Brain Teasers

[Pendragon]

Giving out a puzzle of our own:

Legend speaks that Furtševa, cultural minister of Soviet Union, once went to the UNESCO building, but, alas, had forgotten her documents home. You needed documents to prove who you are, so that you could enter.
The person whose job was to sit near the door comforted her. He said: "You know, once Picasso also forgot his documents, when he came here. But then he drew a doveof peace and there was no doubt about who he was and so he was let in. Perhaps you can do something similar?"
Then Furtševa asked something back from the doorkeeper and she was let in.
What did she ask?"If he had no paper, how did he draw?"

[Taliesin]

Nope.
This story is anecdotal. It is hard to believe that this is possible.

[Nightshade]

Legend speaks that Furtševa, cultural minister of Soviet Union, once went to the UNESCO building, but, alas, had forgotten her documents home. You needed documents to prove who you are, so that you could enter.
The person whose job was to sit near the door comforted her. He said: "You know, once Picasso also forgot his documents, when he came here. But then he drew a doveof peace and there was no doubt about who he was and so he was let in. Perhaps you can do something similar?"
Then Furtševa asked something back from the doorkeeper and she was let in.
What did she ask?
money???



:lol:


What did Farmer Brown think he would manage to grow by crossing a plum tree with a rubber tree?
a rounders ball!
rubber plums
plum flavoured gum?
bouncy plums
????

[RobinHood3000]

Glad you got my back, Robin! :nod:What else would a hero do for his comrade-in-arms (and fellow Eagles fan)?

[Pendragon]

money???



:lol:

a rounders ball!
rubber plums
plum flavoured gum?
bouncy plums
????Close enough, Night! Rubber balls! You had both words, you just needed to put them together! http://www.industreal.spb.ru/smiles/lamp.gif

Have you noticed how weird the Brown farm is? Why did Farmer Brown paint a yellow line down the center of all the coops in his hen house?

[Pendragon]

Giving out a puzzle of our own:

Legend speaks that Furtševa, cultural minister of Soviet Union, once went to the UNESCO building, but, alas, had forgotten her documents home. You needed documents to prove who you are, so that you could enter.
The person whose job was to sit near the door comforted her. He said: "You know, once Picasso also forgot his documents, when he came here. But then he drew a doveof peace and there was no doubt about who he was and so he was let in. Perhaps you can do something similar?"
Then Furtševa asked something back from the doorkeeper and she was let in.
What did she ask?"Hand over that original Picasso!"

[Nightshade]

Hand over that original Picasso!"
of course!!!.

Yellow line??
so they would have a place to park the eggs???:confused:

[RobinHood3000]

To give the chickens their own road to cross? :goof:

[Pendragon]

To give the chickens their own road to cross? :goof: :lol: Not quite, for you or Night. :lol: It's a horrible pun about an action. :lol:

[Pendragon]

Have you noticed how weird the Brown farm is? Why did Farmer Brown paint a yellow line down the center of all the coops in his hen house?

Did I finally stump everybody? :lol: He wanted his hens to lay it on the line! :lol:


What did Farmer Brown think he would get by teaching three of his milk cows to break-dance? http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/tiere/animal-smiley-034.gif

[RobinHood3000]

Milkshakes?

[Taliesin]

"Hand over that original Picasso!"


Well, actually, no.

Legend says that the question was:

"Who is Picasso?"

[Pendragon]

Milkshakes?A good guess, but no. :lol: It has to do with a process concerning milk and movement, though! ;)

[Pendragon]

Well, actually, no.

Legend says that the question was:

"Who is Picasso?"I wondered about that, Tal, since I thought Picasso was Spanish, but you got me on "She asked something back from the guy." I couldn't see anything else but confiscating the painting. Good one! :lol: :nod:

[Madhuri]

Milky bar????

[Pendragon]

Milky bar????No, no. Think of a action that MUST be done to milk to produce another dairy product. Framer Brown thinks break-dancing cows will shortcut this process.

[Madhuri]

Butter?????

[Pendragon]

Butter?????
Yes, my dear! You must churn the milk to get butter, so Farmer Brown thought why not make the cows do the work themselves? :lol: Good luck with getting it out of the cows, but I'm not Farmer Brown!

What possible reason would Farmer Brown have for having a sensei teach his pigs and sheep karate? :brow:

[Madhuri]

To make Karate Chops.............

[RobinHood3000]

Close -- pork chops.

Incidentally, you churn cream, not milk, to make butter.

[Pendragon]

Close -- pork chops.

Incidentally, you churn cream, not milk, to make butter.Yeeees, and mutton chops, let's not leave them out now! :lol: True about the cream, but it is in the milk, it must be seperated, so Farmer Brown figured to skip two processes instead of one. Besides, I'm making these up as I go, Robin, amigo, so catch my mistakes! :lol:

Now, why would Farmer Brown place part of his milk cows in an air-conditoned barn?

[Pendragon]

Yeeees, and mutton chops, let's not leave them out now! :lol: True about the cream, but it is in the milk, it must be seperated, so Farmer Brown figured to skip two processes instead of one. Besides, I'm making these up as I go, Robin, amigo, so catch my mistakes! :lol:

Now, why would Farmer Brown place part of his milk cows in an air-conditoned barn?No one? Hummm. Ice Cream. :lol:


Now. Farmer Brown and wifey have a nice half-acre plot which they have prepared carefully, using just the right mix of fertilizers and nutrients. At planting time, they have, after consulting The Farmer's Almanac, an Astrologer, and The Wise Woman of the village, carefully planted the half-acre with turnips when the signs were perfect. If the planting took place under the new moon, how long will it take turnips to turn up? http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/natur/nature-smiley-015.gif

[Pendragon]

No one? Hummm. Ice Cream. :lol:


Now. Farmer Brown and wifey have a nice half-acre plot which they have prepared carefully, using just the right mix of fertilizers and nutrients. At planting time, they have, after consulting The Farmer's Almanac, an Astrologer, and The Wise Woman of the village, carefully planted the half-acre with turnips when the signs were perfect. If the planting took place under the new moon, how long will it take turnips to turn up? http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/natur/nature-smiley-015.gif
Oh, come now! A turnip will NEVER turn up! Turnips point down, you know! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Pendragon]

You will never see me unless certain conditions are met.
Besides, I have you surrounded at this very moment.
I control your very life, and without me you die, capisce?
Now, I can be very gentle, hardly ruffle your hair if I choose, eh?
Set me off, I can rise in my fury and level the town, get me?
Now tell me something, tough guy.
Whodaya think I am? Come on. It's easy.

[aeroport]

air.................?

[AimusSage]

Windy.............

[Pendragon]

air.................? Give da guy a nickel cigar, Mugsy! Yes. Take away all the gangster tough talk and you have a very good description of air, the one thing we cannot live without, can be gentle as a Zephyr, or as forceful as a hurricane, typhoon, tornado, waterspout, whirlwind, cyclone or whatever name you give to destructive wind. Good call. Aimus was also right when he said "windy", but air was more correct. http://www.industreal.spb.ru/smiles/hat.gif

[AimusSage]

Hehe, it has to be windy air if it is to blow me away. :D

[Madhuri]

What is always with you while walking, sometimes with you, sometimes behind you or ahead of you, but suddenly disappears when the night approaches????

[AimusSage]

Well, it can't be the sun, because it was nowhere to be seen today, and I walked quite a bit, maybe the horizon, but I don't always see that either, walking in a forest makes the horizon disappear as much as the night does. The sky is still visible in the night, just less light gets refracted, so it's not as blue,

My shadow, but that would light of a certain intensity of light, or it will be just as good invisible as anything. In the night, when I walk on a street with lights, I still have a shadow... Difficult riddle indeed.

[Madhuri]

That one was made easy for you, Aimus. he he he.

[AimusSage]

Good, because I'm stupid and need things to be a little easy for me. :) It's still too difficult though, because I'm not getting it.

[Madhuri]

Caught you!!!! You cant get me, dear. :lol: Finally, you accepted.

[AimusSage]

Maybe it's your dog that always runs off for home because it's afraid of the dark!

[Madhuri]

I dont have a pet and I am not afraid of the dark.

[AimusSage]

Okay, so it's an imaginary pet that runs off at night fall, I didn't say you were afraid of the dark, I said your imaginary pet was. :nod:

[Madhuri]

I dont live in an imaginary world. What does an imaginary pet look like, perhaps, a turnip with a leash? :lol:

[AimusSage]

Maybe, or maybe they look like a xycizx? That'll be one scary pet, not even a texan turnip comes close to that level of scaryness! :eek2:

[Madhuri]

Now this is a riddle...What does 'xycizx' look like????

[AimusSage]

Indeed, an impossible riddle infact, because Xycizxees have shapeshifting abilities! :D

[Madhuri]

Maybe impossible. But I am sure whatever their shape they are always green coloured. Perhaps, a turnip, they would indeed be scary. :lol:

[fitzgolden]

*cowers terrified in the corner at the thought of any turnip, green or otherwise*

I assume the correct answer was one's shadow? If so, here's another riddle. if not, just ignore this post :lol:


What is that which goes with a car, comes with a car, is of no use to a car, and yet the car cannot go without it?

[RobinHood3000]

A driver? :confused:

[Pendragon]

What is that which goes with a car, comes with a car, is of no use to a car, and yet the car cannot go without it? A licence plate... The driver is useful to the car as he makes the car work, but a car has no use for a licence plate, yet without it a policeman will stop the car. Just a wild guess... :lol:

[BlueRose]

the shadow of the car!!!

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Ok, my turn: On any train moving in one direction you can find something moving in the opposite direction. Who can tell me what it is?

/Claes

[BlueRose]

hmm... the air?

[RobinHood3000]

The track?

[ClaesGefvenberg]

hmm... the air?Nope... The train will create turbulence, but I am looking for something physical.


The track?Nope. Last time i saw a train pass, the track stayed firmly in place, but you are close.

Keep trying. :D

/Claes

[RobinHood3000]

Everything's relative in physics. :p

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Everything's relative in physics. :pClever, but no cigar. ;) I am after a part of the actual train.

A clue: You will not find this on road vehicles.

/Claes

[Pendragon]

Isn't there usually one locomotive that's turned backwards?

[Taliesin]

Parts of the wheels?

[Madhuri]

another train......

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Isn't there usually one locomotive that's turned backwards?Nope.... Not what I'm after


Parts of the wheels?Getting warmer. :thumbs_up What parts are you thinking about?


another train......Nope...

/Claes

[AimusSage]

Oh, I get it, it's the lowest part of the train wheel, below the actual contact point between wheel and track. Because the actual wheel is larger, the motion it makes is bigger than the actual forward motion, making part of it go backward , if that makes sense. I don't know how else to explain it really. I'm sure it has a name, I've heard it before, but can't quite remember it.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Oh, I get it, it's the lowest part of the train wheel, below the actual contact point between wheel and track. Because the actual wheel is larger, the motion it makes is bigger than the actual forward motion, making part of it go backward , if that makes sense. I don't know how else to explain it really. I'm sure it has a name, I've heard it before, but can't quite remember it.Yes indeed, you got it :thumbs_up It makes perfect sense: The wheel rim (lowest part of the wheel in the attached picture) will pass below the rail surface and momentarily, once every revolution, move backwards. :D

/Claes

[RobinHood3000]

I think Aimus is referring to the lower edge of the wheel, which rotates backwards as the train moves forwards.

EDIT: Why am I so darn SLOW??

[fitzgolden]

btw, the answer to my car riddle:

What is that which goes with a car, comes with a car, is of no use to a car, and yet the car cannot go without it?

was NOISE

But Pendragon - your license plate answer was very good :thumbs_up

[ClaesGefvenberg]

EDIT: Why am I so darn SLOW??You're not, it's me being fast ;) (Note the racing gear in my avatar picture :D ).

Seriously: Simultaneous posting... I must have beaten you to it by mere seconds.

/Claes

[Pendragon]

Nice one, Claes. Although technically speaking, my reversed locomotive, which is normal for trains around here, (track runs within 1/4 mile of the house), met your criteria, and while it was not the answer you sought, it was a correct answer. http://www.industreal.spb.ru/smiles/scull.gif

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Nice one, Claes. Although technically speaking, my reversed locomotive, which is normal for trains around here, (track runs within 1/4 mile of the house), met your criteria, and while it was not the answer you sought, it was a correct answer. Yes, I'll give you an extra point for that one :thumbs_up even though the reversed locomotive in fact is a part of the train moving in one direction. It's all about how you look at it, I guess. :)

/Claes

[Pendragon]

Let me see if I can get this to post right: Read the following correctly:



STAND.....TAKE...........TO..........WORLD
....I..........YOU........THROW..........THE

[Madhuri]

A wild guess, perhaps.

I throw you to the world, take stand!

[AimusSage]

I know this one, but will not spoil it. :)

[Pendragon]

A wild guess, perhaps.

I throw you to the world, take stand!
No, dear Maddie. Although word positioning does have a lot to do with how to read it at that! ;) Aimus has probably seen it before, as it is a rather old puzzle, but he graciously won't spoil it yet. Thanks, oh Great Green Turnip! :thumbs_up

[Pendragon]

Let me see if I can get this to post right: Read the following correctly:



STAND.....TAKE...........TO..........WORLD
....I..........YOU........THROW..........THE
Well, Aimus, mon ami, you might as well have answered!

Look at the words, and notice how each is carefully positioned. That is crucial to reading this coded message. Then things become so simple: Thus:

I understand you undertake to overthrow the underword.

Now can you read these two--properly?

wurds

gege

[Pendragon]

Now can you read these two--properly?

wurds

gegeDid anyone even Try to do these? They aren't rocket science.

The first one is what? Misspelled words

The second one is what? Scrambled eggs

You make them too hard when they are really simple!

Read this, correctly:r|e|a|d|i|n|g :brow:

[Madhuri]

Reading between the lines.

[Pendragon]

Reading between the lines.
But, of course! Very good, Maddie! Now a little picture quiz:

http://www.cincinnatiskeptics.org/meetings/1997-8/images/bullhead.gif

The bull in the picture just swallowed a bomb. Describe that in one word.


http://aquaplant.tamu.edu/images/plant_photos/submerged_plants/drawings/widgeon_grass_drw.gif Unfortunatly, it exploded. This is all that is left. Describe it in one word.

And remember, nothing is ever what it seems.... :p

[Pendragon]

Why is it that we never can delete a double post!!!? :rolleyes:

[Pendragon]

Now a little picture quiz: Frankly, I thought this a dreadfully old chestnut, but it has been up a while with no guesses. I will give multiple choice, which will, of course, give away the whole game...

http://www.cincinnatiskeptics.org/meetings/1997-8/images/bullhead.gif

The bull in the picture just swallowed a bomb. Describe that in one word.

Is the situation:
A.) Horrible
B.) Terrible
C.) Abominable
D.) Contemptible


http://aquaplant.tamu.edu/images/plant_photos/submerged_plants/drawings/widgeon_grass_drw.gif Unfortunately, it exploded. This is all that is left. Describe it in one word.

Is this situation:

A.) Horrible
B.) Noble
C.) Laughable
D.) Notable

And remember, nothing is ever what it seems.... :p

[Madhuri]

Abominable, laughable.

[RobinHood3000]

Abominable, Noble.

[Pendragon]

Abominable, Noble.Ah, yes. All you had to do was look at the picture and listen to the description. In the first, you had a bull, which you are told swallowed a bomb. That is (a bomb in a bull) abominable. The second shows a single sprig that survived the explosion, which you are told happened. What is missing? The bull. (No bull) Noble. Think something up someone! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[RobinHood3000]

Arthurian legend notwithstanding, why couldn't Lancelot topple King Arthur on his own, but Lancelot and Galahad could?

[Pendragon]

I may be off here, as I was never an expert player, but in the game of Chess, it would require two knights to checkmate (topple) a king. :idea:

[RobinHood3000]

Precisely -- very good, Pendragon!

[Pendragon]

Hummmmmm.

It is the beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space
The begininng of every end
And the end of every place

What horror might this discribe?

[Taliesin]

2.71828182845904523536... ,
base of the natural logarithm,
e

[Pendragon]

2.71828182845904523536... ,
base of the natural logarithm,
e
E is quite obvious isn't it, Tal. You give us a puzzle. ;)

[Taliesin]

Okay.

Here is a story we heard on a science day.

This is a real story. And is not based on word play.

Quite long time ago, about in the beginning of the previous century, there was a concert hall in some city in America that people wanted to improve or something like that.
They employed a physics professor to work on the acoustics.
The professor was quite a serious man and did the following experiment every day, many times:
He built a wooden soundproof box in the concert with a hole on top. He went inside that box with just his head out. He fired a gun inside the concert hall (he probably pulled a string attached to the trigger or something like that) and measured the time of the echo (well, how long the echo lasted). He did this experiment every day and his results were quite strange - which can be seen on the following graph - the echo time first shortens slowly and then jolts suddenly upwards. Then it starts all over again.
The interval of this period is fourteen days.
What is the reason behind these strange results?

The graph is an added image, but it is not exact - it was quickly done. (the y axis shows the time in seconds the echo lasted and the x-axis shows the days)

[Pendragon]

I think it has to do with wave motion, like the pebble dropped in a pond, but I'll admit I'm drawing blind here. I'm lousy at physics. :p

[Pendragon]

No comfirmation or denial? Hummmm.

What does this say, read correctly?

nowhsmackdabere Hee. A good one, I think!:lol:

[AimusSage]

Now he smacked a bear? :goof: That's what I get, but it's probably a little more complex. :)

[Taliesin]

I think it has to do with wave motion, like the pebble dropped in a pond, but I'll admit I'm drawing blind here. I'm lousy at physics. :p

This doesn't have much to do with theoretical physics. The problem is very down-to-earth and doesn't need any equations to show what is wrong.
For a clue we would say: if we had done the experiment, the time would have continued to shorten. There would be no jolts in the graph.

[RobinHood3000]

Would the trend be the same if he used a method other than a gun to create the sound?

[Taliesin]

Yes, we think so.
The gun, or method of making the sound is irrelevant.

[Pendragon]

Now he smacked a bear? :goof: That's what I get, but it's probably a little more complex. :)Hee. Actually it's a little less complex. :lol:

[Pendragon]

Okay.

Here is a story we heard on a science day.

This is a real story. And is not based on word play.

Quite long time ago, about in the beginning of the previous century, there was a concert hall in some city in America that people wanted to improve or something like that.
They employed a physics professor to work on the acoustics.
The professor was quite a serious man and did the following experiment every day, many times:
He built a wooden soundproof box in the concert with a hole on top. He went inside that box with just his head out. He fired a gun inside the concert hall (he probably pulled a string attached to the trigger or something like that) and measured the time of the echo (well, how long the echo lasted). He did this experiment every day and his results were quite strange - which can be seen on the following graph - the echo time first shortens slowly and then jolts suddenly upwards. Then it starts all over again.
The interval of this period is fourteen days.
What is the reason behind these strange results?

The graph is an added image, but it is not exact - it was quickly done. (the y axis shows the time in seconds the echo lasted and the x-axis shows the days)Just so I understand correctly, Tal, the box is soundproof, but his head isn't in the box but sticking out? And you say it doesn't matter what makes the sound, the results will be the same or similiar. Hummmm. I'm debating on that box. Why in heaven's name would you build a soundproof box for your BODY to get into, when your head and ears are outside the box? Vibrations-- is that the answer? http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/fragend/confused-smiley-013.gif

[Pendragon]

No comfirmation or denial? Hummmm.

What does this say, read correctly?

nowhsmackdabere Hee. A good one, I think!:lol:

Well, mine is very simple. It is an expression often used in the South.

The word seperates like this NO smack dab WHERE. So you have an old expression used often to describe being lost, or hard to find: It was smack dab in the middle of nowhere!"" :lol: :lol: :lol:

What Tal's is, I don't know.

[Taliesin]

Just so I understand correctly, Tal, the box is soundproof, but his head isn't in the box but sticking out? And you say it doesn't matter what makes the sound, the results will be the same or similiar. Hummmm. I'm debating on that box. Why in heaven's name would you build a soundproof box for your BODY to get into, when your head and ears are outside the box? Vibrations-- is that the answer? http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/fragend/confused-smiley-013.gif

No, we wouldn't say "vibrations" were the answer.

You would leave your head and ears out so that you could hear when the echoing stopped. The box mirrors sound so that is why you need to get into it.
The problem is not in the method of the sound.

We hope that you haven't misunderstood the graph - it is like - (these figures are not accurate, but they should give the right impression) on the first day the average time of the echo was 15 seconds, the second day 14.95 seconds, the third day 14.87, fourth day 14.8, fifth day 14.7 et cetera until on day 13 it is 13.1 and on day 14. it is 13.0 and on day 15. it is again 15 seconds.
It has quite a down-to-earth answer, really. Come on, you can guess it.

[Madhuri]

Is it that, the echo has this range, and after it has touched all the values, it comes back to its first value.

I know its a foolish answer, but a guess.

[Pendragon]

You may be on to something, Maddie. Pitch and range of sound might hold the answer. When the echo reaches a certain range, the human ear can not longer detect it. But if the pitch and range has not really changed, he has grown accustomed to it, then when it would seem to pass out of his hearing range, it comes back to normal? Am I making any kind of sense here? :lol:

[Madhuri]

Okay until Tal replies, I'll ask one.

How to cut a circular cake into 8 equal pieces?

[RobinHood3000]

Three full diameter cuts, spaced equally?

[Madhuri]

I dont think so.

[mir]

eat all but 8 crumbs? :)

[Madhuri]

he he he...good idea :nod:

BTW, it is an interview question. :D

[AimusSage]

divide it into four equal pieces, than slice the cake in half. :D

[Madhuri]

You got it!!!

[AimusSage]

yes, I'm still don't get the riddle by taliesin though.

[Taliesin]

Is it that, the echo has this range, and after it has touched all the values, it comes back to its first value.

I know its a foolish answer, but a guess.

It is an interesting answer you and Pen made together, but it isn't the one we were told.
The time of the echo really shortened.
And, as we have told before, if we had done the experiment, the line in the graph would have continued falling.

[Pendragon]

Please tell us or shoot us, Tal. We seem to be missing our shot, and in a duel, I believe that makes it your turn. "Ah, young Taliesin! I bare my chest and await your pleasure. You may fire when ready!" :)

[Madhuri]

Is it the distance where the scientist was standing? Does it have to do something with the sound quality?

Plz, tell us Tal.

[RobinHood3000]

Madhuri, I’m sorry, but I just can’t comprehend
Why four equal cuts do not bring puzzle to an end. :confused:

[Madhuri]

Madhuri, I’m sorry, but I just can’t comprehend
Why four equal cuts do not bring puzzle to an end. :confused:

Well, it is like this:

Vertically - cut the cake like a cross, which will make it into 4 equal parts
Horizontally - Cut the cake into half, using only one cut

this will result in 4 parts above the horizontal cut and 4 below, hence the 8 equal pieces.

This is what Aimus replied. It was correct. :)

I do not think, three full diameter cuts will be equally spaced.

[RobinHood3000]

Three will not, I believe I "misspake,"
But four, will they not make eight pieces of cake?

[Madhuri]

What is the manner in which you are cutting, if four?

Is there any other way to get 8 equal pieces, I would like to know. :)

Edit: I think, four horizontal cuts and one vertical cut will also result in 8 equal pieces. What do you think?

[RobinHood3000]

Four cuts equal round, like the spokes of a wheel,
Perhaps the puzzle was to use but three cuts, I feel.

[AimusSage]

Yes, that is it robin, I was familiar with the question. :) 4 cuts would do just the same, and is probably more fair too, since everyone would get a similar piece of cake. instead of a top or bottom half. :D

[Taliesin]

Please tell us or shoot us, Tal. We seem to be missing our shot, and in a duel, I believe that makes it your turn. "Ah, young Taliesin! I bare my chest and await your pleasure. You may fire when ready!" :)

Hmmm...as you wish. We ourselves were also beaten in that duel before, and seem to be alive, so no worries.
Although, rain these days keep spoiling the gunpowder, but...anyway...

The answer is: the hair.
The scientist didn't understand why it was so until one of his students asked him: "How often do you visit the hairdresser?" :p
It turned out that the scientist visited the hairdresser exactly every 14 days. So - the hair slowly became longer which shortened the time of the echo - and when he had his hair cut short, then the time of course lengthened rapidly.
We visited the hairdresser about a year so when we had done the test, the graph would have continued to fall.

And that's all, folks.

[Madhuri]

Now this seems to be a new puzzle to me.

I did not understand the relation between the length of hair and the echo time.

[cuppajoe_9]

Oh, I see. The longer his hair was, the more it muffled the sound coming to his ears, the shorter the echo seemed to be.

[Madhuri]

So, that's what it is, we have been thinking of what not, sound waves, sound properties, and anything and everything, and it comes down to this. :rolleyes:

All complex problems have simple answers, I guess.

[Pendragon]

Ah, yes, can't see the forest for the trees! Since I do not go to a barber, my wife cuts my hair, and it's never over my ears, I never thought of it. Touche, Tal, your win, I think. As I loose, someone else can come up with another puzzle. :)

[Pendragon]

Right. Then I will come up with another puzzle! :D

I have always existed
Though some cannot conceive that
And in some languages
I have not even a name
Long have men scoffed
And argued about my reality,
Nix. Naught. Nothing.
Yet still I remain.
For I am the one certainty
In this mad universe
Totally unchanged because
No matter what they may throw at me
I shall always remain whole
My destiny decided
Try as hard as you will
But I cannot be divided.

Who or what am I? :confused:

[Nightshade]

I was going to say God, oh heck ILL stick with it God??


or maybe death? gravity is another one that comes to mind

[cuppajoe_9]

You are the number zero, mon ami.

[Laindessiel]

That's a tough one. A plant?

[Pendragon]

You are the number zero, mon ami.Great catch, Joe! Have a cuppa! http://www.invision.smileyville.net/smilies/fnd (24).gif Although zero has always been around, (i.e., you could always possess nothing.), it has been misunderstood. Indeed, many cultures have no concept of the number zero, and no name for it. Nix, Naught, and Nothing are just other names for zero. It has been argued mathematically that zero is not really a number. And of course, although you may multiply by zero, you may not divide by it. :smash:

[toni]

Here's one:


I have a heart that never beats,
I have a home but I never sleep.
I can take a mans house and build anothers,
And I love to play games with my many brothers.
I am a king among fools.
Who am I?

[Pendragon]

Here's one:


I have a heart that never beats,
I have a home but I never sleep.
I can take a mans house and build anothers,
And I love to play games with my many brothers.
I am a king among fools.
Who am I?

King of Hearts in a standard deck.

[toni]

Oh, Mr. Pen, you're good! But now that I think about it, that one mustv'e been easy for you..:lol:

[Pendragon]

An interesting one. One hint. Somewhere in all the rigmarole, the name is actually there. :lol:

Although my number is zero
I am of The Upper Echelon
Where I wander among the others.
See, here I drink from a cup,
As I lean upon a borrowed rod,
Go fleeing from a drawn sword.
My pay is never more than ten coins.
I dare not speak at all
For to do so would reveal me for what I am
But If I remain voiceless and silent
Men count me among the wise.
Do you know you I am,
Or have I fooled you like the rest?

[Taliesin]

Or have I fooled you like the rest?

We are thinking that this passage might be important.

Ten coins. Swords. Cups. Rod. Upper Eschelon.

" Were are here, Fitz, you and I, to change the future of the world"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fc/The_Fool_%28Fictional_Character%29.jpg/50px-The_Fool_%28Fictional_Character%29.jpg
The Fool

[RobinHood3000]

"Tarot" sticks in my mind, but it doesn't seem right...

[Pendragon]

,
We are thinking that this passage might be important.

Ten coins. Swords. Cups. Rod. Upper Eschelon.

" Were are here, Fitz, you and I, to change the future of the world"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fc/The_Fool_%28Fictional_Character%29.jpg/50px-The_Fool_%28Fictional_Character%29.jpg
The FoolYes, indeed, that was the line that gave the name! And Robin, Tarot is correct as well, since Zero is the Fool's number on his card. There is an upper eschelon, as I put it ( major arcana), numbered 0 to 21, then four suites (minor arcana) Swords, Cups, Rods, and either Coins, Disks, or Pentacles numbered ace to ten with four face cards.

I messed with a lot of things in my wild youth! :lol:

[Pendragon]

Four or thirteen—
Which is my number?
Or since things are never what they seem,
Are they just to make you stumble?
There is no country where I am not known;
No tongue that does not name me.
Some fear me, and their terrors grow—
Others worship me intently.

Do not let shadows daunt and blind you—
Recall the path made by Jack the Ripper’s blade—
Reality leads on to its proper conclusion—
That past history records the dire deeds—
Which following said trail, you have found a name.

If the rhyme doesn’t give you the clue you need, follow the directions given in the five lines. Read correctly according to clue, the name is revealed.

[Madhuri]

Blade???....

Murder??

[Pendragon]

Blade???....

Murder??Not quite. Read more closely. ;)

[Virgil]

Four or thirteen—
Which is my number?
Or since things are never what they seem,
Are they just to make you stumble?
There is no country where I am not known;
No tongue that does not name me.
Some fear me, and their terrors grow—
Others worship me intently.

Do not let shadows daunt and blind you—
Recall the path made by Jack the Ripper’s blade—
Reality leads on to its proper conclusion—
That past history records the dire deeds—
Which following said trail, you have found a name.

If the rhyme doesn’t give you the clue you need, follow the directions given in the five lines. Read correctly according to clue, the name is revealed.

How about the grim reaper?

[Madhuri]

It may have to do something with unlucky numbers.....

as 4 = 3+1 and 13 (unlucky number) = 3+1 = 4

I know I am wrong, its just a wild guess.....

[AimusSage]

is it perhaps unlucky?

Considering 4 is unlucky in the east, resembling death, and 13 being the general unlucky number in western society.

[Virgil]

Considering 4 is unlucky in the east, resembling death,

Oh I never heard that. Why does 4 represent death in the east?

[AimusSage]

Oh I never heard that. Why does 4 represent death in the east?
It does not represent death, it just sounds similar when pronounced. (Four) sounds like death in Chinese, Japonese and I think Korean too.

[Pendragon]

How about the grim reaper?Close, but no cigar as I'm looking for a name everyone would know if the word were translated. I mean, try this slant: I don't think a Russian has a name of something that its literal translation is "The Grim Reaper." However, they do have a name for something that literally translates as the name I have in mind. The name can be read, if you can follow the clues. I give my word that it is there! :nod: All about directions, people have the hardest time following them, you know? :rolleyes: Did another clue go by? ;)

[Taliesin]

is it perhaps unlucky?

Considering 4 is unlucky in the east, resembling death, and 13 being the general unlucky number in western society.

And if we are not mistaken, 13 is Deaths number in Tarot.

[Pendragon]

is it perhaps unlucky?

Considering 4 is unlucky in the east, resembling death, and 13 being the general unlucky number in western society.
And Aimus acidentially takes home the prize! http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/sportlich/a040.gif

4 was the horse ridden by Death in the Book of Revelations.
13 is the number of Death in a Tarot deck. (Good catch, Tal!)
Death is known everywhere, and all languages have a name for death.
Some fear Death, some worship, say Kali, Goddess of Death.

As to the five lines, Jack the Ripper cut throats on a slant, left to right.

From the d on top going on a slant left to right you pick up e, a, t, and h. Thus:

Do not let shadows daunt and blind you—
Recall the path made by Jack the Ripper’s blade—
Reality leads on to its proper conclusion—
That past history records the dire deeds—
Which following said trail, you have found a name

Simple, really. You should go with that gut-feeling, Aimus! :D

[Virgil]

Always love Pen's brain teasers!! :thumbs_up

[AimusSage]

And Aimus acidentially takes home the prize! http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/sportlich/a040.gif

4 was the horse ridden by Death in the Book of Revelations.
13 is the number of Death in a Tarot deck. (Good catch, Tal!)
Death is known everywhere, and all languages have a name for death.
Some fear Death, some worship, say Kali, Goddess of Death.

As to the five lines, Jack the Ripper cut throats on a slant, left to right.

From the d on top going on a slant left to right you pick up e, a, t, and h. Thus:

Do not let shadows daunt and blind you—
Recall the path made by Jack the Ripper’s blade—
Reality leads on to its proper conclusion—
That past history records the dire deeds—
Which following said trail, you have found a name

Simple, really. You should go with that gut-feeling, Aimus! :D
I think the real honour goes to Talisien. :D I just mentioned the answer in passing.

It was another great riddle :nod: :thumbs_up

[RobinHood3000]

Cheers, mate, for an excellent riddle.

Here's my shot at it:

X-Wing or TIE?
Neither, in fact.
This aerial warrior
Lands often on tracts.

The best way to get one,
As people once said?
Look for the line
Where answers can be read.

Kaisers and Fuhrers
Would loathe this pilot's bane
Less often in sky,
More often in plain.

[Pensive]

And Aimus acidentially takes home the prize! http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/sportlich/a040.gif

4 was the horse ridden by Death in the Book of Revelations.
13 is the number of Death in a Tarot deck. (Good catch, Tal!)
Death is known everywhere, and all languages have a name for death.
Some fear Death, some worship, say Kali, Goddess of Death.

As to the five lines, Jack the Ripper cut throats on a slant, left to right.

From the d on top going on a slant left to right you pick up e, a, t, and h. Thus:

Do not let shadows daunt and blind you—
Recall the path made by Jack the Ripper’s blade—
Reality leads on to its proper conclusion—
That past history records the dire deeds—
Which following said trail, you have found a name

Simple, really. You should go with that gut-feeling, Aimus! :D

Wow, this is amazing. :thumbs_up A pity I missed it, even if I would have been there, I would have hardly guessed. :redface:

[Pensive]

Cheers, mate, for an excellent riddle.

Here's my shot at it:

X-Wing or TIE?
Neither, in fact.
This aerial warrior
Lands often on tracts.

The best way way to get one,
As people once said?
Look for the line
Where answers can be read.

Kaisers and Fuhrers
Would loathe this pilot's bane
Less often in sky,
More often in plain.

I think it is TIE.

[Pendragon]

Cheers, mate, for an excellent riddle.

Here's my shot at it:

X-Wing or TIE?
Neither, in fact.
This aerial warrior
Lands often on tracts.

The best way way to get one,
As people once said?
Look for the line
Where answers can be read.

Kaisers and Fuhrers
Would loathe this pilot's bane
Less often in sky,
More often in plain.Dragon, mayhap? :idea:

[RobinHood3000]

Neither, I'm afraid. Think aviation history...

[AimusSage]

The red baron? Manfred von Richthofen?

As in the line 'where answers can be read'

Or am I way off?

[RobinHood3000]

Also no, although a clever catch. I would suggest that those seeking the answer read the entire riddle word...by...word. :cool:

'Tis a plane, if that helps.

[Taliesin]

Spitfire?
Don't know why, although.

[kilted exile]

Sopworth Camel?

[RobinHood3000]

Neither. The first line should be one of the easier ones to decipher, if you're looking for the plane itself, though I imagine it looks much easier from my point of view than yours. :(

[Madhuri]

MIG fighter planes????

EDIT: Mikoyan & Gurevich (Russian aircraft designers) Dont know a thing about these designers, though, :p I only know these are fighter planes....

[RobinHood3000]

Mmm, no, afraid not.

Developed in the 1950s, if I'm not mistaken.

[Madhuri]

MIGs developed in 1950s???

more hint please....

[Whifflingpin]

Why "the best WAY WAY to get one" - mistype or vital clue?

[Pendragon]

Tracts are small areas of land. This you said was a plane. Harrier Jump Jet They take off and land vertically, but fly like a regular plane. Thus, no need for a long runway. :)

[RobinHood3000]

X-Wing or TIE?
Neither, in fact.
This aerial warrior
Lands often on tracts.

The best way to get one,
As people once said?
Look for the line
Where answers can be read.

Kaisers and Fuhrers
Would loathe this pilot's bane
Less often in sky,
More often in plain.Whoopsies, you're right, Whiffling. My mistake - it has been corrected.

Pendragon, you are SOOO close, you can almost taste it. It's not the Jump Jet, and it's not a VTOL plane, but you are indeed on the right track.

There happens to be a joke regarding this particular plane that I will go ahead and divulge, if you want to read it.

What's the best way to get a __________?

Buy a field and wait.

Just think - what plane's name most closely resembles the classification of both the X-Wing and the TIE?

[Pendragon]

Just a guess, going solely on the joke clue. F-18 Hornet Fighter.

[AimusSage]

ah, it's the lockheed F-104 isn't it?

[RobinHood3000]

And Aimus takes the prize! Explain it for the audience, would you please? And a big "THANK YOU" to all those who participated - I really do appreciate that you took the time to humor me.

[AimusSage]

Explain? what's there to explain, the F-104 was named starfighter, it was also the first fighter plane that could sustain a mach 2 speed, not just burst. Also, for many pilots it was quite a difficult plane to fly, but opionions on this vary. The German airforce actually experimented with the plane for VTOL or STOL maoeuvres, but this was unsuccesful.

I admit, I don't know that much about the plane though, or I probably would have guessed the answer sooner. Darn you Dan Cooper. :D

[RobinHood3000]

X-Wing or TIE?
Neither, in fact.
This aerial warrior
Lands often on tracts.

The best way to get one,
As people once said?
Look for the line
Where answers can be read.

Kaisers and Fuhrers
Would loathe this pilot's bane
Less often in sky,
More often in plain.Clarification of all the clues:

The F-104 was indeed named the Starfighter - hence, the X-Wing and TIE clue.

Pen caught the "tracts of land" clue - Starfighters, particularly German Starfighters, were notorious for crashing, and of course, the joke: "What's the best way to get a Starfighter? Buy a field and wait." If you look at the seventh line, "for" is the only word in the riddle not italicized - I was hoping to direct you all to line four.

Germans (Kaisers and Fuhrers being the leaders of Germany as of World Wars I and II, respectively) lost somewhere in the region of 1/4 to 1/3 of their Starfighters to crashes, hence the strong dislike I imagined them to bear towards it. And the "less often in sky, more often in plain" was another allusion to the joke. My apologies for the poor quality of the clues - I'll try not to be so obscure from now on, I promise.

[Pendragon]

Great riddle, little bro! I must admit my mind was thinking along differing lines, since "Harrier Jump Jet" was close, "Hornet" came to mind, with a risqué joke about how to catch a "Ho". :blush: I haven’t read any Star Wars for a time, being immersed in pulp fiction. BTW, check out my story, please?

Nice one, Aimus! Your turn, I believe! :nod:

[Madhuri]

If Aimus posts, his riddle will surpass mine...:nod:

so here is something for a filler, till we get a difficult riddle to solve....:D

--A queen bee was buzzing, a worker bee was buzzing, a honey bee was buzzing, and a killer bee was buzzing. How many bees were in buzzing?

[Scheherazade]

--A queen bee was buzzing, a worker bee was buzzing, a honey bee was buzzing, and a killer bee was buzzing. How many bees were in buzzing?1?

(as in only one 'b' in 'buzzing'?)

[Pensive]

1?

(as in only one 'b' in 'buzzing'?)
I second Scher here.

[Madhuri]

Okay Okay...both of you are right....:rolleyes: I know it was easy....

Wait till I post a real tough one....*devil grin* :p :D

[Pendragon]

New riddle. Good luck. :)

Since mankind first discovered time,
They set out ways to measure—
How long a day, week, hour abides
And each group had their own pleasure.

They marked a day by set of sun—
A month by phase of the moon.
Shadows on a sundial marked hours run—
A year by season coming due.

But although we may have better ways,
To mark the hour and the date.
You will be on time this day of days—
But my friend, you will still be late...

[RobinHood3000]

Something to do with DST?

[Madhuri]

Time Zone??

Calendar??

[Whifflingpin]

Nice poem, Pen.

Glad I'm not too late to read it

[Pendragon]

Something to do with DST?Daylight Savings Time? No. There are many who do not use it. Even in the USA, part of Indiana never has used it. This would affect anyone.

[Pendragon]

Time Zone??

Calendar??No. Nothing to do with time zones or calanders. In fact, it wouldn't even matter which way you crossed the International Dateline, which helped Phileas Fogg in the famous book by Jules Verne, Around the World in 80 Days.

[Pendragon]

Our most astute friend, Wiff, has solved the riddle correctly and PMed me the answer. What one may figure out, another may. We'll see. But Wiff has taken http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/sportlich/a040.gif

[RobinHood3000]

Congrats to Whiff; here's my guess...


No one can miss Doomsday, but all will be "late" (as in, the late Dentarthurdent)...

[Pendragon]

Congrats to Whiff; here's my guess...


No one can miss Doomsday, but all will be "late" (as in, the late Dentarthurdent)...
Technically true, and you are on the right track. But I wrote this riddle in such a way as to apply even to people who do not believe in a doomsday... you have the flavor, now swallow and tell me the wine! :)

[RobinHood3000]

The day of one's death, then? Or is it something pithier, like a single word?

[Pendragon]

The day of one's death, then? Or is it something pithier, like a single word?Ah, I knew you had the taste!
Yes, everyone will be on time for the day they die, or their funeral, if you like. But they will be refered to as "The late so and so." Well done. http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/sportlich/n080.gif

[Pendragon]

A new riddle...

Tis said it takes a lot of living
To turn a "house" into a "home"
And be it ever so humble
It'll be there when you've no where else to go

Humans like to build our dwelling
Out of what ever we may have at hand
It doesn't really matter about the materials
It's the foundations that make it stand

But I myself can wander where I will
It never matters where my feet may roam,
This house I made, whether I go by land or by sea
The miles will never take my feet away from home.

What am I? :)

[Misscaroline]

Turtle? I feel like yelling TURTLE! TURTLE! But I'm not really all that sure...~sheepish~

[RobinHood3000]

I agree with Misscaroline, although 'tis the tortoise that walks, if I remember...

[Misscaroline]

Eh, semantics. Is it some sort of beshelled reptile Pen? (Robin: :p)

[Nightshade]

by land OR sea so its amphibious? I keep think crab but they shed their shells... Terrapins are both land and sea!
whats the family name?
Or are you just looking for the family Chelonia

[Taliesin]

Snail?

s10cr

[Pendragon]

The winnier is MISS C! http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/sportlich/a040.gif And it is true, Robin, that people call dry-land turles "Tortises". But there is a kind called "Box Turtles", very common around here. This guy. http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/dep/herps/photos/turtles/eastern%20box%20turtle.jpg And the water-turtles here are able to walk on land. Their feet are both webbed and clawed. Right now. old "Quickdraw" my Painted Turtle which I caught several years ago, is up on his rock looking around. But he can swim! I've seen Aligator Snappers here as big as a good sized truck tire. Tiz the turtle! ;)

[Nightshade]

Ah I see I always think of sea turtles when think turtle and they dont have feet they have flippers.

[RobinHood3000]

Cheers to Miss C for her first Brain Teaser victory!

[Pendragon]

Ah I see I always think of sea turtles when think turtle and they dont have feet they have flippers.
Ahem! I believe the evolutionist would argue that their flippers are highly evolved feet :rolleyes: And they come up on land to lay eggs! ;) :lol:

[Misscaroline]

Thank you Robin! But it was also my first attempt, so prepare... I'm a riddle person!:D

[Nightshade]

well so wheres the riddle???

[Misscaroline]

I'm looking for it! Hang on!:miffed:

[Misscaroline]

The beginning of eternity,
the end of time and space,
the beginning of every end,
and the end of every place.

((Let's call it a stall, shall we? I need to find the one I was looking for...))

[Misscaroline]

Aha! Found it. Riddlers may answer the first riddle if they please, but they must answer this one at least...:

The Celtic queen of Britain once had two sons, and when the time came for her to choose her successor, she set a riddle before them:

Now calm and consenting, now cold, unrelenting--
My rhythm changes with the moon.
When her bark rides high, I rise and swell.
When her sphere sinks low, I fall as well.
I buoy men up, or drag them down:
Upon me rest, or in me drown.
I'll seize all a man owns, never to repay--
Yet victual his table every day.
I smile; I storm; I do men harm--
Or else reward, according to my whim.
Who dares to flout my purposes,
I'll be the ruin of him.
So wild and deep, no fool can tame me:
Both faithless and constant. Riddler, name me.

[Nightshade]

The sea or the ocean but seeing as its britain Ill say the sea.

[Nightshade]

huh... she says it isnt the sea, but the sea applies to all of it, she also says there are 2 answers Id say tides but that the same thing...
what else is there? relating to the moon and drownng and food?

Umm a lake? or some other body of water

[AimusSage]

the tide perhaps :)

[Nightshade]

said that!!

[Misscaroline]

It is something that can be compared to tides. Hint: The brother who said tides was correct and inherited the kingdom. The other brother, who guessed first, was wrong and banished.

[Nightshade]

ha I actually though that but then said Noooo its well ahem what did kathy call it the red wave? I think

[Misscaroline]

?:confused:?
Night, you okay? I don't know what you're talking about...

[AimusSage]

It all seems so familiar.

[Misscaroline]

Aimus, you are a riddle...:confused:

[Nightshade]

MC hes saying that Im confusing or talking nonsens which is what is familiar... Ok another possiblilty is periods, they used to think they were controlled by the moon,
smile; I storm; I do men harm--
Or else reward, according to my whim.
sounds like a possible discription of mood swings doesnt it?

[AimusSage]

Wow, that's the first time anyone has ever told me I'm a riddle. :D Thanks! I like that. :nod:

That's just icky Night, periods are evil! pure evil, the very thought of a woman in her periods make's my blood turn to ice. :eek2:

[Nightshade]

hehe well then my revenge is complete you icked me and now I ick you and I have the answer to all posible icky situations:nod: :D

[Misscaroline]

You two are goofs!~giggle~ But, there again, I needed a good laugh...

[AimusSage]

Well, it's only icky when the period of a woman directly affects me, so I doubt it will do much harm :)

[Nightshade]

Glad to be of service MC, you mean it wont ick you out.... how annoying


EDIT: Does this mean I was wrong?
and also is it my turn to bost a brain teaser now??

[Misscaroline]

I'll let you keep working on it. But yes, technically you were wrong. Post away, though...

[AimusSage]

If only I remember .... :flare:

[Misscaroline]

What are you so angry about? (btw, there's a note to you on the post beneath yours on Make a Wish--- you beat me...)

[Nightshade]

rember what???
http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/konfus/g015.gif

^^^ thats curiousity if you dont recognise what the smilie is..:D

[AimusSage]

remember where i've seen this before!

[Misscaroline]

Ohh, if only you could. But... you can't. I have to go. I'll answer any more guesses later. Post away, Night...

[RobinHood3000]

The answer to the first one, of course, is the letter 'e'.

[Misscaroline]

Well, yes. But the second?

[Madhuri]

Gravity??

Attraction???

[Pendragon]

Waves...http://www.invision.smileyville.net/smilies/cha (41).gif

[Madhuri]

ha I actually though that but then said Noooo its well ahem what did kathy call it the red wave? I think

Riding on a crimson wave??? Not sure if it was Kathy...

I think it is more symbolic........as anything to do with water has been said and 'tide' did make the son inherit the kingdom. But, It seems to me that the other son must have answered it symbolically and not literally........and that answer is what we are looking for....

[Misscaroline]

It was the son thinking of a symbolic representation rather than a literal answer, yes. Therefore while one answer is tides, the other is not going to be closely associated physically with tides. Get my meaning?

[RobinHood3000]

I'm wondering...does it have anything to do with the fact that the victorious son answered second?

[Misscaroline]

Not really. Except he was wrong, and the second was right. If it were the other way around, I doubt he would have gotten it wrong, then. Plus I'm pretty sure he was the older of the two, if clearly not the wiser. The order doesn't really matter.

[Pendragon]

Let me then say TIME. The old saying is "Time and tide change everything." Time is measured in the passing of the moon, the coming and going of the tides, etc. ;)

[Misscaroline]

That is a wonderful guess- very nicely deducted, btw- but I'm afraid that that's not it. Sorry Pen. :(

[Pendragon]

I think you are going to have to tell us MS C. I can think of things affected by the moon or said to be affected by the moon, but none seem to fit.
Werewolves, for example. People's moods are said to be affected by the moon. Age as in Native American societies: "He is an elder of many moons." I honestly don't know. ;)

[Misscaroline]

Oh, I could never turn you down, Pen! It's women:D:D:D! You guys were appalingly close with the red tide bit, but I couldn't say that, now could I? Shall you post the next, Pen, or shall someone else?

[Pendragon]

Give someone else a shot. ;) Good riddle! http://www.cosgan.de/images/kao/haushalt/h025.gif

[Misscaroline]

Why, thank you! That's all for me now! I've used my best, and it did stump you. (I'm still amazed no one came out and guessed it when I tried to reiterate how mad she got at the wrong one...) Who's up next? I need a good riddle...

[Pendragon]

I cannot help myself: sorry! http://www.cosgan.de/images/kao/figuren/e030.gif

Possibly very thin, or white and thick,
Opaque mayhap, or translucent, clear—
Whether seen or unseen alike both very slick,
One creeps with fingers like a witches.

Is that a sheet? Is that a cube? Is that a spike?
Hummm. This one wet; that one dry.
One smokes and burns, funny like—
The other too may smoke or seem to cry.

Power of Preservation gives them value,
Power for Destruction lies within them too
Yet when not solid one is life, one death:
Yet one name alone will name the two…

And that would be:

[RobinHood3000]

...salt?

For some reason, chemistry is on the brain.

[Madhuri]

Drinks?? Cigarette?? Bad-habit??

I know I fail miserably at these riddles, but I like playing??

[Pendragon]

Oh you must think if not chemistry, at least basic physics...:) No answer so far. All clues are there, I swear to that! :thumbs_up

[Virgil]

Is it evaporation?

[Nightshade]

Ice, or water....

[Nightshade]

yes I think it must be ice:nod:


Possibly very thin, or white and thick,
Opaque mayhap, or translucent, clear—
Whether seen or unseen alike both very slick,
One creeps with fingers like a witches.

Is that a sheet? Is that a cube? Is that a spike? /all applicable to ice
Hummm. This one wet; that one dry.
One smokes and burns, funny like—
The other too may smoke or seem to cry.

Power of Preservation gives them value,you use it to store food
Power for Destruction lies within them tooavalanches hypothermia death by freezing frost bite a
Yet when not solid one is life, one deathwater is the source of all life:
Yet one name alone will name the two…
but becase its one name oh wait you mean dry ice and normal ice not ice and water do you?
And that would be:

ICE!

[Pendragon]

We have our winnah! http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/sportlich/a040.gif

To explain the riddle:

Possibly very thin, or white and thick,
Opaque mayhap, or translucent, clear—
Whether seen or unseen alike both very slick,
One creeps with fingers like a witches.

[Ice may be anywhere from thick white to thin clear, even "black ice", which for all intents and purposes is invisible. Dry ice is thick and white. Both types are slick and slippery, one because it is water, the other because it melts at room temperature, and gets covered in liquid. The "creeping fingers like witches" are icicles.]

Is that a sheet? Is that a cube? Is that a spike?
Hummm. This one wet; that one dry.
One smokes and burns, funny like—
The other too may smoke or seem to cry.

[Ice comes in sheets, cubes, spikes. Water ice is wet, then there's dry ice.
Dry ice melts as I said at room temperature, but being so cold smokes and burns the skin. On a warm day evaporation (good catch, Virgil!) makes water ice melt, seeming to "weep" and smoke "steam"}

Power of Preservation gives them value,
Power for Destruction lies within them too
Yet when not solid one is life, one death
Yet one name alone will name the two…
And that would be:

ICE!
[You use it to store food or in refrigeration. Avalanches, hypothermia, death by freezing, frost-bite, not to mention dry-ice is poisonous, will suck oxegen from a room, will cause water to foam and froth etc. Water is the source of all life, but Dry Ice is frozen Carbon Dioxide, which you can't breathe. So death. But both are ice.]

Anyone else got a good riddle?

[RobinHood3000]

Congratulations to Night - very impressive.

[Poetess]

Holds a steamship, but never holds a pin.
What is it?

[Pendragon]

Holds a steamship, but never holds a pin.
What is it?Water. Steamship floats, pin sinks.

[Poetess]

True! xD
 

[Nightshade]

Congratulations to Night - very impressive.

Thats the first one Ive ever done completely alone ...well other than the tides but Id read that story....:D:D :banana:
Ohh My turn to think of a reeeeeeeeeally goood one in the mean time a couple of christmas cracker riddles:

Where are your Andes?

What do you call a blind dinsoar?

[RobinHood3000]

...at the end of our Armies?

Is that from Jurassic Park?

[Pendragon]

A nobodysaurus? http://www.smileyworld.com/dictionary/images/smileys/Animals/dinosaur.gif

[Nightshade]

...at the end of our Armies?


yeah

Is that from Jurassic Park?

nope christmas crackers....
and sorry pen not right but on the right track.

[RobinHood3000]

...Do-You-Think-He-Saurus?

[Madhuri]

...Do-You-Think-He-Saurus?

:lol: that's funny....

[Nightshade]

and correct bravo robin, I take it youve met the christmas craker jokes in the past ? http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m235/Night-D/msn_sarcastic.png

[Misscaroline]

Probably not. He's just silly enough to think of the punch lines of any joke before they are delivered. Got any more, Night?~eager~

[Nightshade]

What has a mouth but does not speak , and a bed but does not sleep?--- ariver
What did the policeman say to his tummy ? ( americaised english speakers probably wont get this one)
What goes ha ha bonk?
What goes 99 bonk?-- a centipede with a wooden leg
Whats yellow and scary?
How do you make an apple grumble?
Where do you go to wieght a whale?
What 3 letters are criminals afraid of?----ICU
Just for starters...:brow:

[Pendragon]

#1 is a river :lol:

#2 What would a bobby say to his... "Bob's your Uncle?"

#4 Take away its appeal

#5 Wales

#6 LAW