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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:Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
Now, why would Farmer Brown place part of his milk cows in an air-conditoned barn?
No one? Hummm. Ice Cream. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
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/na...smiley-015.gif
Oh, come now! A turnip will NEVER turn up! Turnips point down, you know! :lol: :lol: :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
air.................?
Windy.............
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.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Jamesian
Hehe, it has to be windy air if it is to blow me away. :D
What is always with you while walking, sometimes with you, sometimes behind you or ahead of you, but suddenly disappears when the night approaches????
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.
That one was made easy for you, Aimus. he he he.
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.
Caught you!!!! You cant get me, dear. :lol: Finally, you accepted.
Maybe it's your dog that always runs off for home because it's afraid of the dark!
I dont have a pet and I am not afraid of the dark.
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:
I dont live in an imaginary world. What does an imaginary pet look like, perhaps, a turnip with a leash? :lol:
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:
Now this is a riddle...What does 'xycizx' look like????
Indeed, an impossible riddle infact, because Xycizxees have shapeshifting abilities! :D
Maybe impossible. But I am sure whatever their shape they are always green coloured. Perhaps, a turnip, they would indeed be scary. :lol:
*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:
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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 driver? :confused:
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by fitzgolden
the shadow of the car!!!
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
hmm... the air?
The track?
Nope... The train will create turbulence, but I am looking for something physical.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueRose
Nope. Last time i saw a train pass, the track stayed firmly in place, but you are close.Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
Keep trying. :D
/Claes
Everything's relative in physics. :p
Clever, but no cigar. ;) I am after a part of the actual train.Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
A clue: You will not find this on road vehicles.
/Claes
Isn't there usually one locomotive that's turned backwards?
Parts of the wheels?
another train......
Nope.... Not what I'm afterQuote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
Getting warmer. :thumbs_up What parts are you thinking about?Quote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
Nope...Quote:
Originally Posted by Madhuri
/Claes
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. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AimusSage
/Claes
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??
btw, the answer to my car riddle:
was NOISEQuote:
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?
But Pendragon - your license plate answer was very good :thumbs_up
You're not, it's me being fast ;) (Note the racing gear in my avatar picture :D ).Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
Seriously: Simultaneous posting... I must have beaten you to it by mere seconds.
/Claes