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2014/04/07 03:47:40
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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Unhealthy Competition With Other Legions
Tied to a bedpost in an old motel, confused and naked.
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Post 'em, solve 'em.
Here's one: There is a story that a man and not a man
Saw and did not see a bird and not a bird
Perched on a branch and not a branch
And hit him and did not hit him with a rock and not a rock.
How is this possible?
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2014/04/07 04:10:50
Subject: Re:Riddle thread, anybody?
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Ultramarine Librarian with Freaky Familiar
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A man and a woman saw a bird and another object in the past. The bird was perched on a branch and the other was on something else. The bird hit him with a rock and the other animal did nothing.
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Thought for the day: Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
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2014/04/07 04:48:58
Subject: Re:Riddle thread, anybody?
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Unhealthy Competition With Other Legions
Tied to a bedpost in an old motel, confused and naked.
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 TheCustomLime wrote:A man and a woman saw a bird and another object in the past. The bird was perched on a branch and the other was on something else. The bird hit him with a rock and the other animal did nothing.
No sir, getting close. Try again.
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2014/04/07 05:08:49
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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A biological male who identifies as a female named Marie saw something that she thought was a bird that was, unbeknown to her, not actually a bird, perched on something that, from a distance, looked connected to a tree but was in fact connected to an object behind the tree. This thing proceeded to throw a rock at her, which missed, and then threw a second which hit her, but JESUS, MARIE, THEY'RE MINERALS!
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
My deviantART Profile - Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Madness
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation |
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2014/04/07 05:31:24
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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Unhealthy Competition With Other Legions
Tied to a bedpost in an old motel, confused and naked.
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 Avatar 720 wrote:A biological male who identifies as a female named Marie saw something that she thought was a bird that was, unbeknown to her, not actually a bird, perched on something that, from a distance, looked connected to a tree but was in fact connected to an object behind the tree. This thing proceeded to throw a rock at her, which missed, and then threw a second which hit her, but JESUS, MARIE, THEY'RE MINERALS!
I-um-....No.
Brownie points for creativity though...
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2014/04/07 11:06:19
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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The Riddle Game belongs in the Survivor Games and chain posting games forum.
Moving thread...
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2014/04/07 11:07:16
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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Krazed Killa Kan
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 poppa G wrote:Post 'em, solve 'em.
Here's one: There is a story that a man and not a man
Saw and did not see a bird and not a bird
Perched on a branch and not a branch
And hit him and did not hit him with a rock and not a rock.
How is this possible?
Yeah well what have I got in my pocket?
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My P&M Log: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/433120.page
 Atma01 wrote:
And that is why you hear people yelling FOR THE EMPEROR rather than FOR LOGICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE BASED DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE MAJORITY!
Phototoxin wrote:Kids go in , they waste tonnes of money on marnus calgar and his landraider, the slaneshi-like GW revel at this lust and short term profit margin pleasure. Meanwhile father time and cunning lord tzeentch whisper 'our games are better AND cheaper' and then players leave for mantic and warmahordes.
daveNYC wrote:The Craftworld guys, who are such stick-in-the-muds that they manage to make the Ultramarines look like an Ibiza nightclub that spiked its Red Bull with LSD.
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2014/04/07 15:26:12
Subject: Re:Riddle thread, anybody?
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Wise Ethereal with Bodyguard
Catskills in NYS
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Well a man that is not a man could be castrated... Not sure on the other stuff.
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Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
 kronk wrote:Every pizza is a personal sized pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.
 sebster wrote:Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
 BaronIveagh wrote:Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
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2014/04/07 15:26:25
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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Wise Ethereal with Bodyguard
Catskills in NYS
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 Leigen_Zero wrote: poppa G wrote:Post 'em, solve 'em.
Here's one: There is a story that a man and not a man
Saw and did not see a bird and not a bird
Perched on a branch and not a branch
And hit him and did not hit him with a rock and not a rock.
How is this possible?
Yeah well what have I got in my pocket?
String or nothing!
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Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
kronk wrote:Every pizza is a personal sized pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.
sebster wrote:Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
BaronIveagh wrote:Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
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2014/04/07 15:45:57
Subject: Re:Riddle thread, anybody?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 Co'tor Shas wrote:Well a man that is not a man could be castrated... Not sure on the other stuff.
FWIW I googled the answer before giving my own - which was just an excuse to jump on the 'they're minerals!' thing from Breaking Bad - and apparently the 'man who is not a man' is supposed to be a eunuch, but I don't see why it couldn't be a biological male who identifies as a female, since that fits perfectly as well.
The rest of the answer, though, is crap. Apparently the bird that is not a bird is supposed to be a bat, but I don't see how that could possibly be worked out from the information given in the riddle given that that part of the answer assumes the person can't see very well, in which case a whole list of things could be mistaken for birds - hell, people mistake a flying man in spandex wearing his undies on the outside for a bird - and not just bats. The branch but not a branch is a reed, apparently, but that isn't a branch in the first place, so that can't be right, and bats do not perch. The final answer is that the bat threw a pumice stone at the person, which misses, but this contradicts the fact that he was hit in addition to not being hit.
I'd go as far as to say the riddle has no answer, because the one that is accepted as being the answer is clearly incorrect.
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
My deviantART Profile - Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Madness
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation |
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2014/04/07 18:38:02
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
The Ruins of the Boston Commonwealth
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I know this one!
The answer is a eunuch who couldn't see that well saw a bat sitting on a river reed and chukked a pumice rock at him that missed.
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2014/04/10 14:14:50
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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Thunderhawk Pilot Dropping From Orbit
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Since the first one was so hard, here's an easy one.
What has eyes, but never see's.
Breathes, but never draws breath.
Speaks, but is forever silent.
Digs, but never mines.
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Come into my web, said the spider to the fly.
Come rest your wings, and let us talk eye to eye.
For I am a spider, and you are the fly. Now that you are here, let us sit, and say hi.
But I have have no morsel to share, nor anything to eat. But wait, what is that stickiness upon your feet.
Ah now I have you, now I can eat. Now I can enjoy you, or store you as meat.
For I am the spider, and you are the fly. How else could it have gone, between one such as you, and one such as I.
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2014/04/10 14:39:23
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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Elite Tyranid Warrior
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Isn't it a potato? Might be thinking of another riddle's answer though xD
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2014/04/10 15:04:57
Subject: Re:Riddle thread, anybody?
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Wise Ethereal with Bodyguard
Catskills in NYS
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Lets see who knows this one.
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?
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Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
kronk wrote:Every pizza is a personal sized pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.
sebster wrote:Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
BaronIveagh wrote:Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
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2014/04/10 15:50:49
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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Thunderhawk Pilot Dropping From Orbit
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the answer is one. Bless you Die Hard III. 
No the answer is not a potato.
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Come into my web, said the spider to the fly.
Come rest your wings, and let us talk eye to eye.
For I am a spider, and you are the fly. Now that you are here, let us sit, and say hi.
But I have have no morsel to share, nor anything to eat. But wait, what is that stickiness upon your feet.
Ah now I have you, now I can eat. Now I can enjoy you, or store you as meat.
For I am the spider, and you are the fly. How else could it have gone, between one such as you, and one such as I.
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2014/04/10 19:38:41
Subject: Re:Riddle thread, anybody?
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Wise Ethereal with Bodyguard
Catskills in NYS
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The way I learned it the answer is two. He and the man are going to Saint Ives. Admittedly their are, IIRC 5 different answers, all correct.
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Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
kronk wrote:Every pizza is a personal sized pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.
sebster wrote:Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
BaronIveagh wrote:Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
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2014/04/10 20:13:57
Subject: Re:Riddle thread, anybody?
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Brigadier General
The new Sick Man of Europe
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You are locked in a room with no doors or windows or exits with a flimsy table. How to escape?
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2014/04/10 20:21:11
Subject: Re:Riddle thread, anybody?
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Wise Ethereal with Bodyguard
Catskills in NYS
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Walk out the door. Or window. Or break though the ceiling, floor, or walls.
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Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
kronk wrote:Every pizza is a personal sized pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.
sebster wrote:Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
BaronIveagh wrote:Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
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2014/04/10 21:00:25
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but what as a Dark Eldar excite me?
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2014/04/11 11:47:30
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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Krazed Killa Kan
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Co'tor Shas wrote:
String or nothing!
Nope, the correct answer is:
I'm just happy to see you
WarOne wrote:Sticks and stones may break my bones, but what as a Dark Eldar excite me?
Pretty much anything providing someone remembered to bring a bottle of absinthe and some massage oil?
*shudders*
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My P&M Log: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/433120.page
Atma01 wrote:
And that is why you hear people yelling FOR THE EMPEROR rather than FOR LOGICAL AND QUANTIFIABLE BASED DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE MAJORITY!
Phototoxin wrote:Kids go in , they waste tonnes of money on marnus calgar and his landraider, the slaneshi-like GW revel at this lust and short term profit margin pleasure. Meanwhile father time and cunning lord tzeentch whisper 'our games are better AND cheaper' and then players leave for mantic and warmahordes.
daveNYC wrote:The Craftworld guys, who are such stick-in-the-muds that they manage to make the Ultramarines look like an Ibiza nightclub that spiked its Red Bull with LSD.
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2014/04/11 11:51:28
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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Brigadier General
The new Sick Man of Europe
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 WarOne wrote:Sticks and stones may break my bones, but what as a Dark Eldar excite me?
How can answer this without being banned for undermining the family-friendly spirit of these forums?
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2014/04/14 14:51:54
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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Preacher of the Emperor
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This one is from a popular tv show that used to be on over here. Don't worry if you can't solve it, it's a tough one.
I'm hard yet soft, I'm coloured yet clear, I am fruity and sweet, I am jelly. What am I?
WarOne wrote:Sticks and stones may break my bones, but what as a Dark Eldar excite me?
Anything, basically, apart from a lack of sensations. Or so a BL novel told me anyway.
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2014/04/14 14:55:36
Subject: Riddle thread, anybody?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 Troike wrote:I'm hard yet soft, I'm coloured yet clear, I am fruity and sweet, I am jelly. What am I?
...Jelly.
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
My deviantART Profile - Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Madness
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation |
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