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GoldenDrakon
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GoldenDrakon
Weaver of Tales
GoldenDrakon


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Age : 53
Location : Usually right where I'm needed most...

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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeFri Aug 01, 2008 10:31 am

OK, I'll let you all off the hook;

GoldenDrakon wrote:


Two horses, swiftest traveling;
Harnessed in a pair
Grazing ever in places
distant from them.

Your eyes. Smile
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Wraith
Lady Illusion
Wraith


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Age : 36
Location : CrazyTown. It exists. Really. It Does.

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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeMon Aug 04, 2008 7:05 pm

Oh man... that sounds so obvious when you say it like that....

*frantically searches for a clever riddle to say*
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Blackwulff
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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeMon Aug 04, 2008 8:39 pm

Akaron Corvus wrote:
wulff's is a priest

*chuckles* A priest? Nope, try again.
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Wraith
Lady Illusion
Wraith


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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeFri Aug 15, 2008 9:25 am

Aw come on Wulff.... *whines* its been soooo long... could you give us a little hint?
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Blackwulff
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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeFri Aug 15, 2008 10:32 am

All right, all right... hm... well, I don't think you'll end up getting it, even if I give you a hint. It's a bookworm.
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Lady Illusion
Wraith


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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeSat Aug 16, 2008 10:15 am

LMAO!!! That's soooo cute!!!
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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeTue Mar 03, 2009 10:23 am

Okay, I found this, I had to share, because I've had the end result of this, and let me tell you, it's the funniest damn thing in the world.

A father passing by his son's bedroom was astonished to see that his bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then he saw an envelope, propped up prominently on the pillow that was addressed to 'Dad.'

With the worst premonition he opened the envelope with trembling hands and read the letter.

Dear Dad:

It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new girlfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with mom and you.

I have been finding real passion with Karon and she is so nice. But I knew that you would not approve of her because of all her piercing, tattoos, tight motorcycle clothes and the fact that she is much older than I am. But it's not only the passion.. Dad she's pregnant. Karon said that we will be very happy. She owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter.

We share a dream of having many more children. Karon has opened my eyes to the fact that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone. We'll be growing it for ourselves and trading it with the other people that live nearby for cocaine and ecstasy. In the meantime we will pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Karon can get better.

She deserves it.

Don't worry Dad. I'm 15 and I know how to take care of myself. Some day I'm sure that we will be back to visit so that you can get to know your grandchildren.

Love, Your Son John

PS. Dad, none of the above is true. I'm over at Tommy's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than the report card that's in my center desk drawer.

I love you.

Call me when it's safe to come home.
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Wraith
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Wraith


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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeFri Mar 06, 2009 11:46 am

LMAO!!! I love that! I've never seen that one before.
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The House of Ainsley
Keeper of the Dark Mirror
The House of Ainsley


Male Number of posts : 2312
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Location : The Dark Heart of Bardosylvania

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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeMon Jul 20, 2009 10:24 pm

GD there may remember some of these riddles from our years in Montana, crowding a shoddy old pool table and rolling a bunch of funny-shaped dice around.... Very Happy

*ahem*

• • •

The floor's above, the roof's beneath,
And from this place I cannot leave.
Yet with the passing of the days,
A new horizon greets my gaze.

(Where am I?)


Aboard a ship

• • •

Sometimes I seem so solid
Yet move about as mist.
I creep inside closed boxes and
Inside your tightened fist.
You see me best when you can't see,
For I do not exist.

(What am I?)


Darkness

• • •

The pauper has, the wise man craves,
The miser spends, the spendthrift saves,
The madman fears, the coward braves,
And all men carry to their graves.

(What is it?)


Nothing

• • •

Ten men's length.
Ten men's strength.
Ten men cannot break it,
Yet a child can come and take it.

(What is it?)

• • •

My absence kills. My excess kills.
And all life comes at my command.
My blows turn mighty earthen crags
To so much shifting golden sand.
Ambitious flames preturb me not
And perish once beneath my hand.
The sun recedes. I ride the wind.
My chill falls white across the land.

(What am I?)

• • •

Thirty white ivory towers
Between the two red hills.
They chop and clash and crush and smash,
And then their fury stills.

(What are they?)


Teeth

• • •

Devils And Rogues Know Nothing Else, Save Starlight.

(What is it?)

• • •

Okay, that's enough for now. Peace! Very Happy


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Wraith
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Wraith


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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeSun Sep 13, 2009 2:43 pm

The floor's above, the roof's beneath,
And from this place I cannot leave.
Yet with the passing of the days,
A new horizon greets my gaze.

(Where am I?)


Light Socket?

Thirty white ivory towers
Between the two red hills.
They chop and clash and crush and smash,
And then their fury stills.

(What are they?)


Teeth

The pauper has, the wise man craves,
The miser spends, the spendthrift saves,
The madman fears, the coward braves,
And all men carry to their graves.

(What is it?)


Time?

And last but not least:

Sometimes I seem so solid
Yet move about as mist.
I creep inside closed boxes and
Inside your tightened fist.
You see me best when you can't see,
For I do not exist.

(What am I?)


Darkness?
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The House of Ainsley
Keeper of the Dark Mirror
The House of Ainsley


Male Number of posts : 2312
Age : 51
Location : The Dark Heart of Bardosylvania

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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeTue Sep 15, 2009 8:27 am

Wraith wrote:
The floor's above, the roof's beneath,
And from this place I cannot leave.
Yet with the passing of the days,
A new horizon greets my gaze.

(Where am I?)


Light Socket?
Light socket? Laughing

I'm not sure how you came up with that answer, but that's not it. Razz

Wraith wrote:
Thirty white ivory towers
Between the two red hills.
They chop and clash and crush and smash,
And then their fury stills.

(What are they?)


Teeth
You got it! Smile

Wraith wrote:
The pauper has, the wise man craves,
The miser spends, the spendthrift saves,
The madman fears, the coward braves,
And all men carry to their graves.

(What is it?)


Time?
I'm afraid we don't carry time to our graves, dear. On the contrary, that's usually when time's run out. Wink

Wraith wrote:
And last but not least:

Sometimes I seem so solid
Yet move about as mist.
I creep inside closed boxes and
Inside your tightened fist.
You see me best when you can't see,
For I do not exist.

(What am I?)


Darkness?
You nailed that one too! Cool
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GoldenDrakon
Weaver of Tales
GoldenDrakon


Male Number of posts : 1586
Age : 53
Location : Usually right where I'm needed most...

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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeFri Sep 18, 2009 11:10 pm

The House of Ainsley wrote:
GD there may remember some of these riddles from our years in Montana, crowding a shoddy old pool table and rolling a bunch of funny-shaped dice around.... Very Happy


Some I do, some I could probably guess but none shall I answer here... Razz
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S.E.A.M.U.S
Valian
Valian
S.E.A.M.U.S


Male Number of posts : 356
Age : 48
Location : Now with half the bladders and none of the taste!

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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeSat Sep 19, 2009 10:18 pm

The pauper has, the wise man craves,
The miser spends, the spendthrift saves,
The madman fears, the coward braves,
And all men carry to their graves.


the answer is nothing
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The House of Ainsley
Keeper of the Dark Mirror
The House of Ainsley


Male Number of posts : 2312
Age : 51
Location : The Dark Heart of Bardosylvania

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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeSun Sep 20, 2009 8:38 pm

GoldenDrakon wrote:
The House of Ainsley wrote:
GD there may remember some of these riddles from our years in Montana, crowding a shoddy old pool table and rolling a bunch of funny-shaped dice around.... Very Happy


Some I do, some I could probably guess but none shall I answer here... Razz
Aww, come on. Be a sport. Razz

So which ones do you remember, come to that?

S.E.A.M.U.S wrote:
The pauper has, the wise man craves,
The miser spends, the spendthrift saves,
The madman fears, the coward braves,
And all men carry to their graves.


the answer is nothing
Bingo. Didn't they have this riddle in White Plume Mountain? I'm sure you heard it somewhere before.... Razz
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The House of Ainsley
Keeper of the Dark Mirror
The House of Ainsley


Male Number of posts : 2312
Age : 51
Location : The Dark Heart of Bardosylvania

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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeFri Mar 12, 2010 4:42 pm

(Half a year later...)

*nudge*

Oh, look. This topic has riddles in it! Very Happy
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Wraith
Lady Illusion
Wraith


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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeSat Mar 13, 2010 12:25 pm

Quote :
The floor's above, the roof's beneath,
And from this place I cannot leave.
Yet with the passing of the days,
A new horizon greets my gaze.

(Where am I?)

Hmm... would this be a ship?
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The House of Ainsley
Keeper of the Dark Mirror
The House of Ainsley


Male Number of posts : 2312
Age : 51
Location : The Dark Heart of Bardosylvania

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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeSat Mar 13, 2010 1:10 pm

Yes, it would be a ship. Very Happy

*scratches it off*
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Wraith
Lady Illusion
Wraith


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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeMon Mar 15, 2010 4:12 am

Woohoo!!
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The House of Ainsley
Keeper of the Dark Mirror
The House of Ainsley


Male Number of posts : 2312
Age : 51
Location : The Dark Heart of Bardosylvania

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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeSun Mar 28, 2010 7:22 am

*reloads*


• • •


Ten men's length.
Ten men's strength.
Ten men cannot break it,
Yet a child can come and take it.


• • •


My absence kills. My excess kills.
And all life comes at my command.
My blows turn mighty earthen crags
To so much shifting golden sand.
Ambitious flames preturb me not
And perish once beneath my hand.
The sun recedes. I ride the wind.
My chill falls white across the land.


Water


• • •


Devils And Rogues Know Nothing Else, Save Starlight.


• • •


(Another classic...)

Round she is, yet flat as boards.
Altar of the Lupine Lords.
Pearl on black velvet, jewel in the sea.
Unchanged, yet e'er changing eternally.


The Moon


• • •


The one who made it did not want it.
The one who bought it did not use it.
The one who used it did not know it.


A Coffin


• • •


Little Nancy Etticoat
In her dripping petticoat
With a bright nose.
The longer she stands,
The shorter she grows.


• • •


You eat something you neither plant nor plow.
It is the child of water, but if water it touches, it dies.


• • •


Bury them deep.
Pile on stones.
My mind will always
Dig up their bones.


• • •


It has a golden head,
It has a golden tail,
But it has no body.


A coin


• • •


What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?


A mountain


• • •


I'm driven away by feathers.
I'm lurking under your bed.
In time I always return, you see,
But bite me and you're dead.


• • •


(And if you don't mind getting a little Biblical...)

I'm one of five.
I'm not alive.
The one who sent me became a king,
And the one who received me died.


• • •


A man of one-hundred stood out in the cold,
Exchanged his gay headdress of colors most bold
For one of pure ivory, just a day old.
But though freshly dressed, the old man stood alone.
It was his misfortune to live in a wold.


• • •


Back to you crazy kids. Very Happy


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Wraith
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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeSun Mar 28, 2010 4:45 pm

Hmm....

What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees,
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?

Mountains
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The House of Ainsley
Keeper of the Dark Mirror
The House of Ainsley


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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeSun Mar 28, 2010 11:18 pm

Yes, it's a mountain. Smile

*scratches that one off the list too*
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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeSat Jan 15, 2011 4:21 pm

The House of Ainsley wrote:
*reloads*


My absence kills. My excess kills.
And all life comes at my command.
My blows turn mighty earthen crags
To so much shifting golden sand.
Ambitious flames preturb me not
And perish once beneath my hand.
The sun recedes. I ride the wind.
My chill falls white across the land.



Is is "water"?

Quote :
Round she is, yet flat as boards.
Altar of the Lupine Lords.
Pearl on black velvet, jewel in the sea.
Unchanged, yet e'er changing eternally.

The Moon Smile

Quote :
It has a golden head,
It has a golden tail,
But it has no body.

A Comet?
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Valian
Valian
S.E.A.M.U.S


Male Number of posts : 356
Age : 48
Location : Now with half the bladders and none of the taste!

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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeSat Jan 15, 2011 6:34 pm

The one who made it did not want it.
The one who bought it did not use it.
The one who used it did not know it.

coffin
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The House of Ainsley
Keeper of the Dark Mirror
The House of Ainsley


Male Number of posts : 2312
Age : 51
Location : The Dark Heart of Bardosylvania

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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeSat Jan 15, 2011 6:45 pm

Just when I thought this thread would never come back, you two surprise me! Laughing

Wraith wrote:
The House of Ainsley wrote:
*reloads*


My absence kills. My excess kills.
And all life comes at my command.
My blows turn mighty earthen crags
To so much shifting golden sand.
Ambitious flames preturb me not
And perish once beneath my hand.
The sun recedes. I ride the wind.
My chill falls white across the land.


Is is "water"?
Yes, the answer is water. Smile

Wraith wrote:
Quote :
Round she is, yet flat as boards.
Altar of the Lupine Lords.
Pearl on black velvet, jewel in the sea.
Unchanged, yet e'er changing eternally.

The Moon Smile
Yes, the answer is the Moon. Smile

Wraith wrote:
Quote :
It has a golden head,
It has a golden tail,
But it has no body.

A Comet?
Alas, there's really nothing golden about a comet, literally or metaphorically. It's more silver or white platinum than gold, to the eye, and historical superstitions have far more often painted comets as ill omens or bringers of doom...not very endearing. A comet does have a head and a tail without anything resembling a body, however, so you made a good guess there. But this riddle remains on the table. Sad

S.E.A.M.U.S wrote:
The one who made it did not want it.
The one who bought it did not use it.
The one who used it did not know it.

coffin
Yes, the answer is a coffin. Smile

Good work, you two. Keep it up! I'll even go back and add another riddle from my old Dragon-magazine-reading days while I'm scratching three more riddles off the list.... bounce
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Valian
Valian
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PostSubject: Re: On The Table   On The Table - Page 4 Icon_minitimeSat Jan 15, 2011 7:57 pm

It has a golden head,
It has a golden tail,
But it has no body.

the thing with a head and a tail that is golden is a coin
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