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Riddles in the Dark

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  • Started 5 months ago by Hillbilly
  • Latest reply from Recoveryanonymous

  1. Hillbilly
    Member

    #1
    I can sizzle like bacon,
    I am made with an egg,
    I have plenty of backbone, but lack a good leg,
    I peel layers like onions, but still remain whole,
    I can be long, like a flagpole, yet fit in a hole.

    What is it precious?

    Posted 5 months ago #
  2. Hillbilly
    Member

    #2
    I am served at a table,
    In gatherings of two or four;
    Served small, white, and round.
    You'll love some,
    But not others,
    And that's part of the fun.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  3. pettytyrant
    Member

    1- a snake (I think- not sure about the sizzle like bacon bit!)

    got me stumped on 2 though Hillbilly- no idea!

    Posted 5 months ago #
  4. Hillbilly
    Member

    Good petty, I believe sizzle refers to the hiss. Curious if anyone else has some riddles?

    Posted 5 months ago #
  5. figgsbane
    Member

    I am always hungry,
    I must always be fed,
    The finger I touch,
    Will soon turn red

    what is it precious? does it bite?

    Posted 5 months ago #
  6. figgsbane
    Member

    At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?

    Posted 5 months ago #
  7. figgsbane
    Member

    When young, I am sweet in the sun.
    When middle-aged, I make you gay.
    When old, I am valued more than ever.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  8. clayton_berg
    Member

    the last is grapes.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  9. clayton_berg
    Member

    I am poured out, yet hold things together
    Water does not heed my will, though something that mostly is does
    Nails of one kind depend on me, but not nails of another

    Posted 5 months ago #
  10. Hillbilly
    Member

    We should number these to keep them straight, Clayton's is # 6.

    Figgy's second (#4) I thinks is shadows my love. No idea on Clayton's or Figgy's first.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  11. Hillbilly
    Member

    Wait a minute, shadows doesn't make any sense. Damn my ignorance!

    Posted 5 months ago #
  12. This is tough. I'm gonna need to think about it.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  13. "I am always hungry,
    I must always be fed,
    The finger I touch,
    Will soon turn red

    what is it precious? does it bite?"

    Is it Fire?

    Posted 5 months ago #
  14. Joel Becker
    Member

    I believe it is fire. And figg's second, I think, is stars. And I'm surprised we haven't done this before now.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  15. Joel Becker
    Member

    Clayton, is it glue?

    Posted 5 months ago #
  16. Hillbilly
    Member

    You guys have some great ones. Nobody has guessed my second:

    I am served at a table,
    In gaterings of two or four;
    Served small, white, and round.
    You'll love some,
    But not others,
    And that's part of the fun.

    Here's one other:

    I can be cracked,
    I can be made.
    I can be told,
    I can be played.
    What am I?

    Posted 5 months ago #
  17. clayton_berg
    Member

    Good job Joel! Was it hard? I made that one up in about 2 minutes.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  18. figgsbane
    Member

    1. fire
    2. stars
    3. wine

    well done Joel and RA.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  19. figgsbane
    Member

    Hillbilly is your decond one a Record?

    Posted 5 months ago #
  20. Hillbilly
    Member

    No figgs, but a record would fit I suppose. What I had in mind is intangible.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  21. Joel Becker
    Member

    Hillbilly, your newest one is a joke.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  22. Joel Becker
    Member

    Oh, you made that up yourself, Clayton? Not bad. I don't get the second part of the second line, though.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  23. clayton_berg
    Member

    Glue has no effect on water but in minor surgeries (at least in Canada) glue is now used instead of stitches. Our bodies are made up of 70% water. :)

    Posted 5 months ago #
  24. Hillbilly
    Member

    You got it Joel. The answer to my first one is a ping pong (table tennis) ball. Nice job Clayton on coming up with that on your own, mine were borrowed.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  25. lance
    Member

    I can be cracked,
    I can be made.
    I can be told,
    I can be played.
    What am I?

    Hillbilly - is it a joke?

    Posted 5 months ago #
  26. lance
    Member

    I bring sorrow and joy,
    I give courage and bring fear,
    I bring light in the darkness,
    To some I'm an enigma, to others I am clear.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  27. Hillbilly
    Member

    That's it Lance, and you have me stumped. I know alcohol isn't right, but it sure fits the sorrow/joy courage/fear part.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  28. Anonymous

    To the one above Hillbily - Love?

    Posted 5 months ago #
  29. Hillbilly
    Member

    I didn't make my post very clear, Carcharoth. Joke is the correct answer to Can be cracked, made, told, played.

    Love could be the answer to Lance's riddle, but then the riddle left out other things about love:

    Causes stress, anger, and the throwing of utensils.

    Posted 5 months ago #
  30. Bump.

    Posted 4 months ago #

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