02-21-2008, 11:03 AM | #1 |
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Riddle me this ....
Years ago, I used to write my own riddles, and inflict -- I mean, share them with interested friends. Anyone interested here?
By way of a sample: Many people, many places. Always right and always wrong. Truly shallow, seeming deep. What am I? |
02-21-2008, 11:07 AM | #2 |
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yes please !! i love riddles. is the answer to the first one a mirror ?
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02-21-2008, 02:09 PM | #3 |
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Well butter my backside and call me a biscuit! You got it in one, zelda_pinwheel!
You didn't go to High-School with me did you? That's when I was last tossing that one around. |
02-21-2008, 02:11 PM | #4 |
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Allrighty then, how about this one?
Bald of head, but never cold. Hard when young, but soft when old. I cannot live with my food. Majestic in movement, in eating crude. What am I? |
02-21-2008, 02:30 PM | #5 |
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A buzzard?
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02-21-2008, 03:26 PM | #6 |
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A good guess, but nope, not a buzzard.
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02-21-2008, 03:42 PM | #7 |
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Bald Eagle
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02-21-2008, 03:45 PM | #8 |
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Wow, either these aren't as obscure as I thought they were, or you lot are really good at this.
Yes, a bald eagle is the answer to that one. Anybody else got one? |
02-21-2008, 04:05 PM | #9 |
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I don't know but I think we read alot.
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02-21-2008, 04:10 PM | #11 |
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One of my favourite childhood riddles was:
What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up? |
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That would be an umbrella.
And, the desired answer to "what have I got in my pocket" (I think) is "My Preciousssss". (a ring) |
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Okay, I don't remember any more of the dozen or so I wrote years ago, so here's one I came up with today. Note that I can't and don't promise to come up with original riddles on a daily basis.
Without toes, I yet wear shoes. My name's one of power and play. I am most stable, a thing out of fable, And also of quarter and dray. What am I? |
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