Saucepan Man?

brick indeed sounds right to me but how does that brings joy to young minds hmmmmm

I wouldn´t know. However, as this thread seems dead and dull, here´s another riddle...

I bear not pearl, nor silver
not even gem or gold
but what I carry treasure
because new life I hold
Who am I?

I thought the idea was that you guess the last riddle first before moving onto the next one. [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] Geez, I was only away for 2 days. [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img]

If anyone's interested in guessing mine, think of something that might be used to build castles in a place where "hordes" lie in the hope of getting darker ...

er....dirt?

I've never heard of dirt-castles ... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Eeee...
Saucepan Man's riddle:

The foundation of castles
Where darkening hordes lie
I give joy to young minds
As I mark time going by

What am I?


Okay.....it's NOT...

Imagination

"The old tales"

books? Records of history

the Red Book of Westmarch

Isengard

A library

the halls of record at gondor

simply the earth

Middle-Earth

The Stars

The Universe

Soil

Rock

A mountain

a mine

grass

brick or mortar

the land

SO.....is it.....

Construction, Kingdoms, cities, a garden or dreams?

(Yes, those were all desperate guesses 'cause I really have NO clue) [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Nooooooooooooooooo! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

OK, even I'm getting tired of it now. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

So, in a final effort to move things on:

1. It can be used to build castles (of a kind).

2. People lie on it sometimes when they are trying to "darken" themselves.

3. Children play with it.

4. It can be used as part of a device to measure time.

Now, surely someone must get it ...

... please? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

*Drum-roll*

*Fanfare of Trumpets*

Hurrah!

Samwise, you have it! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

*Bows as best he can*
Thank you, Mr. SaucepanMan, sir.
Oh, dear. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] That means I have to make up a riddle, don't I? I stink at this.....

I can contain bells
but do not ring,
ladies stay within me
(well, within or without)
despite snakes that may slither about
beings with white heads
(though not necessarily old)
have many, NUMEROUS descendants untold!

I hope that's easy.... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

Dunno. Um, Towers?

sorry samwise but it's not (easy that is) hmmm, i guess shoes??

Clue please [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Oh, dear. Hum....
It's LOTR related (in a sense)
Has to do with one character specifically.

Is it a garden?

er....earth? iluvatar??
(wait...that doesnt fit the bell description eh?...)

[img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Oi...told you it was easy.
SaucepanMan's got it. Garden it is.

Hoooray ... Oh, that means I have to think of another one, doesn't it?

... Well, since I can't, why don't we carry on with Manardariel's from earlier?

I was going to say an egg, but it's a "who". Is is a mother-to-be?

It could be Sam with Galadriel's gift, the box which contained soil from her garden.

I also think it's birth related, but if it's not mother-to-be, is it a womb?

No, Annufuniel has it Too easy! *complains*

No no, not too easy, just perfect for me! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Pain have I brought
for one that bred me
I often can be bought
but then it's likely "we"
if I'm forgotten
my face will turn dead
so use me often
I shall grace your head.

Oh, that's really bad! [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
Edit: and now even worse...

[ March 19, 2003: Message edited by: Annunfuiniel ]

Is it the ring?

Ring is a very good guess but not the right one. This one is not Tolkien related. I edited it 'cause the last lines were a misunderstanding, so forget about them. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

hmmm i'm really bad at this sort of thing but alas i keep coming backe for more....

I guess..... hair???? dur i know it's wrong but *shrugges*

head lice!!!!! um gross?

[ March 20, 2003: Message edited by: Lady_Báin ]

[img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] Well, not exactly what I had in mind! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
Oh, and the answer isn't hair either. But don't let it depress you, Lady_Báin! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

memories?

Roses?

Thorns might bring pain,
You buy them in bunches,
If you don't pay attention to them they die,
They look pretty in girls' hair.

A little tenous. Oh well.

Rose is a nice answer though still not the one I'm thinking of. It is something tangible and inanimate...

Gold? If so, please explain how it's "bred" but other that that;

Gold crowns on the head,
A forgotten golden coin's face would stop shining eventually,
Buy and spend bunches of coins usually instead of singles.

I liked roses better [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Yep, I liked the roses better too! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
But gold is close in one respect; it is something valuable.

jewels

Ah, is it a pearl?

Pearls bring pain to the oysters where they form, don't they? They are rarely purchased singly, but together as pearl necklaces etc. Not sure about the face turning dead, but maybe they go dull if not treated. And they are used in ornaments to grace the head, such as necklaces, tiaras etc.

So, is the answer a pearl?

Yes yes yes, Saucepan Man, it is pearl! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
And that "my face will turn dead" -line; it's said that if you don't use your pearls they will lose their shining. True or false? I dunno.
But the stage is yours, Saucepan! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

yes, it's true, certain gems lose their beauty after some years, and often that is how you can tell whether a 50 y/o gem is real or fake, by how shiny they are

and also, the surface of some gems corrode if they came in contact with oil, that's why you should never handle valuable jewels w/ ur hand

yeah...i learned those from reading mystery novels

OK, here we go.

White I am, or Grey
Or Black

Water carrier
But in my absence
All is Blue

I mean to obscure
And thereby perhaps
The wrong choice is made

A cloud or clouds??

Yes, clouds definantly. Here's my attempt:

A fire is lit
When I am around
Not one that burns down trees and such
but a fire that burns inside of you

Aye, I burn at your mind
consuming you; until you can see nothing else
Clouding your vision

Who or what am I?

[ March 25, 2003: Message edited by: Himaran ]

Anger or Jealousy?

Er....isn't it Eruanna's turn? She answered the last one.