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wu :: forums    riddles    what am i (Moderators: SMQ, william wu, Icarus, ThudnBlunder, Grimbal, towr, Eigenray)    A door « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: A door  (Read 584 times) Speaker Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1118 A door   « on: Sep 24th, 2003, 11:43pm » Quote Modify When is a door not a door? IP Logged They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. <Ben Franklin> James Fingas Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 949 Re: A door   « Reply #1 on: Sep 25th, 2003, 6:00am » Quote Modify This one's got in me a pickle. IP Logged Doc, I'm addicted to advice! What should I do? Speaker Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1118 Re: A door   « Reply #2 on: Sep 25th, 2003, 11:53pm » Quote Modify Not over the barrel I trust. IP Logged They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. <Ben Franklin> maryl Guest Re: A door   « Reply #3 on: Sep 26th, 2003, 5:09pm » Quote Modify Remove No, that wouldn't be transparent enough.   P.S. Speaker, Glad to see your still kicking with all those darn earthquakes over there. IP Logged Speaker Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1118 Re: A door   « Reply #4 on: Sep 26th, 2003, 5:20pm » Quote Modify Thanks Maryl.   The last earthquakes were all the way up in Hokkaido, the northern island. I am down in Yokohama, where all was calm. Except of course that we have tremblors every couple of weeks, but these just shake the house a little, nothing breaking. IP Logged They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. <Ben Franklin> WayDownSouth Newbie     Posts: 1 Re: A door   « Reply #5 on: Sep 29th, 2003, 8:12am » Quote Modify When it is a door knob.(?)     OR When it is out door. as in out side. « Last Edit: Sep 29th, 2003, 8:15am by WayDownSouth » IP Logged visitor Guest Re: A door   « Reply #6 on: Sep 29th, 2003, 8:26am » Quote Modify Remove When it's unattractive. It's not adorable so it's not a door(ed) IP Logged Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: A door   « Reply #7 on: Sep 29th, 2003, 9:26am » Quote Modify This was ancient when I was a child, which makes doubly ancient now. For those who -amazingly- have never heard it, and are tired of guessing, the answer is hidden here: when its ajar. Note that James and Maryl's replies are actually hints, though Speaker moved in to obfuscate James' some. IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: A door   « Reply #8 on: Sep 29th, 2003, 10:42am » Quote Modify on Sep 29th, 2003, 9:26am, Icarus wrote: For those who -amazingly- have never heard it, and are tired of guessing, the answer is hidden here: <hidden> I think there are many, many people who've never heard of it. Probably over 80% of the world population. « Last Edit: Sep 29th, 2003, 10:43am by towr » IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB Speaker Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1118 Re: A door   « Reply #9 on: Sep 29th, 2003, 4:50pm » Quote Modify I liked visitor's line of thought. Along the same lines you could say:     When it is the test. Explanation hidden: (de test)  (Adore <-> Detest).   Not the classic answer, but it does have a nice balance. IP Logged They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. <Ben Franklin> Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: A door   « Reply #10 on: Sep 29th, 2003, 5:51pm » Quote Modify on Sep 29th, 2003, 10:42am, towr wrote: I think there are many, many people who've never heard of it. Probably over 80% of the world population.   My apologies. Of course it is highly unlikely that someone who does not speak English will have heard of it. And for those of you who speak English as a second language, puns are something to be avoided until a certain familiarity is reached.   On the other hand, it is amazing to me that any native English speaking adult should have somehow passed through childhood blissfully unexposed to this horrid pun!     (I know that the official name for this smiley is "lips sealed", but he looks to me as if he is about to vomit!) IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous wowbagger Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 727 Re: A door   « Reply #11 on: Sep 30th, 2003, 3:56am » Quote Modify on Sep 29th, 2003, 5:51pm, Icarus wrote: And for those of you who speak English as a second language, puns are something to be avoided until a certain familiarity is reached. When I looked at the solution, I rembered encountering it at school, but I not in which year, probably second or third (wrt English). However, the context was different I think, so it didn't surface at once. Or maybe I only repressed it.   Quote: (I know that the official name for this smiley is "lips sealed", but he looks to me as if he is about to vomit!) Up to now, I've avoided being in a position to judge this statement - neither have I looked someone straight in the face who's about to vomit, nor have I vomited into a mirror. I'm sure there are some adequately animated smilies out there! « Last Edit: Sep 30th, 2003, 3:58am by wowbagger » IP Logged "You're a jerk, <your surname>!" Todd, j Guest Re: A door   « Reply #12 on: Oct 1st, 2003, 2:34pm » Quote Modify Remove when its ajar  (an open door to a car is ajar.) IP Logged maryl Guest Re: A door   « Reply #13 on: Oct 2nd, 2003, 6:31am » Quote Modify Remove I don't get it Icarus; what's so horrid about a pun, a pun after all serves a purpose-no? Sometimes the little things help. IP Logged Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: A door   « Reply #14 on: Oct 2nd, 2003, 5:32pm » Quote Modify I did not say that all puns were horrid. But this one is punishing. IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous lindsey Guest Re: A door   « Reply #15 on: Oct 30th, 2003, 3:14am » Quote Modify Remove when its a jar IP Logged Redingensian Guest Re: A door   « Reply #16 on: Oct 30th, 2003, 4:07am » Quote Modify Remove There's nothing wrong with puns - if you ever get attcked they could save your life! they do say the pun is mightier than the sword... 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