Can you solve this riddle?

CaptainD · Mon 18/12/2017 21:08:14

Quote from: dayowlron on Mon 18/12/2017 20:19:05
Sorry I missed my turn but I Never really got Mandle's riddle.

If you read down the first letters of Mandle's puzzle you get T(Tab)QWERTY - QWERTY is a common acronym for a computer keyboard due to being the first letters of the top row of alphabetical keys (although I believe in Europe the AZERTY layout is more common, so if you're from a country that doesn't use the QWERTY layout it would make less sense.

"When one of us fails... every last one is doomed" is I guess a reference to if one key stops working, most likely the entire keyboard will be thrown away.

Stupot · Tue 19/12/2017 01:52:07

A blacksmith who betrayed some arthritic young ladies.

Kweepa · Tue 19/12/2017 07:03:29

Stupot, dayowlron, not there yet...

Andail · Tue 19/12/2017 09:14:14

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The ear (anvil bone). People pierce their ear lobes.

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Kweepa · Tue 19/12/2017 17:08:15

Yep, that's it!
(Was it easy? I couldn't tell...)

Andail · Wed 20/12/2017 13:54:07

New Riddle:
Look at me and you'll see you, or something else when morning's broken
You'll see your spirit when I'm close, when you have sighed or spoken

The rhymes are a bit rushed because I didn't have too much time for this.
I hope it's really hard and that nobody gets it, and I'll never give any useful hints either, as a revenge for that she-was-hiding-until-she-gave-birth-riddle

dayowlron · Wed 20/12/2017 17:19:17

Not sure the riddles have to rhyme.
I am going to guess a window? (just to throw something out there)
It at least kinda fits the riddle.

CaptainD · Wed 20/12/2017 18:17:56

Reflection in water?

Andail · Wed 20/12/2017 19:05:56

Daywiron was correct. Damn, I made it far too easy...

dayowlron · Wed 20/12/2017 20:11:59

Wasn't that it was easy but it was the first thing that came into mind when i was reading it.

Here is mine and might require a bit more knowledge than the average Joe, but it is something I learned at a young age so shouldnt be too bad.
Probably going to be a very easy riddle:

I am made up of two parts.
Either part standing alone I can be dangerous, However when my parts are combined together I make something necessary to sustain life.
What am I when I am together?

mkennedy · Thu 21/12/2017 03:12:00

Quote from: dayowlron on Wed 20/12/2017 20:11:59
Wasn't that it was easy but it was the first thing that came into mind when i was reading it.

Here is mine and might require a bit more knowledge than the average Joe, but it is something I learned at a young age so shouldnt be too bad.
Probably going to be a very easy riddle:

I am made up of two parts.
Either part standing alone I can be dangerous, However when my parts are combined together I make something necessary to sustain life.
What am I when I am together?

Spoiler

Salt (sodium chloride) both nasty elements on their own.

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Wyz · Thu 21/12/2017 11:37:28

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I'd say water (dihydrogen oxide); both hydrogen (combustible) and oxygen (strong oxidizer) can be dangerous on their own.

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dayowlron · Thu 21/12/2017 12:18:36

Quote from: mkennedy on Thu 21/12/2017 03:12:00
Salt (sodium chloride) both nasty elements on their own.

I would say both are very good answers and I might have accepted either I was thinking of Salt. Your go mkennedy.

Mandle · Thu 11/01/2018 23:25:04

Quote from: Andail on Wed 20/12/2017 13:54:07
as a revenge for that she-was-hiding-until-she-gave-birth-riddle

She wasn't hiding and she never gave birth.

It was the boy that was hiding and the "have a baby" thing was a hint provided by someone who solved the riddle pointing towards the answer of 9 months but otherwise having nothing else to do with the riddle.

Kweepa · Fri 12/01/2018 15:05:31

A haiku:

Bounteous in girth,
By light under emerald,
Ceylon use prevails.

Kweepa · Sat 13/01/2018 18:46:49

Anyone want a hint?

CaptainD · Sat 13/01/2018 18:52:22

I've been looking at it as an "each line is the clue to one word" type of puzzle - am I on the right track? This is where I'm at:

Bounteous in girth (fat / wide)
By light under emerald, (green)
Ceylon use prevails. (island)

dayowlron · Sat 13/01/2018 21:12:14

Greenland?

Mandle · Sun 14/01/2018 01:35:23

Got it!

Spoiler

Big Blue Cup

CLEVER!

Not only do the lines hint at "big" (Bounteous in girth), "blue" (blue comes under green in the spectrum), and "cup" (Ceylon being a kind of tea) but also

Spoiler

The first letters of each word spell "Big Blue Cup"!

(I actually noticed this first and then CaptainD's post made me realize the hints are also in the meanings of the lines and my mind was blown!)

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and it's a haiku (well, it's a senryuu as it doesn't contain a reference to a season).

Very well put together!

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mkennedy · Sun 14/01/2018 12:32:00

Here is an original Lord of the Rings riddle/joke that I came up with:

"What is the legal drinking age in Middle Earth?"