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ttitus
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I have three riddles to ask for help in solving;
what can build buildings and tear down mountains.... blind a man yet help him see...
the man that makes me doesn't want me.... the man that buys me doesn't use me... the man that uses me cannot see me... what am i
(clean minded) what goes into a woman's mouth hard... and comes out soft and wet
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Pietro K.C.
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Re: riddles
« Reply #1 on: Feb 8th, 2003, 2:39pm » |
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The answer to the first may be time, but then again, it may not. The second one could be one of those white walking sticks for the blind, but I don't see why the man who buys it could not be the same that uses it. But the answer to the third one is definitely gum.
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Re: riddles
« Reply #2 on: Feb 8th, 2003, 3:14pm » |
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The second riddle is another variation of one that's been around here for some time. The answer is a coffin.
I don't really think time is a good answer to the first. It doesn't really fit either the first characteristic or the last. But then, I don't have a better solution.
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I think the first might be:
sand? You can build castles with it. Windblown sand erodes cliffs. Sand in your eyes will blind you, but turn it into glass and it will help you see better.
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Re: riddles
« Reply #4 on: Feb 8th, 2003, 7:03pm » |
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Yeah, I think sand is a very good answer, but I maintain that time does help a man to see, even if the building thing takes a little stretch of the imagination.
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Re: riddles
« Reply #5 on: Feb 10th, 2003, 5:26am » |
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I'm pretty sure sand is the intended answer. At least that's how Batman answered the Riddler when I first heard this riddle years ago on an old cartoon.
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Re: riddles
« Reply #6 on: Feb 10th, 2003, 5:55am » |
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That was the Superfriends, wasn't it? If I recall correctly, that version of the riddle was a bit longer. If only I could use the space in my brain occupied by obscure info from cartoons I saw when I was a kid...
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Re: riddles
« Reply #7 on: Feb 21st, 2003, 1:58am » |
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the man that makes me doesn't want me.... the man that buys me doesn't use me... the man that uses me cannot see me... what am i
I would have to agree with Icarus. It's very obvious what you're talking about here. Coffins. Think about it. The maker doesn't want it. The buyer is buying it for a dead man who, of course, can't see it...
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Re: riddles
« Reply #8 on: Apr 8th, 2003, 12:20am » |
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another answer for the first may be love , but this answer in its abstractness and varied interpretations can be a common answer to older riddles, similar to time.
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Re: riddles
« Reply #9 on: Apr 8th, 2003, 8:31am » |
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The answer to the first one is clearly an uber swiss army knife with optional magnifying glass. Your Welcome!
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Re: riddles
« Reply #10 on: Apr 8th, 2003, 12:54pm » |
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Our welcome?
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Re: riddles
« Reply #11 on: Apr 8th, 2003, 6:08pm » |
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Aye, keep the change.
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