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 5)

citahellion

on Jun 28, 2004

Wah. I was stuck on "sealess one" = "Be" (one letter less than C). Of course I didn't get too far on the other pieces, either.

mignuna

on Jun 29, 2004

wah back, citahellion. i can't get yours either.

but i will. i will !. if it's the last thing do. which it may well be at this rate ...

mig XX

citahellion

on Jun 29, 2004

Okay, just tell me if I'm parsing the construction properly...
"thing" = XXX.
XXXY = "your enemy"
ZXXX = "a nice exchange"
WXXX = "repeat"
VWXXX = "'it'"

mignuna

on Jun 30, 2004

i am the name of a "thing" ....

if to my back you do add one, your enemy i do become
if to my front you do add one, a nice exchange i am for some

my front a different one you cleat then i can ask you to repeat
my front do the same thing again and i'm the name of "it", my friend

ok, i can see that i might have made the last line too ambiguous. ok, you're find except for the last line

"thing" = XXX.
XXXY = "your enemy"
ZXXX = "a nice exchange"
WXXX = "repeat"
VXXX = "'it'

sorry. only one to the front to get the name of "it", so it has four letters in ecah line but the first

as a clue: the first line "your enemy" - is the action of having an enemy

citahellion, i know you'll get it now. i wish i had five minutes to return the favour and solve yours. i perversely enjoy being perplexed, but i haven't had a really good stab at it yet

mig XX

citahellion

on Jul 01, 2004

Okay, I' m thinking that the "thing" in question is: a HAT, which transforms as follows:
HATE
CHAT
WHAT
THAT.

Have I got it?

For my riddle, I will mention that the answer, like your other tough one, is a four-syllable name from Greek Mythology. It's not a very widely known name, though the last line should hopefully tell you exactly where it's from.

citahellion

on Jul 01, 2004

Oh, one other thing, the words from the first two lines will give you homophones, not the exact correct spelling. I suppose that the riddle is a bit deficient in that regard.

mignuna

on Jul 01, 2004

Reply By: citahellionPosted: Thursday, July 01, 2004Okay, I' m thinking that the "thing" in question is: a HAT, which transforms as follows:HATECHATWHATTHAT.Have I got it?

YES ! at last ... and i got yours too ... somebody must have woken us up or something

First two are a parrot that is named most commonly;Last two are well-known, out for all the world to see;Four a one-eyed wonder in a cave where No Man be.

citahellion, you are driving me demented !!!!

ok, i think i have it, but i may be wrong

first two are a parrot name "polly"
last two are well known, out for the world to see "us" (last 2 letters)
four a one-eyed wonder in a cave where no man be (gave you away hehe cyclops) but thanks, i needed it !

it's polyphemus !!!! (the cyclops)

citahellion, PHEW !!!!. that one was great. i am now going to think up a complete monster for revenge. if you come back that is hehe

mig XX

citahellion

on Jul 02, 2004

Good going, Mig! You are correct.

you didn't interpret the second line quite completely, though...
"last two are well known, out for all the world to see" == FAMOUS.
So, Polly + Famous = Polyphemus

Just in case anyone else is still reading this, Polyphemus was the cyclops who trapped Odysseus and his men in his cave. Odysseus told Polyphemus that his name was "Noman."

trina_p

on Jul 02, 2004

I'm still reading - but I had NO idea

citahellion

on Jul 03, 2004

Trina_p, You need to re-read (or, heavens forbid, read for the first time) The Odyssey. It is, after all, a classic.

Here's an easy one...

I know a word of letters three.
Add two, and fewer there will be.

Ferretpaint

on Jul 03, 2004

"Few" +2 = "Fewer"
ok I dont know any hard riddles so I'll just spit out some fun ones

Bright as Diamonds
Loud as thunder
Never still
A thing of wonder
what am i?

I do so love riddles they are so much fun
Also I'm very sorry for my ignorance and this is actually one of my first posts, but what is 'blogging"?

mignuna

on Jul 04, 2004

i'm still here too .. still solving

thanks you guys

mig XX

citahellion

on Jul 06, 2004

Ferretpaint, I'm going to guess "fireworks" for your riddle....

Ferretpaint

on Jul 07, 2004

I'm going to guess "fireworks" for your riddle....

not bad guess, and it would fit the day, but not quite.

Psycho Red

on Jul 07, 2004

Bright as Diamonds
Loud as thunder
Never still
A thing of wonder
what am i?

actually alot of people believe that the answer is fireworks, but i'm pretty sure the answer is waterfall

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