I apologize in advance for *possible* over use of commas
1: I sleep in the ocean, a large drinking glass, I am used in potions, healing, and mass. I am the rythym of the waves, I hit the beaches and the caves.
What am I?
2: One word am I, I travel back to here, I go at speeds that many would fear, Competing against others to get first place, I always try to win first place, My name is the same, front and back, Cheer for me when I'm on the track.
What am I?
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
1) Water
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
2) Racecar
I thought 1 was too obvious so must be wrong.
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
You wouldn't believe how deep and long my family thought about these.
Posted by BaoQingTian (Member # 8775) on :
Is #2 Radar, or was Papa right?
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
Papa and Dan are right (I need better riddles!) Feel free to add your own.
3: I can help you see what is far I can travel with you in the car I have been used in times of old I've shown land and stars and wonders to behold!
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
quote:Originally posted by BaoQingTian: Is #2 Radar
Just wondering, how did you get radar?
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
If there's a place you gotta go, I'm the one you need to know....
Posted by BaoQingTian (Member # 8775) on :
Well, the going fast, beating other things, and what was the clincher for me was the name is the same front and back. I thought it was referring to a palindrome. Mostly I just made it harder than it was Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
A map.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
I'm assuming Tante is correct (it was my guess, as anyone who has watched Dora the Explorer knows).
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
Tante's wrong.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
a telescope
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
I was thinking it was glasses.
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
Mandy's got it!
4: Often am I overlooked, so often am I used It's me you find when your body is tired and bruised So long ago I could not move, but that all has changed Sometimes on me your arms can rest, or your back if it is pained.
What am I?
(I think this one is a little more vauge)
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Those had both occurred to me as well (though I discounted a telescope as something that would normally travel with you in a car), but I still think map is a better answer. To be honest, I'm pressed to think of any answer better than map. But when I hear the correct one, maybe I'll soften my stance.
[Edit -- nope. Sorry.]
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
I was thinking of one of those small telescopes (or rather a spyglass I think is the proper term)
Maps also show only what is known. By "wonders to behold" I meant what is both discovered and undiscovered. With a telescope/spyglass you could find a new planet or star. not with a map.
On the other hand, a map does work for an answer. It can show you where the "wonders" are Both work. A double answer riddle!
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
Papa, I agree that map was a better answer.
The next one is a icepack or a heating pad?
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
I was thinking it might be a bed or a chair.
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
Hmm, ok that last riddle is really bad now that I reread it. If you still want to guess, your answers are wrong.
Someone else post a riddle! Mine are growing worse!
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
Pillow?
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
Whoa! Skip my last post, Papa's right, it's a chair.
OK, a friend of mine told me this one and I haven't solved it yet.
Why do women pray? Why do kids hate school? Why do people get divorced?
All three questions have the same answer.
Posted by Pinky (Member # 9161) on :
Boredom?
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Because of kids.
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
I don't think thats it.
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
This reminds me of my favorite riddle, as outlined in a comic book about the origin of the Riddler. The Riddler is being interviewed by a reporter.
Riddler: What's green, sits in a bathtub and whistles?
Reporter: I have no idea.
Riddler: A salami.
Reporter: That makes no sense.
Riddler: Sure it does.
Reporter: A salami isn't green.
Riddler: You can paint it green.
Reporter: A salami doesn't sit in a bathtub.
Riddler: You can put it in a bathtub.
Reporter: But a salami doesn't whistle.
Riddler: I know. I just put that in to make it difficult.
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
quote:Originally posted by BaoQingTian: Well, the going fast, beating other things, and what was the clincher for me was the name is the same front and back. I thought it was referring to a palindrome. Mostly I just made it harder than it was
It was a palindrome. Racecar is the same front and back, so you were on the right track.
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
quote:Originally posted by MidnightBlue: Racecar is the same front and back, so you were on the right track.
Pun intended?
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I sit under the all-seeing eye I am smooth on the East And terraced on the West My pictures tell my story. My pun is the halved he ate.
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
The desert?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
The Unfinished Pyramid?
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Actually...just "pyramids"
We've got the unfinished one under the all-seeing eye on our dollar bill.
The ones in the East (Egypt) are smooth sided, the ones in the West (MesoAmerica) are terraced.
The pictures in them told about the culture of the time,
Actually, further East of Egypt, many stepped pyramids have been found recently. I think just a couple weeks ago a massive stepped pyramid was found in... I want to say Albania, one of the Eastern European countries. But for all intents and purposes it's a clever riddle Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
Good one.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
quote:Actually, further East of Egypt, many stepped pyramids have been found recently. I think just a couple weeks ago a massive stepped pyramid was found in... I want to say Albania, one of the Eastern European countries.
cool. I'll have to look that up.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I hesitate to trot this one out, because it's kind of tired (from my perspective). If you've seen it before don't answer, as it is kind of a fun one to work through if you haven't seen it. From the old Infocom game Beyond Zork:
My tines be long My tines be short My tines end ere my first report What am I?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Lightning?
Or maybe one of those flimsy little plastic forks that you get at the salad bar in the supermarket that break off as soon as you try to put them to use?
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Yep, lightning.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. Whoever knows it, wants it not.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: I hesitate to trot this one out, because it's kind of tired (from my perspective). If you've seen it before don't answer, as it is kind of a fun one to work through if you haven't seen it. From the old Infocom game Beyond Zork:
My tines be long My tines be short My tines end ere my first report What am I?
Lightning Bolt
Ill try to create one:
You shan't find us in desert regions Never alone, you find us in legions Our mature form is quite unsightly Mutilate us and we endure quietly
What are we?
Tante:
A secret?
Going of Katraina
I think "A Cold" fits the bill
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Tante: A computer virus?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:You shan't find us in desert regions Never alone, you find us in legions Our mature form is quite unsightly Mutilate us and we endure quietly
Mushrooms?
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
quote:You shan't find us in desert regions Never alone, you find us in legions Our mature form is quite unsightly Mutilate us and we endure quietly
Mushrooms?
you dont find mushrooms in legions
also what is unsightly about mushrooms?
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Yeah, but people don't make colds.
I want to know if my answer is right... *pout*
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Katarain: Yeah, but people don't make colds.
I want to know if my answer is right... *pout*
Katrain: A cold has to start somewhere, and its usually within a person where it mutates when it reproduces.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Then it should say the person who makes it doesn't know it, rather than doesn't tell it.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
quote:You shan't find us in desert regions Never alone, you find us in legions Our mature form is quite unsightly Mutilate us and we endure quietly
Lotuses?
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by vonk:
quote:You shan't find us in desert regions Never alone, you find us in legions Our mature form is quite unsightly Mutilate us and we endure quietly
Lotuses?
you dont find lotuses in legions
whats unsightly about a lotus' mature form (they are quite beautiful)
Katarain: The person who originated the cold certainly does not "tell" anyone that they did.
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
A person doesn't make a cold anyway. They might be the vessel where it mutates, but it's not something they themselves made.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Alrighty, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I'm an idiot. Can I go ahead and change that to 'locust'?
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by vonk: Alrighty, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I'm an idiot. Can I go ahead and change that to 'locust'?
lol a very decent guess but again I wouldnt say their mature form is specifically unsightly, as it looks more or less the same as their immature form. Unless you think of a grub as sightly.
Is there some sort of rule as to how many guesses until the answer should be revealed?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
It is not a cold.
And mushrooms aren't usually found singly -- they are in bunches, legions if you will.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: It is not a cold.
And mushrooms aren't usually found singly -- they are in bunches, legions if you will.
Earthworms? The "unsightly" and mutliation things, plus they come out after the rain.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by SenojRetep: BB-
Earthworms? The "unsightly" and mutliation things, plus they come out after the rain.
again remember the "mature" form really is not different from the immature form. I am trying to emphasise that the MATURE form is unsightly when compared to the immature form.
I can concede that you might find large numbers of earthworms around after rain, but in the riddle I did not use rain to stipulate when you find them. What I am thinking of is ALWAYS found in legions and never alone.
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
Blind roman soldiers? <haha>
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I had two more lines to the riddle but I thought it might make it too easy, but here goes:
The strongest of winds we do withstand But easily plucked by the weakest hand
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
Am I invisible???
Tante, is it a computer virus?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
A computer virus is a really good answer! Not what I had in mind (counterfeit money) but I'll take it!
quote:The strongest of winds we do withstand But easily plucked by the weakest hand
Mushrooms? Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Katarain: Am I invisible???
I know the answer to that one! No!
Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :
*phew* Thanks for validating my existence. I was wondering for a moment...
Counterfeit money makes sense!
I wonder if other things that bad people make would work, too.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
You only find me In a group of three, I am only seen In the color green, I'm seldom used But frequently viewed. To Hatrackers this will apply: No evil will I signify!
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: A computer virus is a really good answer! Not what I had in mind (counterfeit money) but I'll take it!
quote:The strongest of winds we do withstand But easily plucked by the weakest hand
Mushrooms?
The solution is:
Grass
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
quote:Originally posted by SenojRetep: Earthworms? The "unsightly" and mutliation things
I don't think they're "unsightly" They look cool to me.
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: You only find me In a group of three, I am only seen In the color green, I'm seldom used But frequently viewed. To Hatrackers this will apply: No evil will I signify!
Clovers?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Clovers?
Not even close!
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jeesh:
quote:Originally posted by SenojRetep: Earthworms? The "unsightly" and mutliation things
I don't think they're "unsightly" They look cool to me.
I was thinking more that they are blind (taking "unsightly" as a double entendre, although not of the racy sort).
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: You only find me In a group of three, I am only seen In the color green, I'm seldom used But frequently viewed. To Hatrackers this will apply: No evil will I signify!
No takers? Let's see if I can help you out with another couplet:
I have six arms, two mouths, four eyes, two colons indicate my size.
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: You only find me In a group of three, I am only seen In the color green, I'm seldom used But frequently viewed. To Hatrackers this will apply: No evil will I signify!
No takers? Let's see if I can help you out with another couplet:
I have six arms, two mouths, four eyes, two colons indicate my size.
Too easy. I had it before the extra hint:
Here's a good one I read today: Name something blue that is red when it's green.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Good job, Miro! Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
I come to all, both young and old Some I make fearful, and some I make bold Both king and peasant know me well For in the hearts of all I dwell
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
God?
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
I was going to answer "weeds" for that earlier riddle.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Poetic, MB, but the riddle's answer applies to atheists as well.
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
quote:Name something blue that is red when it's green.
De-oxidized blood? (Red when it's newly oxidized, blue on it's return trip from the lungs, once it's not-so-"green")
quote:I come to all, both young and old Some I make fearful, and some I make bold Both king and peasant know me well For in the hearts of all I dwell
The sure knowledge of death
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
quote:Originally posted by SenojRetep: [QB]
quote:Name something blue that is red when it's green.
De-oxidized blood? (Red when it's newly oxidized, blue on it's return trip from the lungs, once it's not-so-"green")
Really interesting, but no.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
quote:The sure knowledge of death
Good answer. The given one was simpler than that, though.
Posted by Earendil18 (Member # 3180) on :
quote:Originally posted by Miro:
quote:Originally posted by SenojRetep: [QB]
quote:Name something blue that is red when it's green.
De-oxidized blood? (Red when it's newly oxidized, blue on it's return trip from the lungs, once it's not-so-"green")
Really interesting, but no.
The surface of water at various points in the day?
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
quote:Originally posted by Miro: Name something blue that is red when it's green.
How about something that has passed through all the stages of heating.
quote:Our colloquial usage of "red hot," "white hot," and so on, is part of the color sequence black, red, orange, yellow, white, and bluish white, seen as an object is heated to successively higher temperatures.
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
Nope and nope
quote:Originally posted by Sterling:
quote:The sure knowledge of death
Good answer. The given one was simpler than that, though.
I thought that would be it. Is it love?
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
quote:Name something blue that is red when it's green.
The face of a depressed person prone to angry bouts of jealousy.
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
Lol.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dan_raven:
quote:Name something blue that is red when it's green.
The face of a depressed person prone to angry bouts of jealousy.
I really doubt that there's a better answer to this particular riddle.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
quote:I thought that would be it. Is it love?
Also good. Not quite. I'll give people a couple more shots and then I'll tell.
Posted by Princess Leah (Member # 6026) on :
quote:Name something blue that is red when it's green.
Blueberries?
Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
You got it. Posted by Puppy (Member # 6721) on :
Knock knock.
Posted by Amilia (Member # 8912) on :
Who's there?
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
Interrupting Cow
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
Interrupting Cow Wh...
Moo!
Posted by Humean316 (Member # 8175) on :
Study this paragraph and all things in it. What is vitally wrong with it? Actually, nothing in it is wrong, but you must admit that it is most unusual. Don't just zip through it quickly, but study it scrupulously. With luck you should spot what is so particular about it and all words found in it. Can you say what it is? Tax your brains and try again. Don't miss a word or a symbol. It isn't all that difficult?
And another one of my favorites.
Multiply the number of each animal Moses took on the ark by the number of people who ran for president in 2004. Now take that number and multiply by the number of fingers you have. Finally, divide that number by two. What is the number?
Posted by Geekazoid99 (Member # 8254) on :
0 it was Noah who took the animals on the ark
the other one i have no idea
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
No 'e'.
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sterling: I come to all, both young and old Some I make fearful, and some I make bold Both king and peasant know me well For in the hearts of all I dwell
Life? Love?
[ June 11, 2006, 05:52 PM: Message edited by: Jeesh ]
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
quote: I come to all, both young and old Some I make fearful, and some I make bold Both king and peasant know me well For in the hearts of all I dwell
[bad dracula accent]Bllloooooood. [/bad dracula accent]
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Heres a classic one:
"Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness"
Don't look at me, I didn't create the riddle, but it is found in one of the most read books in history.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Heres a classic one:
"Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness"
Don't look at me, I didn't create the riddle, but it is found in one of the most read books in history.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Heres a classic one:
"Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness"
Don't look at me, I didn't create the riddle, but it is found in one of the most read books in history.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Humean, nowhere in the paragraph does the letter "e" appear--is that the answer?
BlackBlade, that was the honey in the carcass of the lion that Samson found in the Old Testament. Which was no more possible for us to solve out of context if we didn't know the story already than it was for the Philistine men to whom Samson posed the riddle!
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Humean, nowhere in the paragraph does the letter "e" appear--is that the answer?
BlackBlade, that was the honey in the carcass of the lion that Samson found in the Old Testament. Which was no more possible for us to solve out of context if we didn't know the story already than it was for the Philistine men to whom Samson posed the riddle!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Samson told that one. It's a pretty old riddle. I recall that he killed some attacking lion, and then later, when he was passing by, saw that bees had built their hive in it's dead carcass.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Dreams. Posted by Humean316 (Member # 8175) on :
Yeah the answer to the first one is that every letter appears except E.
The second answer is 0. Noah took animals on the ark. So you guys got them...
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
What is my name? And do not leer At me, for bastardry you fear; One of my kind wrote seven o'honey, About the queen of those so dear Who give us - for our teeth - some money.
There's a hint in the verse itself where you should look. Yes, it requires previous knowledge.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Titania?
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
quote:Originally posted by Papa Moose: No 'e'.
How did I not see that before I posted (3 times) yesterday?
Oh well. Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Nope. No Titania, sorry.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Gloriana?
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Nay. Wrong play. Think 'bastardry'; Titania was closer.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Uprooted: Humean, nowhere in the paragraph does the letter "e" appear--is that the answer?
BlackBlade, that was the honey in the carcass of the lion that Samson found in the Old Testament. Which was no more possible for us to guess out of context if we didn't know the story already than it was for the Philistine men to whome Samson posed the riddle!
You are correct in your answer AND your commentary on the riddle Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Is this about Oberon and Titania mixing it up about the changeling boy?
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Not quite that close. ;-)
I'll give you a hint: the one who wrote "A Midsummer Night's Stream" wrote the in-the-verse hint.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Oh, I give up already. You win.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Edmund.
The queen of those who give us money for our calcium, that is, teeth (tooth fairies) is the Fairy Queen, or Faerie Qveene. The one who wrote seven [books] about her was EDMUND Spenser.
The bastard - at whom you shouldn't leer (King Lear, eh?), is Edmund, Oswald's son. One of his name was Edmund [Spenser].
So the answer is "Edmund".
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Oy.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Edmund.
The queen of those who give us money for our calcium, that is, teeth (tooth fairies) is the Fairy Queen, or Faerie Qveene. The one who wrote seven [books] about her was EDMUND Spenser.
The bastard - at whom you shouldn't leer (King Lear, eh?), is Edmund, Oswald's son. One of his name was Edmund [Spenser].
So the answer is "Edmund".
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Oy. Oy.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Is that a good or bad "oy"?
I'm not such a great reader of Yiddish.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I don't know about good or bad. Just oy.
The thing is, Bunny, you are on your own separate plane, and it intersects with our world in a very few points. This riddle had very little intersection with my world. Not that that is a bad thing. Our minds must work differently, though, because after you gave additional hints, I was at a bigger loss, and after you explained the entire solution to the riddle, the only coherent response I could drum up was "oy".
Your riddling skills do not mesh well with my riddle-solving skills. Sorry.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
happy, wicked, sorrowful,hysterical I attend these and miss none at all Of my origins nobody is sure I am above all medicinal cures I am conducted best by a large crowd If kept too long within I might burst aloud
shouldnt be too hard Posted by CalvinandThomasHobbes (Member # 9158) on :
laughter
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: The thing is, Bunny, you are on your own separate plane, and it intersects with our world in a very few points.
I got as far as Edmund Spenser, but then I was stumped. Mainly because I originally thought Faerie Queen was written by Walter Scott and therefore the riddle's answer (obviously) was Alexander Hamilton (Bastard son of a Scotsman, Scott also being a Scotsman). However, when I discovered my error about the author I sort of gave up.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by CalvinandThomasHobbes: laughter
you are correct sir
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
An entrepreneur has a plan to buy cases of widgets for $50/case, and sell them for $20/case. "If I do this, then by the end of the year I'll be a millionaire!" Explain how this can be true.
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
He's inheriting Bill Gates' fortune?
Or he's lost in the depths of his own mind.
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
The cases he sells them in are less than 2/5 the size of the cases he buys them in?
Or, an alternative theory, he's actually living out Brewster's Millions Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Nope to Jeesh and Nope and Nope to Peter.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
He is purchasing widgets at 50 Hong Kong Dollars and selling them for 20 US Dollars. Both currencies use the $ symbol.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
And Nope to BB.
Posted by Youth ap Orem (Member # 5582) on :
He's already a millionaire or richer?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Youth got it! The entrepreneur started out as a billionaire. Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I have keys and locks that do not nothing to doors Want to ruin me? Let me drink Coors Though I have no beginning I have an end To the blind, deaf, dumb I can attend Exactly obedient I do what you say I can enter or escape if you want it that way.
What am I?
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
computer
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
The Tick: Afraid not, I am not sure how your answer even fits. A computer by itself cannot do any of those things.
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
a keyboard
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Belle: a keyboard
<applause>
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:What is it that if you do not have it, you cannot seek it, and if you seek it, you can never have it.
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
Life?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
A nice, frosty rootbeer. Yum!
Posted by Jacen (Member # 9543) on :
The one who makes it doesn't need it. The one who buys it doesn't use it. The one who uses it doesn't know it.
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
quote:The one who makes it doesn't need it. The one who buys it doesn't use it. The one who uses it doesn't know it.
A horseshoe?
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
A coffin.
Posted by Jacen (Member # 9543) on :
Javert got it. Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
A simple one in response:
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Posted by Jacen (Member # 9543) on :
A ton.
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
Correct. Posted by Jacen (Member # 9543) on :
Now, the ultimate riddle....
what have I got in my pocket? j/k Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
You don't have any pockets!
Posted by Jacen (Member # 9543) on :
Ah, so you believe the more accurate question to be, "where has my pocket got to?"
Okay, serious riddle: A box without hinges, key or lid yet inside, golden treasure is hid.
This should be an easy one. Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
Eggs it is precious!!!!
Posted by Jacen (Member # 9543) on :
Ha! You're wrong! It's my magical box that I keep my treasure in! Ha! Didn't see that one comming did you? he, just kiddin'. You got it. Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Tante! I know! I know!
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
... Well?
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I'll never tell.
(I gave her that riddle, it wouldn't be fair.)
Actually, truth be told, she stole it from me without warning. Sort of a "yoinks!" deal.
but hey, all's fair in love and riddles.
I really don't care.
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
Yoink!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Bob_Scopatz: I really don't care.
Bob
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
What, apathy? I tried curiosity and desire but neither of those quite worked.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Peter wins!
(as if anyone cared)
Posted by PanaceaSanans (Member # 13395) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: Peter wins!
(as if anyone cared)
This is a very puzzling combination of words to be read on an OSC forum...
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Bob