Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - Brain Teasers - Riddle #1 From Daemon_nick
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Daemon_nick
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no but very good guess
here is the riddle once more
"One, holding one, under one;
Two tops bare to the sun;
Three white sticks in a line;
One taps, one makes a whine;
No sound at all from three;
Say what this scene may be."
here is the real awnser
"A pale, bald, one legged beggar, with a white crutch standing under a birch tree in winter." |
NSNick
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A blind beggar holding a walking stick (one of those white canes) and an umbrella. |
Daemon_nick
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hint
hard to give hints without giving away riddle
"One, holding one, under one,"
first: "One" is a pale bald one legged beggar
"holding one" one legged beggar holding what? easy enough
"under one" guess this one
"Two tops bare to the sun"
Second: one top bare to the sun is the bald head, other one is what he is standing under.
"Three sticks in a straight line"
Third: one stick means one leg, second stick what he holding, third what he under.
"One Taps, One makes a whine"
Fourth: one taps is what he holds, one whines, is the beggar.
"And no sound from the three"
Firth: no sound comes from third object(what the man under)
"Say What This Scene May Be"
Will give Awnser some time soon after a few more guesses. |
Felix
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Ahh! This riddle's destroying my brain! Can we have more hints? |
Ed
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Would ladders come into it?  |
Daemon_nick
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You are so off on your guesses
clue:
first part is refering to a type of person, and an object held by person, object person under
And no sorry, no ladders involved |
Apocalypse
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Is it possibly the beach?
Two tops bare to the sun,
sunbaking?
Either that or its a prison and the three are prisoners doing work as punishment |
Daemon_nick
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ok fine try this one then
and no not a drunk
"One, holding one, under one;
Two tops bare to the sun;
Three white sticks in a line;
One taps, one makes a whine;
No sound at all from three;
Say what this scene may be." |
Apocalypse
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A human?
Crawls out of bed in the morning,
Walks normally during the day,
Gets drunk at night and travels with the aid of a walking stick. |
Kefka
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Man.
Oh joy, the riddle of the Sphinx!
EDIT:
And Auzzie, the reason is because:
Morning represents childhood. They crawl on four as a baby.
Afternoon represents midlife. They walk normally.
Evening/night represents the end of their life. They're old, so they walk with a cane. |
Daemon_nick
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Lets start simple, i have alot of these i will try to update everyday (i hope) with a new riddle,
What crawls on four, in the morning, walks on two, in the afternoon, and limps on three, in the evening. |
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