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reitsma
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: the bigger bedroom
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 03-05-2003 05:43

What mythical creature means a swiss banker?

it may be literal, it may be cryptic, i have no idea - but if you can help me nut it out, that would be cool.





Perfect Thunder
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Milwaukee
Insane since: Oct 2001

posted posted 03-05-2003 05:55

The most powerful international bankers are sometimes called the Gnomes of Zurich. It's tied in with the vast network of "Illuminati" theories.

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xRuleith
Obsessive-Compulsive (I) Inmate

From: Brighton Beach
Insane since: Mar 2003

posted posted 03-05-2003 05:56

If i had to guess, I would say manticore or centaur .. or maybe a large serpent.. o.o;;

I'm going to the moon, I cant stand it here anymore.

Suho1004
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 03-05-2003 06:32

PT: Shhh! You don't want them to find us out, do you?

reitsma: I have no idea, but PT's contribution seems likely.

WebShaman
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Happy Hunting Grounds...
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 03-05-2003 08:37

Yup. Gnome it is...well done, PT...


WebShaman

reitsma
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: the bigger bedroom
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 03-06-2003 05:48

a credible answer, PT.

cheers. (not sure if it's right yet, we'll see)

another question:


"At one end of the M1 is London, the other end, ends at?"

njuice42
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Gig Harbor, WA
Insane since: Feb 2002

posted posted 03-06-2003 06:30

I'm going to take a stab in the dark and guess ... London?

njuice42 Cell # 551
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WebShaman
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Happy Hunting Grounds...
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 03-06-2003 08:06

Leeds! (Or Wetherby).

reitsma
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: the bigger bedroom
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 03-06-2003 21:47

cheers ws.





WebShaman
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Happy Hunting Grounds...
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 03-07-2003 07:54

*Does Asylum jig*

tomeaglescz
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Czech Republic via Bristol UK
Insane since: Feb 2002

posted posted 03-07-2003 14:43

What has:

Four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and three legs in the evening...

Arthemis
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Milky Way
Insane since: Nov 2001

posted posted 03-07-2003 14:47

A sphinx. One particularly old sphinx.

Now, will let me pass?

RammStein
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: cEll 513, west wing of the ninth plain
Insane since: Dec 2000

posted posted 03-07-2003 14:51

I know this one .. a Man's life or Women's .. the sphinx


.::. cEll .::. 513

tomeaglescz
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Czech Republic via Bristol UK
Insane since: Feb 2002

posted posted 03-07-2003 20:55

Yup its the oldest recorded riddle discovered written down, it is actually on the sphynx...

And it is man (in the sense of mankind)

four legs (in the morning of his life) ie crawling
two legs (afternoon of life)
three legs (ie using a stick in old age)

Perfect Thunder
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Milwaukee
Insane since: Oct 2001

posted posted 03-08-2003 10:02

You solved it, Rammstein... now you have to kill your father and marry your mother, then realize what you've done and gouge your own eyes out. It'll be fun! For us.

Skaarjj
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: :morF
Insane since: May 2000

posted posted 03-08-2003 12:34

I have a mouth but no teeth, and I babble without breath.

ok...so what am I?

Moon Shadow
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Rouen, France
Insane since: Jan 2003

posted posted 03-08-2003 14:36

A fish I think.

I have a few ones to submit...

1:

Withouth voice, he shouts;
Without wings, he flies;
Without teeth, he bites;
Without mouth, he whisper.

2:

Living without any breath,
As cold as death,
Never thirsty, always drinking,
Wearing a coat of mail, never rattling.

3:

This thing devours any thing,
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers,
It eat away at iron, bites steel,
Reduce hard rocks to powder;
Kill the kings, destroy the cities,
And cut down mountains.

Sorry for the translations I did my best.

Suho1004
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Seoul, Korea
Insane since: Apr 2002

posted posted 03-08-2003 15:35

So... you took a French translation of the Hobbit and translated it back into English? Pardon me while I scream...



OK, I feel a little better now.

The originals:

"Voiceless it cries,
Wingless flutters,
Toothless bites,
Mouthless mutters."

"Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking."

"This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down."

Not all that bad a job, though.

As for Skaarjj's, fish do have teeth. I would say a river, or maybe a brook, since we don't usually talk of rivers "babbling" (then again, we don't talk of the "mouth of a brook," either...).

[Edit: Come to think of it, fish don't really babble either... do they?]

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Moon Shadow
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Rouen, France
Insane since: Jan 2003

posted posted 03-08-2003 15:40

I was caught

Edit: thanks for putting here the real sentences



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Perfect Thunder
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Milwaukee
Insane since: Oct 2001

posted posted 03-08-2003 16:07

If this is to be a thread for riddles, perhaps we could use a few that aren't directly taken from classic works of fiction and myth? My favorite of all time is "There are five children. Half of them are boys." The question should be obvious.

And yes, I believe I've posted this here before, in another riddle thread.

edit: Curse you, grammar... you've won again.

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