Re: MEPBM Riddles

From: Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.COM>

Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0000

In article <3241015A.6F4F@sprynet.com>,
Greg Chapman  <zubla@sprynet.com> wrote:
>Carl B Zachary wrote:
>>
>> Need help with two Riddles
>
>> Riddle 1
>> Hard and fierce these warriors be,
>> Though they number less than a score.
>> Cold steel doth seek to cut them down,
>> Yet these heroes do return for more.
>> Let both good and evil beware this band,
>> For they can always be found at hand.
>
>I would say the Dunadan Rangers except for the fifth line.
>I don't see them attacking good people; they protected the Shire.
>Otherwise, all the other lines fit.  *shrug*
>
How about "Fingernails" ?
They are always at hand and trimmed by cold steel, yet return
for more.

>
>> Riddle 2
>> Developed to be a bearer of sound
>> It yest won acceptance for centuries around
>> From elf to man and even dwarven kind
>> It kept all together and in knowledge did bind.
>
>woah.
>hmmm...
>The telephone?
>The Silmarillis bore light, not sound.
>The Wind bore sounds to Elbereth.
>A story maybe?  Quenta Silmarillion?
>I've really no clue.
>Now I want to know too.  :-)

A musical instrument of some kind?  A horn?
This one's a toughie.

Is "yest" in the original, or is that a typo?
I'm not familar with that word.

- Patrick McGehearty
patrick@convex.hp.com

References

MEPBM Riddles
Carl B Zachary <CBZACH@aol.com>
Tue, 17 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM Riddles
Greg Chapman <zubla@sprynet.com>
Thu, 19 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

MEPBM Riddles
Carl B Zachary <CBZACH@aol.com>
Tue, 17 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM Riddles
Greg Chapman <zubla@sprynet.com>
Thu, 19 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0000