Eric Posted May 10, 2007 Posted May 10, 2007 4th is cymbals ("symbols"). Will edit post when if get the others. :) Edit: 1 is piano ("P" and "O"). Edit: 2 is tuba (two "ba") I agree that #3 is clarinet. ;) Quote
Myriad Posted May 11, 2007 Author Posted May 11, 2007 Sheesh, they are! Decode this well known nursery rhyme: A small number of child laborers were attempting to traverse a more elevated position in a vain attempt to procure a quarter of a rundlet of a hydrogen and oxygen compound. Half their number experienced an uncontrollable descent that resulted in severe damage to the pate. And soon it came to pass that the rest of the labor force followed suit, but with far less serious consequences. Quote
Myriad Posted May 12, 2007 Author Posted May 12, 2007 Correct! I don't get the first line though. A poor, young knight wants to marry a beautiful princess and she wants to marry him. But the king doesn't want the marriage. He offers the knight a choice. He can draw one of two slips of paper out of a golden urn. One will say "marriage" and one will say "death". The princess is able to whisper to the knight that both slips of paper really say "death". The knight and the princess end up being wed. How could the knight accomplish this? Quote
Eric Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 I'm not sure about the current puzzle, but to decode the first line of Jack and Jill... A small number of child laborers = Jack and Jill were attempting to traverse a more elevated position = went up a hill in a vain attempt to procure a quarter of a rundlet of a hydrogen and oxygen compound = to fetch a pail of water. Quote
kikaown Posted May 12, 2007 Posted May 12, 2007 You never said that death means he is put to death. Maybe Death means that the prince will get to marry. Quote
Myriad Posted May 13, 2007 Author Posted May 13, 2007 Oh, right. I seriously don't get that Kikaown. o_O Quote
Izzy ♥ Posted May 13, 2007 Posted May 13, 2007 I don't know about this, but maybe the prince slipped his own bit of paper in, that said marriage? Not sure about this one, its hard! Quote
kikaown Posted May 13, 2007 Posted May 13, 2007 Myriad, you just said that there were two pieces of paper. One says Death, one says Marry. However, you never said that he would get to marry if he pulled Marry, or that he would be put to death if he pulled Death. Quote
SarafinaWolf7 Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 I know this one. The prince takes one of the slips and tears it up. He shows the other slip. The other slip says 'Death', so his must have said 'Marry'. In another version he swallows the slip. o_O Quote
Myriad Posted May 14, 2007 Author Posted May 14, 2007 Whoa. Weird. So you've heard that one before? You are visiting a new town and need a haircut. There are only two barbers in town. You visit each shop. One is disorganized and messy and the barber has a horrible haircut. The other one is neat and tidy and the barber has a wonderful haircut. Which barber would you choose and why? Quote
Eric Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 I'd go with the messy (bad haircut) barber, because you could assume that he cuts the other (nice haircut) barber's hair. Quote
SarafinaWolf7 Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 Whoa. Weird. So you've heard that one before? You are visiting a new town and need a haircut. There are only two barbers in town. You visit each shop. One is disorganized and messy and the barber has a horrible haircut. The other one is neat and tidy and the barber has a wonderful haircut. Which barber would you choose and why? Yes I've heard it before. I agree with Eric. Quote
Myriad Posted May 15, 2007 Author Posted May 15, 2007 Yeah. :* That confused me a bit, then I got it. You'll probably know this one, I hearc a lot like it. What's so peculiar about this sentence? I do not know where family doctors acquired illegibly perplexing handwriting; nevertheless, extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectuality, counterbalancing indecipherability, transcendentalizes intercommunications' incomprehensibleness. Quote
Izzy ♥ Posted May 15, 2007 Posted May 15, 2007 Each word in the sentence has one extra letter as you read through :P Quote
Eric Posted May 15, 2007 Posted May 15, 2007 Well done, Isabel. Very nice :) Anna, Dillon - I (1 letters) do (2 letters) not (3 letters) know (4 letters) where (5 letters) family (6 letters) doctors (7 letters) acquired (8 letters)...so on, and so forth. Quote
Myriad Posted May 16, 2007 Author Posted May 16, 2007 Heh, yeah. :P Kind of weird. . . Twice ten are six of us, six are but three of us. Nine are but four of us; What can we possibly be? Would you know more of us, twelve are but six of us. Five are but four, do you see? Quote
antiaircraft Posted May 16, 2007 Posted May 16, 2007 It's letters. There are three letters in the word 'ten', and twice three is six. There are three letters in the word 'six'. Etcetera, etcetera... Quote
Myriad Posted May 17, 2007 Author Posted May 17, 2007 I love riddles. They're so. . rhyme-y. :* This is a hard riddle though! Seven letters are we, Four different words we make. Guess us or be ridiculed; Your reputation's at stake. The first has pictures, Paintings and such. The second causes sneezing, From ragweed or dust. The third is an adverb, It's hard to explain It's the same as immensely But it's much more plain. If you can act like a king, this word you will sing. These clues are sparse This riddle may be tough. But if you are smart Then it will be enough. Quote
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