[Nuu™™]

Nothing.

Nothing is greater than God,
Nothing is worse than the Devil,
Dead man eat nothing,
If you eat nothing you'll die.

[Bashae]

Nuu is correct.

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Streak: 10 Riddles - Hyperfried

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Riddle #65
I am a wonderful help to women,
The hope of something to come. I harm
No citizen except my slayer.
Rooted I stand on a high bed.
I am shaggy below. Sometimes the beautiful
Peasant's daughter, an eager-armed,
Proud woman grabs my body,
Rushes my red skin, holds me hard,
Claims my head. The curly-haired
Woman who catches me fast will feel
Our meeting. Her eye will be wet.

[Bashae]

Hint: Read the last few line carefully.

[Dragonman]

It's an onion. Onion have layers, not cakes! Anyways, onion harms noone except their slayer because the smell comes out when you cut it. Onion are shaggy/furry. Her eyes are wet because...yep, we cry when we cut onions. Dunno if I got the whole thing, there seemed to be some sort of poetry in that one.

[Ferret Overlord]

Somehow I think that's wrong... the fact that it's only a help to women? Either it's wrong, or Reiken just gave me a reason to persecute against him for sexism.


GOD I LOVE AMERICA!

[Bashae]

Please tell me where it says it's ONLY a help to women. And besides, not many of these riddles are from my mind.

Dragonman565 is correct.

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Riddle #66
Power and treasure for a prince to hold,
Hard and steep-cheeked, wrapped in red
Gold and garnet, ripped from a plain
Of bright flowers, wrought - a remnant
Of fire and file, bound in stark beauty
With delicate wire, my grip makes
Warriors weep, my sting threatens
The hand that grasps gold. Studded
With a ring, I ravage heir and heirloom.
To my lord and foes always lovely
And deadly, altering face and form.

[Nuu™™]

I have a feeling it is a rose, and here is why:

Riddle #66
Power and treasure for a prince to hold, - so he can give it to a princess maybe?
Hard and steep-cheeked, wrapped in red - it decribes the flower, this one is red
Gold and garnet, ripped from a plain - well it is wild aswell
Of bright flowers, wrought - a remnant - this leads me to believe it is a wreath, but anyway
Of fire and file, bound in stark beauty - it is red?
With delicate wire, my grip makes - it is a rose, they have thorns
Warriors weep, my sting threatens - another misleading line, maybe it is a poppy?
The hand that grasps gold. Studded - maybe only rich people can afford it?
With a ring, I ravage heir and heirloom. - er...hehe, moving on.
To my lord and foes always lovely - every loves deh flower
And deadly, altering face and form. - dunno, again.

I doubt that is right, but it was worth a try.

*Has a brainwave*

Maybe a crown? Yeah that sounds better. (I can't be bothered to do that again, but I will if you want)

This post has been edited by Nuu: 03 November 2005 - 09:32 AM

[Dragonman]

Rose almost fits, though it seems like there are sections where something else would better. The crown sort of led me to this one.

My guess is a sword, I'll break it down like Nuu.

Power and treasure for a prince to hold, - Price holds a sword, giving him power and is valuable
Hard and steep-cheeked, wrapped in red - Sword is hard, wrapped in red as in blood I think
Gold and garnet, ripped from a plain - Gold and garnet such as embeddings in the sword, ripped from a plain because of the ore it was made out of
Of bright flowers, wrought - a remnant - Dunno about flowers, but a sword is wrought and is a remnant
Of fire and file, bound in stark beauty - Fire melts the ore which cool into metal, and you can file a sword; stark beauty since a sword is elegant-looking
With delicate wire, my grip makes - Fingers wrapped around hilt, so the metaphor "like wire" comes in there
Warriors weep, my sting threatens - Warriors weep when they get struck by the sword...Sting of the sword is a threat
The hand that grasps gold. Studded - Grasps the golden hilt...
With a ring, I ravage heir and heirloom. - Studded with a ring, maybe a jewel for value, ravaging places for treasure maybe
To my lord and foes always lovely - The sword is lovely to "my lord" because he's just watching it, but deadly to the foes because they're getting hit by it
And deadly, altering face and form. - Using a sword requires special form, and altering face because the user has concentration, or just altering the face of your enemy because you're hacking it up..

Hopefully that fit, although I like the riddle since it makes a good poem.

[Nuu™™]

Yeah, rose didn't work. Crown I like better. I'll do the thing I did last time (so tired before).

Power and treasure for a prince to hold, - it is the prince's destiny, it gives him power, and it is a family treasure.
Hard and steep-cheeked, wrapped in red - Crowns are always hard and tall, and it could either be lying on a scarlet cushion, therefore wrapped in red, or contains red velvet
Gold and garnet, ripped from a plain - maybe the gold and silver where taken from a mine on a plain?
Of bright flowers, wrought - a remnant - it says wrought, which means some artisan made it, so the flowers are metal, made by a craftsman.
Of fire and file, bound in stark beauty - This just describes how it was smithed, I'd say.
With delicate wire, my grip makes - more descriptions of the crown.
Warriors weep, my sting threatens - the order of the crown is sending people to war.
The hand that grasps gold. Studded - this implies that it is a rich person that owns it, a noble.
With a ring, I ravage heir and heirloom. - the crown is ring shaped, and it can conquer nations.
To my lord and foes always lovely - Who doesn't want a crown?
And deadly, altering face and form. - this sentence doesn't exist, it is all in your mind!

[Ratty]

Rose almost fits, though it seems like there are sections where something else would better. The crown sort of led me to this one.

My guess is a sword, I'll break it down like Nuu.

Power and treasure for a prince to hold,  -  Price holds a sword, giving him power and is valuable
Hard and steep-cheeked, wrapped in red  -  Sword is hard, wrapped in red as in blood I think
Gold and garnet, ripped from a plain  -  Gold and garnet such as embeddings in the sword, ripped from a plain because of the ore it was made out of
Of bright flowers, wrought - a remnant  -  Dunno about flowers, but a sword is wrought and is a remnant
Of fire and file, bound in stark beauty  -  Fire melts the ore which cool into metal, and you can file a sword; stark beauty since a sword is elegant-looking
With delicate wire, my grip makes  -  Fingers wrapped around hilt, so the metaphor "like wire" comes in there
Warriors weep, my sting threatens  -  Warriors weep when they get struck by the sword...Sting of the sword is a threat
The hand that grasps gold. Studded  -  Grasps the golden hilt...
With a ring, I ravage heir and heirloom.  -  Studded with a ring, maybe a jewel for value, ravaging places for treasure maybe
To my lord and foes always lovely  -  The sword is lovely to "my lord" because he's just watching it, but deadly to the foes because they're getting hit by it
And deadly, altering face and form.  -  Using a sword requires special form, and altering face because the user has concentration, or just altering the face of your enemy because you're hacking it up..

Hopefully that fit, although I like the riddle since it makes a good poem.

I think draggy is right in saying that its a sword

[Nuu™™]

With a ring, I ravage heir and heirloom.

The main reason why I think it is a crown, rather than a sword is because of this line. Reikin, come here and tell us! I am dying to know!

[Bashae]

The answer was a sword. Even if it was a crown, you could not justify the ENTIRE riddle, hence making it incorrect, regardless of the answer.

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Riddle #67
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives;
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?

[Kaezion]

one. you're the only one going to St. Ives, because you only met the man on the way.

[Dragonman]

Kaezion is right, but 2,402 just in case.

[Bashae]

Kaezion is correct.

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Riddle #68
Dawns away,
The day's turned grey,
And I must travel far away.
But I'll be back,
And then we'll track,
The light of yet another day.