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Feller
Nov 7, 2008, 5:06 PM
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I pose to you this riddle:
I am the last one single
A trinity made square
I am the charm of kittens
But I am nothing without my tail
This fucker's been bothering me for a couple days now. The answer is probably painfully obvious and simple, and at this point I think I may be trying to stretch too far for the answer. Anyone good at these things?
spit some answers.
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reno
Nov 7, 2008, 5:13 PM
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The number 9.
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fenix83
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Nov 7, 2008, 5:18 PM
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korrekt. I didn't understand the line about the kittens though.
-F
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Arrogant_Bastard
Nov 7, 2008, 5:21 PM
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I'd assume something to do with 9 lives?
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Feller
Nov 7, 2008, 5:24 PM
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VERY nice....The trinity one is kinda throwing me off though on that answer. I don't understand how the number 9 fits that clue, but I think you're on the right track. idk, maybe I'm not thinking about the trinity part right. Its spelled with a lower case, which means it's NOT talking about the godhead (father, son, holy spirit), but rather a mathematical, or grammatical usage. so 3 becoming 4.
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wjca
Nov 7, 2008, 5:27 PM
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His horse was named Friday.
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fenix83
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Nov 7, 2008, 5:31 PM
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Feller wrote: VERY nice....The trinity one is kinda throwing me off though on that answer. I don't understand how the number 9 fits that clue, but I think you're on the right track. idk, maybe I'm not thinking about the trinity part right. Its spelled with a lower case, which means it's NOT talking about the godhead (father, son, holy spirit), but rather a mathematical, or grammatical usage. so 3 becoming 4.
A trinity made square = 3^2 = 9
Thanks for the clarification on the lives thing A_B.
-F
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Arrogant_Bastard
Nov 7, 2008, 5:31 PM
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Feller wrote: VERY nice....The trinity one is kinda throwing me off though on that answer. I don't understand how the number 9 fits that clue, but I think you're on the right track. idk, maybe I'm not thinking about the trinity part right. Its spelled with a lower case, which means it's NOT talking about the godhead (father, son, holy spirit), but rather a mathematical, or grammatical usage. so 3 becoming 4.
That's funny, as soon as I read the trinity line I knew the answer.
Trinity - 3
3 squared = 9
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Feller
Nov 7, 2008, 5:37 PM
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OMG I love you.
Thanks all for your input, couldn't have done it without you.
ok, here's another one. This one I DO know the answer to:
With zero it means no motion;
Add value, becomes a mathematical notion;
As an adverb, means affirmation;
And given power can corrupt any nation.
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reno
Nov 7, 2008, 5:47 PM
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Feller wrote: VERY nice....The trinity one is kinda throwing me off though on that answer. I don't understand how the number 9 fits that clue, but I think you're on the right track.
Trinity = three. three squared (three times three) is nine.
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Arrogant_Bastard
Nov 7, 2008, 6:14 PM
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reno wrote: Feller wrote: VERY nice....The trinity one is kinda throwing me off though on that answer. I don't understand how the number 9 fits that clue, but I think you're on the right track. Trinity = three. three squared (three times three) is nine.
This thread had 9 posts until you posted this. You fucked up the trinity. Squared.
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Arrogant_Bastard
Nov 7, 2008, 6:16 PM
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Absolute.
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clausti
Nov 7, 2008, 6:28 PM
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Feller wrote: OMG I love you. Thanks all for your input, couldn't have done it without you. ok, here's another one. This one I DO know the answer to: With zero it means no motion; Add value, becomes a mathematical notion; As an adverb, means affirmation; And given power can corrupt any nation.
absolute.
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clausti
Nov 7, 2008, 6:28 PM
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let it be said that i did not read AB's answer before i posted mine!
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Arrogant_Bastard
Nov 7, 2008, 6:48 PM
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A likely story.
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basilisk
Nov 7, 2008, 6:50 PM
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I like this thread. Let's keep it up
I have a name but it isn't my name
My face shows signs of age
And I always mean the same thing, no matter what I say
I'm born in the morning.
I last 'till the end of days
Men plant me but I never grow
Run from me but I never move
Look at me to see their future
And rot in the fields where I bloom.
What am I?
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Arrogant_Bastard
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basilisk wrote: I like this thread. Let's keep it up I have a name but it isn't my name My face shows signs of age And I always mean the same thing, no matter what I say I'm born in the morning. I last 'till the end of days Men plant me but I never grow Run from me but I never move Look at me to see their future And rot in the fields where I bloom. What am I?
Tombstone?
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Arrogant_Bastard
Nov 7, 2008, 7:05 PM
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Added together I make a whole
Subtracted and I’m twice that
My name means to fight with a cause
Spelled backwards the deft of a cat
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basilisk
Nov 7, 2008, 7:10 PM
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Arrogant_Bastard wrote: Tombstone?
Aye.
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basilisk
Nov 7, 2008, 7:33 PM
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Arrogant_Bastard wrote: Added together I make a whole Subtracted and I’m twice that My name means to fight with a cause Spelled backwards the deft of a cat
This is working out to be a lot harder than I first expected
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Feller
Nov 7, 2008, 7:39 PM
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no kidding. I've been thinking about it since AB posted it, avoiding doing the work I SHOULD be doing instead.
anyways, back to the riddle...
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basilisk
Nov 7, 2008, 8:01 PM
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Peels? It kinda works..
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Feller
Nov 7, 2008, 8:08 PM
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I don't think Peels means to fight with a cause. at least not that I know of
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basilisk
Nov 7, 2008, 8:11 PM
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I don't either.
But it arguably fit the other three, and sleep was the only cat related thing I could think of that spelled a word backwards. Of course, I'm likely taking that clue too literally
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uhoh
Nov 7, 2008, 8:57 PM
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wjca wrote: His horse was named Friday.
His horse had no name.
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