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Riddles

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:26 am
by Nathan
Everyone loves a nice riddle, here's one to start us off:

I have rivers but no water,
I have cities but no houses,
I have deserts but no sand,
I have roads but no cars.
What am I?


Winner gets to ask the next one.

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:36 am
by Loredoctor
a map?

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:00 am
by Nathan
Yep

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 11:35 am
by Loredoctor
I am at the heart of every man;
That is what links men to the beasts.
To ignore me, flesh is reduced,
To embrace me makes men robust.
If I am appeased too often, it is no virtue.
Any gift will please me,
But angry will men be if given stone, wood or air.

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 12:06 pm
by Nathan
Hunger?

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 12:08 pm
by Loredoctor
Yep!

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 12:45 pm
by Nathan
What occurs once every minute, twice every moment, but never in an eternity?

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:00 pm
by dANdeLION
the letter "M"

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:36 pm
by Nathan
Yep

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 7:09 pm
by DukkhaWaynhim
[An easy one...]


You make me, you can break me,
you give me, but can't take me.
I don't know you when I see you,
but I promise to return every smile.

Who am I?

Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 5:56 pm
by Nathan
A Reflection?

Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:21 pm
by DukkhaWaynhim
Yes.

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:36 pm
by Cheval
What is the easiest way to throw a ball,
have it stop,
and completely reverse direction,
after traveling a short distance?

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:21 am
by dlbpharmd
Bounce it?

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 4:39 pm
by Cheval
Close...
(The ball does this without striking any surfaces.)

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 4:56 pm
by Edge
Throw it straight up.

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 4:56 pm
by Nathan
chuck it straight upwards.

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:00 pm
by Cheval
Edge and Nathan are both correct.
(Let's see who posts their riddle first now.)

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:06 pm
by Nathan
I'm long overdue for posting a riddle, seems it was my turn a year ago, and I dropped the ball...

My riddle:

It goes up, but at the same time goes down. Up toward the sky, and down toward the ground. It's present tense and past tense too, come for a ride, just me and you.

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:52 pm
by Nathan
Come on someone, it's not that hard!