come fiddle with my riddle ?

Published on June 22, 2004 By mignuna In Just Hanging Out

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

Comments (Page 15)

211

BlueDev

on Oct 12, 2004

An electric engine

212

Silver_and_Jade_Tears

on Oct 12, 2004

An electric engine

YEP

213

citahellion

on Oct 12, 2004

S+JT,
that's an amusing guess! (but wrong, sadly.) A hint: the answer is a person from greek mythology.

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Silver_and_Jade_Tears

on Oct 12, 2004

A hint: the answer is a person from greek mythology[/quote
I hate Greek mythology, though I am very familiar with it...gotta think about that one...

cyclops...scyllus...athena...zues...hmmmm...

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Silver_and_Jade_Tears

on Oct 12, 2004

Bellerophon, Jason, Hercules, Agave, Antheia, Coeus?

216

Silver_and_Jade_Tears

on Oct 12, 2004

Cratos...Enya....I don't know...

217

Silver_and_Jade_Tears

on Oct 12, 2004

Europa...hades... agamemnon (or is he Roman) ..LoL...I could list greek charecters all night and still not get the answer...I don't have a clue

218

citahellion

on Oct 12, 2004

S+JT,
the riddle is a "constructive" riddle...

my first is on behalf of you
my second sealess one
my third and fourth together
and your speaker i become

Each line references one or two syllables out of the name. So you can tell, for instance, that it's a 4-syllable-long name, and the first syllable means "on your behalf".

219

Silver_and_Jade_Tears

on Oct 12, 2004

okay...let's see...

The answer still evades me...

ahhh...I'll figure it out...

220

citahellion

on Oct 13, 2004

Anybody got an answer for my two problems in #208?

221

Silver_and_Jade_Tears

on Oct 13, 2004

Anybody got an answer for my two problems in #208?

CONFUSION

222

Lengirl

on Oct 18, 2004

Hi everyone, have been away, but am back and ready to have a crack at the riddles of Citahellion. Okay here we go for #208:

1)
Suppose A says, "I am a knave, but B isn't."
What are A and B?

This is another exclusive/inclusive Or question. A and B are both knaves.

2) ("of the same type" = either both knights, or both knaves.)
A says "B is a knave."
B says "A and C are of the same type."
What is C?

C is a knave. Either:
- A is a knight. This means A's telling the truth when saying B is a knave. Then B is lying, which means C is not the same as A, which makes C a knave.
- A is a knave. Thus A is lying when saying B is a knave. So B is telling the truth, which means C is the same as A, which makes C a knave.
...so either way C is a knave.

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citahellion

on Oct 18, 2004

Right on both counts, Lengirl!

Try these:

1) A says, "B and C are of the same type."
You then ask C, "Are A and B of the same type?"
What does C answer?

2) A and B are lying under a tree. You ask A, "Is either of you a knight?" He gives you an answer, and you now know what both A and B are.
What are they?

224

Lengirl

on Oct 21, 2004

Okay am still working on your above 'new twists', but thought I would (try to) give you a teaser to think about... here we go

At a local bar, three friends, Mr. Green, Mr. Red and Mr. Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit. "Have you noticed," said the man the blue suit, "that although our suits have colors corresponding to our names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches our own names?" Mr. Red looked at the other two and said, "You're absolutely correct."

What color suit is each man wearing?

Hope it at least stumps you for a while... hehe

Ciao

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citahellion

on Oct 21, 2004

I wish I'd been awake to see that as soon as you posted it so that you could see how quickly I solved it.

Mr. Red is in the green suit, Mr. Green is in the blue suit, and Mr. Blue is in the red suit.

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