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| 28 MAY 2003 at 12:46am |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By MichalN (28 MAY 2003 12:37am)
1. Like dogs shouting at the moon,
Or armor worn by the trees.
Like a sharply spoken command,
Or a tiny vessel upon the seas.
2. You will invite him into your house,
Yet you know him not.
Once you get to know him,
This thing he will no longer be.
3. Answers its caller without being
asked. Responds within seconds, and
speaks all languages with equalease.
4. Put into a pit.
Locked behind a steel grate.
Guarded all through the night,
still it goes out.
5. This wondrous thing, though not
an herb, can help comfort the weak
and the dying. It can even be used to
rally the troops, or make one start
laughing or crying.
1. bark
2. a stranger
3. an echo
4. a fire
5.?
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 12:47am |
JessJourneyman
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Status : Online | 2. stranger
3. voice, language
4. moon, shadow, light,
5. song
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 12:52am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Christ, you guys are too fast!
#1 is bark, right. #2 is stranger, #3 is echo, #4 fire. #5 is music - song is close enough.
I forgot my sig.
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 12:59am |
JessJourneyman
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Joined: 21 MAR 2003
Status : Online | Lovely and round,
I shine with pale light,
grown in the darkness,
A lady's delight.
With thieves I consort,
With the vilest, in short,
I'm quite at ease in depravity;
Yet all divines use me,
And savants can't lose me,
For I am the center of gravity
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 1:07am |
AndromusGuild Master
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Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Jessica (28 MAY 2003 12:58am)
Lovely and round,
I shine with pale light,
grown in the darkness,
A lady's delight.
With thieves I consort,
With the vilest, in short,
I'm quite at ease in depravity;
Yet all divines use me,
And savants can't lose me,
For I am the center of gravity
The moon , and the letter "v".
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 1:08am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Andromus (28 MAY 2003 1:07am)
The moon
Why is the moon "lady's delight"??
I forgot my sig.
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 1:11am |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By MichalN (28 MAY 2003 1:08am)
Why is the moon "lady's delight"??
Don't women find the moon romantic? Not that I would know, or anything.
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 1:15am |
JessJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Andromus (28 MAY 2003 1:07am)
The moon , and the letter "v".
No and YES!
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 1:22am |
JessJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Andromus (28 MAY 2003 1:11am)
Don't women find the moon romantic? Not that I would know, or anything.
Well, speaking from a woman's perspective...umm you can say that....but I prefer night in general, (romantic or not) and I know alot of females who do too. that riddle probably wanted you to think of 'moon', but the answer is 'pearl'
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 1:32am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Jessica (28 MAY 2003 1:21am)
Well, speaking from a woman's perspective...umm you can say that....but I prefer night in general, (romantic or not) and I know alot of females who do too.
Okay, but what does that have to do with women? I like the night too... when all is dark and quiet... and I can program in peace
Pearl does make better sense there. I mean, I like the moon, but I don't care for pearls (though I might like the person who wears them)
I forgot my sig.
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 1:32am |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | You'll have to excuse me if these came up before, I'm not sure of everything that has been posted, and they are pretty old.
What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?
Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they stand still.
Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.
A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.
This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 1:49am |
JessJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By MichalN (28 MAY 2003 1:32am)
Okay, but what does that have to do with women? I like the night too... when all is dark and quiet... and I can program in peace
2. teeth, only b/c i've read this one b4
4. shadow, darkness
6. ocean?
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 1:54am |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Teeth and darkness are right, ocean is not.
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 4:46am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Jessica (28 MAY 2003 1:49am)
Not another cat?
1. Mountain?
3. Is it some sort of storm?
5. Um, I'll skip what came to mind first... is this a walnut again?
6. Fish
7. Time
I forgot my sig.
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 4:52am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | I think I'm running out of Krondorian riddles, but here's a few for whoever gets up first (my money is on Eva ):
1. You can spin, wheel and twist.
But it can turn without moving.
2. The language of men,
can be mastered.
But what English word
is always pronounced wrong?
3. We don't need wine,
We don't need meat.
We have sharp teeth,
But cannot eat.
4. Who works when he plays,
and plays when he works?
5. With flashing sword and booming cry,
With darkness staining land and sky,
The army comes, prepared to die.
Soldiers fall in glistening dress,
As battles are joined without egress,
Save comfort in the earth's caress.
I forgot my sig.
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 5:13am |
EvaGuild Master
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1: The earth? Day/night?
2: Wrong
3: a reef? thorns?
4: A sportsman? a musician? YOU?!
5: A thunderstorm?
Off to work now, I'll be late....
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 5:47am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Eva (28 MAY 2003 5:13am)
Ah, Miss Kitty hasn't forgotten how to use her pretty tongue... I knew you'd be the first to answer these but I had no idea you were already up when I was writing that
1: The earth? Day/night?
Neither... and the Earth actually does move, believe it or not
2: Wrong
Right!
3: a reef? thorns?
Nope, sorry. Think more industrial.
4: A sportsman? a musician? YOU?!
LOL! No, not me, just sometimes It's bard or minstrel, I suppose musician is acceptable.
5: A thunderstorm?
Correct.
I forgot my sig.
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 7:49am |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | 1:Milk?
3: Cogwheel?
Here's one for you:
In and out of towns I go
Catch me if you can
I CAN be seen and touched and hold
But not for very long
I'm neither of the living nor of the dead
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 10:29am |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Mountain, fish, and time are correct. Walnut is not. "Storm" is in the right direction.
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 11:33am |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Andromus: #4 - snowstorm?
Jessica: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Those were SOME NASTY SPIDERS!!! URGH! And I know what you mean - I panic at the sight of a spider at home but am strangely fascinated and repulsed at the same time when seeing them on pictures or in a ZOO(preferably in a cage)
Michal:
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 2:14pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Eva (28 MAY 2003 7:48am)
1:Milk? 3: Cogwheel?
Milk is correct, cogwheel is not.
Is that a snowflake?
I forgot my sig.
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 2:33pm |
JessJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By MichalN (28 MAY 2003 4:46am)
Not another cat?
Nope, me no licking....just a face with a tongue
Originally Posted By MichalN (28 MAY 2003 4:46am)
5. Um, I'll skip what came to mind first...
Eva, gingerbread man? train, river, no clue...
Originally Posted By Eva (28 MAY 2003 11:32am)
Jessica: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Those were SOME NASTY SPIDERS!!! URGH! And I know what you mean - I panic at the sight of a spider at home but am strangely fascinated and repulsed at the same time when seeing them on pictures or in a ZOO(preferably in a cage)
Good thing to know that I'm not crazy, isn't it funny the way our minds work? I guess it's something that we can never understand.
This creature, part man and part tree, hates the termite as much as the flea. His tracks do not match, and his limbs detach, but he's not a strange creature to see.
I am a man, but will never have a wife. I was given a body, but never life. I was given a mouth, but never breath. Water brings me life and the sun brings me death. What am I?
I am just two by two. Sometimes I am hot. Sometimes I am cold. I am the parent of numbers that cannot be told. I am a gift beyond measure, a matter of course. I am given with pleasure when taken by force. What am I?
I can be created by many things. I can be of any shape or size. I am created for many reasons. I can shrink or grow with time. What am I?
I die half of my life and live the rest. I dance without music. I breathe without breath. What am I?
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 3:40pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Michal: A saw then?
And Jessica, your answers are all wrong but keep trying!
#1 A man driving a horse-carriage?
#2 Don't know, something with man in it?
#4 That could be many things though nothing really springs to mind right now.
#5 A tornado?
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| 28 MAY 2003 at 4:03pm |
JessJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Eva (28 MAY 2003 3:40pm)
Michal: A saw then?
And Jessica, your answers are all wrong but keep trying!
#1 A man driving a horse-carriage?
#2 Don't know, something with man in it?
#4 That could be many things though nothing really springs to mind right now.
#5 A tornado?
1. No but it does include a man..
2. nope
4. True! But take a guess anyway
5. nope
As for yours: snow? hmmm..... :-/
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