A Riddle

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by esp, Jan 12, 2002.

  1. somnium Registered Member

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    here's a little riddle for fun..

    -what is in a meadow, yet not in a field?
    -what is not in father, yet is in mother?
    -what is in me and not in you?

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  3. esp Registered Senior Member

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    I concur.

    We seem to have given up on the locomotive puzzle.
    Ans:
    One trains the guard, the other guards the train.

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    #Sometimes all I need is the air that I breath# (la la la).

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    ismu, how long could you hold onto the air in your lungs? Not more than two or three minutes methinks

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    OK Banshee, I think it's air.

    Counterbalance...
    II "It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
    Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
    It lies behind stars and under hills,
    And empty holes it fills
    It comes first and follows after,
    Ends lilfe, kills laughter..."


    nothing? comes first and follows after, fills empty holes?

    III "Voiceless it cries,
    Wingless flutters,
    Toothless bites,
    Mouthless mutters."


    wind? wingless flutters, toothless bites?

    somnium...

    Welcome to sciforums.
    May all of your posts be inane!!

    The obvious answer to your riddle is the letter 'm'!
     
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  5. SeekerOfTruth Unemployed, but Looking Registered Senior Member

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    ESP,

    I was close on the train conductor

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    You are right on the third one. It is the wind.

    The second one you are oh so close on. Think not of the abscence of anything, but of the abscence of one thing in particular and what that abscence is called.
     
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  7. esp Registered Senior Member

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    {sucks cheeks in} Vacuum?
     
  8. SeekerOfTruth Unemployed, but Looking Registered Senior Member

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    Wrong sense...
     
  9. SeekerOfTruth Unemployed, but Looking Registered Senior Member

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    Here a couple more from the Hobbit...


    [1] A box without hinges, key, or lid,
    Yet golden treasure inside is hid...

    What is it?


    [2] What has roots as nobody sees,
    is taller than trees,
    up, up it goes,
    and yet never grows?
     
  10. esp Registered Senior Member

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    AAAAAH

    Darkness

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    [2] What has roots as nobody sees,
    is taller than trees,
    up, up it goes,
    and yet never grows?


    Sky?

    #1 is very droad in context. Hmm. Get back to you on that one.
     
  11. SeekerOfTruth Unemployed, but Looking Registered Senior Member

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    The letter M
     
  12. SeekerOfTruth Unemployed, but Looking Registered Senior Member

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    Yes on the Darkness, No on the sky...
     
  13. goofyfish Analog By Birth, Digital By Design Valued Senior Member

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    1) "Eggses!" he hissed. "Eggses it is!"

    2) "Easy!" said Bilbo. "Mountain, I suppose."


    Peace.
     
  14. wet1 Wanderer Registered Senior Member

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    SeekerOfTruth...

    My humble apologies for confusing you with TruthSeeker.

    hits herself several times for the head...stupid, stupid, stupid!

    It won't happen again

    leaves the thread walking on her toes, very ashamed...

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  15. wet1 Wanderer Registered Senior Member

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    By the way...

    Riddle me this one: 'Say that it is and it is no more...'

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    I really am too stupid you know. I don't know the answer on the last riddle. My goodness, I can't even find the last riddle. What was it???:bugeye:
     
  16. Tristan Leave your World Behind Valued Senior Member

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    How is the Letter M the answer. Im so confused?!?


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  17. SeekerOfTruth Unemployed, but Looking Registered Senior Member

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    -what is in a meadow, yet not in a field?
    -what is not in father, yet is in mother?
    -what is in me and not in you?
     
  18. SeekerOfTruth Unemployed, but Looking Registered Senior Member

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    Re: SeekerOfTruth...

    Banshee,

    Apologies aren't necessary. I almost thought I had posted something myself the first time I ran across one of TruthSeeker's posts.

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  19. wet1 Wanderer Registered Senior Member

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    Thank you SeekerOfTruth...

    sighs releaved...

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    Back to the riddle then?: 'Say that it is and it is no more...'

    Wonderful thread, this riddling. Though I am really NOT good at it...

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  20. tablariddim forexU2 Valued Senior Member

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    Red herring

    An old fahioned British type telephone booth.. phone off the hook is hanging down by the wire. On the floor a man lies dead with outstretched and bloodied arms poking through the broken glass panes. Nearby lies a large dead fish!
    What happened?
     
  21. esp Registered Senior Member

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    Re: By the way...

    Silence

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    An old fahioned British type telephone booth.. phone off the hook is hanging down by the wire. On the floor a man lies dead with outstretched and bloodied arms poking through the broken glass panes. Nearby lies a large dead fish!
    What happened?


    hmmmm

    Is it a variant on the Monty Python fish slapping sketch gone awry?

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  22. Ender Registered Senior Member

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    NEW RIDDLE

    IT is more powerful than "GOD"
    IT is more evil than the "DEVIL"
    if you eat IT you will die
    A poor man has IT
    a rich man wants IT

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  23. (Q) Encephaloid Martini Valued Senior Member

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    Ender,

    Nothing?
     

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