Riddles!

[Matbow]

Go away y`all! :P I can't think of anything so if anyone's got a riddle then go for it...

[Ada]

What am I:

There is a thing that nothing is,
And yet it has a name;
'Tis sometimes tall, and sometimes short,
It joins our walks, it joins our sport,
And plays at every game.

[Monsoon]

The proverbial shadow, unless of course it is raining, overcast..

[Ada]

CORRECT! Aw gee! I had a clue all lined up & everything (i.e. Peter Pan).

It's your turn to post one Monsoon but in the meantime I'll post another - it won't hurt to have two up - then again you'll probably get this one too!


What is yours, and is used by others more than yourself?

[i_heart_nefie]

your name? *makes sense to me*...lol

[Ada]

Yep!

Until Nefie & Monsoon come up with one each???, here's another one:

Why should the male sex avoid the letter A?

[Monsoon]

Because A is a symbol somewhere for monthly?

or perhaps its because women don't like it when we say "A" coz we are not really listening?

[Ada]

Second attempt I suppose could have been an answer but....

Nope! (to both)

I'll leave it going a bit longer - some one might get it.

[Ada]

Times up!

Why should the male sex avoid the letter A?

Because it makes men mean!

Next one:

What is the longest and yet the shortest thing in the world,
The swiftest and yet the slowest,
The most divisible and the most extended,
The least valued and most regretted,
Without which nothing can be done,
Which destroys all that is little and ennobles all that is great?

[i_heart_nefie]

um....life??

[Ada]

Nope

[Monsoon]

um....life??

That's what i thought the answer would be aswell, most of the lines reflect on the way time slips through our hands and we can do nothing about it.

[delby]

im guessin time

[Ada]

um....life??

That's what i thought the answer would be aswell, most of the lines reflect on the way time slips through our hands and we can do nothing about it.

soooo close but the money goes to..........

delby with time

So, delby, the prize is you get to post one!

(I've only been doing the last few because no one else was. I don't mind if you pass it back to me - I have a fabulous old book (published in 1922) that I'm nicking them from. Mind you I can't use a lot of them due to the out of vogue words/form of speech, and the political incorrectness of a lot of them!)

[delby]

hee hee




What is

Only one colour but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom but easily flies,
Present in sun but not in rain,
Doing no harm and feeling no pain

[Ada]

It must be another one for:

a shadow

I think...?

[delby]

yeah go ada

[Ada]

What am I?

What force and strength cannot get through,
I with a gentle touch can do,
And many in the street would stand,
Were I not as a friend at hand?

(Typo. edit only)

[delby]

not got a clue oin this one maybe u have

[Ada]

OK. Clues:


What force and strength cannot get through Actually some people could - especially if they had a battering ram

And many in the street would stand This would mean you were locked out.

Oh dear, that's it. I've given it away now.