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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #210 on: May 29, 2020, 07:30:51 AM »
Quote from: thegreyarea on May 28, 2020, 11:29:35 AM
G5:
“If you break me, I’ll not stop working.
If you can touch me, my work is done.
If you lose me, you must find me with a ring soon after. What am I?”

       “Wizard and Glass” by Stephen King
My guess is...
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...SILENCE.

I tried to take a more metaphorical approach and even then it's more of a hunch than any solid reasoning, but maybe...?
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #211 on: May 29, 2020, 07:54:19 AM »
Quote from: RanVor on May 29, 2020, 07:30:51 AM
My guess is...
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...SILENCE.

I tried to take a more metaphorical approach and even then it's more of a hunch than any solid reasoning, but maybe...?

Sorry my friend, but this time the hunch isn't correct. Keep trying! :)
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #212 on: May 29, 2020, 09:23:37 AM »
Quote from: RanVor on May 29, 2020, 07:30:51 AM
I tried to take a more metaphorical approach
Might be a good idea ... my next guess is:
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Freedom. People who lost theirs do wind up with iron "rings" around various body parts and trying to regain it, right?


Quote from: thegreyarea on May 28, 2020, 06:25:30 PM
Sorry for the delay in answering, JoB.
(It's not really a race, is it? ;) )
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #213 on: May 29, 2020, 12:25:54 PM »
Quote from: JoB on May 29, 2020, 09:23:37 AM
Might be a good idea ... my next guess is:
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Freedom. People who lost theirs do wind up with iron "rings" around various body parts and trying to regain it, right?

(It's not really a race, is it? ;) )

Sorry again for the delay, JoB. Of course it's not a race, but it's nice that your answer is validated, or not, in the shortest time.
So I'll keep checking this thread often in the coming times, because your answer is not the right one. It's quite metaphorical, but don't work that well with the two initial lines...

Let me just add that it's not that hard, it just needs to be looked in the right way. (this is not a hidden tip, OK?). I'm sure you guys will solve it soon. :)
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #214 on: May 29, 2020, 02:41:35 PM »
Here’s a few more. These are still old Finnish riddles, and still translated by me.

J9: First we skin the hide, then we shear the wool. What are we doing?

J10: Five brothers go first, the bald one chasing them

J11: I go far, yet I don’t move. Who am I?

J12: Tiny flea gors to the forest, even a thousand horses can bring it back home. What is it?

J13: The longer I am, the better. The thicker I am, the better. Mostly I’m used at night. Who am I?





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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #215 on: May 29, 2020, 03:56:54 PM »
Quote from: Jitter on May 29, 2020, 02:41:35 PM
J10: Five brothers go first, the bald one chasing them
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A hand reaching for something - five fingers, and human palms (as well as the soles of our feet) are notoriously hairless.

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J11: I go far, yet I don’t move. Who am I?
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Eyesight? A yell/voice?

Quote from: Jitter on May 29, 2020, 02:41:35 PM
J12: Tiny flea gors to the forest, even a thousand horses can bring it back home. What is it?
(Any chance that that ought to read "goes" and "cannot"?)

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J13: The longer I am, the better. The thicker I am, the better. Mostly I’m used at night. Who am I?
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Why, the duvet, of course!
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #216 on: May 29, 2020, 05:06:44 PM »
Yes indeed, let’s try and spell somewhat correctly:

J12 A tiny flea goes to the forest, even a thousand horses cannot bring it back home. What is it?

As for your guesses JoB, very good but not the answers we were looking for.
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #217 on: May 29, 2020, 05:57:28 PM »
Quote from: Jitter on May 29, 2020, 02:41:35 PM
J10: Five brothers go first, the bald one chasing them
Five brothers fleeing from a skinhead.

(Yes, it's a joke.)
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #218 on: May 29, 2020, 06:20:24 PM »
Sadly, it could be. But isn’t. Also the riddle is older than that :)
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #219 on: May 29, 2020, 06:31:13 PM »
Reading this thread makes me realize I would die in any horror movie where the protagonists have to solve a riddle ;D.

J11:
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a road?


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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #220 on: May 29, 2020, 07:14:58 PM »
phocena, correct on J11!
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #221 on: May 30, 2020, 06:09:50 AM »
Quote from: Jitter on May 29, 2020, 02:41:35 PM
J9: First we skin the hide, then we shear the wool. What are we doing?
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You're going to the barber (where you take off your jacket first).
Don't forget to take your mask along. ::)

Quote from: Jitter on May 29, 2020, 02:41:35 PM
J10: Five brothers go first, the bald one chasing them
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I have a hunch that "the bald one" is winter / the cold again, as it makes the "hair" (grass etc.) of the landscape vanish. Do the Finns happen to have a series of five holidays heralding its onset, like the five(!) Ice Saints announce the end of night frosts to us Germans?

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J12 A tiny flea goes to the forest, even a thousand horses cannot bring it back home. What is it?
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I wonder whether there'd be any fleas "riding" Surma when it finally appears in the comic, and whether they'd happen to still qualify as "tiny" ...

I'm thinking along the lines of a dandelion "parachute"-alike growing into a tree, but botany - even my local one - isn't my strong suit ...

Quote from: Jitter on May 29, 2020, 02:41:35 PM
J13: The longer I am, the better. The thicker I am, the better. Mostly I’m used at night. Who am I?
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A candle. (Back when Finns could not have industrially produced candles so big that that you'd need a forklift to carry your light around. ;D )
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #222 on: May 30, 2020, 07:00:51 AM »
JoB, correct on J13! A somewhat Róisín type riddle that one  ;)

On J10 you were much closer the first time.
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #223 on: May 30, 2020, 12:56:45 PM »
This is a stretch, but for J12:
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An ember from a fire? Because it's small, but once it sets the forest on fire you can't control it
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Re: Riddle time!
« Reply #224 on: May 30, 2020, 02:19:23 PM »
phocena, correct! You are on a roll!
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