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Nevfeniel · 04-06-2002, 09:54 AM

Quote:

You carry me since the first time you met me,
but I am not heavy on your shoulder,
and not carried on the back by thee,
but can still be more burden than a boulder,
when you try to catch me I flee,
and when you run from me I hunt you,
everywhere I follow thee,
but sometimes look for me you do,
I can cause laughter and I can cause a tear,
I bring joy and fear and sorrow,
eveytime and everywhere,
I'm a thing you can not borrow,
but nothing lasts for ever and one day,
I will not be by thee,
I will go my own way,
and noone will ever find me,
what am I?

Age maybe?

Belegfanaion · 04-07-2002, 10:39 AM

You carry me since the first time you met me,
but I am not heavy on your shoulder,
and not carried on the back by thee,
but can still be more burden than a boulder,
when you try to catch me I flee,
and when you run from me I hunt you,
everywhere I follow thee,
but sometimes look for me you do,
I can cause laughter and I can cause a tear,
I bring joy and fear and sorrow,
eveytime and everywhere,
I'm a thing you can not borrow,
but nothing lasts for ever and one day,
I will not be by thee,
I will go my own way,
and noone will ever find me,
what am I?

The answer to this riddle is a memory. Everyone carries memories, and they can be a very big burden, especially if they're bad memories. When you try to remember something, a lot of times it "runs" from you, and when you try to escape a bad memory, it always comes back to haunt you. Memories can cause laughter or fear, or despair, or sorrow. And soon, when you die, the memories you have had will fade and never be found again. [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]

Manwe · 04-09-2002, 01:33 PM

Belegfanaion, is correct, memory it is.

Manwe · 04-09-2002, 01:54 PM

Here's a new, but don't forget the other:

I am a servant, faithfull, faithless,
I have killed many a person in many a place,
yes, many men have I murdered, but never have I been punished,
and yet do I leave an easy trace,
my bite kills faster than any venom,
in sunshine I brightly blaze,
but you may not see me,
when I am clothed in haze,
what am I?

Maikadilwen · 04-10-2002, 11:45 AM

Quote:

I am a servant, faithfull, faithless,
I have killed many a person in many a place,
yes, many men have I murdered, but never have I been punished,
and yet do I leave an easy trace,
my bite kills faster than any venom,
in sunshine I brightly blaze,
but you may not see me,
when I am clothed in haze,
what am I?

A sword? Knife?

Sam Gamgee · 04-10-2002, 01:28 PM

Sounds good to me, but I'm just looking in, I mean, a sword would shine in the sun, and has killed many, but who can you think of that punishes their sword? Exactly. No one. So, my point is, I think Maikadilwen is right.

Manwe · 04-10-2002, 02:13 PM

And, yes, he is.

Manwe · 04-10-2002, 02:15 PM

But now you have to solve this one before I make a new:

I have many fingers,
but no hands,
I go across the world,
to foregin lands,
yet do I not walk not run not fly,
I can be short and I can be high,
in many ways i help thee,
yet do you kill me,
what am I?

Maikadilwen · 04-11-2002, 05:13 AM

Quote:

I have many fingers,
but no hands,
I go across the world,
to foregin lands,
yet do I not walk not run not fly,
I can be short and I can be high,
in many ways i help thee,
yet do you kill me,
what am I?

Time? Probably not, but what the heck. It's worth a try.

By the way:

Quote:

And, yes, he is.

That would be: SHE is. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Manwe · 04-12-2002, 06:35 AM

Ah, yes, sorry. I didn't saw the 'wen' and was very tired.

Manwe · 05-13-2002, 04:43 AM

OK, since noone tries to anwser and I don't want this thred to be forgotten the right answer is tree. I will post a new one as soon as I can figure it out, if you are intresstedm, that is.

Susan Delgado · 05-13-2002, 07:17 PM

I thought of that, but by the time I got there, the thread was very old, and I thought it had been forgotten. It's a good riddle though

Gwaihir the Windlord · 05-17-2002, 02:15 AM

Just posting to keep the thread live.

If anyone's got any more riddles, please post them. I'd like to answer one...

Arwen Imladris · 05-17-2002, 08:22 PM

O.K., This is from Riddle a day:

A man drove to the store. He got out, and accidentally locked his keys in the car. He went in the store, and bought some milk. He came back out and unlocked the door without touching "anything" on the outside of the car. How did he do it?

05-18-2002, 08:12 AM

6 is fear

Susan Delgado · 05-18-2002, 10:45 AM

Easy. He reached through the open top and pulled the door handle up.

What's green and if it falls out of a tree will kill you?

Arwen Imladris · 05-19-2002, 03:42 PM

Yup!

The car was a convertible and he reached inside to open the door.

I have no idea for the next one.

Susan Delgado · 05-21-2002, 11:33 PM

A pool table! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Melephelwen · 05-22-2002, 08:54 AM

An apple? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

*Mele

Manwe · 05-23-2002, 04:31 AM

I am your companion,
follow you in the light,
but I'll be gone,
in the night,
you can not harm me,
with sword or knife,
I move beside the living,
but never have I life,
what am I?

Maikadilwen · 05-23-2002, 04:47 AM

Quote:

I am your companion.....

A shadow?

[ May 24, 2002: Message edited by: Maikadilwen ]

Susan Delgado · 05-23-2002, 12:06 PM

What riddle are we guessing?

Arwen Imladris · 05-23-2002, 03:49 PM

I think it is:

I am your companion,
follow you in the light,
but I'll be gone,
in the night,
you can not harm me,
with sword or knife,
I move beside the living,
but never have I life,
what am I?

This was originally posted by Manwe.

Manwe · 05-24-2002, 04:32 AM

Maikadilwen is right.
I haven't got any riddle now, but I will post as soon as I figure one out.

Susan Delgado · 05-24-2002, 11:11 AM

May I ask one?

Maikadilwen · 05-26-2002, 01:34 AM

Ask away. WE WANT MORE!!!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Susan Delgado · 05-26-2002, 02:25 AM

Very well. I didn't want to infringe on Manwe's privilege, that's all [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

There is a thing that nothing is,
And yet it has a name.
It is sometimes tall and sometimes short,
Joins our talk, joins our sport,
And plays at every game.

[ May 26, 2002: Message edited by: Susan Delgado ]

Hírilamara · 05-27-2002, 01:45 PM

That's a toughie.

Hírilamara · 05-27-2002, 01:51 PM

Try this one:

My step is slow, the snow's my breath,
I give the ground a grinding death.
My marching makes an end to me,
slain by sun or drowned in sea.
What am I?

Nevfeniel · 05-27-2002, 06:12 PM

Cold? No, wait. That's not drowned in the sea. Uhhhhh. . . I give up. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

Susan Delgado · 05-27-2002, 10:12 PM

Is it a glacier?

Manwe · 05-28-2002, 04:48 AM

If you figure out the last one you can try this one:

I have no legs or body or head,
and but one eye,
you never thank me,
but without me you would all die,
I never walk or run,
but move with haste,
in many places you want me,
but to many places I lay waste,
what am I?

Kettle of fish · 05-28-2002, 09:31 AM

quote:
-----------------------------------

You carry me since the first time you met me,
but I am not heavy on your shoulder,
and not carried on the back by thee,
but can still be more burden than a boulder,
when you try to catch me I flee,
and when you run from me I hunt you,
everywhere I follow thee,
but sometimes look for me you do,
I can cause laughter and I can cause a tear,
I bring joy and fear and sorrow,
eveytime and everywhere,
I'm a thing you can not borrow,
but nothing lasts for ever and one day,
I will not be by thee,
I will go my own way,
and noone will ever find me,
what am I?

Is it memory/memories?

Maikadilwen · 05-28-2002, 12:19 PM

Quote:

I have no legs or body or head,
and but one eye....

A storm?

Belin · 05-28-2002, 05:54 PM

Quote:

There is a thing that nothing is,
And yet it has a name.
It is sometimes tall and sometimes short,
Joins our talk, joins our sport,
And plays at every game.

A shadow, of course.

--Belin Ibaimendi

Hírilamara · 05-28-2002, 07:11 PM

Yes, it was a glacier.

Susan Delgado · 05-28-2002, 09:57 PM

Quote:

A shadow, of course

Hey, Belin! you can't "guess" if you already know the answer! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Susan Delgado · 05-28-2002, 10:02 PM

Yay, a glacier [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
-------------------------------------
He lives like a monkey,
He's built like a mouse.
He picks fruits and nuts in his tree-branch house.

Manwe · 05-29-2002, 03:18 AM

Storm isn't correct. Maybe the haste is a bit missleading, you might think that it moves quite slow, keep guessing.

Maikadilwen · 05-29-2002, 03:36 AM

Then maybe the Sun? Nah, probably not, but it's always worth a try. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

04-07-2002, 10:39 AM	#42
Belegfanaion Animated Skeleton Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rivendell Posts: 45	You carry me since the first time you met me, but I am not heavy on your shoulder, and not carried on the back by thee, but can still be more burden than a boulder, when you try to catch me I flee, and when you run from me I hunt you, everywhere I follow thee, but sometimes look for me you do, I can cause laughter and I can cause a tear, I bring joy and fear and sorrow, eveytime and everywhere, I'm a thing you can not borrow, but nothing lasts for ever and one day, I will not be by thee, I will go my own way, and noone will ever find me, what am I? The answer to this riddle is a memory. Everyone carries memories, and they can be a very big burden, especially if they're bad memories. When you try to remember something, a lot of times it "runs" from you, and when you try to escape a bad memory, it always comes back to haunt you. Memories can cause laughter or fear, or despair, or sorrow. And soon, when you die, the memories you have had will fade and never be found again. [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img] __________________ "'Hold it up!' said Gandalf. 'And look closely.' As Frodo did so, he now saw fine lines, finer than the finest pen-strokes, running along the ring, outside and inside: lines of fire that seemed to form the letters of a flowing script. They shone piercingly bright, and yet remote, as if out of a great depth. 'I cannot read the fiery letters,' said Frodo in a quavering voice. 'No,' said Gandalf, 'but I can. The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough: One Ring to Bring them all and in the darkness bind them.'"

04-09-2002, 01:33 PM	#43
Manwe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ilmarin, Taniquetil Posts: 98	Belegfanaion, is correct, memory it is. __________________ by the way my name is Manwë, not Manwe

04-09-2002, 01:54 PM	#44
Manwe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ilmarin, Taniquetil Posts: 98	Here's a new, but don't forget the other: I am a servant, faithfull, faithless, I have killed many a person in many a place, yes, many men have I murdered, but never have I been punished, and yet do I leave an easy trace, my bite kills faster than any venom, in sunshine I brightly blaze, but you may not see me, when I am clothed in haze, what am I? __________________ by the way my name is Manwë, not Manwe

04-10-2002, 01:28 PM	#46
Sam Gamgee Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hobbiton, the Shire Posts: 36	Sounds good to me, but I'm just looking in, I mean, a sword would shine in the sun, and has killed many, but who can you think of that punishes their sword? Exactly. No one. So, my point is, I think Maikadilwen is right. __________________ "I made a promise, Mr. Frodo, a promise. 'Don't you leave him, Samwise Gamgee' and I don't mean to!" ~Sam Gamgee

04-10-2002, 02:13 PM	#47
Manwe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ilmarin, Taniquetil Posts: 98	And, yes, he is. __________________ by the way my name is Manwë, not Manwe

04-10-2002, 02:15 PM	#48
Manwe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ilmarin, Taniquetil Posts: 98	But now you have to solve this one before I make a new: I have many fingers, but no hands, I go across the world, to foregin lands, yet do I not walk not run not fly, I can be short and I can be high, in many ways i help thee, yet do you kill me, what am I? __________________ by the way my name is Manwë, not Manwe

04-12-2002, 06:35 AM	#50
Manwe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ilmarin, Taniquetil Posts: 98	Ah, yes, sorry. I didn't saw the 'wen' and was very tired. __________________ by the way my name is Manwë, not Manwe

05-13-2002, 04:43 AM	#51
Manwe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ilmarin, Taniquetil Posts: 98	OK, since noone tries to anwser and I don't want this thred to be forgotten the right answer is tree. I will post a new one as soon as I can figure it out, if you are intresstedm, that is. __________________ by the way my name is Manwë, not Manwe

05-13-2002, 07:17 PM	#52
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	I thought of that, but by the time I got there, the thread was very old, and I thought it had been forgotten. It's a good riddle though __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

05-17-2002, 02:15 AM	#53
Gwaihir the Windlord Essence of Darkness Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Evermore Posts: 1,420	Just posting to keep the thread live. If anyone's got any more riddles, please post them. I'd like to answer one...

05-17-2002, 08:22 PM	#54
Arwen Imladris Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a box with a fox Posts: 1,347	O.K., This is from Riddle a day: A man drove to the store. He got out, and accidentally locked his keys in the car. He went in the store, and bought some milk. He came back out and unlocked the door without touching "anything" on the outside of the car. How did he do it? __________________ "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies, we must go, yes, we must go at once."

05-18-2002, 10:45 AM	#56
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Easy. He reached through the open top and pulled the door handle up. What's green and if it falls out of a tree will kill you? __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

05-19-2002, 03:42 PM	#57
Arwen Imladris Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a box with a fox Posts: 1,347	Yup! The car was a convertible and he reached inside to open the door. I have no idea for the next one. __________________ "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies, we must go, yes, we must go at once."

05-21-2002, 11:33 PM	#58
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	A pool table! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

05-22-2002, 08:54 AM	#59
Melephelwen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2002 Location: the Middle of Nowhere Posts: 291	An apple? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] *Mele __________________ We're all following a strange melody We're all summoned by a tune We're following the piper And we dance beneath the moon

05-23-2002, 04:31 AM	#60
Manwe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ilmarin, Taniquetil Posts: 98	I am your companion, follow you in the light, but I'll be gone, in the night, you can not harm me, with sword or knife, I move beside the living, but never have I life, what am I? __________________ by the way my name is Manwë, not Manwe

05-23-2002, 12:06 PM	#62
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	What riddle are we guessing? __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

05-23-2002, 03:49 PM	#63
Arwen Imladris Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a box with a fox Posts: 1,347	I think it is: I am your companion, follow you in the light, but I'll be gone, in the night, you can not harm me, with sword or knife, I move beside the living, but never have I life, what am I? This was originally posted by Manwe. __________________ "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies, we must go, yes, we must go at once."

05-24-2002, 04:32 AM	#64
Manwe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ilmarin, Taniquetil Posts: 98	Maikadilwen is right. I haven't got any riddle now, but I will post as soon as I figure one out. __________________ by the way my name is Manwë, not Manwe

05-24-2002, 11:11 AM	#65
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	May I ask one? __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

05-26-2002, 01:34 AM	#66
Maikadilwen Summoner of Lost Souls Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: At home, with my Strongbow Posts: 521	Ask away. WE WANT MORE!!!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ -"Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave. Our birth is nothing but our death begun."

05-26-2002, 02:25 AM	#67
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Very well. I didn't want to infringe on Manwe's privilege, that's all [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] There is a thing that nothing is, And yet it has a name. It is sometimes tall and sometimes short, Joins our talk, joins our sport, And plays at every game. [ May 26, 2002: Message edited by: Susan Delgado ] __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

05-27-2002, 01:45 PM	#68
Hírilamara Pile O'Bones Join Date: May 2002 Location: California Posts: 16	That's a toughie. __________________ The probability of someone seeing you is proportional to the stupidity of your action.

05-27-2002, 01:51 PM	#69
Hírilamara Pile O'Bones Join Date: May 2002 Location: California Posts: 16	Try this one: My step is slow, the snow's my breath, I give the ground a grinding death. My marching makes an end to me, slain by sun or drowned in sea. What am I? __________________ The probability of someone seeing you is proportional to the stupidity of your action.

05-27-2002, 06:12 PM	#70
Nevfeniel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mithlond Posts: 783	Cold? No, wait. That's not drowned in the sea. Uhhhhh. . . I give up. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] __________________ Consider the purr a variety of audible tranquilizer. [. . .] For a few of us, there is one more purr, a secret purr. When we combine our secret purrs, we produce the Purr of Power. And that is simply the amplified amity we feel as furred and purred beings.

05-27-2002, 10:12 PM	#71
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Is it a glacier? __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

05-28-2002, 04:48 AM	#72
Manwe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ilmarin, Taniquetil Posts: 98	If you figure out the last one you can try this one: I have no legs or body or head, and but one eye, you never thank me, but without me you would all die, I never walk or run, but move with haste, in many places you want me, but to many places I lay waste, what am I? __________________ by the way my name is Manwë, not Manwe

05-28-2002, 09:31 AM	#73
Kettle of fish Wight Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 114	quote: ----------------------------------- You carry me since the first time you met me, but I am not heavy on your shoulder, and not carried on the back by thee, but can still be more burden than a boulder, when you try to catch me I flee, and when you run from me I hunt you, everywhere I follow thee, but sometimes look for me you do, I can cause laughter and I can cause a tear, I bring joy and fear and sorrow, eveytime and everywhere, I'm a thing you can not borrow, but nothing lasts for ever and one day, I will not be by thee, I will go my own way, and noone will ever find me, what am I? Is it memory/memories? __________________ The inimical is often more instructive than the benign. Between screams, try to pay attention.

05-28-2002, 07:11 PM	#76
Hírilamara Pile O'Bones Join Date: May 2002 Location: California Posts: 16	Yes, it was a glacier. __________________ The probability of someone seeing you is proportional to the stupidity of your action.

05-28-2002, 10:02 PM	#78
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	Yay, a glacier [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] ------------------------------------- He lives like a monkey, He's built like a mouse. He picks fruits and nuts in his tree-branch house. __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"

05-29-2002, 03:18 AM	#79
Manwe Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Ilmarin, Taniquetil Posts: 98	Storm isn't correct. Maybe the haste is a bit missleading, you might think that it moves quite slow, keep guessing. __________________ by the way my name is Manwë, not Manwe

05-29-2002, 03:36 AM	#80
Maikadilwen Summoner of Lost Souls Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: At home, with my Strongbow Posts: 521	Then maybe the Sun? Nah, probably not, but it's always worth a try. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ -"Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave. Our birth is nothing but our death begun."

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