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Unread postby Kalah » 13 Mar 2007, 13:07

Is this the riddle thread now?

The answer is "fire".

Did you know that HP quote in your sig is actually taken from my thread...?
In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity, In Peace: Goodwill.

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Unread postby [T]osHiro » 13 Mar 2007, 13:44

No, Yes and......Yesh!! :D

She was kind enough to remind me that it was a joke too. Before that, I made a fool outta myself by asking my chemistry buddies about DHMO. :(
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Unread postby Gaidal Cain » 13 Mar 2007, 17:53

Kalah wrote:That's one of the twelve Brynnlaw riddles in Baldur's Gate 2...
Except that it isn't :tongue:

There's a very similar riddle with the same answer, but it's much shorter and doesn't describe it in the same manner.
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Unread postby Kalah » 13 Mar 2007, 21:13

T'is almost the same. This is the original:

I can have no color, though there may be darkness
within. I have no weight and hold nothing, and if placed
in a container it becomes all the lighter.


And here are the others:

Lighter than what I am made of, more of me is
hidden than is seen, I am the bane of the mariner,
a tooth within the sea. Speak my name.

A spirited jig it dances bright, banishing all
but darkest night. Give it food and it will live;
give it water and it will die.

The man who invented it, doesn't want it for himself.
The man who bought it, doesn't need it for himself. The
man who needs it, doesn't know it when he needs it.

The life I lead is mere hours or less, I serve all my
time by being consumed. I am quickest when thin, slowest
when fat, and wind is the bane of the gift that I bring.

The more that there is, the less that you see. Squint
all you wish when surrounded by me.

They come to witness the night without being called,
a sailor's guide and a poet's tears. They are lost to
sight each day without the hand of a thief.

They follow and lead, but only as you pass. Dress
yourself in darkest black, and they are darker still.
Always they flee the light, though without the sun
there would be none.

I have holes throughout, from back to front and top
to bottom to core. More nothing than something within,
and yet I still hold water.

I am free for the taking through all of your life,
though given but once at birth. I am less than nothing
in weight, but will fell the strongest of you if held.

Alive as you but without breath, as cold in my life as
in my death; never a thirst though I always drink,
dressed in a mail but never a clink.

Of all your possessions, I am the hardest to guard. If
you have me, you will want to share me. If you share me,
you no longer have me.


Now that I'm done putting you guys in your place, let's leave it with the riddles. :tongue:
In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity, In Peace: Goodwill.

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Unread postby Elvin » 13 Mar 2007, 21:35

Hmm I still remember them. Always loved this kind of riddles.
I, for one, am dying to find out what colour they paint Michael's toenails.
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Unread postby Beelzebubba » 13 Mar 2007, 22:22

A good snack: pears and cheese.

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Unread postby asandir » 13 Mar 2007, 22:24

they weren't my favourite things, but the ones from BG were all doable with a little thought
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Unread postby Milla aka. the Slayer » 13 Mar 2007, 23:37

Beelzebubba wrote:A good snack: pears and cheese.
You mean seperately right? Cause both are delicious things... - kept apart :D
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Unread postby asandir » 13 Mar 2007, 23:40

I'll accept the cheese, but not a fan of pears, gimme an apple anyday, but as Milla said - apart from the cheese
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Unread postby Milla aka. the Slayer » 13 Mar 2007, 23:43

Do you think he means string cheese or maybe a more sticky, knife-oriented one? Cause the last one makes me believe he dips the pears in the cheese and that's a bit disgusting IMO...
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Unread postby asandir » 13 Mar 2007, 23:44

yeecchhh .... yeah, not a good thought, crackers and cheese dip - sure, pears and cheese dip :ill:
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Unread postby Beelzebubba » 14 Mar 2007, 01:18

I was snacking on a red anjou pear (perhaps the tastiest pear in the world) and a Babybel mini-cheese. Separately. Boy do I love a good cheese, made even better with a good beer or wine.

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Unread postby Omega_Destroyer » 14 Mar 2007, 01:24

That does sound good right now. Some cheese would go nicely with my Guinness.
And the chickens. Those damn chickens.

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Unread postby asandir » 14 Mar 2007, 01:25

mozzarella has to be my favourite cheese, then edam
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Unread postby Omega_Destroyer » 14 Mar 2007, 01:29

Gouda and Muenster are my two favorites.
And the chickens. Those damn chickens.

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Unread postby Beelzebubba » 14 Mar 2007, 01:35

Cotswold is perhaps my favorite, but it's so expensive here (around $18/lb). In England it's a modestly-priced pub cheese.

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Unread postby Omega_Destroyer » 14 Mar 2007, 01:37

I don't think I've ever had it. I usually won't pay a lot of cheese mainly because the cheeses I like aren't that expensive.
And the chickens. Those damn chickens.

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Unread postby asandir » 14 Mar 2007, 02:01

I generally pay about AUS$5 per half kilo (just over a pound) for a decent mozzarella - that's about 3 euros or so per pound
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Unread postby Corribus » 14 Mar 2007, 02:54

The Spanish rule in cheesemaking IMO. Give me a good manchego or Idiazabal and I'm in heaven. Actually the other day I went to our local gourmet cheese shop and bought one called Winey (Drunken) Goat, an aged goat cheese marinated in red wine. It was pretty damn close. Sadly at over 16 dollars US a pound, I only bought a little. :(
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Unread postby asandir » 14 Mar 2007, 03:09

ouch!!! that's expensive!
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