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Post by Moreta on Oct 4, 2004 17:16:37 GMT -5
Yep
Scores so far: velaska101: - 6 xkamelx: - 1 ConqueringWolf: - 1 Zsinj: - 1 BoChamp: - 1
'Twas in heaven pronounced, and 'twas muttered in hell, An echo caught faintly the sound as it fell; On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confessed; 'Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis driven asunder, Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thunder. 'Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath, Attends him at birth, and awaits him in death, Presides o'er his happiness, honour and health, Is the prop of his house, and the end of his wealth. In the heaps of the miser 'tis hoarded with care, But is sure to be lost on the prodigal heir. It begins every hope; every wish it must bound, With the husbandman toils, and with monarchs is crowned. Without it the soldier, the seamen may roam, But woe to the wretch who expels it from home! In the whispers of conscience its voice will be found, Nor e'en in the whirlwind of passion be drowned. 'Twill not soften the heart; but though deaf be the ear, It will make it acutely and instantly hear. Yet in shade let it rest, like a delicate flower, Ah... breathe on it softly, - it dies in an hour
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Post by Zsinj on Oct 4, 2004 19:30:08 GMT -5
Wait...is it the letter H?
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Post by Moreta on Oct 7, 2004 16:40:17 GMT -5
Oooo well done, took me absolutely ages to work that riddle out!!
Scores so far: velaska101: - 6 Zsinj: - 2 xkamelx: - 1 ConqueringWolf: - 1 BoChamp: - 1
Favoured by men, I am found far and wide, taken from woods and the heights of the town, From high and from low. during each day bees brought me through the bright sky skilfully home to a shelter. Soon after that I was taken by men and bathed in a tub. Now I blind them and chasten them, and cast a young man at once to the ground, and sometimes an old one too. He who struggles against my strength, he who dares grapple with me, discovers immediately that he will hit the hard floor with his back if he persists with such stupidity. Deprived of his strength and strangely loquacious, he's a fool, who rules neither his mind nor his hands nor his feet. Now ask me, my friends, who knocks young men stupid, and as his slave binds them in broad waking daylight? Yes ask me my name.
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Post by valderra on Oct 11, 2004 10:13:25 GMT -5
Blimey.... that´s some riddle. LOL At first I thought it was the "W" but when I read on, I decided I haven´t got a clue.
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Post by valderra on Oct 12, 2004 5:46:57 GMT -5
OK, a wild guess (which, I am sure is completely wrong). Is it "Nectar" ?
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Post by ConqueringWolf on Oct 12, 2004 8:59:28 GMT -5
Ummmm....I am guessing some kind of alcohol... Wine? something along those lines......
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Post by Moreta on Oct 12, 2004 9:06:42 GMT -5
Yeah it is a type of alcohol, if you combine your two answers there you'll get the exact answer. The referance to bees is fairly important which is why although alcohol is correct there is a more precise answer.
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Post by velaska101 on Oct 13, 2004 5:56:00 GMT -5
Mead?
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Post by Moreta on Oct 13, 2004 15:49:52 GMT -5
Got it!! (Ill give you a point though Wolf coz you were very close )
Scores so far: velaska101: - 7 ConqueringWolf: - 2 Zsinj: - 2 xkamelx: - 1 BoChamp: - 1
What is it the more you take, the more you leave behind?
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Post by Zsinj on Oct 13, 2004 17:53:49 GMT -5
Footsteps
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Post by Moreta on Oct 16, 2004 10:11:15 GMT -5
Yep!!
Scores so far: velaska101: - 7 Zsinj: - 3 ConqueringWolf: - 2 xkamelx: - 1 BoChamp: - 1
Ill post up a riddle later, I cant be bothered to find one right now Hehe
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Post by Moreta on Nov 2, 2004 17:42:12 GMT -5
Ok... so I forgot I was meant to be getting a riddle *Looks embarrassed* But I just remembered, so here you go
Two bodys have I, though both joined in one, the stiller I stand the faster I run.
What am I?
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Post by Fwatboy on Aug 11, 2005 7:42:54 GMT -5
I remember this riddle in a game i used to play called elder scrolls: arena
answer is hourglass
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Post by Moreta on Aug 15, 2005 13:17:11 GMT -5
Wow!! My age old riddle thread has been resurrected!! ;D
Well done Fwatboy, that is indeed the correct answer
velaska101: - 7 Zsinj: - 3 ConqueringWolf: - 2 xkamelx: - 1 BoChamp: - 1 Fwatboy: - 1
Right, next riddle then
Many things can create one, it can be of any shape or size, it is created for various reasons, and it can shrink or grow with time. What is it?
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