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Re: Riddles

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 6:54 am
by Loki
Courtesy of my nephew...

What animal keeps the best time?

Re: Riddles

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:22 am
by Davecom3
Well, time is all tick talk. That said, the one most knowledgeable and up-to-date always gnu.

Re: Riddles

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:26 pm
by Zathyr
I would say the best time is kept by the beaver.

What? It's dam good time.

Re: Riddles

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:28 pm
by LAYF
The Hen?

Re: Riddles

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:21 am
by Loki
Nope. Keep guessing. It made me groan when he told me the answer...more of a pun than a riddle, I guess... :)

Re: Riddles

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 6:41 am
by LAYF
The pigeons at Times square?

Re: Riddles

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 7:23 am
by DrinksTooMuchCoffee
A Metro Gnome!
(Hey, gnomes aren't vegetable or mineral.)

Re: Riddles

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:19 am
by TBFProgrammer
A cuckoo.

Re: Riddles

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 1:38 pm
by Nerre
A watchdog? :D Had a look into my dictionary for clock, hour, and some other words, with watch I finally found something.

Re: Riddles

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 2:57 pm
by Loki
Nerre wrote:A watchdog? :D
Ding! Ding! Ding! Nerre's the winner!

Re: Riddles

Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 8:10 pm
by Zathyr
I think I prefer Davecom's mention of a tick, personally. :D

Re: Riddles

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:43 am
by Loki
Meh, it's been long enough, first person to post can do the next riddle.

Re: Riddles

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:19 pm
by raaabr
Alright then! This is probably a pretty well known one, but... :shrug:

So! The riddle: What do many give, yet few take?

Re: Riddles

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:36 pm
by gamecreator
Opportunity.

Re: Riddles

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:49 pm
by Zathyr
A piece of their mind?

Re: Riddles

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:01 pm
by TBFProgrammer
Advice

Though I'm more familiar with the form of this joke contrasting "a penny for your thoughts" with "putting your two cents in."

Re: Riddles

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:51 pm
by raaabr
gamecreator wrote:Opportunity.
isn't it usually the other way around? People don't like to promote others, but they also want to produce more opportunities for themselves.

TBFProgrammer wrote:Advice

Though I'm more familiar with the form of this joke contrasting "a penny for your thoughts" with "putting your two cents in."
Yep. Riddle goes to you.

Re: Riddles

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:30 pm
by Zathyr
Well in the absence of a new riddle from TBF, I'll give one of my own:

My friend in front, a noise behind
Something else these things combined
In playing games, it fills a role
What is it, these things made whole?

Re: Riddles

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:32 pm
by Davecom3
Well, another name for friend is pal, and another name for a noise is a din, and if I put these together, I get the role, or class, paladin.

Re: Riddles

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:27 pm
by Zathyr
Correct! You'd be up next, assuming TBF is still deferring.

Re: Riddles

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:32 pm
by Davecom3
An Arab came to theriverside,
With a donkey bearing an obelisk,
But he did not venture to ford the tide,
For he had too good an *.

*What is the missing word?

Re: Riddles

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:54 pm
by Nerre
I used dict.cc to find something that rimes, I think the one which might fit best is "asterisk". Is that right?

In case of me being right here is a new one, since I posted a new one too slow last time:
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Re: Riddles

Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:43 am
by gamecreator
Nerre wrote: I think the one which might fit best is "asterisk".
Then there is no missing word. Asterisk is there already.
Nerre wrote: It is black when it's new, red while being used, white when with it you are through?
Coal? Turf? Any black-colored fuel that burns with red flame and leaves ash behind.

Re: Riddles

Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:01 am
by Davecom3
Both of you are correct in a way, but the answer from the source is Nerre's, so it's his turn. In case you are confused about why this is the correct word, look up the synonyms for donkey.

Re: Riddles

Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:18 pm
by Nerre
Coal is correct too. :)
So Gamecreator can come up with a new one.