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come fiddle with my riddle ?

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i have the strength of sixty men, i'm over ten feet tall
i'm footed, though i never move, it's said that i can fall

in grand ballrooms i can be seen holding up affairs
and i can bring the house down if i crack up near the stairs

... what am i ?


if you know the solution to this riddle, please make me very happy by posting it :) ... but if you do post the answer, you must post the next riddle to be guessed by the next successful person, and so on. or so i hope.

course, the whole thing could get ignored, too. how embarrasing that would be. hehe. oh, well ... the risks one will take in order to achieve linguistic banter these days apparently know no bounds !!!. somebody guess, dammit ;)
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Reply #126 from JoeUser Forums Top
Well, others may not have read it. On the other hand, now they know where to go for some answers.

Ah, yes. The forgotten F sentence. A classic.

(a little spoiler space....)




There are 6. Lots of people miss one or more of the F's in "of" because of it being pronounced as a 'v'.
Reply #127 from JoeUser Forums Top

(Yes, I've read "The Hobbit".)


ah, citahellion, i expected nothing less

my guess for 2 is Imagination


another good guess trina. i forgot how much i liked this thread !

Thanks for explaining about the page numbers, Mignuna, I feel like a real git right now....now I have to go apologise at a few other blogs!!!!


never mind, crusaders !. a similar thing happened to me the first time i saw 50 comments. i'm sure everyone understands

Is this a photo?


YAY ! it is a photo, crusaders !

Trina, for a hint on mine, you don't want "strange" itself but a synonym.


ok, i'm looking into this now too. the pressure is on !

Photo - that's better than imagination -- what's the answer Mig??


that's it, trina !

There are 6. Lots of people miss one or more of the F's in "of" because of it being pronounced as a 'v'.


he knows everything ! everything, i tell you !. *swoons again*

ok, so we have citahellions' still to go, and crusaders hobbit riddle (which i also know, sorry, but i'm sure we will get a taker soon !)

and here is a small brain teaser:


A woman took sleeping tablets at 11.pm Saturday night, and woke on Sunday morning at 11am to find that her husband had been stabbed to death in their bed as he slept !.

The Police report said that he had died at exactly 9.17am Sunday morning, as his watch had been damaged and had stopped at that time.

They asked everyone who had been present where they had been at that time, and from the answers given, they were able to arrest the murderer on the spot. The excuses were:


*The mans’ wife said that she had been asleep in bed until 11.00am from the effects of the sleeping tablets.

*The mans’ uncle said that he had been cooking breakfast in the kitchen at the front of the house.

*The mans’ sister said she that had been picking fruit and vegetables in the garden behind the house.

*The mans’ aunt said that she had been collecting the mail at the end of the driveway.

*The mans’ daughter said that she had been cleaning her bedroom upstairs.


... So, who did it, and how did they know?



mig XX
Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #128 from JoeUser Forums Top
The Man's Aunt did it -- there is no mail delivered on SUndays
Reply #129 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ack! That has the ring of a correct answer for the riddle, but I'd blast the police for their lousy detective work if they arrested someone based on that flimsy evidence.

What if I say it was the sister, because fruit doesn't grow in a garden, but an orchard?
Reply #130 from JoeUser Forums Top
Soldiers line up spaced with pride,
Two long rows lined side by side.
One sole unit can decide,
If the rows will unite or divide.
Tell me, tell me, scream it out.
What's the thing I talk about?
Reply #131 from JoeUser Forums Top
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.

I haven't read the Hobbit. But I guess until I make a guess or someone new enters this thread the riddle will remain unsolved -- Iwas thinking the sun, then I was thinking about natural disasters - like Volcanic erruptions and earthquakes -- then we're told that this is in the Hobbit - I think I'm still going with natural disasters - should I be looking at the words though - like with Citahellions -- I can't see any clear patterns *shrugs* I have NO idea.

Unsolved Riddle 1

Give me an x, I'll stand to face you.
Give me a cross, I'll turn my back on you.
What am I?

Unsolved Riddle 2

For my first you must take one less than strange,
then sometimes a vowel should be arranged.
At last, a children's doctor with the back moved to the fore
gives a man who took ten years to find his way back to his door.

Unsolved Riddle 3

Soldiers line up spaced with pride,
Two long rows lined side by side.
One sole unit can decide,
If the rows will unite or divide.
Tell me, tell me, scream it out.
What's the thing I talk about?
Reply #132 from JoeUser Forums Top
trina, the "hobbit" riddle is not a "clues-to-the-syllables"-style riddle like mine.

I'll guess, for your new riddle, "teeth" or "a mouth".
Reply #133 from JoeUser Forums Top
Oh okay - and no word on whether one of my guesses was correct

Nope guess again

Citahellion - Yours is Odysseus -- Homers Odyssey
Reply #134 from JoeUser Forums Top
thinking out loud - double post -- I was posting i didn't know the answer when it came to me delete this one if you like
Reply #135 from JoeUser Forums Top
You are correct, trina! "Odysseus" it is.

Having pondered it further, I submit "zipper" as my new guess for your riddle.
Reply #136 from JoeUser Forums Top
Zipper is correct - theres 2 unsolved left and I have about 6 more written in a document

Reply #137 from JoeUser Forums Top
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


trina, the answer is 'time", although the sun is a great guess, and i think it fits just as well

trina & citahellion, i'm looking at the other one right now ... i'll be back .. i always miss you guys !

mig XX
Reply #138 from JoeUser Forums Top
The Man's Aunt did it -- there is no mail delivered on SUndays


What if I say it was the sister, because fruit doesn't grow in a garden, but an orchard?


trina is right. and citahellion, you did exactly what i did !. i looked at it and thought "that's too obvious". yay trina !!!

ps: the last one left has me soooo stumped !

mig XX
Reply #139 from JoeUser Forums Top
Well I would have got it eventually Oh well

One left but just for fun here's a couple more (NO I can't let this thread die!)

With pointed fangs it sits in wait,
With piercing force its doles out fate,
Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might,
Eternally joining in a single bite.
What am I?

Thousands lay up gold within this house, but no man made it.
Spears past counting guard this house, but no man wards it.

and last one (for now)

Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all figures, the first of all letters,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king

That's four to Keep You Busy!!

including this one

Give me an x, I'll stand to face you.
Give me a cross, I'll turn my back on you.
What am I?
Reply #140 from JoeUser Forums Top
Third new one is easy: DAVID.

Hm... The others aren't quite so simple. Darn it.

Wait, wait: the first one is: You are a riddle poser!
Okay, I only say that because the riddle talks about "it" this, "it" that, then asks "what am I?" which clearly refers not to the previous "it", but to the speaker.
For a more standard answer, I'll have to think a bit longer.

Actually, mig, I totally missed the whole "mail delivery" angle; I would think nothing of going to the mailbox on Sunday, because I don't pick the mail up regularly every day, so there's a pretty good chance there'd still be something in there on Sunday anyway.
Reply #141 from JoeUser Forums Top
I check the mail every afternoon - pretty much as soon as I hear the postie's bike - Yes I have NO life and the exciting part of my day is checking the mail -- Elana likes the junk mail

David is right - I really liked that riddle when I first read it.
Reply #142 from JoeUser Forums Top
For the first one, I'll say it's a stapler.

Still thinking about the others.
Reply #143 from JoeUser Forums Top
(NO I can't let this thread die!)


please don't !. i love it too !

That's four to Keep You Busy!!


thankyou so much trina !. i'll scroll down now and see what work our puzzling friend citahellion has done on these so far ...

Third new one is easy: DAVID.


another one bites the dust !

Hm... The others aren't quite so simple. Darn it.


well done trina ! citahellion, you know you can do it

Wait, wait: the first one is: You are a riddle poser!


such cheek ! hehe. i love this thread.

Actually, mig, I totally missed the whole "mail delivery" angle; I would think nothing of going to the mailbox on Sunday, because I don't pick the mail up regularly every day, so there's a pretty good chance there'd still be something in there on Sunday anyway.


you sound rather like me, citahellion. sometimes it starts falling back out the other end before i get to it !.

I check the mail every afternoon - pretty much as soon as I hear the postie's bike - Yes I have NO life and the exciting part of my day is checking the mail -- Elana likes the junk mail


well, trina, at least now i know junk mail is good for something ! (and your life is far more interesting than mine !. just ask elana !).

David is right


well done again, citahellion. it is fast becoming my life ambition to stump you ! (see, trina ... what was i saying about me being a bore ? hehe)

For the first one, I'll say it's a stapler. Still thinking about the others


i'm sure you're right, citahellion. we'll wait for for trina to confirm it

Thousands lay up gold within this house, but no man made it. Spears past counting guard this house, but no man wards it.


i think i have this one, guys !. is it a beehive trina ?

ok, back to thinking about the rest ...

mig XX
Reply #144 from JoeUser Forums Top
Stapler

and

Beehive are correct!!!

Good going Guys

is there one left? ... yes - 1 left

Give me an x, I'll stand to face you.
Give me a cross, I'll turn my back on you.
What am I?
Reply #145 from JoeUser Forums Top
Stapler

and

Beehive are correct!!!


yay ! trina, at last i beat citahellion to a riddle !. (even if it was probably only beacuse he was asleep !)

Give me an x, I'll stand to face you.
Give me a cross, I'll turn my back on you.
What am I?


trina, i have tried and tried with this and i cannot get it !!!! it's driving me demented !


mig XX
Reply #146 from JoeUser Forums Top
then I guess you'll kick yourself - when citahellion gives up I'll tell you
Reply #147 from JoeUser Forums Top
Good going, mig, I knew as soon as I saw you say "beehive" that it was the right answer. I'd been thinking along the lines of an egg or a henhouse, but those only fit half the riddle.

Trina, the only idea I have for your last one is 99, because 9x9 = 81, while 9+9=18 (81 backwards). Which seems pretty weak, but it's all I've got.
Reply #148 from JoeUser Forums Top
Good going, mig, I knew as soon as I saw you say "beehive" that it was the right answer. I'd been thinking along the lines of an egg or a henhouse, but those only fit half the riddle.


thanks, citahellion . i was on henhouse or similar for a while too, due to the 'gold' reference/eggs.

Trina, the only idea I have for your last one is 99, because 9x9 = 81, while 9+9=18 (81 backwards). Which seems pretty weak, but it's all I've got.


trinaaaaaaaaa ! helllpppp usssssssss !


mig XX
Reply #149 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ohh I wish I had read this thread since the beginning!! Lot's of fun!! I get the same answer as cithellion 81/18.....is it right?

Here's one that has stummped me for ages...

If people told the truth more often, I'd make more money. What do I do?

If anyone has suggestions I would love to hear them.....
Reply #150 from JoeUser Forums Top
Citahelion is correct once again -- 9x9=81 and 9+9=18

and now we're out of riddles.

(apart from Lengirls -- does she know the answer? How do we know when we're right?)