, fire. I think the 'smacking' really threw me off. I wasn't thinking about the wood cracking under the heat.
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Yes, fire or flame is correct.  I meant it like a "lip smacking" sound.
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I surround the crown;
I block out the sun;
I even know how,
To stop the sweat of Man’s brow.
Grant
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Sat 6 Jun 2015
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Hair?
FourLegged
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Sat 6 Jun 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I was thinking hat.
Kitty
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I think it's hair, because your eyebrows block your sweat but idk how a hat would do that.
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Hat is correct
jioan
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Heath, please come back and tell us more riddles!
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Why don't you post one for me?  :)
jioan
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Ok.  Here's one a friend told me awhile ago:

I'm more powerful than God.
I'm more evil than the devil.
The poor have me.
The rich need me.
If you eat me, you'll die.
What am I?
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Heath!

Nothing!
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jioan
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Yeah, that's it!
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I may be one,
But am not two,
Or three or four or five,
Or six or seven or eight,
Or even nine or ten,
But I may be eleven;
And I am always excellent at the things I do.
jioan
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The number one?
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Good guess, but no.
jioan
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Is it an ace?
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Yes!
jioan
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I'll try to come up with my own riddle.  Hopefully it's okay.

I am three yet one.
I am smelled.
I am spent.
I am delivered.
What am I?
charlotteen
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Mon 13 Jul 2015
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money?
jioan
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Nope
Grant
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Can we have a hint? I'm stuck.
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Me too
jioan
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Ok.  Think homophones.
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Sense?
jioan
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Close.  The answer is three words that are homophones.
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Yeah, I know.  Scents, cents, and sense.
jioan
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Ok, that counts then.

I was going for scent, cent, and sent.
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Oh, I was wrong then.
jioan
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Heath I believe it's your turn to make the riddle unless you'd like someone else to go.
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I am the necktie no one wants to wear.
jioan
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A noose?
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yes.
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As serious as I am,
I will pull you down,
To attract you because
Though I am weak,
I hold it all together.
jioan
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Tue 11 Aug 2015
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Gravity?
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Well, that was fast...

Yes.

As serious as I am,  [gravity means "serious"]
 I will pull you down, [gravity pulls you down]
 To attract you because [gravity attracts mass]
 Though I am weak, [weakest of the fundamental forces of physics]
 I hold it all together. [it holds mass together]
ChupaBob
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Fri 14 Aug 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Does anyone have a favorite riddle from this thread? I have an upcoming game in which the PCs are searching for an ancient door leading underground. They already have the key they need, but a riddle would be a nice twist as a secondary form of security on the door.

Background:  The game is Senzar Fantasy RPG. Tech level is Bronze Age. The PCs are tasked with helping evacuate their peninsula before invading armies take over. Although some fleets are under construction, the PCs are searching for a back door that they can use in case of emergency, and there is supposed to be nearby the entrance to an old underground dwarven kingdom. The door is bolted with forgotten magicks which only respond to users from the royal bloodline. No one above ground from that family still exists, but the PCs found a vampiric artifact blade which still held the blood from one of those old dwarves. The blood should be enough to give them access (and it will). The riddle will be a kind of secondary magic lock. The answer could be anything that would be found within a dwarf and-or bronze lexicon.
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Wow, I was just looking at the riddles I created.  I save them all on a Word document, and they currently amount to 51 pages.  They average about 6 per page, so that's about 300 riddles!


Anyway, there are many I like but here are a few that might be good.  I like this one I made up last year:

The first five hundred,
And the heat begins;
The second also
Begins the end;
Yet the third in five,
And I hear the screams,
Of the one
That's next amassed;
But the fifty means,
That it's the last.

Or here's an easier one I made up:

Four towers rise,
To hold the platform for the dead;
Scorching demise,
And then on it they are spread.

Here's another one that's fun but easy:

I am the shapeshifter,
Always in flight,
Different things,
To different sight;
And when angry and dark,
I ignite my bite,
And cry in might,
All to give some
A shocking fright.

Here's one I liked that was written in an older English:

From death do I spring,
A forest to bring,
I ne'er do sit atop the bird's wing,
But may thrive b'neath the crown of the king;
Tho' old man or babe may not feel my sting,
Like vines to others do I desperately cling.
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Grant
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Fri 14 Aug 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I know you don't expect answers for these but the second one is Clouds and I think the third one might be a grill or some other cooking device. The last could be hair but I'm not sure.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I posted them without answers so you guys could have fun trying to guess them again (or for the first time if you are newer to the site).  I Can repost more old ones if anyone's interested.  Some of them go back to 2010 or earlier.  I track them by month and year that I wrote them.

Grant: I posted four riddles.  The third one is "clouds," so you are correct there.  Here, I'll repost them with numbers:

RIDDLE ONE:

The first five hundred,
 And the heat begins;
 The second also
 Begins the end;
 Yet the third in five,
 And I hear the screams,
 Of the one
 That's next amassed;
 But the fifty means,
 That it's the last.

RIDDLE TWO:

 Four towers rise,
 To hold the platform for the dead;
 Scorching demise,
 And then on it they are spread.

RIDDLE THREE:

 I am the shapeshifter,
 Always in flight,
 Different things,
 To different sight;
 And when angry and dark,
 I ignite my bite,
 And cry in might,
 All to give some
 A shocking fright.

[CLOUDS]

RIDDLE FOUR:

 From death do I spring,
 A forest to bring,
 I ne'er do sit atop the bird's wing,
 But may thrive b'neath the crown of the king;
 Tho' old man or babe may not feel my sting,
 Like vines to others do I desperately cling.
ChupaBob
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Sat 15 Aug 2015
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In reply to Heath (msg # 712):

I'll give these a shot. They seem about the right difficulty level for a party of adventurers.

Here are my initial thoughts about answers.

Riddle #1:  No idea yet

Riddle #2:  This is a little obscure of an answer, but the description fits the Towers of Silence. http://www.slate.com/blogs/atl...sky_burial_site.html

Riddle #3:  Grant thought that the answer to Riddle #2 was clouds, but I am thinking that Clouds is the answer to this riddle instead. Grant was probably correct, but he just miscounted.

Riddle #4:  Hair, final answer
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Yes, Number 4 is "hair."

None of the answers are obscure at all.

The answer to the first one requires a knowledge of Roman Numerals.  Once you get the answer to #1, read the clue again and you will see how the substance of the clue, as well as the Roman Numeral side of it, both converge on the same answer.
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Wed 19 Aug 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Riddle one is Devil.

D is 500, E begins "the end", V is five, one is I and fifty is L.


I'm pretty sure riddle 2 is a grill but I'm not positive.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes, DEVIL is correct.  I was trying to bring up imagery of hell--heat and screams and whatnot.

The second answer is not "grill" but you are on the right train of thought.  It is something simpler.
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Another hint.  The last line indicates that they are placed on it "after" their scorched demise, meaning it would be "after" the grill or oven or whatever.
Grant
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Sat 22 Aug 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

... Table...


Sometimes you make me feel really dumb Heath.
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Table is correct!  ;)
ChupaBob
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Sat 29 Aug 2015
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This riddle is visual. You'll need to follow this link to see it:  https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbc...9bbe&oe=566DF96A
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

can you read my words
ChupaBob
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Wed 9 Sep 2015
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In reply to Heath (msg # 723):

No, you are very close. Try playing Wheel of Fortune with the last word.
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Duh. "can you read my hands"  It's been awhile since I studied sign language.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A whole month without a riddle?  What's going on around here?
jioan
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Fri 9 Oct 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

If you post another I'll take a stab at it.
firelizardkimi
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Fri 9 Oct 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Clearly you've been slacking, Heath.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Blame my law firm.  Working nonstop days and weekends stunts riddle-making abilities.  This fact was confirmed by the same study that confirmed that 67% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
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Has a top but no bottom,
Bent into creation,
And straightened to destruction.
jioan
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Thu 15 Oct 2015
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A knot?
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Not a knot.
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jioan
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Thu 15 Oct 2015
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A curve or angle?
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope.
firelizardkimi
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A lap? It appears when you sit (bend) and disappears when you stand (straighten).
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ChupaBob
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Fri 16 Oct 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

a dent
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Lap is correct!  Nice job.

(Also, has a laptop, but not lapbottom.)
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firelizardkimi
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Hah, I didn't get the top/bottom thing, but I like it!

I pass my turn.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I thought of that riddle when I spilled something on my lap while driving on a business trip a few weeks ago.
Casey
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Tue 27 Oct 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Well, if firelizard is passing, that looks like a chance for me to jump in with a riddle!

Okay.  Three highwaymen are seized by the king's guards.  The guard captain says, "I should shoot you all, but one of you may be intelligent and useful.  So I have a simple test-- if one of you can tell me what color hat he is wearing, you all get a chance to reform!  But if any of you gets it wrong, you all get a chance to reform your spines in a noose!"

The highwaymen were tied to stakes from tallest to shortest, like so, each looking down on the shorter man:

|>
| |>
| | |>
| | |

This meant that the tall man could see every hat but his own and the dwarf couldn't see any hats.  They were forbidden to say anything but the color of their hat or 'I don't know.'

The guards brought out five hats-- three red and two purple-- and showed them to everyone.  Then they blindfolded the men, put a hat on each of them, and hid the remaining two hats.

After the blindfolds were removed, the tallest looked and said, "I don't know."
The middle bandit heard that, thought for a minute, and said, "I don't know."
The shortest bandit said, "OH!  Then I know!"

In three parts:
A. What was the short highwayman's hat color?
B. How did she know?
C. What happened to the three highwaymen?


To answer some common questions:
There are no mirrors in the room.  No one is giving secret signals to anyone else.  You have all of the information the short bandit used to make her decision.
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jioan
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Tue 27 Oct 2015
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A. Purple!

B.The tallest bandit would only know the color of their hat if the smaller two bandits were both wearing purple.  If they were both wearing purple than he must be wearing ed because that is the only option.  The tallest bandit doesn't know so the hats of the smaller bandits are either both red or purple and red in either order.

The middle bandit says they do not know.  Assuming this bandit is smart enough to use the information from the taller bandit they would know if the shortest bandit had a purple hat then theirs must be red.  If the shortest bandit has a red hat then the middle bandit could be wearing a red or purple hat.  Taking this information into account the shortest bandit knows their hat must be purple.

C. They get to go because one of them guessed right and none of the others guessed incorrectly.

Fun little puzzle.
Casey
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Wed 28 Oct 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Wrong on all three counts...  But you're really close.  Check your post for a typo or brain skip, maybe?  You seem to have a lot of the right stuff.

And when you figure it out, don't forget to give us a new riddle!
jioan
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Wed 28 Oct 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Oops, definitely a brain skip.

A. Red!

B.The tallest bandit would only know the color of their hat if the smaller two bandits were both wearing purple.  If they were both wearing purple than he must be wearing eed because that is the only option.  The tallest bandit doesn't know so the hats of the smaller bandits are either both red or purple and red in either order.

The middle bandit says they do not know.  Assuming this bandit is smart enough to use the information from the taller bandit they would know if the shortest bandit had a purple hat then theirs must be red.  If the shortest bandit has a red hat then the middle bandit could be wearing a red or purple hat.  Taking this information into account the shortest bandit knows their hat must be red.

C. They all die because the shortest bandit did not say "I don't know" or a color.
Casey
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Wed 28 Oct 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I figured; you had perfect reasoning to an imperfect answer.

Yes, that's 100% correct!
jioan
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Wed 28 Oct 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Ok, here's a little riddle.

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
Casey
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Wed 28 Oct 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A towel.

What is heavy forwards but not backwards?
jioan
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Sun 1 Nov 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Is it the word 'ton'?
Casey
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Sun 1 Nov 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

It is indeed!
ChupaBob
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Thu 5 Nov 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I can sizzle like bacon
I am made with an egg
I have plenty of back bone, but I lack a good leg
I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
I can be long like a flagpole,yet fit in a hole.
I come from the shadows, warmed by the sun.
When you hear me coming, you better run.

This riddle isn't challenging, but I particularly liked the poetry to it.
jioan
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Thu 5 Nov 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A snake?
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Sounds like a rattlesnake to be more exact.
ChupaBob
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Fri 6 Nov 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Rattlesnake is the correct answer.
Heath
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Thu 3 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

What things have bottoms at their tops?
Nyoze
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Thu 3 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Legs! :D

I knew that one :)
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes.  I heard that the other day and it made me laugh.
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A circle spun by human hands,
With the world wrapped upon its plans;
North, south, east and west,
All contained in its insets.
firelizardkimi
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Thu 3 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

a map
FourLegged
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Thu 3 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A globe?
Heath
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Thu 3 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A globe is correct
praguepride
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Lord of Munster Cheese
Tue 8 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

AND THE CROWD REJOICES!
PrettyBirdie
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Tue 15 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

When my first is a task to a young girl of spirit,
And my second confines her to finish the piece,
How hard is her fate! But how great is her merit
If by taking my whole she effects her release!
Heath
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Thu 17 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Hemlock.  Can't get old ones past me.  ;)
Heath
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Thu 17 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Alone on the couch,
Or baked properly up;
It’s eyes never see,
What’s down or what’s up.
Kagura
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Mostly Human
Mostly Harmless...
Thu 17 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A potato. You've lost your edge, Riddlemaster.

I suck at making up riddles though, so you can take another turn. :)
Heath
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Fri 18 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I know...too easy.  But I knew it was too easy when I made it up, so that's something.
Heath
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Fri 18 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

My root in earth doth make its bed,
‘Til wood or iron doth take my head;
Then plucked from home ‘til the hole is fed.
Heath
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Fri 18 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Oh, am I stumping you on this one??
FourLegged
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Sat 19 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

We're just rooting out the answer and sometimes that requires a bit of intellectually branching out.
firelizardkimi
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Sun 20 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I can't handle all the plant jokes.
FourLegged
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Sun 20 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Too sappy?
Nyoze
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Mon 21 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Give it time, they'll grow on you.
FourLegged
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Mon 21 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

It's unfortunate when someone posts an unsolvable riddle and leaves.
Heath
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Wed 30 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

FYI this riddle has nothing to do with plants.  ;)
FourLegged
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Wed 30 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yay!
Heath
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Wed 30 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I think when you hear the answer, it will be one of those slap your forehead moments.
FourLegged
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Wed 30 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Most likely.  I'm told that I am very slappable.
Heath
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Wed 30 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Or you have balls--just like this riddle.
Nyoze
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Wed 30 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope, I got nothing.
Heath
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Thu 31 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

It's an item used in a common sport where the terms "wood" and "iron" are used.
FourLegged
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Thu 31 Dec 2015
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Flog me if this one doesn't have me all turned around.
Grant
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Fri 1 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Its one of those flag things they use to mark the holes in golf isn't it...?
Nyoze
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Mon 4 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The first and last line make sense...

I don't get how a golf club can take the head of the flag though.
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The answer is "tee."

My root in earth doth make its bed,  [You put a tee in the dirt]
‘Til wood or iron doth take my head; [a "wood" or "Iron" is a type of golf club that hits the golf ball (the "head") off a tee]
 Then plucked from home ‘til the hole is fed. [You pull up the tee and don't use it again until after moving on to the next hole]
Bart
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Sun 10 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

If you smacked off the head of your golf tee on your drive, you're not going to reuse the tee.  Just saying. ;)
Grant
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Sun 10 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I was pretty close! Had the right game anyway.
Bart
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Sun 10 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I suppose it's Heath's turn to post a riddle again, since nobody solved his, but you might as well post one if you're in a riddling mood tonight.
Nyoze
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Tue 12 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I'd post a riddle, but... I don't know any good ones :(
Bart
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Wed 13 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I know you went for the crown, but I kind of think a little more than that should be in a post here.

I'm quite powerful.  You caress my face and I whisper with voice of your loved one.  We play games together.  You give me such a big charge... I've started holding your wallet for you.  What am I?
ChupaBob
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Sat 16 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Oh, it's an iPhone with iPay and SIRI.
Bart
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Sat 16 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Well, I was thinking more along the lines of an Android with Google Pay, but I guess that Apple thing would probably satisfy the riddle as well. ;)
ChupaBob
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Mon 18 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I am a number with a unique habit. When I spell out my name as an English word, I keep all of my letters in alphabetic order. What number am I?
Bart
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Tue 19 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

one no
two no
three no
four no
five no
six no
seven no
eight <-- yes
PrettyBirdie
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Tue 19 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

efghijklmnopqrst
PrettyBirdie
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Tue 19 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Forty :)
Bart
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Tue 19 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

ChupaBob:
I am a number with a unique habit. When I spell out my name as an English word, I keep all of my letters in alphabetic order. What number am I?

Obviously, it's "all" as in "all numbers".  Alphabetic order. ;)
PrettyBirdie
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Tue 19 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Eh what now? O.o
Bart
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Tue 19 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Well "a" comes before "l", you know.  I was just messing around. :)
PrettyBirdie
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Tue 19 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Oh pffft XD
Nyoze
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Tue 19 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

5?

In japanese, 5 is Go, and G comes before O.
Bart
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Tue 19 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

You know, that doesn't happen in Norwegian.  There isn't a number in that language which answers this riddle.
Heath
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Wed 20 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

In reply to Bart (msg # 784):

The ball was the "head" of the tee.
Bart
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Wed 20 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Oh, I thought you meant the cup that the ball sits in/on.
ChupaBob
player, 202 posts
Wed 20 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

In reply to PrettyBirdie (msg # 794):

The answer we want is FORTY. Give the pretty bird a cracker.
Nyoze
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Thu 21 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I always thought Forty had a u :(
PrettyBirdie
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Thu 21 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

*noms on cracker happily*

Soooo...

What's soft yet stiff
Can shed its colors but grows them back
Can be fluffy or sleek
Comes in pairs unless something went wrong
Can be found on every continent (and probably every country)
Carries its owner in the air
But its owner carries it on the ground
Bart
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Thu 21 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Ok, apparently non-GM's may not post links in regular games.

Shoelaces.

What's soft yet stiff <-- shoelaces
Can shed its colors but grows them back <-- http://www.solaractiveintl.com...e-to-blue-p-373.html
Can be fluffy or sleek <-- yeah, pretty obvious
Comes in pairs unless something went wrong <-- unhuh
Can be found on every continent (and probably every country) <-- yup
Carries its owner in the air <-- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki...y_one%27s_bootstraps
But its owner carries it on the ground <-- obvious
This message was last edited by the player at 07:51, Thu 21 Jan 2016.
ChupaBob
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Thu 21 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I was thinking penis, but I like shoelace better.
Bart
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Thu 21 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I could see that -- its use might cause a person to be "walking in the air" or "walking on sunshine".
PrettyBirdie
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Thu 21 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Close, but no cigar :P

By shed its colors I literally mean it sheds. The colors can fall off and be left on the ground - perhaps to even be used by someone else later.
Heath
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Thu 21 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I was thinking shoes, but I can't get the color shedding part.
Bart
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Fri 22 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Hermit crabs? Snails?
PrettyBirdie
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Fri 22 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope. As a hint, it is all natural, and is not man-made in any way.
Heath
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Fri 22 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

trees?
Bart
player, 12572 posts
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Fri 22 Jan 2016
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  • msg #814

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Wings? Feathers?
Heath
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Fri 22 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yeah, I think it's wings too.
PrettyBirdie
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Fri 22 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yep! Wings it is.
Bart
player, 12576 posts
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Sat 23 Jan 2016
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  • msg #817

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I am evil incarnate.
Or is that just cheap bait?
Wanted, desired by ev-er-y
one, I bring all the rev-er-ie.
Ok, that was a bad rhyme.
Let me start over, this time.

Ahem.

Ok, once upon a dreary morn,
As I sat eating cold popcorn,
I found a...

What's in my pocket, Bagginses?  It is indeed something routinely found there.
ChupaBob
player, 206 posts
Sat 23 Jan 2016
at 11:46
  • msg #818

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

It's a nude selfie.
Bart
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Sat 23 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope. :) Although you're not too far off...
Grant
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Sun 24 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Well the last part of the riddle would lean me towards 'nothing' as the answer.
Bart
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Sun 24 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope, there's something there. :)
Heath
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Tue 26 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Is it "thrill" or "cheap thrill"?
Bart
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Tue 26 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

What would a person use to take selfies?
Heath
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Wed 27 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

What would rhyme is "porn," but I don't think that's what you're going for, so I guess I'd have to say cell phone.
Bart
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Thu 28 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Hunh.  To tell the truth, I hadn't even considered that the object might be taken as something that rhymed with those two lines.  It is indeed a cellphone, or smart phone.
Grant
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Thu 28 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

You half-quoted The Hobbit and confused the heck outta me. If you had left out the Bagginses part I... probably still wouldn't have gotten it, honestly.
Heath
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Thu 28 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Okay, I'm glad to hear the answer was not "a pile of porn" and that the thing in the pocket wasn't... well, let's move on.
Heath
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Thu 28 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A spiraling horn,
My head adorns;
And my traveling pod,
Has horns aplenty,
But of feet and hooves,
Not one in twenty.
ChupaBob
player, 212 posts
Thu 28 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

In reply to Heath (msg # 828):

A pod of narwhals
Bart
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Fri 29 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

That's probably it.

So, here's my guess, ignoring the possibility of narwhals... A group of pegasi, with their legs in the "upright and locked" position.

Ok?  Now...

Heath
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Fri 29 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Narwhals is correct! I was hoping to stump you a little on that one.
ChupaBob
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Sat 30 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Stop me if you've heard this one.

I am an inventor. I created two inventions thousands of years ago. They were both built around the same time, and they both serve the same function. One has no moving parts. The other has thousands of moving parts.

What are they?
Bart
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Sat 30 Jan 2016
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  • msg #833

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The heavens and the earth?
ChupaBob
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Sun 31 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

...not heavens and earth. Keep trying, it's more straightforward than it might seem.
Bart
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Sun 31 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The mechanism of antikythera and the compass (i.e. a needle that has been rubbed with a lodestone).
Vixcis
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Sun 31 Jan 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A sundial and a clock perhaps?
Bart
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Mon 1 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Probably. I just thought I'd point out, a sundial has a moving part  -- itself. The sundial must be rotated every day at noon so that the gnomen casts no shadow. If you can't get it so that no shadow is cast, the gnomen may not be slanted at the correct angle for your latitude. The angle must be whatever latitude you are.
ChupaBob
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Mon 1 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A compass would have one moving part, the needle.

You guys are incredibly close. Think it through. What clock fits the description and has thousands of moving parts?
Bart
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Mon 1 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

ChupaBob:
I am an inventor. I created two inventions thousands of years ago. They were both built around the same time, and they both serve the same function. One has no moving parts. The other has thousands of moving parts
Well, the timeline is thousands of years ago.  I suppose you could say the "heavenly" clock?  The stars/moons/planets/animals/whatever?  That's why I was thinking of the antikythera mechanism.  Grandfather clocks are pretty simple.  Is God the inventor?

Humans and sundials?
ChupaBob
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Mon 1 Feb 2016
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  • msg #840

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

nope
Vixcis
player, 5486 posts
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Mon 1 Feb 2016
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  • msg #841

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The sun and the earth?
Heath
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Tue 2 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

An hourglass and a water clock?
Heath
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Tue 2 Feb 2016
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  • msg #843

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Is it really just one inventor, or is that just poetic license?
ChupaBob
player, 218 posts
Tue 2 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

In reply to Heath (msg # 842):

The answer was a sundial and an hour glass. The sundial has no moving parts. The hour glass is filled with sand and thus has thousands of moving parts. Water clock is close enough, so I'll take it.
Bart
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Tue 2 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Ah, I see where you were coming from now.  The advantage as an author is that your characters always see where you were coming from. ;)
ChupaBob
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Mon 8 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I think it's your turn, Heath.
Heath
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Tue 9 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

My handle pulled,
My face you see,
And from my head,
My eyes you'll free.
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:32, Tue 09 Feb 2016.
Bart
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Tue 9 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Fire extinguisher
Heath
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Tue 9 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Nope
Bart
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Tue 9 Feb 2016
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  • msg #850

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Grenade then.
Heath
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Tue 9 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No.  The seeing the face line is both literal and metaphoric.
Heath
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Tue 9 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

handle, eyes, head and face are all metaphorical/symbolic in this riddle.  Pull and see are literal.
Vixcis
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Wed 10 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

is it a periscope or telescope?
Heath
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Wed 10 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No.  It's something almost everyone has--at least once in a while.
Heath
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Wed 10 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

And "eyes" is intentionally plural.
ChupaBob
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Wed 10 Feb 2016
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  • msg #856

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Everything about this riddle says alarm clock -- except for that one word, eyes.
FourLegged
GM, 41664 posts
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Thu 11 Feb 2016
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  • msg #857

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Slot machine?
Bart
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Thu 11 Feb 2016
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  • msg #858

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

quote:
No.  It's something almost everyone has--at least once in a while.
Yeah, like I said, a grenade.
quote:
My handle pulled,
My face you see,
And from my head,
My eyes you'll free.
It's a toaster!
Heath
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Thu 11 Feb 2016
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

It is something you eat, but not anything you cook something in
Heath
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Thu 11 Feb 2016
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  • msg #860

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

"Eyes" is probably the most important word in the riddle.  It's totally tubular!
Vixcis
player, 5505 posts
Oh so evil
yet oh so sexy too
Sat 13 Feb 2016
at 01:49
  • msg #861

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

It's a potato
Queen~of~Hearts
player, 1 post
Sat 13 Feb 2016
at 06:42
  • msg #862

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Is it a pumpkin/Jack-O-Lantern?
ChupaBob
player, 223 posts
Sun 14 Feb 2016
at 04:03
  • msg #863

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Oooooh, it's Mister Potato Head.
Bart
player, 12644 posts
Everywhere in the world,
you find good things.
Mon 15 Feb 2016
at 07:24
  • msg #864

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Heath:
"Eyes" is probably the most important word in the riddle.  It's totally tubular!

I'm going to go with potato.  Although look at these glowing red eyes: https://tpucdn.com/reviews/Cor...ges/abuse8_small.jpg  I'd make a better image, but I don't have a toaster.

I think an actual handle is more handly than the green bit that you used to pull the potato from the ground, but I admire the puns, especially "tubular". :)
Heath
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Tue 16 Feb 2016
at 18:26
  • msg #865

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Potato is correct.  You pull it out of the ground to reveal its head and eyes.
Bart
player, 12645 posts
Everywhere in the world,
you find good things.
Wed 17 Feb 2016
at 07:43
  • msg #866

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

You lovingly stroke its face.
Quiescent? It sings to you,
Lets you know that it loves you.

You happily put it in its place.
Fight back? As if it would dare to,
Remember why Eden fell through.

What is it?
This message was last edited by the player at 07:43, Wed 17 Feb 2016.
Grant
GM, 7304 posts
HOLY CRAP!!!
ITS SEAN CONNERY!!!
Wed 17 Feb 2016
at 22:41
  • msg #867

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Does it have something to do with an apple?
FourLegged
GM, 41680 posts
Quadruped Phascolarctos
Cinereus Unsquisheus
Wed 17 Feb 2016
at 22:59
  • msg #868

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A snake?
ChupaBob
player, 225 posts
Thu 18 Feb 2016
at 01:22
  • msg #869

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The magic lamp from Arabic folklore
Bart
player, 12646 posts
Everywhere in the world,
you find good things.
Thu 18 Feb 2016
at 02:04
  • msg #870

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

It does have something to do with an apple.  It is neither a snake of any kind nor a magic lamp of any type.

ChupaBob is on the right track.

A flashlight, a star sight, keep track of your date night.
Grant
GM, 7305 posts
HOLY CRAP!!!
ITS SEAN CONNERY!!!
Thu 18 Feb 2016
at 03:42
  • msg #871

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Is it a cell phone?
Bart
player, 12647 posts
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Thu 18 Feb 2016
at 04:17
  • msg #872

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

It is, although that answer is not specific enough.
Grant
GM, 7306 posts
HOLY CRAP!!!
ITS SEAN CONNERY!!!
Thu 18 Feb 2016
at 06:40
  • msg #873

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

An Apple? If that's correct then I'm going to have to kick myself because my phone's autocorrect suggested that when I typed it in the first time.
Bart
player, 12653 posts
Everywhere in the world,
you find good things.
Thu 18 Feb 2016
at 14:33
  • msg #874

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Well, I was going more for iPhone, but I'll settle for the colloquial Apple.
Heath
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Thu 18 Feb 2016
at 18:57
  • msg #875

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

You must have some spare time on your hands... :)

That sounds about right for posts.  We may be over 500K by counting the people who left and accounts got deleted.
PrettyBirdie
player, 963 posts
Why is candy not a valid
option for currency?
Thu 18 Feb 2016
at 19:30
  • msg #876

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Was that meant to be posted in the timewasters lounge?
Heath
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Thu 18 Feb 2016
at 21:33
  • msg #877

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes, unless we can somehow turn it into a riddle.
PrettyBirdie
player, 964 posts
Why is candy not a valid
option for currency?
Thu 18 Feb 2016
at 23:04
  • msg #878

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Hmm.... Is the answer "Posting"? Or maybe we need to figure out the true count of posts. ;)
ChupaBob
player, 226 posts
Fri 19 Feb 2016
at 05:07
  • msg #879

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The answer is NO LIFE WHATSOEVER.
Tanner
player, 244 posts
Wait... you mean the
green goop isn't edible?
Sun 21 Feb 2016
at 01:11
  • msg #880

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Hmmm...anyone want to come up with a new one...I have no talent for making riddles XD
FourLegged
GM, 41718 posts
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Sun 21 Feb 2016
at 01:48
  • msg #881

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Neither do I.
Grant
GM, 7452 posts
HOLY CRAP!!!
ITS SEAN CONNERY!!!
Sun 11 Feb 2018
at 07:49
  • msg #882

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

We need Heath here.
Froggychum
player, 105 posts
Sun 11 Feb 2018
at 15:39
  • msg #883

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I'd like to meet him.

This thread needs a way to find out who is making a riddle, maybe a riddlemaker needs to start their post with RIDDLEMETHIS

and then we can all just ctrl+f it :3
Grant
GM, 7458 posts
HOLY CRAP!!!
ITS SEAN CONNERY!!!
Sun 11 Feb 2018
at 18:26
  • msg #884

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yeah, that might work.
Froggychum
player, 111 posts
Mon 12 Feb 2018
at 20:16
  • msg #885

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

crownnnn
Tanner
player, 357 posts
Wait... you mean the
green goop isn't edible?
Sat 12 May 2018
at 20:52
  • msg #886

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Through the night i dance,
wistful and wantonly through the darkness.
With the other's I rejoice,
as we have commenced our reunion.

Yet when the dawn breaks we scatter,
forever bound to our master.
Reaching, Stretching, towards one another,
our bond is easily broken while bound to our other.

When the sun sets we begin again.

What am I?
Froggychum
player, 275 posts
Sun 13 May 2018
at 16:11
  • msg #887

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

stars?
Tanner
player, 440 posts
Wait... you mean the
green goop isn't edible?
Sun 13 May 2018
at 17:20
  • msg #888

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No :P
Froggychum
player, 313 posts
Sun 13 May 2018
at 17:20
  • msg #889

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

fireflies?
Tanner
player, 443 posts
Wait... you mean the
green goop isn't edible?
Sun 13 May 2018
at 17:25
  • msg #890

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No...you are not quite on the right track...but my lack of riddling skills could be to blame
Froggychum
player, 321 posts
Sun 13 May 2018
at 17:29
  • msg #891

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

if i can i ask for a hint: is it alive?
Tanner
player, 448 posts
Wait... you mean the
green goop isn't edible?
Sun 13 May 2018
at 17:32
  • msg #892

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No it is not.
Froggychum
player, 328 posts
Sun 13 May 2018
at 17:34
  • msg #893

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

waves?
Tanner
player, 451 posts
Wait... you mean the
green goop isn't edible?
Sun 13 May 2018
at 17:35
  • msg #894

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Not quite
Froggychum
player, 331 posts
Sun 13 May 2018
at 17:36
  • msg #895

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

i read it more carefully, is it a chemical bond or something?
Tanner
player, 454 posts
Wait... you mean the
green goop isn't edible?
Sun 13 May 2018
at 17:42
  • msg #896

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

It's a bit more poetic, it does have to do with light though...
Froggychum
player, 339 posts
Sun 13 May 2018
at 17:44
  • msg #897

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

moonlight?
Bart
player, 12739 posts
Everywhere in the world,
you find good things.
Wed 23 May 2018
at 15:29
  • msg #898

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

quote:
Through the night i dance,
wistful and wantonly through the darkness.
With the other's I rejoice,
as we have commenced our reunion.

Yet when the dawn breaks we scatter,
forever bound to our master.
Reaching, Stretching, towards one another,
our bond is easily broken while bound to our other.

When the sun sets we begin again.

What am I?

Not stars or fireflies -- not quite on the right track.
Not alive.
Not waves.
More poetic than chemical bonds although it does have to do with light.
Perhaps moonlight?

Bacteria: https://www.nrl.navy.mil/content_images/07FA6.pdf
quote:
January 25, 1995: On a dark evening in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Somalia, a merchant vessel was steaming southward when its crew began to notice a strange glow in the distance. Within minutes, and for six hours thereafter, the S.S. Lima found herself cutting through waters producing a radiant white glow reminiscent of a boundless snowfield. Ten years later, scientists learning of Lima’s surreal encounter sought out the date and time within an archive of low-light satellite data. The match found between the ship’s position and an “anomalous” light source in the satellite data — spanning an area exceeding 15,000 km2 and morphing over several night’s time in a way consistent with the known sea surface currents — marked the first confirmed remote-sensing of the legendary “milky sea,” a poorly understood phenomenon thought to be linked to population explosions of luminous bacteria. Here, we detail the unusual circumstances and important implications of this discovery.


More poetic description: https://science.howstuffworks....graphy/milky-sea.htm

Seeing it from space: http://www.pnas.org/content/102/40/14181

I've body-boarded in that stuff before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQX3yK8aw3Y (the video is not of me, since my little adventure was before the days of GoPro's) but it's truly a majestic experience.
Froggychum
player, 405 posts
Wed 23 May 2018
at 18:51
  • msg #899

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

gorgeous
Tanner
player, 466 posts
Wait... you mean the
green goop isn't edible?
Wed 23 May 2018
at 21:58
  • msg #900

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Can I change the answer to be the milky sea? XD
Bart
player, 12744 posts
Everywhere in the world,
you find good things.
Wed 23 May 2018
at 22:13
  • msg #901

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Tall and stark I stand
Riddled with holes, I'm wired to pulsating electricity
You turn up my screams as everyone cheers
And the bass drops.

What am I?

((Vixcis, they need you...))

GM's, here's the answer in case I go dark:
Froggychum
player, 410 posts
Thu 24 May 2018
at 18:54
  • msg #902

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

lol a speaker duh
Bart
player, 12747 posts
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Thu 24 May 2018
at 19:45
  • msg #903

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Great job!  Your turn to post a riddle. :)
Froggychum
player, 413 posts
Fri 25 May 2018
at 15:39
  • msg #904

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

okay:

i am biweekly
safe and sound sleeping
please do not play me
Tanner
player, 467 posts
Wait... you mean the
green goop isn't edible?
Sun 27 May 2018
at 00:41
  • msg #905

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Is it a type of Alarm?
Bart
player, 12750 posts
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Sun 27 May 2018
at 06:40
  • msg #906

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The paycheck system? ;)

Biweekly as in twice a week or every two weeks?
Tanner
player, 468 posts
Wait... you mean the
green goop isn't edible?
Sun 27 May 2018
at 06:43
  • msg #907

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

That was my first guess, but I was thrown off by sleeping safe and sound.

Side note, the original answer to my riddle was Shadows
Froggychum
player, 416 posts
Sun 27 May 2018
at 14:05
  • msg #908

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

not an alarm or paycheck system
and by biweekly i mean once every 2 weeks

if we get stuck i'll give a hint
Qyv
player, 639 posts
Tue 29 May 2018
at 19:26
  • msg #909

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Only thing I can think of is a half moon, but I can't think how that would fit the last line, unless there's a song that Froggy just hates. :P
Bart
player, 12751 posts
Everywhere in the world,
you find good things.
Tue 29 May 2018
at 19:48
  • msg #910

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Froggychum:
i am biweekly
safe and sound sleeping
please do not play me

I honestly can't think of anything that reoccurs on a two-week system other than bills and paychecks, but that's not the answer.  I can't think of any living system with a two-week cycle.
Tanner
player, 469 posts
Wait... you mean the
green goop isn't edible?
Tue 29 May 2018
at 21:59
  • msg #911

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Don't play me?

Even though this actually happens once a month...

Twilight: New Moon?
Qyv
player, 640 posts
Tue 29 May 2018
at 23:29
  • msg #912

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Tanner:
Don't play me?

Even though this actually happens once a month...

Twilight: New Moon?


That's part of why I was thinking a half moon.
Tanner
player, 470 posts
Wait... you mean the
green goop isn't edible?
Tue 29 May 2018
at 23:42
  • msg #913

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yeah, I came to mine inspired by your moon answer.
Froggychum
player, 419 posts
Wed 30 May 2018
at 18:52
  • msg #914

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

none of those are correct

i'll give a hint

but first lemme say something: the second line is the least well crafted of them all, and may be confusing you.

now a hint: it's a game

have fun!
Bart
player, 12754 posts
Everywhere in the world,
you find good things.
Wed 30 May 2018
at 23:08
  • msg #915

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I can't think of anything that's biweekly.  Hearing that it's some sort of game doesn't really help me think of anything biweekly. :p
Qyv
player, 643 posts
Thu 31 May 2018
at 01:05
  • msg #916

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Russian Roulette?

"Every other week someone shoots themselves"
Dead is kinda like sleeping?
Don't play it.. please.
Froggychum
player, 422 posts
Thu 31 May 2018
at 19:05
  • msg #917

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

very nice Qyv, but that is not the correct answer :D
Bart
player, 12755 posts
Everywhere in the world,
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Tue 5 Jun 2018
at 20:47
  • msg #918

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I think we need another hint. :)
Froggychum
player, 423 posts
Wed 6 Jun 2018
at 19:19
  • msg #919

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

sure enough! :D

hint #2 (a specification): it's a video game
Bart
player, 12756 posts
Everywhere in the world,
you find good things.
Wed 6 Jun 2018
at 20:51
  • msg #920

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Kind of makes me think of Five Nights at Freddy's but that's not even a week.
Froggychum
player, 424 posts
Thu 7 Jun 2018
at 18:46
  • msg #921

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

not fnaf, but that is close (not in genre, but a different way)
Bart
player, 12757 posts
Everywhere in the world,
you find good things.
Tue 12 Jun 2018
at 17:06
  • msg #922

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Ready for another hint? :)
Froggychum
player, 425 posts
Tue 12 Jun 2018
at 18:45
  • msg #923

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Okay. hint #3: it's very popular right now
Bart
player, 12758 posts
Everywhere in the world,
you find good things.
Tue 12 Jun 2018
at 22:19
  • msg #924

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I'm sorry, but I don't really play video games anymore except Rocksmith.
Froggychum
player, 426 posts
Wed 13 Jun 2018
at 18:45
  • msg #925

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

alright. i'll tell you all:

IT'S FORTNITE.

BREAKDOWN
i am biweekly - a fortnight is once every two weeks
safe and sound sleeping - nighttime is time for sleeping (yeah this one is pretty bad, also fortnite is not safe pvp, but is sfw)
please do not play me (i forgot about this one, this is a bit biased and probs strayed people away from the answer. i actually like fortnite, dont remember why i put this lie in here.)
Bart
player, 12765 posts
Everywhere in the world,
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Sat 16 Jun 2018
at 00:57
  • msg #926

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

You spelled the name of the game wrong. The word should be fortnight, unless it's one those edgy "purposefully misspelled" games. ;)

Ok, your turn to make another riddle.
Froggychum
player, 433 posts
Sat 16 Jun 2018
at 11:08
  • msg #927

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

no. the actual game is spelled like that: "FORTNITE" it should be fortnight, but it's not.
so yea edgy

Good ideas come from me
Scary movies hurt me
Use me to be healthy
Grant
GM, 7487 posts
HOLY CRAP!!!
ITS SEAN CONNERY!!!
Wed 20 Jun 2018
at 13:10
  • msg #928

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A lightbulb?
Froggychum
player, 439 posts
Thu 21 Jun 2018
at 14:53
  • msg #929

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No, but related to that is a brain, which is one possible answer to this, but not the right one i was thinking of.

So this can be brain, but it's not, so try again. (im cool because i thought of 2 answers to my own riddle :D)
Bart
player, 12776 posts
Everywhere in the world,
you find good things.
Sat 23 Jun 2018
at 12:49
  • msg #930

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I'm not sure how scary movies hurt your brain.  Maybe your spirit/soul?
Froggychum
player, 443 posts
Sat 23 Jun 2018
at 14:15
  • msg #931

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

some can be really depraved and disturbing....

but the answer isn't brain. also that line is even more vague with the real answer :3
Bart
player, 12777 posts
Everywhere in the world,
you find good things.
Sat 23 Jun 2018
at 18:04
  • msg #932

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Music.
Froggychum
player, 444 posts
Sun 24 Jun 2018
at 12:40
  • msg #933

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

nope.
ChupaBob
player, 343 posts
Fri 5 Oct 2018
at 03:40
  • msg #934

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Good ideas come from me
Scary movies hurt me
Use me to be healthy


We are still working on this riddle, right? I ask because I have no idea what the answer may be.
Heath
GM, 18293 posts
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Thu 18 Oct 2018
at 22:14
  • msg #935

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I think we need an answer to this one.  We all give up.
FourLegged
GM, 41917 posts
Quadruped Phascolarctos
Cinereus Unsquisheus
Mon 22 Oct 2018
at 04:02
  • msg #936

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I'm curious
Heath
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Mon 29 Oct 2018
at 18:42
  • msg #937

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Is the answer a "cat"?  :)
FourLegged
GM, 41923 posts
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Cinereus Unsquisheus
Wed 31 Oct 2018
at 03:18
  • msg #938

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Good ideas come from me
Scary movies hurt me
Use me to be healthy


A cat?  No, I don't believe so
Heath
GM, 18295 posts
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Fri 21 Dec 2018
at 18:09
  • msg #939

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I meant to the one about being curious...because cats are curious.  :)
Vixcis
player, 5520 posts
Oh so evil
yet oh so sexy too
Tue 12 Feb 2019
at 06:05
  • msg #940

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A good nights rest?
FourLegged
GM, 41938 posts
Quadruped Phascolarctos
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Thu 21 Feb 2019
at 00:46
  • msg #941

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

If that answer isn't right, it should be.
Heath
GM, 18296 posts
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Wed 6 Mar 2019
at 20:08
  • msg #942

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I am your every hope,
And I am your every nightmare.
FourLegged
GM, 41945 posts
Quadruped Phascolarctos
Cinereus Unsquisheus
Thu 7 Mar 2019
at 05:55
  • msg #943

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I am torn between four possibilities:

1. Vixcis
2. The future
3. My imagination
4. Not the weirdest pickup line that I have ever heard
Pluckyribbons
player, 42 posts
Sun 10 Mar 2019
at 06:10
  • msg #944

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Heath:
I am your every hope,
And I am your every nightmare.


Disney Star Wars?
Vixcis
player, 5529 posts
Oh so evil
yet oh so sexy too
Tue 12 Mar 2019
at 06:37
  • msg #945

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

HA! I’m changing that to my new description! FL you crack me up,

I’m going to say the answer is dreams
FourLegged
GM, 41966 posts
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Sat 7 Sep 2019
at 07:42
  • msg #946

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Uh-oh, I am beginning to suspect that this won't be answered
Heath
GM, 18300 posts
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Thu 16 Jan 2020
at 01:53
  • msg #947

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes, dreams was correct!

Here's a new one:

Try as you might, you can only kiss me on the lips.
Heath
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Fri 24 Jan 2020
at 06:36
  • msg #948

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No takers on this?  Look at the clue closely and reflect and you might find the answer
Pluckyribbons
player, 69 posts
Sat 25 Jan 2020
at 16:25
  • msg #949

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A prudish sister?
FourLegged
GM, 42031 posts
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Sun 26 Jan 2020
at 00:44
  • msg #950

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Your own reflection?
Heath
GM, 18306 posts
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Thu 30 Jan 2020
at 06:24
  • msg #951

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes. Your reflection in a mirror!
Heath
GM, 18308 posts
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Fri 7 Feb 2020
at 07:43
  • msg #952

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

My third may be charmed,
Borrowed for living yet never returned,
And ripe without rotting,
With interest that's earned.
You may pass me,
But I fly without wings,
And you may keep me or kill me,
But I exist for all things.
Heath
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Wed 19 Feb 2020
at 09:31
  • msg #953

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No takers? Where did everyone go?
FourLegged
GM, 42036 posts
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Thu 20 Feb 2020
at 02:22
  • msg #954

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Like the answer to your riddle, everyone runs out eventually.

Too dark?
firelizardkimi
GM, 2547 posts
Gravity is a myth.
The Earth sucks.
Thu 20 Feb 2020
at 15:32
  • msg #955

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

As usual, I'm just not sure.
Heath
GM, 18311 posts
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Thu 20 Feb 2020
at 23:56
  • msg #956

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No one has it yet. I'll give you some more time.
FourLegged
GM, 42037 posts
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Fri 21 Feb 2020
at 04:41
  • msg #957

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Throw out that clue again.  Maybe the next one's the charm
Heath
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Fri 21 Feb 2020
at 08:21
  • msg #958

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

The first TIME, I didn't catch your clue. This TIME, I took the TIME to read it more carefully.
Heath
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Tue 25 Feb 2020
at 02:41
  • msg #959

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Maybe this riddle is a serious waste of...
FourLegged
GM, 42038 posts
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Tue 25 Feb 2020
at 03:23
  • msg #960

Re: Riddle Me This XIII

A serious waste of popcorn shrimp?
Heath
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Wed 26 Feb 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I think the answer is obvious to everyone as "time," so I'll break it down:

My third may be charmed, [third time's a charm]
Borrowed for living yet never returned, [living on borrowed time]
And ripe without rotting, [the time is ripe]
With interest that's earned. [especially compounded over time]
You may pass me, [pass time]
But I fly without wings, [time flies...when you're having fun]
And you may keep me or kill me, [keep time or kill time]
But I exist for all things.
Heath
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Sun 29 Mar 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Brought from the mine,
And held to the sun,
Drops of frozen red wine,
From Hell's deep vats o'errun.
Froggychum
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Sun 29 Mar 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I like that! I'm guessing... blood?
Heath
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Mon 30 Mar 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

No. Good guess, but blood does not come from a mine...
Germ Ant
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Mon 30 Mar 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

It doesn't? I knew there was something wrong with my mine.
Froggychum
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Mon 30 Mar 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Ha!

Another guess then... I feel like i was pretty close... the second line is the one I find hardest...

What about rubies?
FourLegged
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Mon 30 Mar 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I was thinking lava, but rubies sound more likely
Heath
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Ruby is correct!

If you copy and paste the riddle in a search engine, you will see that I modified a real poem to make the riddle.
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Froggychum
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Wed 1 Apr 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

I had thought of doing that but worried it might be cheating, so I refrained

I did it just now though and didn't find a poem :(

I'll double post a new riddle if I think of one, i suppose.
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Thu 2 Apr 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem called "Rubies" goes like this:

THEY brought me rubies from the mine,
And held them to the sun;
I said, they are drops of frozen wine
From Eden's vats that run.

I looked again,--I thought them hearts
Of friends to friends unknown;
Tides that should warm each neighboring life
Are locked in sparkling stone.

But fire to thaw that ruddy snow,
To break enchanted ice,
And give love's scarlet tides to flow,--
When shall that sun arise?
Heath
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Fri 3 Apr 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Four fingers have I,
And a thumb that's all too grand;
But though I can point and clench a fist,
I do not have a hand.
FourLegged
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Fri 3 Apr 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Does the answer fit like a glove?
Heath
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Fri 3 Apr 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Yes! You're too smart for me, FL. You cannot be outwitted.
FourLegged
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Fri 3 Apr 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Who's got two thumbs and is a koala?  This guy
Heath
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Fri 3 Apr 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Koalas have two thumbs on each hand, for a total of four! That would have made a great riddle.
FourLegged
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Fri 3 Apr 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

Wait a few years and try it.  I'll have probably forgotten by then
Heath
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Fri 3 Apr 2020
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Re: Riddle Me This XIII

We are almost at a thousand posts. Time to start a new Riddle thread soon...
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