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(Message started by: BNC on Oct 23^rd, 2003, 11:50pm)

Title: I live above a star
Post by BNC on Oct 23^rd, 2003, 11:50pm

I live above a star, and yet I never burn,
I have eleven neighbors, and yet none of them turn,
I am visited in sequence, first, last or in between,
PRS (& sometimes Q)are my initials, now tell me what I mean.

Title: Re: I live above a star
Post by aero_guy on Oct 24^th, 2003, 4:07am

Man these are getting easy, just calling them in now aren't you?

Title: Re: I live above a star
Post by maryl on Oct 25^th, 2003, 11:52am

Ya BNC, I'll have to give you a call when I figure this one out.

Title: Re: I live above a star
Post by TimMann on Oct 25^th, 2003, 10:29pm

I don't see how the initials PRS (and sometimes Q) function in mistysakura's line of thinking...

Title: Re: I live above a star
Post by Speaker on Oct 26^th, 2003, 5:38pm

Reach out and touch somebody. :P

Title: Re: I live above a star
Post by wowbagger on Oct 27^th, 2003, 3:39am

I don't even see mistysakura's line of thinking - or TimMann's idea of it. ???
At least I'm quite confident that I got the right context, thanks to Maryl's post.

Title: Re: I live above a star
Post by TimMann on Oct 31^st, 2003, 12:12am

The symbols !@#$%^&*() appear in a line on my computer keyboard, and above that is a line of 12 function keys. F7 is most directly above the "star" (asterisk). However, I don't usually visit F7 as part of a sequence, and it definitely has nothing to do with P[Q]RS. So it doesn't fit the riddle.

Title: Re: I live above a star
Post by mistysakura on Nov 1^st, 2003, 2:41pm

Forget it.

Title: Re: I live above a star
Post by Lupin on Nov 2^nd, 2003, 11:52am

on 10/31/03 at 00:12:07, TimMann wrote:

Aw, TM, you ought to get away from the keyboard for a while - call a friend - maybe that will clear up your mind ... ;)

Title: Re: I live above a star
Post by TimMann on Nov 2^nd, 2003, 1:01pm

I know the intended answer. I was explaining why what I thought mistysakura was hinting at was the wrong answer, because wowbagger asked. Seems like I not only annoyed mistysakura, but I also convinced Lupin that I need to be given a put-down and another hint. Sigh.

Title: Re: I live above a star
Post by harpanet on Nov 2^nd, 2003, 1:06pm

Sudden inspiration. I was so excited I just had to call Jeri Ryan to tell her.

Title: Re: I live above a star
Post by maryl on Nov 2^nd, 2003, 2:49pm

on 10/25/03 at 22:29:27, TimMann wrote:

I don't see how the initials PRS (and sometimes Q) function in mistysakura's line of thinking...

Misty was referring to a previous riddle that had been posted which was similiar to this one, just different equipment.

Title: Re: I live above a star
Post by william wu on Nov 2^nd, 2003, 2:58pm

I thought !@#$%^&*() was just referring to censored expletives stressing the similarity of the riddle to another. Tim needs to read more comic books :)

Title: Re: I live above a star
Post by mistysakura on Nov 2^nd, 2003, 3:26pm

No worries, I wasn't annoyed at you, more at myself for not getting anywhere near that line between way-too-confusing and explicit.