Let's start with this one, one of my proudest when it comes to the prose aspect but I'm still not sure it isn't too easy. Tell me how hard you find it.
Upon my great neck I can always be found
In nature's most wondrous diadem crowned
No heart have I, yet is my inner voice true
Though I'm known by two names I'm the same through and through
Have I but one arm; but one arm have I ought
Part of me yes it is; part of me yet it's not
Though you may have much trouble in finding the key
Still I must ask you now to identify me
Well? Is it too easy? What are your answers?
Peace be to any prophets I may have mentioned above. Praised and exalted be my Maker, if I have mentioned Him. (Come to think of it praise Him anyway.)
Re: Here I try out the riddles I invent. Any volunteers?
Kettle/teapot?
If so...
It's 1943. A woman has to cross a bridge to escape from Germany into Switzerland. The SS Guard has orders to shoot anyone trying to cross into Switzerland and to order anyone trying to enter Germany to turn back. It takes six minutes to get across the bridge. Every three minutes, the SS Guard looks out the window in a different direction. How does the woman get across the bridge?
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Re: Here I try out the riddles I invent. Any volunteers?
format_quote Originally Posted by Boaz
Kettle/teapot?
No. The "diadem" part would be out of place and have no apparent reference point, and a teakettle's arm is very much part of it in every way. Not too bad a guess though. Any other takers?
Peace be to any prophets I may have mentioned above. Praised and exalted be my Maker, if I have mentioned Him. (Come to think of it praise Him anyway.)
Re: Here I try out the riddles I invent. Any volunteers?
goodness ive been trying to figure this out for so long great job mashallah but this hard.... is it something obvious or do i really need to think hard i keep thinking of a skeleton key
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"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why we call it 'The Present'."
Re: Here I try out the riddles I invent. Any volunteers?
format_quote Originally Posted by Yahya Sulaiman
No. The "diadem" part would be out of place and have no apparent reference point, and a teakettle's arm is very much part of it in every way. Not too bad a guess though. Any other takers?
Phew.... Thanks God it was not Kettle/Teapot
I was about to commit suicide that i daily use this pot and i was unaware it has enough material to make a difficult riddle
Re: Here I try out the riddles I invent. Any volunteers?
format_quote Originally Posted by Mila
i keep thinking of a skeleton key
Fits some of the clues but not nearly all. What inner voice does a skeleton key possess?
format_quote Originally Posted by Endymion
I was about to commit suicide that i daily use this pot and i was unaware it has enough material to make a difficult riddle
I do believe there are several riddles I've heard with that answer, but this is not one of them.
Peace be to any prophets I may have mentioned above. Praised and exalted be my Maker, if I have mentioned Him. (Come to think of it praise Him anyway.)
Re: Here I try out the riddles I invent. Any volunteers?
Any other takers? How long should I leave it open?
Peace be to any prophets I may have mentioned above. Praised and exalted be my Maker, if I have mentioned Him. (Come to think of it praise Him anyway.)
Re: Here I try out the riddles I invent. Any volunteers?
Clues defeat the purpose. How about if no one has solved it by the time the weekend is over I give the answer then?
Peace be to any prophets I may have mentioned above. Praised and exalted be my Maker, if I have mentioned Him. (Come to think of it praise Him anyway.)
Re: Here I try out the riddles I invent. Any volunteers?
format_quote Originally Posted by nightingale
bluetooth headset?
I don't even know what that is.
Peace be to any prophets I may have mentioned above. Praised and exalted be my Maker, if I have mentioned Him. (Come to think of it praise Him anyway.)
Re: Here I try out the riddles I invent. Any volunteers?
It's obviously a one armed sculptor (specializing in necks) who, after relocating through the witness protection program, had his heart removed by mafia henchmen not wanting him to testify. Locked in a drafty studio, and still wearing his favourite tiara, he lays draped over a giant neck... the wind howling as it passes over the hole in his chest. A deep yet tragic riddle
Re: Here I try out the riddles I invent. Any volunteers?
Sorry I'm late. The answer is a fiddle.
Peace be to any prophets I may have mentioned above. Praised and exalted be my Maker, if I have mentioned Him. (Come to think of it praise Him anyway.)
Re: Here I try out the riddles I invent. Any volunteers?
No, I don't. And the riddle mentions that it's known by two names.
Chin up.
Peace be to any prophets I may have mentioned above. Praised and exalted be my Maker, if I have mentioned Him. (Come to think of it praise Him anyway.)
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