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(Message started by: ttitus on Feb 8^th, 2003, 6:24am)

Title: riddles
Post by ttitus on Feb 8^th, 2003, 6:24am

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

Title: Re: riddles
Post by Pietro K.C. on Feb 8^th, 2003, 2:39pm

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.

Title: Re: riddles
Post by Icarus on Feb 8^th, 2003, 3:14pm

The second riddle is another variation of one that's been around here for some time. The answer is [hide]a coffin[/hide].

I don't really think [hide]time[/hide] 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.

Title: Re: riddles
Post by visitor on Feb 8^th, 2003, 3:33pm

I think the first might be:
[hide]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.[/hide]

Title: Re: riddles
Post by Pietro K.C. on Feb 8^th, 2003, 7:03pm

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.

Title: Re: riddles
Post by prince on Feb 10^th, 2003, 5:26am

I'm pretty sure [hide] sand [/hide] 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.

Title: Re: riddles
Post by aero_guy on Feb 10^th, 2003, 5:55am

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...

Title: Re: riddles
Post by c-dog-85 on Feb 21^st, 2003, 1:58am

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...

Title: Re: riddles
Post by budderbear on Apr 8^th, 2003, 12:20am

another answer for the first may be [hide] love [/hide] , but this answer in its abstractness and varied interpretations can be a common answer to older riddles, similar to time.

Title: Re: riddles
Post by Beau on Apr 8^th, 2003, 8:31am

The answer to the first one is clearly an uber swiss army knife with optional magnifying glass. Your Welcome!

Title: Re: riddles
Post by redPEPPER on Apr 8^th, 2003, 12:54pm

Our welcome?

Title: Re: riddles
Post by Beau on Apr 8^th, 2003, 6:08pm

Aye, keep the change.