A kite.
Hey, I thought it was my turn! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

I can be a blanket
though I do not keep one warm.
Unlike a towel to make one dry,
being covered with me can make one wet!

Mist?

[ May 27, 2002: Message edited by: Hírilamara ]

No, Hírilamara, but a good guess. BTW, welcome to the riddle thread and the 'Downs.

Sam?

Fog?

Yes?
No, Mister Gimli, sir--not fog, either. http://www.plauder-smilies.de/rolleyes.gif
[ May 27, 2002: Message edited by: Samwise ]

rainclouds?

Nope, not rain clouds. You're all on the right track, though.

Is it fear?

Samwise, is it snow??? I have just heard the phrase "a blanket of snow" before, so that is what came to mind.

Yes, Tigerlily! It is indeed snow!
http://www.plauder-smilies.de/happy/xyxthumbs.gif

How brilliant!

Whoo-hoo! Oh how happy that makes me that I actually got one right on my first try!!!!! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Tigerlily's right: these threads are too much fun just to let them die... [img]smilies/redface.gif[/img]

Iron roof, glass walls.
Burns and burns and never falls.

My guess would be a lantern.

Correct, oh Esteemed One [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

* bows an introductory greeting to Susan Delgado * Hail and Well Met. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Here then is the next riddle:

I draw curious shapes in the air
Oliphaunts, sailing ships gleaming fair.
But when you find me on the ground
I'm blinding, formless, muffling sound.

~~ Gandalf the Grey

[ June 11, 2002: Message edited by: Gandalf_theGrey ]

Mist/Clouds? just a guess... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]

Yes, you're correct Veritas ...

There's as much truth in your guess as in your name! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Come, Elves, and answer this old riddle:

At night they come without being fetched,
And by day they are lost without being stolen.

An easy one, piosenniel.

However, as I am not an Elf, I shall abstain as you wish. * bows *

Here is one for you, Olòrin :

I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
Who live and breathe in Middle Earth.

& may all of yours be glad ones!

Ah, Good piosenniel!

But I have already answered this same riddle within the past 24 hours elsewhere in Arda ... what a coincidence, this!

How about if I answer your question ... tomorrow? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Gandalf the Grey

Mithrandir -

I desire greatly your input on this riddle which has turned and twisted in my mind over the years:

Why is a Raven like a writing desk?

Now, some say this is unanswerable, but I have come to some opinion on it, and would like to hear yours and all others who might venture a guess.

I still think you've got it, piosennial

here's a cool riddle for you all, its kinda long but its worth it:

'Twas in heaven pronounced, and 'twas muttered in hell,
An echo caught faintly the sound as it fell;
On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest,
And the depths of the ocean its presence confessed;
'Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder,
Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thunder.
'Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath,
Attends him at birth, and awaits him in death,
Presides o'er his happiness, honor, and health,
Is the prop of his house, and the end of his wealth.
In the heaps of the miser 'tis hoarded with care,
But is sure to be lost on the prodigal heir.
It begins every hope, every wish it must bound,
With the husbandman toils, and with monarchs is crowned.
Without it the soldier, the seaman may roam,
But woe to the wretch who expels it from home!
In the whispers of conscience its voice will be found,
Nor e'en in the whirlwind of passion be drowned.
'Twill not soften the heart; but though deaf be the ear,
It will make it acutely and instantly hear.
Yet in shade let it rest, like a delicate flower,
Ah... breathe on it softly, - it dies in an hour.

Has anyone answered this one yet? My guess is "stars".

And a few brain teasers, though not true riddles, I have for you.


Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?

Why do they call them apartments when they are all stuck together?

<font color=gold>Wow, Bragolandune, that's some riddle! My guesses are these... innocence, faith, humility

Rae is yours beacause if it were any different we would all have big holes in our garages?

hey what say you all if we all decided to move to one thread or the other? Because i have noticed that it's generally the same people that post on both or shall we start all over again? just a sudjestion because 10 pages is alot and yeah maybe we can start over?? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Tigerlily..the answer to it is none of those three guesses..its more a play on words than an actual answer.

Lady Bain, I believe either the Quiz Room or Middle Earth Mayhem would be a better place for both these threads. I'm not sure it's really meet to start a whole new one, though. Do we really need four riddle threads going at once? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

i mean we could let the present ones retire and start up a new one because having two is a bit confusing.

Hey look I'm a wight!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

[ June 20, 2002: Message edited by: Lady_Báin ]

Bragolandune- is it time?

All right, let's take a vote.

How does everyone feel about Lady Bain's suggestion to retire these two riddle threads and start up a new one either in Middle Earth Mayhem or the Quiz Room?

I'll post this in Starbreeze's Challange as well.


Congrats on being a Wight, by the way [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]

[ June 20, 2002: Message edited by: Susan Delgado ]

I believe she has a point. Two threads are confusing sometimes, not to mention the fact that they're both getting a little long. Also, if we do decide to move, I think it should be to ME Mayhem so as not to interfere with the third riddle thread in the Quiz Room.

I think its a great idea as well, these threads do get a bit confusing.
also, to Lady_Bain, the answer is not time.

This looks very interesting. Saucepan, can you move this to The Quiz Room, where we can further pursue it?

We already have a riddle game there:

Riddles in the Downs

And, indeed, you were the last to post on it, Perky. :p :D