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Fibonacci
09-20-2008, 04:28 AM
Well, might be a little childish, but took me ages to get it :)
Well, my friend got it, not me ...

It is nowhere in the building, but twice in each room.
What is it?

Fibonacci
09-20-2008, 04:31 AM
Lol!

The Letter "O"? :confused:

Wow, that was fast :)
I bend before you :o

I am a programmer, I would probably never think about that this way .... :)

Fibonacci
09-20-2008, 04:44 AM
...
'Twas allotted to man
...
Nor e'er in the whirlwind of passion be drowned;
...


Ok, this is for others :) I understand half of it :p
Is it some older English btw.? Reminds me of Lord of the Rings, one of the books I've red in original language :)

Fibonacci
09-20-2008, 04:55 AM
You know, I believe so! This is one I grew up with!

Wow ... how old are you? :eek:
... joking ...
:skull-big

kitty_joanne
09-20-2008, 09:33 AM
LOL!!!


Thanks, but not necessary! :D


'Twas whispered in Heaven, 'twas muttered in Hell,
And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell;
On the confines of Earth, 'twas permitted to rest,
And in 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 at 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 his prodigal heir;
It begins every hope, every wish it must bound;
With the husbandman toils, and with monarchs is crowned;
Without it the soldier and 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'er in the whirlwind of passion be drowned;
'Twill soften the heart; but though deaf be the ear,
It will make him acutely and instantly hear.
Set in shade, let it rest like a delicate flower;
Ah! Breath on it softly, it dies in an hour.


What Am I?

Fantastic english Phantom!! me likey :p

I wish i can understand how to read that??!!!

May you explain to me what is 'Twas? 'Twill? e'er? 'tis?

Have you wrote a story before Phantom? I would love to read it :)

:p

Ragman
09-20-2008, 11:29 AM
LOL!!!


Thanks, but not necessary! :D


'Twas whispered in Heaven, 'twas muttered in Hell,
And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell;
On the confines of Earth, 'twas permitted to rest,
And in 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 at 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 his prodigal heir;
It begins every hope, every wish it must bound;
With the husbandman toils, and with monarchs is crowned;
Without it the soldier and 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'er in the whirlwind of passion be drowned;
'Twill soften the heart; but though deaf be the ear,
It will make him acutely and instantly hear.
Set in shade, let it rest like a delicate flower;
Ah! Breath on it softly, it dies in an hour.


What Am I?

I am sure I am wrong.. ( As there are one or two phrases that Kinda fouled me up) but I wanna say

Lonliness?

Noir
09-20-2008, 11:45 AM
Might be a bit too easy...

A man leaves his camp by foot. After having walked for a mile to the south he encounters a bear and being scared by it he runs another mile to the east. After he can no longer see the bear behind him he turns to north and reaches his camp after walking for a mile.

What colour was the bear?

donnalee_s
09-20-2008, 12:02 PM
I think you forgot to put the color of the bear in the story

Sanitarium
09-20-2008, 12:09 PM
I think you forgot to put the color of the bear in the story

Well actually he didn't ;)

Assuming that the man made a triangle from his home and back again (south-east-north) this route can only be made in the north pole. So I guess the bear was a polar bear and the color is white. Right?

Sierra
09-20-2008, 12:09 PM
Fantastic english Phantom!! me likey :p

I wish i can understand how to read that??!!!

May you explain to me what is 'Twas? 'Twill? e'er? 'tis?

Have you wrote a story before Phantom? I would love to read it :)

:p


This was written back in the 18th century. I'm lit major and this was brought up in just about every class I took. It's not loneliness - the answer will explain why Phantom got the answer to Fibonacci's riddle. ;)

Twas = It was
Twill = It will
E'er = ever
Tis = It is
O'er = Over

Ragman
09-20-2008, 12:20 PM
Here is an ancient one..

there is a creature in the world that walks on four legs in the morning. At Noon the creature walks on two legs but as night arrives the creature walks on three legs.

What is the creature?

(its a pretty easy onefor history or mythology buffs, or if you have ever played dungeons and dragons as its pretty common)

Noir
09-20-2008, 12:21 PM
Well actually he didn't ;)

Assuming that the man made a triangle from his home and back again (south-east-north) this route can only be made in the north pole. So I guess the bear was a polar bear and the color is white. Right?

Exactly.

Well could try out another one while I'm at it but this might be a bit harder. :p

A scientist and a pilot were chatting when the pilot asked the scientist if he had ever seen an airplane flying backwards. After the scientist had stated that this kind of a scenario is impossible the pilot said he was going to show it for him. The scientist stood on the ground looking how the airplane rose up to the air and flew over him high in the air. After a while he saw the airplane flying again over him but this time the plane was flying to the opposite direction while being turned backwards so it's cockpit was pointing to the direction where it came from...

Is this kind of scenario possible and if so where do you base your claim on?

Sanitarium
09-20-2008, 12:29 PM
Well could try out another one while I'm at it but this might be a bit harder. :p



Is this kind of scenario possible and if so where do you base your claim on?

Well I think that this is possible only if the airplane flies with speed lesser than the earth rotation speed and the airplane flies to the same direction of the earth rotation. But I'm not sure if a plane can stay in the air with that speed.

Sanitarium
09-20-2008, 12:30 PM
Here is an ancient one..

there is a creature in the world that walks on four legs in the morning. At Noon the creature walks on two legs but as night arrives the creature walks on three legs.

What is the creature?

(its a pretty easy onefor history or mythology buffs, or if you have ever played dungeons and dragons as its pretty common)

LOL, we all did, do and will do that ;)

Ragman
09-20-2008, 12:33 PM
A scientist and a pilot were chatting when the pilot asked the scientist if he had ever seen an airplane flying backwards. After the scientist had stated that this kind of a scenario is impossible the pilot said he was going to show it for him. The scientist stood on the ground looking how the airplane rose up to the air and flew over him high in the air. After a while he saw the airplane flying again over him but this time the plane was flying to the opposite direction while being turned backwards so it's cockpit was pointing to the direction where it came from...


It would seem to me that if you were flying into a heavy wind and your forward thrust was LESS than the wind heading toward you, and your aeilerons were down to catch the wind... Your plane would appear to be flying backwards as the wind pushed with a greater force.

Once again.. may not be the answer after all a wind that strong might crash the plane.. and of course anyone foolish enough to be standing on the ground to watch such an event would probably be blown away

Fibonacci
09-20-2008, 12:36 PM
I'll never be a riddle solver :)
I was thinking about the bear mystery and it was just complete nonsense for me.
And it is so logical and easy :skull-tic :rolleyes:
Ok, I'll stay with my Sudoku :skull-big

Only answer I know is to Ragman ancient one and only because I knew that already :)

Noir
09-20-2008, 12:44 PM
Well I think that this is possible only if the airplane flies with speed lesser than the earth rotation speed and the airplane flies to the same direction of the earth rotation. But I'm not sure if a plane can stay in the air with that speed.

It would seem to me that if you were flying into a heavy wind and your forward thrust was LESS than the wind heading toward you, and your aeilerons were down to catch the wind... Your plane would appear to be flying backwards as the wind pushed with a greater force.

Once again.. may not be the answer after all a wind that strong might crash the plane.. and of course anyone foolish enough to be standing on the ground to watch such an event would probably be blown away

Ragman is closer to the answer but you actually need Sani's idea to fill out the blanks about the person standing in the ground not being blown away by the wind.

Earth's rotation creates different kind of wind formations in the higher layers of atmosphere and the wind speed on certain areas can be always around 200mph because of this. Actually these winds are generally used by larger airplanes because if you need to go over Atlantic Ocean for example you save plenty of fuel by having this kind of powerful wind pushing your plane forward.

Sanitarium
09-20-2008, 12:46 PM
I'll never be a riddle solver :)
I was thinking about the bear mystery and it was just complete nonsense for me.
And it is so logical and easy :skull-tic :rolleyes:
Ok, I'll stay with my Sudoku :skull-big

Only answer I know is to Ragman ancient one and only because I knew that already :)

OK here's one for you mate!

Let's say we have two equal nonzero numbers x and y
x = y =>
x² = x² => (Subtract y² from both sides obtain)
x² - y² = xy - y² => (Dividing by (x-y) obtain)
x + y = y => (Since x = y)
2 y = y => (Dividing by y obtain)
2 = 1 (since we started with x and y nonzero)
Subtracting 1 from both sides,
1 = 0 :eek:

Is that possible?

Fibonacci
09-20-2008, 12:51 PM
OK here's one for you mate!

Let's say we have two equal nonzero numbers x and y
x = y =>
x² = x² => (Subtract y² from both sides obtain)
x² - y² = xy - y² => (Dividing by (x-y) obtain)
x + y = y => (Since x = y)
2 y = y => (Dividing by y obtain)
2 = 1 (since we started with x and y nonzero)
Subtracting 1 from both sides,
1 = 0 :eek:

Is that possible?

You scared me to death, cause now I should prove my knowledge of math :)
So hope the answer is, this
x² - y² = xy - y² => (Dividing by (x-y) obtain)
is not allowed operation?

Sanitarium
09-20-2008, 12:54 PM
You scared me to death, cause now I should prove my knowledge of math :)
So hope the answer is, this
x² - y² = xy - y² => (Dividing by (x-y) obtain)
is not allowed operation?

Correct. When we were kids the teachers always said that divide by zero is not acceptable ;) :D :skull-evi

Fibonacci
09-20-2008, 12:59 PM
Correct. When we were kids the teachers always said that divide by zero is not acceptable ;) :D :skull-evi

Uff :)
I hated all the tests at university stating ...
Define 'starting' conditions of [some terrible math expression]
:)
Finally I used it :D :cool:

MARADONA
09-20-2008, 01:04 PM
This was written back in the 18th century. I'm lit major and this was brought up in just about every class I took. It's not loneliness - the answer will explain why Phantom got the answer to Fibonacci's riddle. ;)

Twas = It was
Twill = It will
E'er = ever
Tis = It is
O'er = Over
So it's a letter??? :confused:

Ragman
09-20-2008, 01:08 PM
Not really, not as much as they are... different words? "Twas" and "it was" mean the same thing they are interchangable. kinda like "Is Not" and "Isn't" Perhaps contractions is a better ( if perhaps slightly incorrect) way of putting it

Sanitarium
09-20-2008, 01:08 PM
Something different.

The word palindrome is derived from the Greek palÃÂ*ndromos, meaning running back again (palÃÂ*n = AGAIN + drom–, drameîn = RUN). A palindrome is a word or phrase which reads the same in both directions.

The most ancient palindrome :D

When Adam and Eve first met. Adam said :
Madam Am Adam (palindrome)
and Eve responded :
Eve (palindrome).

Other known palindromes are :

Don't nod
Dogma: I am God
Never odd or even
Too bad – I hid a boot
Rats live on no evil star
No trace; not one carton
Was it Eliot's toilet I saw?
Murder for a jar of red rum
May a moody baby doom a yam?
Go hang a salami; I'm a lasagna hog!
Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas!
A Toyota! Race fast... safe car: a Toyota
Straw? No, too stupid a fad; I put soot on warts
Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?
Doc Note: I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod
No, it never propagates if I set a gap or prevention
Anne, I vote more cars race Rome to Vienna
Sums are not set as a test on Erasmus
Kay, a red nude, peeped under a yak
Some men interpret nine memos
Campus Motto: Bottoms up, Mac
Go deliver a dare, vile dog!
Madam, in Eden I'm Adam
Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo
Ah, Satan sees Natasha
Lisa Bonet ate no basil
Do geese see God?
God saw I was dog
Dennis sinned

Can you think of others?

Sanitarium
09-20-2008, 01:16 PM
LOL!!!


Thanks, but not necessary! :D


'Twas whispered in Heaven, 'twas muttered in Hell,
And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell;
On the confines of Earth, 'twas permitted to rest,
And in 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 at 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 his prodigal heir;
It begins every hope, every wish it must bound;
With the husbandman toils, and with monarchs is crowned;
Without it the soldier and 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'er in the whirlwind of passion be drowned;
'Twill soften the heart; but though deaf be the ear,
It will make him acutely and instantly hear.
Set in shade, let it rest like a delicate flower;
Ah! Breath on it softly, it dies in an hour.


What Am I?

Although it's for english language speakers, it's not that hard to figure it out guys. Just read between the lines.

Fibonacci
09-20-2008, 01:17 PM
Does everyone give up on this one???:rolleyes:

Give it at least about 24 hours :) Some who are sleeping now may even not have seen it :p

Fibonacci
09-20-2008, 01:22 PM
Can you think of others?

Definitely they are in all languages (but Chinese probably :D)
In Czech fe.

Kobyla ma maly bok.

Don't want me to translate that :)

MARADONA
09-20-2008, 01:52 PM
Although it's for english language speakers, it's not that hard to figure it out guys. Just read between the lines.
So i was right! It means i get it! eh eh

(so if i'm right...this line could work too...not???)

kitty_joanne
09-20-2008, 02:12 PM
This was written back in the 18th century. I'm lit major and this was brought up in just about every class I took. It's not loneliness - the answer will explain why Phantom got the answer to Fibonacci's riddle. ;)

Twas = It was
Twill = It will
E'er = ever
Tis = It is
O'er = Over

Thank you Sierra for helping!!!

I wish to study like how english people study and speak their english, they are the best!

haha~ let me guess to Phantom riddle, is it cry?

:p

Fibonacci
09-22-2008, 01:50 AM
Give it at least about 24 hours :) Some who are sleeping now may even not have seen it :p

Huh, a lot of time passed and I still have no answer. So I give up and would like to know :o
How about the others? :rolleyes:

Fibonacci
09-22-2008, 02:15 AM
Echt ... took me a while to figure wHy ...
... but now I understand :)
Uff, really long riddle to hide this :o :p
But nice :rolleyes:

sindyloo
09-25-2008, 01:46 PM
How did I miss this?? Thanks a lot for it!!:D :skull-lov


This person is laying dead in a open field in the woods. A package is laying there next to him. If he had opened it before he got to the field he would have stayed alive!

Whats in the package??:confused:

Fibonacci
09-25-2008, 01:59 PM
I know, I know :skull-ide
But I won't tell, at least not yet :p

Kamikaze84
10-04-2008, 12:07 AM
The others I could do (except for that crazy math one, I'm poor at math)


This person is laying dead in a open field in the woods. A package is laying there next to him. If he had opened it before he got to the field he would have stayed alive!

Whats in the package??:confused:


Hmm, is it an antidote or medicine of some kind?

Fibonacci
10-04-2008, 05:21 AM
Hmm, is it an antidote or medicine of some kind?

Ok then. I think it is a parachute backpack? :rolleyes:

Kamikaze84
10-05-2008, 12:23 AM
Ok then. I think it is a parachute backpack? :rolleyes:

Also a good answer (and possibly more likely due to the open field)

sindyloo
10-06-2008, 11:20 AM
Ding Ding Ding!!! winner good job! yes it was a parachute.;) :)

Kamikaze84
10-07-2008, 05:55 PM
Here's an oldie;
What loses it's head each morning but regains it's head each night?