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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!
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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".
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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".
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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.
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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
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.
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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.
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He is purchasing widgets at 50 Hong Kong Dollars and selling them for 20 US Dollars. Both currencies use the $ symbol.
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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.
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The Tick: Afraid not, I am not sure how your answer even fits. A computer by itself cannot do any of those things.
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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.
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