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aero_guy
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Once I passed through my whole.
« on: Apr 10th, 2003, 4:39am » |
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Once I passed through my whole. 'Twas beautiful;
'Twas like a fairy-land, so gay, so glad,
So free from care and sorrow. For a time
I stayed. Yet eagerly desired the day
When I might leave its simple joys. Ah me,
If but I might return to them again!
My first is always in my whole. Sometimes
My first is in my last. When, long ago,
Red Ridinghood on a kindly errand bent,
Walked to her grandma's cot across the wood,
My last was on my first.
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Re: Once I passed through my whole.
« Reply #1 on: Apr 10th, 2003, 6:41am » |
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Give me a second.
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Re: Once I passed through my whole.
« Reply #2 on: Apr 10th, 2003, 12:00pm » |
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So, would that be childhood?
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Re: Once I passed through my whole.
« Reply #3 on: Apr 10th, 2003, 5:24pm » |
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Does this mean you were a quiet and reserved child?
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Re: Once I passed through my whole.
« Reply #4 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 12:27pm » |
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Re: Once I passed through my whole.
« Reply #5 on: Apr 11th, 2003, 4:03pm » |
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To understand my comment, look up "staid" in the dictionary. The past tense of stay is "stayed".
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"Pi goes on and on and on ...
And e is just as cursed.
I wonder: Which is larger
When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous
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Re: Once I passed through my whole.
« Reply #6 on: Apr 12th, 2003, 11:46am » |
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I did look this up yesterday, but it still hasn't clicked. Thanks for the hints; I'm trying to change my train of thought on it.
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Re: Once I passed through my whole.
« Reply #7 on: Apr 12th, 2003, 2:15pm » |
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I think you don't understand, maryl. You got it right. Icarus is just razzing me for placing a homonym of the word I meant to use. It is fixed now.
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« Reply #8 on: Apr 12th, 2003, 2:43pm » |
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Oh, what a relief! I was going crazy there for awhile.
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Re: Once I passed through my whole.
« Reply #9 on: Apr 12th, 2003, 5:46pm » |
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Sorry! I didn't mean to make you doubt your answer. I thought it clearly correct when I read it. 
Though it took me awhile to finally understand the point of Cho's comment.
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Re: Once I passed through my whole.
« Reply #10 on: Apr 12th, 2003, 6:09pm » |
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I think cho's comment here is the most arcane answer yet, but the one I gave for his "one is two" might come close. I just have no idea if I would get it if I hadn't written it.
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« Reply #11 on: Apr 13th, 2003, 11:54am » |
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Yeah, Cho's answer through me off as well, still don't get the connection. And speaking of Arcane-I have to learn to give hints instead of answers, but some of the hints are so "Arcane", they make it harder to figure out. (Riddles help improve your vocabulary skills as well.)
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« Reply #12 on: Apr 16th, 2003, 6:27am » |
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this is all well and good but if dwelt upon too long i fear we may pass through our holes
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Re: Once I passed through my whole.
« Reply #13 on: Apr 16th, 2003, 6:45am » |
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I've passed through other people's holes, but I'll be damned if anyone is passing through my holes.
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Re: Once I passed through my whole.
« Reply #14 on: Apr 19th, 2003, 2:16am » |
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Maryl
Can you through me off, sorry just wanted to slow that back at ewe
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Re: Once I passed through my whole.
« Reply #15 on: Apr 19th, 2003, 9:56am » |
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on Apr 19th, 2003, 2:16am, Speaker wrote:Maryl
Can you through me off, sorry just wanted to slow that back at ewe
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Ha, ha.
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