Riddle me this, haiku man!
What am I? Haikus:
"What am I?" Haiku. These act like a riddle. The writer uses the Haiku to describe something.
The reader tries to guess what the guess what the poet was describing after reading the Haiku.
So, in this thread
1. WRITERS: posts a haiku
2. READERS: CUT AND PASTE the Haiku in their thread and try to guess
what the person is describing
3. WRITERS: try to acknowledge the right answer. cut and paste it into your congrats post
4. WRITERS : can add other Haiku's to be guessed at any time
I’ll start:
We three see nothing
forever scavenging food
your house is our home
Cool idea for a thread!
We three see nothing
forever scavenging food
your house is our home
This would be the famous sightless rodents who suffered knife wounds to their tails, would it not?
Hmmm ...
Colours in the sky
Intensity is intense
Meaning is unknown
Colours in the sky
Intensity is intense
Meaning is unknown
OMG a full-on double rainbow!
Like a cowboy hat
Every asshole gets one
Sooner or later
OMG a full-on double rainbow!
Like a cowboy hat
Every asshole gets one
Sooner or later
An opinion?
Cool idea for a thread!
This would be the famous sightless rodents who suffered knife wounds to their tails, would it not?
Yes! Kudos to ZenGum for correctly answering The Three Blind Mice"!
All black and white
noticed mostly in the night
I am a scent-sation
All black and white
noticed mostly in the night
I am a scent-sation
What is a skunk?
OMG a full-on double rainbow!
Like a cowboy hat
Every asshole gets one
Sooner or later
A tattoo?
A tattoo?
ha ha, very, very close.
What do a cowboy hat and a hemorrhoid have in common?
What do a cowboy hat and a hemorrhoid have in common?
A swollen or sweaty rim? :eek:
A swollen or sweaty rim? :eek:
:lol:
What is a skunk?
DING DING DING! 100 points for Foot!
What do a cowboy hat and a hemorrhoid have in common?
A swollen or sweaty rim? :eek:
:lol:
Sooner or later every asshole gets one.
oh how cute, a bear
and it's cubs! kissy kissy..
argh squelch gush ugh uh
oh how cute, a bear
and it's cubs! kissy kissy..
argh squelch gush ugh uh
Did Beast make it back alive from Yellowstone? Or is this how you are breaking the news?
I do not yet get
The answer to footfoot.
monster: Goldilocks?
________________________________________________
Meant to embellish
But I bristle at your touch
When you take that tone
oh how cute, a bear
and it's cubs! kissy kissy..
argh squelch gush ugh uh
The Darwin awards?
Meant to embellish
But I bristle at your touch
When you take that tone
Smartphone?
Nigh on seven bits
of the woes of this sad world
The King is to blame
it is cubs?
Monster?
is it you?
Smartphone?
Not a smartphone
Nigh on seven bits
of the woes of this sad world
The King is to blame
England?
[SIZE="6"]SAM! GET IN HERE![/SIZE]
What?
oh how cute, a bear
and it's cubs! kissy kissy..
argh squelch gush ugh uh
Bear poop? :confused:
Meant to embellish
But I bristle at your touch
When you take that tone
:(
No idea who is taking turns where.
So bugger it, I'm putting one out there anyway.
This refers to which recent thread?
Some trees need to fall.
Even if sustainable
Are their functions met?
I'm going to pout if no one will guess at mine. I thought it was clever, but easy.
:mad:
Clues! Give!
Thread or Dwellar or recent event or WHAT?!
Soz - late to this and feeling left out :(
Mine: an item people use for something. :lol:
Is riddle.
As to yours, I'm thinking of the old "if a tree falls in the woods and there's no one to hear it..."
Now I would say lipstick or make-up brush.
But you say "people" not "laydees"
I will keep guessing.
Brush has to be part of it thanks to the clever use of bristle.
If'n it's a hedgehog then you're a plum and I don't like it.
Paint brush?
Better guess
Actually, I'll take make-up brush because it fits the riddle just as well...I was thinking of a paintbrush.
DING DING DING
Sundae is the wiener!
Ha! Synchronized posting. You posted while I was looking up how to spell wiener. Yep! :)
I have no wiener (taking your spelling) but I'll eat one!
Is that my prize? It's a good'un.
My riddle was referring to a particular recent thread.
mine was the yellowstone hiker who was killed by a bear. sorry I did not guess one or wait my turn, internet time/battery was limited
Subservient frog
And yet not quite -different
webbed amphibian
see there I go again. pure evil. me. me. me.
Ahhh. Current events. Good subject.
Has anyone guessed Zen's?
Subservient frog
And yet not quite -different
webbed amphibian
Duck billed platypus?
This refers to which recent thread?
Some trees need to fall.
Even if sustainable
Are their functions met?
Woodchuck Rapture?
mine was the yellowstone hiker who was killed by a bear. sorry I did not guess one or wait my turn, internet time/battery was limited
The Darwin awards?
Half a point?
Subservient frog
And yet not quite -different
webbed amphibian
Undertoad?
Which is a clue to
Nigh on seven bits
of the woes of this sad world
The King is to blame
Another clue:[COLOR="LemonChiffon"] a bit is 12.5 cents.[/COLOR]
Nigh on seven bits
of the woes of this sad world
The King is to blame
The dollar menu at Burger King?
The dollar menu at Burger King?
That would be eight bits
this is six and four fifths bits
out of a hundred
That would be eight bits
this is six and four fifths bits
out of a hundred
I don't know how to convert bits. I'm totally confused. Does it have something to do with the US deficit?
A new one:
Blink blink blink blink blink
Light up as if I should care.
I do not answer.A bit is 12.5 cents, originally it was half a quarter, that is, half of 25 cents. Hence you'd put in your two bits worth = 25c.
You're gonna spit when you get it.
Six and four fifths bits
of the woes of this sad world
The king is to blame.
Blink blink blink blink blink
Light up as if I should care.
I do not answer.
You are at work, and there is a call waiting in your voicemail.
A bit is 12.5 cents, originally it was half a quarter, that is, half of 25 cents. Hence you'd put in your two bits worth = 25c.
You're gonna spit when you get it.
Six and four fifths bits
of the woes of this sad world
The king is to blame.
So...85?
ARGH. I DON'T KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!
You are at work, and there is a call waiting in your voicemail.
ding ding ding! :blush:
Actually I think it's one of those decoy calls. You think you have a voicemail and it's just "the oldest heard message will be deleted..." So? I probably ignored it then too! :lol:
85 is correct.
Imma go to bed now, you better have it by the time I log on next.
[Arnold]Oooh oooh oooh oooooh! [/Horshack]
85% of problems are directly traceable to top management!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dang it! I had it, back at the post where Zen gave me the exact number of bits. But I see infi got here first. Too slow on the draw for me.
[Arnold]Oooh oooh oooh oooooh! [/Horshack]
85% of problems are directly traceable to top management!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ding ding ding! :yesnod:
Monster, was it Undertoad?
of course. sorry, am kinda distracted by pool emergencies, mybad
That's not even a haiku ;)
Okay this one should be easy:
Half of us have one
but they're nowhere near so big -
Cyclops' sea-serpent
UG's ego?
No, seriously, a [COLOR="Gray"]penis[/COLOR]? :unsure:
I represent your
Misguided philosophy.
Hey! Slow Down! Read me!
UG's ego?
No, seriously, a [COLOR="Gray"]penis[/COLOR]? :unsure:
:lol: at 1.
2. More information?
I represent your
Misguided philosophy.
Hey! Slow Down! Read me!
UG's ego again? :D
Message from the blue
Conveys hope for four encore
but no need to shout
I represent your
Misguided philosophy.
Hey! Slow Down! Read me!
Signature files?
Signature files?
Or the cookies.
Message from the blue
Conveys hope for four encore
but no need to shout
BigVs sig
BigVs sig
Ahh, has to be. Well done.
Now riddle me a haiku, Helm of Jimness.
come to me tonight
but leave me be tomorrow
until it's bedtime
Signature files?
Or the cookies.
Nope and nope.
Jim...dreams?
Sleep?
Oh, and the guessing is still open on this one:
I represent your
Misguided philosophy.
Hey! Slow Down! Read me!
Yes sleep...
I am doing a lot of driving and Hershey Parking today....
Sleep?
Oh, and the guessing is still open on this one:
I represent your
Misguided philosophy.
Hey! Slow Down! Read me!
Bumper stickers?
And, what
kind of penis?
And, what kind of penis?
Whale
Please handle with care
Nominal Fragility
Means kid gloves required.
Please handle with care
Nominal Fragility
Means kid gloves required.
Taking Hector to hockey?
Please handle with care
Nominal Fragility
Means kid gloves required.
Male egos?
Bumper stickers?
And, what kind of penis?
Bumper sticker is correct!
I was totally lax about the penis. Sorry. :D
I was totally lax about the penis. Sorry. :D
Yeah I read that on a bathroom door somewhere
Was it on I-75 outside of Toledo? I wrote that one.
Is that the one with the glory holes?
No no no...that's the OTHER one. Northbound side. The closer you get to Michigan the more prolific they become.
...until it's just one big hole ...oh wait, that's Detroit
DETROIT ROCK CITY.
Do we have any outstanding haikus? (edit: well, they're all outstanding. Upstanding? Notwithstanding?) OK, do we have any unsolved haikus?
Oh, monster...I don't know. I think it's a dwellar, but who? Hmmmmm.
Please handle with care
Nominal Fragility
Means kid gloves required.
jim was very very close, I was just feeling mean.
Detroit Crack City more like
Wild predator
Misunderstood and maligned
Don't eat my baby
Wild predator
Misunderstood and maligned
Don't eat my baby
Dingo?
jim was very very close, I was just feeling mean.
I was assuming that they were one and the same, Mon S. Ter
Waaaah don't make fun of my name!!!!!
love, monnie
Nobody loves me
So I'll stay incognito
A whore with no name
Fly away, then back
to the bosom before you
are finally free.
Fly away, then back
to the bosom before you
are finally free.
If you love something set it free...?
Nobody loves me
So I'll stay incognito
A whore with no name
anonymoo?
Originally Posted by monster
Fly away, then back
to the bosom before you
are finally free.
If you love something set it free...?
nowhere close
Fuck off and die?
nope. even further away if that were possible. I can give clues in haikus if required
oh, sorry, were you just insulting me? I missed the subtlety ;)
:lol: It seemed to work.
Sending your child away to ... camp? ... college?
it's something much more
....tangible. Although not a
Solid thing to touch
bigger clue below
This has turned out to be a
good haiku riddle
[COLOR="LemonChiffon"]Expert handling of
Dihydrogen monoxide
might be involved here.[/COLOR]
medley:
fly, back, breast, free
...strokes
Breast, right? I don't know. I don't know from strokes. ;)
Hell, I never would have gotten it if Clod hadn't thought of it.
Good one.
medley:
fly, back, breast, free
...strokes
correct. Individual Medley to be precise -there is a different order for medley relays :)
Tiny happenings
Enormous consequences
Lepidopteric
Dampened nuptuals
Complimentary tickets
Wisdom unheeded
Uncoronated.
Despite the famed flame-grilling
Red syrup trumps gold
Uncoronated.
Despite the famed flame-grilling
Red syrup trumps gold
The Burger King is Dead!
The Burger King is Dead!
correct
Tiny happenings
Enormous consequences
Lepidopteric
The butterfly effect?
Swimming one was very clever.
Dampened nuptuals
Complimentary tickets
Wisdom unheeded
It's like raaaiiiin on your wedding day,
It's a free ride, when you've already paid.
You forgot the third line!
It's the gooood adviiiiiiice, that you just didn't take!
ok, you got em all
thanks, I came to like the swimming one.
Slice, dice and resplice:
huge berserk rebel warthog.
Once a president.
Five bob in one piece
Denoting the distinguished
Oral recov’ry
Modified to provide a small clue:
Slice, dice and resplice:
Huge Berserk rebel WarthoG.
Once a president.
Five bob in one piece
Denoting the distinguished
Oral recov’ry
50 cent coin? Five dollar note? I'm not familiar with which pic is on which bit of currency. Am I close?
Five bob in one piece
Denoting the distinguished
Oral recov’ry
Just thinking out loud here...
Five ... number of beastmonster clan, perhaps.
bob ... if not currency, then what? bobbing in water? Swimming again? If so, could "one piece" refer to the swimsuit?
denoting the distinguished ... blank ...
oral recov'ry ... dental visit? Tooth fairy (link money?)
Nope, I'm done. Cluesies?
These should be a bit easier.
Eerie occurings
in your suburban district.
Who shall you summon?
An arc and two dots
on a smooth field of yellow.
Answer without words.
Place, not TV show
Boomclickclickboomclickclickboom
Back, and to the left
Eerie occurings
in your suburban district.
Who shall you summon?
Ghostbusters!
An arc and two dots
on a smooth field of yellow.
Answer without words.
:)
No clue about the third one, or monster's "five bob" riddle.
Just thinking out loud here...
Five ... number of beastmonster clan, perhaps.
bob ... if not currency, then what? bobbing in water? Swimming again? If so, could "one piece" refer to the swimsuit?
denoting the distinguished ... blank ...
oral recov'ry ... dental visit? Tooth fairy (link money?)
Nope, I'm done. Cluesies?
It's three clues to the same word.
Five bob in one piece
Denoting the distinguished
Oral recov’ry
A crown.
Crown ... :smack:
Slice, dice and resplice:
huge berserk reBel WartHoG.
Once a president.
Place, not TV show
Boomclickclickboomclickclickboom
Back, and to the left
So, Cellar, you've got the riddles about the movie and the silly internet meme, but the two that refer to 20th century US presidents were just too obscure, were they? :right:
Bzz! Incorrect, thank you for playing.
The first one works like a cryptic crossword clue.
Overactive shields
Destroying the healthy self
Never say never.
Midwestern surprise
Normally counterclockwise
There's no place like home
George HW Bush
I can accept that, although the answer on the card is George Herbert Walker Bush. This makes the anagram work.
Kennedy
Hmmm, correct president, I was looking for the event. Pretty obvious now, though, so okay, have a cookie.
Overactive shields
Destroying the healthy self
Never say never.
Hayfever? (Gut feeling says some more specific autoimmune disease...)
Midwestern surprise
Normally counterclockwise
There's no place like home
BUGNADO!!!! Or maybe just a tornado. :D
Hayfever? (Gut feeling says some more specific autoimmune disease...)
BUGNADO!!!! Or maybe just a tornado. :D
no and yes.
Man-made waterway
Led to this most excellent
Palindrome sentence
crown to crohn
not crohn's
Man-made waterway
Led to this most excellent
Palindrome sentence
a man a plan a canal... panama
yup. love that one. My grandad wrote in in my autograph book when i was little
Overactive shields
Destroying the healthy self
Never say never.
First two lines gets us autoimmune disease, but which one?
Never say never ... Hmmmm ...
Always? Sometimes?
Err, lupus?
(straight line)
Noooooo. It's NEVER Lupus!
Famous way to go
three score and one tenth more
but it may kick you
Flags and burning flame
sweaty effort for new bling
running in circles
Boy at uncle's farm
learns to fight and feuds with dad
wrecks his dad's pad
cow cow condiment
leaves and slice'd deli goods
sprinkles on the grain
Famous way to go
three score and one tenth more
but it may kick you
"Three score and 1 tenth more" is maybe 36.1 degrees Celsius = 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Other than that I got nothin'.
cow cow condiment
leaves and slice'd deli goods
sprinkles on the grain
Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce and tomatoes on a sesame seed bun!
Boy at uncle's farm
learns to fight and feuds with dad
wrecks his dad's pad
Star Wars
Famous way to go
three score and one tenth more
but it may kick you
[YOUTUBE]8Npuab_emQY[/YOUTUBE]
Clodfobble, a score is twenty. Your McD's insight is genius. I bow.
Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce and tomatoes on a sesame seed bun!
I think it wants cheese, pickles and onions too, but, ok ... have it
your way!. DING!
Star Wars
DING! Bulls-eyed like a womp-rat!
Ding! I was thinking of the road itself.
Clodfobble, a score is twenty.
Yes, it totally is! I don't know what I was cross-referencing in my head. 12 is nothing but a dozen, as far as I know. In my defense, I've been getting about 5 hours of sleep every night since school started. I am embarrasingly fried.
Today's carry over riddle is:
Flags and burning flame
sweaty effort for new bling
running in circles
Clue: may coincide with the end of the world.
and from easy to hard, as I see them:
Orbs wrapped in silk
a crown, a ring, not for her
stole her sister's show
Huge nasal niggle,
rearranged; self describing
you're looking at it.
Seventy two quarters
one hundred and twenty four quarters
one hundred and twenty eight quarters
(I gladly admit
that last is not a haiku
still a riddle tho.)
Seventy two quarters
one hundred and twenty four quarters
one hundred and twenty eight quarters
is the answer to this haiku:
(I gladly admit
that last is not a haiku
still a riddle tho.)
Orbs wrapped in silk
a crown, a ring, not for her
stole her sister's show
It's that broad in the hat from the royal wedding!
Close, I think it's Pippa Middleton's butt. :)
Olympics
Ding!
It's that broad in the hat from the royal wedding!
Close, but...
Close, I think it's Pippa Middleton's butt. :)
Ding!
is the answer to this haiku:
Smartalec. :) But you get a ding! anyway.
Jumping Russian Dolls.
Peanut Butter heroics.
Only upside down.
Jumping Russian Dolls.
Peanut Butter heroics.
Only upside down.
The Bolshoi Ballet are doing a tour of Brazil?
close but no bananas.
you may not get this :D
close but no bananas.
That mildly surprises me.
you may not get this :D
That does not surprise me.
Peanut Butter heroics WTF?
Ok, the Bolshoi ballet were touring in South Africa and one of the dancers had to be rushed to hospital with anaphylactic shock caused by a peanut allergy.
nope. no clues yet, though.
Russian dolls ... an x within an X ...
Inception?
Turducken?
Peanut Butter heroics???
Emergency meals?
Blinks
Does not compute.
Meanwhile, here are some clues:
"hugE nasaL niggle"
rearranged; self describing
you're looking at it.
Clue: two words
Seventy two quarters
one hundred and twenty four quarters
one hundred and twenty eight quarters
Clue: four.
Is there enough interest to continue with this?
Dunno, I'm crap at solving these things.
Yes please.
I love riddles. These are hard, and like to offer guesses I really think are the answer, not just shotgunning ideas out there... Please, do continue.
Jumping Russian Dolls.
Peanut Butter heroics.
Only upside down.
We can has clue plz?
Meanwhile, here are some clues:
"hugE nasaL niggle"
rearranged; self describing
you're looking at it.
Clue: two words
Clue: you'll use it in your answer
Seventy two quarters
one hundred and twenty four quarters
one hundred and twenty eight quarters
Clue: four.
Clue: F-O-U-R.
clue:
Is not upside down to you.
English Language
Ding Ding.
Jumping Russian Dolls.
Peanut Butter heroics.
Only upside down.
If that is Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, Imma go out and shoot one of the suckers.
:sniper:
We don't have that brand of peanut butter down here. I remember seeing it in Japan, though.
I quite like the Jumping Russian dolls bit. I got the nested structure bit, just had to connect the jumping to it.
Where are all the maths geeks?
It was just Kangaroos, but yes, Skippy was the middle bit.
Old and Moldy or
New and Squeaky Clean.. revered
almost everywhere.
Crawling through your thoughts
like a century of naught.
I know where you live.
Old and Moldy or
New and Squeaky Clean.. revered
almost everywhere.
Mickey Mouse?
Crawling through your thoughts
like one century of naughts.
It knows where you live.
Minor amendments have been made.
Google street view
I'll take that, although I was just looking for Google. DING!
Seventy two quarters
one hundred and twenty four quarters
one hundred and twenty eight quarters
Clue: four.
Clue: F-O-U-R.
Clue: it's to do with math(s). And English.
you should check my profile ZenGum.
Argh. No idea.
Here's one:
We spread no rumors
Do you want a jalopy?
Salute, friend. Salute!
Seventy two quarters
one hundred and twenty four quarters
one hundred and twenty eight quarters
81?
Old and Moldy or
New and Squeaky Clean.. revered
almost everywhere.
Cheese? (way off, I expect, but you gotta try.)
Seventy two quarters
one hundred and twenty four quarters
one hundred and twenty eight quarters
81?
Incorrect, but thanks for playing.
There is something which is true of each of those lines (as an individual line) which is also true of "four".
And today's new riddle-ku:
They carry most things
They are easy to carry
You can't lift one.
Infi ... I have no idea.
We put our faith in cheeses.
lol My typos make me sound like Gracie.
We spread no rumors
Do you want a jalopy?
Salute, friend. Salute!
Since this thread went fuck all to hell (Imma start a thread about starting threads and then not playing, then I'm not going to post in it!) :lol:
Anyhoo, a further hint. Non-merkins won't know it. Merkins will ignore it. So fuck it. ;)
Opryland, Nashville
Right next to Lulu's truck stop.
BR549
There, now it's googlable.
So I googled. The first hit is your post!
None of the others made much sense, but I'll stab in the dark:
Hee Haw.
Seventy two quarters
one hundred and twenty four quarters
one hundred and twenty eight quarters
Enough already WTF is it
SPOILER ALERT
[COLOR="LemonChiffon"]These are numerical expressions whose numerical value is equal to the number of letters it takes to express them in words.
"Four" is the only natural interger this is true of, but I found these improper fractions to which it also applies.[/COLOR]
Was it worth it?
It was, because now the frustration is over!
That's an interesting one sir and well thought of by you.
So I googled. The first hit is your post!
None of the others made much sense, but I'll stab in the dark:
Hee Haw.
SAL-ute!
Since this thread went fuck all to hell (Imma start a thread about starting threads and then not playing, then I'm not going to post in it!) :lol:
OK, OK. Actually I thought this thread would die after 3 posts. I'm really not very good at Haiku, but I'll try. This one should be easy:
Fog comes on my feet.
Possums recite my names.
I was worshipped once.
little cat's feet...
Cats?
little cat's feet...
Cats?
Very good. Fog comes in on little cat's feet (Robert Frost). Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats was the inspiration for the Broadway show "Cats." And cats were worshipped in ancient Egypt.
Bravo!
I figured the first and third reference, but couldn't place the 2nd one, though I saw Cats some years ago. :facepalm:
Oak Tree Abortions
Would make my job easier.
Danger overhead.
Trimming oak branches.
Raking up oak leaves.
Yup, gardening under a huge oak tree in the wind.
SPOILER ALERT
Was it worth it?
Man, your brain is only slightly less impressive than Clodfobbles.
:notworthy
My internet is unclogged again, so in celebration:
Floating silberwurst
a spark, a flame, a great fall
a cliche is born
Pimped out blingster
lady bodyguards no help
needs a new home fast
eight points in two rows
snugly fit to make a house
outnumber humans
Pimped out blingster
lady bodyguards no help
needs a new home fast
Ghaddafi
Floating silberwurst
a spark, a flame, a great fall
a cliche is born
Oh the humanity?
excellent! In hind sight, these are obvious, but I couldn't get them.
Ghaddafi
Well, someone was bound to get him. DING.
Oh the humanity?
Well, that was the cliche, I was referring to the whole event. But you've obviously got it. Ding.
Today's carry-over riddleku is
eight points in two rows
snugly fit to make a house
outnumber humans
Clue: they hurt your feet.
Underwater flight
Tuxedos on white carpet
Ave, Caesar!
Tight, red and shiny
creeping in the city night
spurting sticky goo
Eight thirty-four one
five fifty-five two thirteen
three one twenty-one
An eye in the sky
Irish eyes with bleeding hearts
textual ditto
Underwater flight
Tuxedos on white carpet
Ave, Caesar!
Emperor Penguin
Tight, red and shiny
creeping in the city night
spurting sticky goo
Spiderman
Your calves, your bones grow
Grain now found on top of grain
Keep cool, or go off
A grain silo?
A pair of boots made out of top grain? :confused:
Your calves, your bones grow
Grain now found on top of grain
Keep cool, or go off
glacier
Jumbled skeleton
Fool's gold is unironic
All talk and word play.
Emperor Penguin
Ding!
Spiderman
Ding! I was hoping for something dirtier.
Today's carry-over riddlekus are
eight points in two rows
snugly fit to make a house
outnumber humans
Clue: they hurt your feet.
Clue: we're going to have an argument about whether it is a countable or uncountable noun.
Eight thirty-four one
five fifty-five two thirteen
three one twenty-one
Clue: was the Da Vinci Code
that long ago?
An eye in the sky
Irish eyes with bleeding hearts
textual ditto
Clue: They are led by the good, in Latin.
Your calves, your bones grow
Grain now found on top of grain
Keep cool, or go off
Calves ... legs, or baby cows?
Grain on top of grain remins me of a sesame seed bun, but we've had that.
Or could the second grain be a wooden cutting board, counter top or some such? Bread/dough on a breadboard?
Keep cool, or go off: sounds like some kind of food which must be kept in the fridge, but bread doesn't. Hmm.
Errm [wild stab] ... steak sandwich?
no
it appears I made a difficult one. hints start in 12 hours
ding ding ding ding milk winner
eh, I only got it because Zen thinks out loud :D
Jumbled skeleton
Fool's gold is unironic
All talk and word play.
Pirates!
(Fools gold = Iron pyrites, minus iron (being un
ironic) = pirates, yeah???)
Or international talk-like-a-pirate-day. Arrrr.
Err, UT, how does "Grain now found on top of grain" relate to milk?
I thought milk too, but the grains put me off and i was moving towards a reuben sandwick or philly cheesestek.....
and ding on the pirates talk. here was my alternate version:
R R R R R
R R R R R R R
R R R R R
It starts as grain, cows eat it, convert it to milk, and then we put it on our breakfast grains.
I realized that was the hard part so I was going to change it to "Changed grain tops our morning grains" as the hint.
Today's carry-over riddlekus are
eight points in two rows
snugly fit to make a house
outnumber humans
Clue: they hurt your feet.
Clue: we're going to have an argument about whether it is a countable or uncountable noun.
Clue: you probably have some in your house.
Eight thirty-four one
five fifty-five two thirteen
three one twenty-one
Clue: was the Da Vinci Code that long ago?
Clue: ask a pineapple.
An eye in the sky
Irish eyes with bleeding hearts
textual ditto
Clue: They are led by the good, in Latin.
Clue: One was shot down, once.
Today's carry-over riddlekus are
An eye in the sky
Irish eyes with bleeding hearts
textual ditto
Clue: They are led by the good, in Latin.
Clue: One was shot down, once.
U2 band
[QUOTE=ZenGum;757086]Today's carry-over riddlekus are
Eight thirty-four one
five fifty-five two thirteen
three one twenty-one
Clue: was the Da Vinci Code that long ago?
Clue: ask a pineapple.
something to do with the Fibonacci numbers or spiral ?
Today's carry-over riddlekus are
eight points in two rows
snugly fit to make a house
outnumber humans
Clue: they hurt your feet.
Clue: we're going to have an argument about whether it is a countable or uncountable noun.
Clue: you probably have some in your house.
U2 band
Ooh, I'll have to check with the referee ....
...
... yes, we'll take that, although the exact answer is just U2 (the first line refers to the spy plane, the second to the band, the third to the text abbreviation). DING.
something to do with the Fibonacci numbers or spiral ?
It is indeed the Fibonacci sequence, only jumbled up. I thought that would be easy. I guess I'm a nerd.
Shoe Picture
Nope, but darn good try.
The eight points are in two rows of four.
That's LEGO you silly American. ;)
Ding.
Now what are you going to make with just a single Lego? That's just crazy talk. You need a bin of Legos to really make something.
If you give a man a lego, he can make a shoebox. If you teach a man to buy a bunch of legos, he can make a shoestore.
Delusional kid
You just think you feel better
EAT THIS SOUP RIGHT NOW
Around the table
Chasing a sneaky rodent
Then it exploded
Around the table
Chasing a sneaky rodent
Then it exploded
da weasle
Delusional kid
You just think you feel better
EAT THIS SOUP RIGHT NOW
Israelite Matron
It's kind of an obscure [COLOR="Blue"]movie scene [/COLOR]but could be generalized.
boxer, not diver
mother #&$%ing miracle
needle in the heart
adrift upon the waves
born amid sperm whale vomit
soon spray'd on ladies
adrift upon the waves
born amid sperm whale vomit
soon spray'd on ladies
ambergris (sp?)
Darn that was quick.
DING.
Darn that was quick.
DING.
See here...I just re-watched the first Jackson/Travolta scenes of Pulp Fiction.
I was thinking about Pulp Fiction, because they have that needle scene. And now that you mention it, Samuel Jackson swears a lot. I seem to remember a fighter. Yeah, Bruce Willis was a fighter.
That has to be a DING!
Good one!
Yeah, Willis was a fighter who was supposed to go down in the 5th, or something. But he didn't. That's why "punchy" (Butch) was in so much trouble with Marsellus Wallace.
And most of the exchanges between Vincent and Jules were "fucking this fucking that." My favorite is what I think was a mistake but left in...when V and J are walking to Flock of Seagulls et al's apartment, arguing about why Marsellus pushed Tony Rocky Horror out of a fourth story window, and Vincent says "and Antwone should have fucking better known better..."
I've only watched it like 100 times or something. :blush:
That has to be a DING!
Good one!
Yeah, props to UT.
Confirmed.
"We just experienced a mother-#@$%ing miracle and I want you to mother#@$%ing acknowledge that!"
I have seen an abstract for a philosohpy seminar where Samuel L Jackson was referred to as "an icon of contemporary negritude".
Yeah, Willis was a fighter who was supposed to go down in the 5th, or something. But he didn't. That's why "punchy" (Butch) was in so much trouble with Marsellus Wallace.
And most of the exchanges between Vincent and Jules were "fucking this fucking that." My favorite is what I think was a mistake but left in...when V and J are walking to Flock of Seagulls et al's apartment, arguing about why Marsellus pushed Tony Rocky Horror out of a fourth story window, and Vincent says "and Antwone should have fucking better known better..."
I've only watched it like 100 times or something. :blush:
Confirmed.
"We just experienced a mother-#@$%ing miracle and I want you to mother#@$%ing acknowledge that!"
I have seen an abstract for a philosohpy seminar where Samuel L Jackson was referred to as "an icon of contemporary negritude".
Look. I know it's been posted before. Fuck it.
[YOUTUBE]Sxcei2eOCMo[/YOUTUBE]
one is most fond of
generous posteriors
verily, forsooth
wooly twins to bathe
soaped-up, separated,
forever alone.
dark balance with light
yet changing at its fastest
only just gone by.
one is most fond of
generous posteriors
verily, forsooth
I like big butts and I cannot lie!
You otha bruthas can't deny...
Tow'ring fractured spine
has more manly meat-herders
than Lions' dinner
wooly twins to bathe
soaped-up, separated,
forever alone.
One dwellar would find these very useful, but only one.
dark balance with light
yet changing at its fastest
only just gone by.
Gone by a little while ago now, actually, and was going in opposite directions.
dark balance with light
yet changing at its fastest
only just gone by
eclipse
Not eclipse, but you're quite close. And it starts with an E.
Everything starts with an E :rolleyes:
might as well try... evening ?
Ooh, very close. It went by about two weeks ago.
It was travelling in one direction for you but the opposite for me.
It was travelling in one direction for you but the opposite for me.
Like the toilet flushing?
It must be
Elenin...
I got hung up on the space junk coming down but the "E" threw me...
You've known your own age
You've got hundreds of statues
Third seems beneath you.
In the red.
Home sweet home.
Another time, another place.
Fictitious with a parallel from across the pond.
(YMMV, perhaps you can name both!)
Tow'ring fractured spine
has more manly meat-herders
than Lions' dinner
Don't get the last line, but ... Brokeback Mountain?
wooly twins to bathe
soaped-up, separated,
forever alone.
a tube with a turn
in a bath that doth churn
life's mystery.
a tube with a turn
in a bath that doth churn
life's mystery.
If life's mystery = gravity
tube = Archimedes' screw pump ?
Don't get the last line, but ... Brokeback Mountain?
.
Kinda ;)
Brokeback mountain's cowboys are better than Dallas' cowboys ;)
ETA: Reply to Lamplighter
Haha, nope. Clever, but way off.
Oh and that is a haiku clue to the previous haiku about the wooly twins.
ETA: Reply to Lamplighter
Haha, nope. Clever, but way off.
Oh and that is a haiku clue to the previous haiku about the wooly twins.
Even with the clue, I'm not touching that one...
Haha, it does sound kinda dirty! But it isn't. It is most definitely not dirty in any sense.
Don't get the last line, but ... Brokeback Mountain?
wooly twins to bathe
soaped-up, separated,
forever alone.
a tube with a turn
in a bath that doth churn
life's mystery.
did you lose another sock between the hamper and the drawer again, Zen? I hate it when that happens.
a tube with a turn
in a bath that doth churn
life's mystery.
why does the water drain the other direction on the other side of the equator?
did you lose another sock between the hamper and the drawer again, Zen? I hate it when that happens.
Ding Ding
The answer was Lost Sock.
In the red.
Home sweet home.
Another time, another place.
Fictitious with a parallel from across the pond.
(YMMV, perhaps you can name both!)
Wild guess... Suez and Panama Canals?
In the red.
Home sweet home.
Another time, another place.
Fictitious with a parallel from across the pond.
(YMMV, perhaps you can name both!)
(Wizard of) Oz and Australia.
Wild guess... Suez and Panama Canals?
You're on track with two of the same kind of thing; but, they're out of this world.
(Wizard of) Oz and Australia.
You got the gist of things being fictional; however, the Cellar Brits would be more keen on the subject than the Aussies.
Dr Emmet P Brown and Dr Who.
Dr Emmet P Brown and Dr Who.
You're getting close to one of the
things.
Originally Posted by sexobon
... Home sweet home ...
Superman and Dr Who in a phone booth ?
October turkey
Amber liquid, amber fruits
Show gratitude, eh?
Superman and Dr Who in a phone booth ?
You're almost there! The clue "home sweet home" refers to
places of origin. I emboldened
Dr. Who when earlier quoting you to redirect you beyond the people/characters (Dr. Who is the story, the lead character is simply the Doctor). Congrats so far on seeing the story parallels and going for both of the possible answers, either one of which solves the riddle.
This one has stagnated; so, here are two answers either one of which works:
In the red.
Home sweet home.
Another time, another place.
Fictitious with a parallel from across the pond.
Gallifrey
Covered in red grass.
The last child of
Gallifrey (the Doctor).
Gone from the present, time locked during time war.
British Sci-Fi about a superior race on an alien
planet, lost to disaster, giving Earth a space and time travelling hero with other extraordinary capabilities.
Krypton
In the light of a red sun.
The last son of
Krypton (Superman).
Gone from the present, exploded.
American story about a superior race on an alien
planet, lost to disaster, giving Earth a space and time travelling hero with other extraordinary capabilities.
NEXT
Sorry for not pursuing... I had nowhere near enough knowledge to penetrate those spheres.
(I did spend some time trying to put together the "red" as mortage forclosure, etc., but that got to be too silly even for me.)
October turkey
Amber liquid, amber fruits
Show gratitude, eh?
You're Welcomesgiving, jah?
not mine.... or theirs.....
How about non-observance of Columbus Day; i.e., Indigenous People's Day ?
Fish and lonely fog
Not unlike a bridge too far
Kate's dinner surprise
Red and White cocktail
Adds a rose for every thorn
But thorns are fatal.
Red and White cocktail
Adds a rose for every thorn
But thorns are fatal.
Blood and bone fertiliser?
or ...
Virginity? 'cause you know, one prick and ...
Fish and lonely fog
Not unlike a bridge too far
Kate's dinner surprise
I can't put any of the rest of it together but the last line makes me think...Sidney Poitier?
I can't put any of the rest of it together but the last line makes me think...Sidney Poitier?
Close, You are on the right track
Spencer Tracy?
(Thinking Captains Courageous for fish and fog.)
Right on Tracy, not Capt Couragous
ARGH.
So is it a movie, or an actor. It's NOT Spencer Tracy, or it IS Spencer but naught to do with Cap'n Courageous?
btw I LUVZ Spencer Tracy. He's right behind Gregory Peck in Dead Actors ILF. Seriously, he was brilliant.
And TRacy wasn't in A Bridge Too Far but he was in Judgment at Nuremberg. Which was the same war.
Yes, on a movie
Yes, Spencer Tracy
No on the movies you have named
Inherit the Wind?
Adam's Rib?
(I'm not even making associations, I'm guessing Tracy movies)
Not yet ;)
OK, here's a small hint: think "content" or "message"
Wait. The Old Man and the Sea?
One of my favorite movies, and even after having read the book.
You know, I've not seen it. I read the book too, but haven't seen the movie. (have been to Hemingway's house and his favorite bar in Key West too!)
Have you seen Captains Courageous? It's wonderful!
On Capt C, I don't think I've seen it... but this may just be a senior moment.
The book came out in the early 50's and my favorite aunt gave me a copy. It's still on my bookshelf.
In a different thread I've described the situation for my grandson.
We got him to read this book when things were bad, and it "took".
He started reading again and things have improved ever since.
Blood and bone fertiliser?
or ...
Virginity? 'cause you know, one prick and ...
This one was very personal and very current, sorry
Well, I had one other idea that was where those two other ideas overlap... something like that?
[COLOR="Wheat"]
Aunt Flo?[/COLOR]
no. [COLOR="Pink"]think pink[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Wheat"]teh boobies and/or cancer thereof?[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Wheat"]teh boobies and/or cancer thereof?[/COLOR]
yup that and the pink ribbon/wear pink or else you love teh cancer thing.....
She is like the wind
Maybe not the wind so much
More a great big fart