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

    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?
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    Now that would be telling it, wouldnt it?
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    I was going to say God, oh heck ILL stick with it God??


    or maybe death? gravity is another one that comes to mind
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    You are the number zero, mon ami.
    What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
    - Gertrude Stein

    A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
    - Virginia Woolf

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    That's a tough one. A plant?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cuppajoe_9 View Post
    You are the number zero, mon ami.
    Great catch, Joe! Have a cuppa! 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.
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    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?
    Dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions!
    the whole boatload of sensitive !

    — Allen Ginsberg, Howl II.

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    Quote Originally Posted by toni View Post
    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.
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    Oh, Mr. Pen, you're good! But now that I think about it, that one mustv'e been easy for you..
    Dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions!
    the whole boatload of sensitive !

    — Allen Ginsberg, Howl II.

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

    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?
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    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"


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    If you believe even a half of this post, you are severely mistaken.

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    "Tarot" sticks in my mind, but it doesn't seem right...
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    Qué importa perderme
    Mil veces la vida
    Para qué vivir

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taliesin View Post
    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"


    The Fool
    Yes, 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!
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    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.
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    Blade???....

    Murder??
    Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

    Be the change you wish to see

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