Riddle Thread!

[datalink7]

"What does man love more than life
Fear more than death or mortal strife
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire,
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves
And all men carry to their graves?"

??

 

[Noriaki]

<<
"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball." >>

It's not Air is it?

 

[datalink7]

<<

<<
"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball." >>

It's not Air is it? >>



No it is tommorow, and I guess b0mbrman already got it.

 

[jobberd]

<< "What does man love more than life
Fear more than death or mortal strife
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire,
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves
And all men carry to their graves?"

?? >>

Nothing

 

[datalink7]

<<

<< "What does man love more than life
Fear more than death or mortal strife
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire,
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves
And all men carry to their graves?"

?? >>

Nothing >>



Yup!

 

[Noriaki]

<< "What does man love more than life
Fear more than death or mortal strife
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire,
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves
And all men carry to their graves?"

?? >>

Nothing I think.


Damn I'm just way to slow tonight ;-)

 

[fatalbert]

<< "What does man love more than life
Fear more than death or mortal strife
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire,
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves
And all men carry to their graves?"

?? >>



nothing

Edit: slow

 

[datalink7]

Here is one that is really hard (well at least I think it is really hard).

"Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all figures, the first of all letters,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king."


????

 

[fatalbert]

<< Here is one that is really hard (well at least I think it is really hard).

"Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all figures, the first of all letters,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king."


???? >>



David

 

[Basilisk6]

<< Here is one that is really hard (well at least I think it is really hard).

"Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all figures, the first of all letters,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring
Before you the name of an eminent king."


???? >>



DAVID?

 

[datalink7]

You guys google searched it!

 

[fatalbert]

The king dies and two men, the true heir and an impostor, both claim to be his long-lost son. Both fit the description of the rightful heir: about the right age, height, coloring and general appearance. Finally, one of the elders proposes a test to identify the true heir. One man agrees to the test while the other flatly re-fuses. The one who agreed is immediately sent on his way, and the one who re-fused is correctly identified as the rightful heir.
Can you figure out why?


no I didn't google search it

actually I don't like this riddle but it was all I could think of

 

[datalink7]

With thieves I consort,
With the vilest, in short,
I'm quite at ease in depravity;
Yet all divines use me,
And savants can't lose me,
For I am the center of gravity.


???

 

[fatalbert]

v

 

[datalink7]

Yup.

Can't think of what yours is... can it be derived from the riddle itself or is it one where you have to extrapolate outside of the clues given?

 

[fatalbert]

extrapolate

 

[datalink7]

Well... the test has to be something that the real prince cannot do. That is the only possiblity I can think of.

Anyone think of anything?

 

[glen]

What is.........

Alive without breath;
as cold as death;
never thirsting, ever drinking
clad in mail, never clinking.
Drowns on dry land,
thinks an island
is a mountain;
thinks a fountain
is a puff of air.
So sleek, so fair!
What a joy to meet!

 

[fatalbert]

<< What is.........

Alive without breath;
as cold as death;
never thirsting, ever drinking
clad in mail, never clinking.
Drowns on dry land,
thinks an island
is a mountain;
thinks a fountain
is a puff of air.
So sleek, so fair!
What a joy to meet! >>



fish

 

[fatalbert]

<< Well... the test has to be something that the real prince cannot do. That is the only possiblity I can think of.

Anyone think of anything? >>



your on the right track, I could give a hint in history if you want

 

[Cancer12]

A hint would be cool. I'm not as good at these as everyone else.

 

[fatalbert]

HINT:









Alexi Romanov

 

[Noriaki]

While the Tolkein/Hobbit riddle bit is a classic, and great riddles to boot...we have to stop with them...everybody's read them.

And riddles aren't any good if you already know the answer.

fatalbert's is interesting....I have no idea though.

 

[datalink7]

<< HINT:









Alexi Romanov >>



The blood disease where you don't stop bleeding. Hemopheliac? (sp?). So it was a blood test, which the real prince could not give.

 

[Cancer12]

That sucks I haven't taken Russian history yet. BRB.