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Native Poser 04-17-2003 09:52 PM

Riddles?
 
Got any good riddles? Try this one

What becomes increasingly wet as it dries?

oddling 04-17-2003 10:42 PM

I dunno, heres a riddle though;

You're plain just crashed and you are the only survivor. You find shelter in a dark cave but you only have one match. You have a kerosine lamp, a pike of sticks, and a candle, which do you light first?

Oddling l:c l

Native Poser 04-17-2003 10:44 PM

The match :cool:

Big_Bro_Slig222 04-17-2003 10:49 PM

This box,
has no key or lid,
but golden treasure,
inside is hid.


30 white horses,
on a red hill,
first they champ,
them they stamp,
then they stand still.

oddling 04-17-2003 10:51 PM

The first one is a dragon egg. Duh, I have that game. I heard the second one before but don't know what it is.

Oddling l:c l

Native Poser 04-17-2003 10:51 PM

Chessnuts is the answer to the first I think?

Edit: The second I believe would be teeth. I heard both riddles from The Hobbit

Big_Bro_Slig222 04-17-2003 10:52 PM

The first one wasnt from a game, and egg was a simple enough answer.

Edit: Damn you ya Poser! You wernt supposed to say it if you read the book!

Native Poser 04-17-2003 10:59 PM

:blush: Sorry, How about this one?

For every one of them you take, you leave one behind

Joshy 04-18-2003 01:22 AM

What runs but never walks. Has a mouth but never talk.

Facsimile 04-18-2003 07:36 AM

Re: Riddles?
 
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Originally posted by Native Poser
What becomes increasingly wet as it dries?
Grant Towell?

If it takes a week to walk a fortnight, how many eggs in a barrel of plums?

Stanley 04-18-2003 12:13 PM

Here is one 4 you guys and laddies....



There is many great hackers or crackers out there but what happend to the teacher...?


Also...

Why is it the people that say dont worry anbout your apearenc that are always worrying about theres...?

oddling 04-18-2003 03:54 PM

Re: Riddles?
 
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Originally posted by Native Poser
What becomes increasingly wet as it dries?
Got it, a towel. For native poser's question, footsteps, for happyguy936's question, a river, I think. Heres another one.

What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs at night?

Oddling l:c l

Big_Bro_Slig222 04-18-2003 04:43 PM

The answer is man, oddling.

Glukkon killer 04-18-2003 06:10 PM

What gets bigger the more you take away?

Native Poser 04-19-2003 12:30 AM

Yes, it was a towel. As for GK's riddle, is it a hole? Try these two:

You use a knife to slice my head, and
weep beside me when I am dead.


I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball

Majic 04-19-2003 01:13 AM

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Originally posted by Stanley
Here is one 4 you guys and laddies....
There is many great hackers or crackers out there but what happend to the teacher...?
Also...
Why is it the people that say dont worry anbout your apearenc that are always worrying about theres...?

What the hell, the first one isn't even a real riddle. And for the second one, thats not a riddle either... do you even know what a riddle is? Geez...

EDIT: And o yea, Native Poser, is the answer to your first one an onion? I damn suck at riddles, but its my best guess...

And for your second one, I'd put something cheesy like hope, but that just sounds... dumb. Like I said, I damn suck at riddles:|

Glukkon killer 04-19-2003 07:13 AM

Yeah Native Poster it is a hole.
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
I don't actually kbow the answer though...just wondered why IS a raven like a writing desk?

Facsimile 04-19-2003 09:25 AM

Re: Re: Riddles?
 
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Originally posted by oddling
What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs at night?
I've never liked this one: It doesn't really make sence. I know the explanation: Babies walk on four legs (crawling), adults walk on two legs (two legs), and old people have walking sticks, making three. But here's the bit that is stupid: People don't have their whole lives in one day!

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You use a knife to slice my head, and weep beside me when I am dead.
The life of the wife is ended by the knife.
Ok I heard that on Family Guy.

Big_Bro_Slig222 04-19-2003 09:42 AM

Re: Re: Re: Riddles?
 
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Originally posted by Facsimile
People don't have their whole lives in one day!



It's just a metaphor. The early years of live are morning, the middle afternoon, and the evening the end.

Native Poser 04-19-2003 02:30 PM

Majic_Abe got my first one, it was an onion. But the second wasn't hope, Good guess though!

Silversnow 04-19-2003 08:46 PM

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Originally posted by Native Poser
Majic_Abe got my first one, it was an onion. But the second wasn't hope, Good guess though!
Bad guess -> Is it life?

Here's one, can't remember anything but this line.

It travels all over the world and still it stays right beside you.

Native Poser 04-19-2003 10:06 PM

Is it (a) Shadow(s)? And no the answer to mine wasn't life.

Facsimile 04-20-2003 05:35 AM

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Riddles?
 
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Originally posted by Big_Bro_Slig222
It's just a metaphor. The early years of live are morning, the middle afternoon, and the evening the end.
No! Metaphors are stupid! They aren't real! Similes, not theres something that's true, as they say 'like', they don't change things!

ethan 04-20-2003 05:47 AM

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What runs but never walks. Has a mouth but never talk.
I heard that from jackey chan addventures. it is a river.

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For every one of them you take, you leave one behind
footsteps.

:

What gets bigger the more you take away?
your lungs get bigger as you suck away the air in a balloon.

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What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs at night?
Human.

:smokin: Ethan :cool:

Native Poser 04-20-2003 04:00 PM

Try this one:

Many have fallen but none have died.
Many have lost me and restlessly cried.
Many have I taken eternally
And many I have denied.

ethan 04-20-2003 04:27 PM

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Many have fallen but none have died.Many have lost me and restlessly cried. Many have I taken eternally And many I have denied.
I'm not to sure about this one but i think that is has to deal with a relacionship

many relacionships have fallen ,but have not died.
many lost loved ones ,and constantly cried.
they take eternity to find another one, but they've been denied

:smokin: Ethan :cool:

Native Poser 04-20-2003 05:14 PM

Erm...nah dont think so, never heard that one before.

oddling 04-21-2003 09:57 PM

Allright heres one,

It was here in the begining, and will be here in the end,
it is more powerful than a bear, and weaker than a kitten
it is greater than great, and lesser than less,
and if you eat it, you will die.

Oddling l:c l

Native Poser 04-22-2003 10:21 PM

Ack! I know I've heard this one....but never solved it... :fuzsad:

Silversnow 04-24-2003 05:48 PM

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Originally posted by Native Poser
Is it (a) Shadow(s)? And no the answer to mine wasn't life.
Nope, but it was a good guess... A very good guess.