SYM Riddle Thread

watsaguy2do · Post by **watsaguy2do** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:09 am

Doh'!!!

ok then...

Large and round, to
Very loud sound, to
shrunken shrivled, fun no more...

TheAmazingOopah · Post by **TheAmazingOopah** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:19 am

Balloon? (what's up with the 'to'?)

watsaguy2do · Post by **watsaguy2do** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:21 am

i like to's.... they give me a sense of direction

correct

TheAmazingOopah · Post by **TheAmazingOopah** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:08 am

Well, as long as 'giving sense of direction' means 'providing more riddles', I won't complain anymore

Here a riddle:

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?

Chimaera182 · Post by **Chimaera182** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:52 pm

[QUOTE=TheAmazingOopah]Well, as long as 'giving sense of direction' means 'providing more riddles', I won't complain anymore

Here a riddle:

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?[/QUOTE]
eye

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:57 pm

Posting a new riddle...

No legs have I to dance,
No lungs have I to breathe,
No life have I to live or die
And yet I do all three.
What am I?

Chimaera182 · Post by **Chimaera182** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:52 pm

[QUOTE=Ravager]Posting a new riddle...

No legs have I to dance,
No lungs have I to breathe,
No life have I to live or die
And yet I do all three.
What am I?[/QUOTE]
fire?

Brynn · Post by **Brynn** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:27 am

[QUOTE=Ravager]If a man carried my burden he would break his back.
I am not big but leave silver in my tracks.
What am I?[/QUOTE]
--> Hah, it must be Dottie's avatar

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Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:16 am

Both of the last two posts are correct

What tree is most warmly clad?

dj_venom · Post by **dj_venom** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:13 am

A fir tree... and it took longer than a minute, I kept thinking redwood for some reason.

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:21 am

Correct

What is the longest word in the dictionary?

I don't believe anyone answered this one either:
What Spanish instrument's familiar name and fisherman's occupation are the same?

TheAmazingOopah · Post by **TheAmazingOopah** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:24 am

Weird. Yesterday, I posted the answer to the "I can do all three" riddle (Answer:fire), but now my post has disappeared. I probably forgot to click 'submit reply' or something. Now no one will ever believe that I came up with that answer all by myself. How tragic.

@Chimaera: Your answer is correct. By the way: is your screen name referring to the volcano Chimaera?

Chimaera182 · Post by **Chimaera182** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:45 am

[QUOTE=TheAmazingOopah]Weird. Yesterday, I posted the answer to the "I can do all three" riddle (Answer:fire), but now my post has disappeared. I probably forgot to click 'submit reply' or something. Now no one will ever believe that I came up with that answer all by myself. How tragic.

@Chimaera: Your answer is correct. By the way: is your screen name referring to the volcano Chimaera?[/QUOTE]
lol suuuuure you did.

Wow, that's a first. People usually think my name has to do with the virus in MI2 (which I never saw) or a mispelling of the rock band Chimaira (I want to smack all the people who think that; the nerve of someone telling me my spelling is off). Or else people say I took it from Greek mythology. That one's actually probably closest: I got the name from the Star Wars: Heir to the Empire trilogy; it's the name of the flagship of the Imperial fleet, and the author probably named the ship for the Greek beast. So, no, nothing to do with the volcano.

Ravager, is it pnuemonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?

(side note: when I was 13, my Algebra teacher [god knows why] gave us an extra credit assignment to be able to properly spell that, which is how I know it... god that was ten years ago, I feel old now)

TheAmazingOopah · Post by **TheAmazingOopah** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:21 am

Oh yes, that virus in Mission Impossible 2 also was named like that. I vaguely thought about that while writing my last message. I remember Ethan Hunt inmediately knowing what Chimaera is, "the famous creature from Greek mythology". I felt a little hurt at that moment, since I'm at a high school where they teach Latin and Greek (not by choice, you have to take the classes if you pick the school) with a lot of cultural info, and I had never heard of Chimaera, and then this broad smiling action agent knows what it is in an instant! But then again, it's Tom Cruise, he's Mr. Perfect.

But seriously, it seems that there is (or was) a volcano called Chimaera. I'm studying the outburst of the Mt. Vesuvius with my Latin class at the moment - mostly translating texts of Plinius Minor; anyone? - and we also came upon a volcano called Chimaera. Though it is quite possible that there is a connection between the mountain and the monster from the myth, that the mountain is a comparisment with the beast.

Anyway, let's get back to riddles.

@ Ravager: Is it dictionary?

Chimaera182 · Post by **Chimaera182** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:16 pm

[QUOTE=TheAmazingOopah]Anyway, let's get back to riddles.

@ Ravager: Is it dictionary?[/QUOTE]
That's my guess, too, but I felt like being a doofus. Frankly, I won't be surprised when he says you're right.

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:21 pm

Well, I can say neither of you are, though I like that long word. Is it for real?

ch85us2001 · Post by **ch85us2001** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:22 pm

Wasnt this in the SF? Floccinnaucinhilipilification?

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:23 pm

If only it was that...

This could go on for a while.

Chimaera182 · Post by **Chimaera182** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:06 pm

Yeah, it's a real word. It's a disease.

Anyway, I'm not going to guess anymore, cuz I haven't a clue. I'll leave it to y'all.

Hill-Shatar · Post by **Hill-Shatar** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:24 pm

Antidestablishmentarianism? Anyways, I read somewhere that it has two negatives... anti and de.

What Spanish instrument's familiar name and fisherman's occupation are the same?

Troll?