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maryl
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I defend without weapons, stand without legs, wound without force, and am harder to fight than to kill. What am I?
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Leo Broukhis
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Re: I defend
« Reply #1 on: Jul 5th, 2003, 9:58am » |
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If I think of time, am I far away from the answer?
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maryl
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on Jul 5th, 2003, 9:58am, Leonid Broukhis wrote:| If I think of time, am I far away from the answer? |
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Yes, it's not time.
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clever vixen
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could it be a shield?
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mistysakura
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Re: I defend
« Reply #4 on: Jul 7th, 2003, 5:07pm » |
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Okay, how exactly does a shield stand? (Not bothering to hide since it was originally revealed anyway)
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zero
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Re: I defend
« Reply #5 on: Jul 8th, 2003, 1:29pm » |
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answer:wall
why is it so common for people to say time is the answer.
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maryl
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on Jul 8th, 2003, 1:29pm, zero wrote:answer:wall
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Hey, very good; and I was wondering about that time thing myself.
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Re: I defend
« Reply #7 on: Jul 8th, 2003, 1:59pm » |
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Probably because it's so easy to kill time, but so hard to fight it. How do you kill a wall? (for that matter, how do you fight a wall?)
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Re: I defend
« Reply #8 on: Jul 8th, 2003, 2:14pm » |
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For that matter how does a wall wound you?
I know you can wound yourself using a wall, but a wall is rather passive.
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maryl
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on Jul 8th, 2003, 1:59pm, James Fingas wrote:| Probably because it's so easy to kill time, but so hard to fight it. How do you kill a wall? (for that matter, how do you fight a wall?) |
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You kill a wall by breaking it down which is feasible right, but still quite the task if it's a solid wall like some we've seen come down over the past years. But to fight against a wall is almost useless yet not totally since they have been scaled and overcome in past battles, I would say it is harder to fight than to just knock down and kill. Make sense? We are speaking figuratively.
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Re: I defend
« Reply #10 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 12:22am » |
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Wound witout force ... ? ? ? ? ? ? 
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maryl
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Ok, (some days you guys are really tough); actually, I had to think that wounding part out too, and I came to the conclusion that a wall can indeed wound by not letting you past it-for whatever reason: freedom, or whatever is on the other side worth having.
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zero
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Re: I defend
« Reply #12 on: Jul 12th, 2003, 3:27pm » |
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I defend without weapons,
walls defend without weapons
stand without legs,
walls stand without legs
wound without force,
have you tried to break a wall?
you probably would be hurt unless yuo use mechines or some sort of mechanism
and am harder to fight than to kill. What am I?
you can fight a wall but to kill it is hard
think of a middle ages they would fight a caslte
but hard to destroy it
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mistysakura
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Re: I defend
« Reply #13 on: Jul 12th, 2003, 4:20pm » |
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on Jul 12th, 2003, 3:27pm, zero wrote:and am harder to fight than to kill. What am I?
you can fight a wall but to kill it is hard
think of a middle ages they would fight a caslte
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Aren't you saying that walls are harder to kill than to fight?
I think maryl had it anyway.
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Re: I defend
« Reply #14 on: Jul 13th, 2003, 7:25am » |
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on Jul 12th, 2003, 4:20pm, mistysakura wrote:
I think maryl had it anyway. |
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Well she ought to, it's her riddle after all 
on Jul 12th, 2003, 3:27pm, zero wrote:wound without force,
have you tried to break a wall?
you probably would be hurt unless yuo use mechines or some sort of mechanism |
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If you get hurt that is only because the wall counters the force of your action with an force of equal size in opposite direction as reaction.
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Re: I defend
« Reply #15 on: Jul 15th, 2003, 12:26pm » |
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well its solved so lets stop posting
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Re: I defend
« Reply #16 on: Jul 15th, 2003, 4:52pm » |
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on Jul 15th, 2003, 12:26pm, zero wrote:| well its solved so lets stop posting |
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I agree. Riddles are not all perfect, and this is just one of those ones that can be worded several ways and the answer is still correct. So since we have found the correct answer we should be done here. 
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Re: I defend
« Reply #17 on: Jul 16th, 2003, 1:06am » |
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it's never stopped us before..
Besides, I keep thinking something immaterial might fit better.
Like for instance a joke.
Some people use jokes as a(n emotional) defence, some people are hurt by jokes even though it's immaterial and thus can't use (physical) force, it's also very easy to kill a joke (by telling it wrong), but I wouldn't know how to fight it.
The only problamatic thing would be standing..
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Re: I defend
« Reply #18 on: Jul 16th, 2003, 10:59am » |
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If the newbies think we finish talking about a riddle simply because we have finished the elementary task of solving it, they should take a looks at the .9999=1 thread. Though I think I did mention something about a dead horse on page 8 or so.
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Re: I defend
« Reply #19 on: Jul 16th, 2003, 11:22am » |
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Exactly! It only gets interesting once the trivial stuff has been dealt with.
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Re: I defend
« Reply #20 on: Jul 19th, 2003, 3:36pm » |
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on Jul 16th, 2003, 10:59am, aero_guy wrote:| If the newbies think we finish talking about a riddle simply because we have finished the elementary task of solving it, they should take a looks at the .9999=1 thread. Though I think I did mention something about a dead horse on page 8 or so. |
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well that isnt completely solved is it because everyone isnt convince the answer is either
A) .9999=1
B) .9999>1
C) .9999<1
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Re: I defend
« Reply #21 on: Jul 20th, 2003, 11:26am » |
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No - that one has been completely and repeatedly demonstrated.
Because some people refuse to accept the truth no matter how well it has been shown does not mean the issue isn't resolved.
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thy biggest threat is thine ignorants
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aero_guy
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Re: I defend
« Reply #23 on: Jul 22nd, 2003, 7:32am » |
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thy - adj. The possessive form of thou.
The irony here should be apparent.
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