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 7)

mignuna

on Sep 13, 2004

Now which of you is going to post the next riddle?

i am, citahellion ! i am !.

here goes ...

above you and you may be dry
beneath you and you will not fly
and raising me can be good fun
as i can pitch but cannot run

... what am i ?

vanessa/mig XX

trina_p

on Sep 13, 2004

ooh - my immediate thought was tent (pitch a tent - you're under it and you dont get wet cause it has a roof - the zip on the front is called a fly),
my second thought was umbrella -- but really I have no idea

Yay for the revival of the riddle thread!!!

citahellion

on Sep 13, 2004

I'm going for "Roof", although I'm not sure how the second line fits. Perhaps in the context of jumping off the roof. Anyway, for 1), roof above you = dry.
for 3), Raising the Roof = having a party.
and for 4), A roof has its angle of pitch as one of its most important design elements.

So I hope I'm right.

(and I'm still hoping for feedback on my explanation of the previous riddle!)

Contribute to the Exquisite Corpse!

The Crusaders

on Sep 13, 2004

Mignuna,

How could I not be drawn here with such a title...'Come fiddle with my riddle..' ...well I would love to fiddle with your riddle.....

Here's a classic...
Thirty white horses upon a red hill;
First they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.

I believe the answer is teeth!!

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

Hmm...I'll have to think about this one..

But I do have one to leave...

Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.

What is it??

The Crusaders

on Sep 13, 2004

Indeed I will fiddle with your riddle....

Here's a classic...
Thirty white horses upon a red hill;
First they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.

I believe the answer is teeth!

trina_p

on Sep 13, 2004

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!

The Crusaders

on Sep 13, 2004

Thirty white horses upon a red hill;
First they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.

I believe the answer is teeth.

citahellion

on Sep 13, 2004

trina_p, what is laid out in your post is known as a lipogram. This class of inscription is a form that avoids a common glyph, such as that fifth symbol (that lists post-'D'). It is difficult to do such a thing, as this post can avow.

trina_p

on Sep 13, 2004

I have no idea if you're right or not -- but that's not the answer I got given on the site I got this from

Crusaders - you're right the answer IS teeth

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trina_p

on Sep 13, 2004

this site - http://www.riddlenut.com/ -- has about 800 riddles that people have submitted -- some are really good, some are ok and some are down right silly.

Gaze at this sentence for just about sixty seconds and then explain what makes it quite different from the average sentence. Quick! What is it?

I like the ones with words

this ones really lame - There are seven flies in the kitchen, which one is the cowboy?

It's the one that's on the "Range". yee-haa!

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mignuna

on Sep 13, 2004

ooh - my immediate thought was tent (pitch a tent - you're under it and you dont get wet cause it has a roof - the zip on the front is called a fly),

this is a good guess, trina. i was hoping you'd come back to your 'favourite thread' !

I'm going for "Roof", although I'm not sure how the second line fits. Perhaps in the context of jumping off the roof. Anyway, for 1), roof above you = dry.

need i say it ?. citahellion, you got it !. the second line is comparing the motion of falling with flying, as in you cannot travel though air if you have something solid beneath you. so, you're actually right. i will stump you if it's the last thing i do !. ps: you're fabulous !

(and I'm still hoping for feedback on my explanation of the previous riddle!)

and you shall have it, my puzzling friend !

If you say "Why the heck would you add the $5 the clerk kept to the $30 the guys paid?" then you are showing good sense. Adding what someone kept (a credit) to what someone paid (a debit) is wrong. One has to be subtracted from the other.

it's clear when YOU write it, but i have to admit it never sunk in until i saw your explanation, citahellion hehe

Crusaders - you're right the answer IS teeth

indeed you are right, crusaders !. i love that one !

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it?

trina, i read it once, and i had no clue. then i saw this:

citahellion, i think i have a crush on you now

hehe

Indeed I will fiddle with your riddle....

crusaders, please feel free to post or answer more !

Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters.

okay crusaders, i'm going for 'the heart'. am i right ?

vanessa/mig XX

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mignuna

on Sep 13, 2004

Gaze at this sentence for just about sixty seconds and then explain what makes it quite different from the average sentence. Quick! What is it?

waaaah trina, i'm dumb !. i have to wait for my knight in shining vocabulary (aka citahellion) to come and save me

okay, here is a new one:

though i'm often you, you are never me
and i'm sometimes what you used to be
though i can tell tales, i can never talk
and i take you places you cannot walk

... what am i ?

vanessa/mig XX

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mignuna

on Sep 13, 2004

Gaze at this sentence for just about sixty seconds and then explain what makes it quite different from the average sentence. Quick! What is it?

trina, does it contain every letter in the alphabet ? is that it ?

vanessa/mig XX

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trina_p

on Sep 13, 2004

Mig - it DOES contain every single letter of the alphabet

and citahellion didn't actually get that first one correct (if I could even understand what the heck he said) It's much simpler then ...that

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching

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trina_p

on Sep 13, 2004

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

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