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(Message started by: turtler7 on Aug 20^th, 2003, 8:19am)

Title: What Is "Alive without breath..."
Post by turtler7 on Aug 20^th, 2003, 8:19am

Alive withoutbreath, as cold as death, never thirsty, ever drinking, all in mail never clinking. What is it?

Title: Re: No clue how to phrase title for this one...
Post by Lupin on Aug 20^th, 2003, 10:53am

OK turtler, I’ve been starring at your puzzle for several minnows and can’t think of how to phrase it either. I asked my friend Gill, but he’s kinda hard of herring, so no luck. I’m gonna take some aspirins ... all this has given me a big haddock. ;)

Title: Re: No clue how to phrase title for this one...
Post by turtler7 on Aug 20^th, 2003, 1:06pm

;D yah hard to put a name to it. :-p

Title: Re: No clue how to phrase title for this one...
Post by Speaker on Aug 21^st, 2003, 1:42am

I think I got the answer, but is that part about all in mail never clinking just a red herring.

Maybe somebody could throw me a line.

Title: Re: No clue how to phrase title for this one...
Post by wowbagger on Aug 21^st, 2003, 2:17am

I'm not sure either about this "all in mail never clinking" bit. ???

As for a thread title:
Think about using the beginning of the riddle itself (at least for the What-am-Is), like "Alive without breath".
If you modify the title of the first post in a thread, it will also change the thread title.

Title: Re: No clue how to phrase title for this one...
Post by Lupin on Aug 21^st, 2003, 9:33am

on 08/21/03 at 02:17:59, wowbagger wrote:

I'm not sure either about this "all in mail never clinking" bit. ???

If I’m not mistaken, Gollum said, “clad in mail never clinking” =>[hide]mail (noun) flexible armor composed of small overlapping metal rings or loops of chain.[/hide]

No, I did not do that on porpoise. Now don't be shellfish and admit you knew it. My sole intention was to clarify this point.

Title: Re: What Is "Alive without breath..."
Post by turtler7 on Aug 21^st, 2003, 6:19pm

OK so u know where i got it lol. Could be diferent version of the book i read. Dunno but it still the same riddle. I have enjoyed many of these responces... They are rather funny to someone that knows the answer.