Re: MEPBM Riddles

From: harrfam@execpc.com (Ezra Harrington)

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

In article <51rg4t$e2t@bach.convex.com>, patrick@convex.COM (Patrick F.
McGehearty) wrote:

> 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.

That is a really good guess, but they don't seem to be something that good
and evil should beware of.  My best guess was grass, but that is even
worse.

> >
> >> 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.

What about paper?  Sound could just be words.  I dunno.  Knoledge/books?

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

Neither am I

~Ezra Harrington~ / harrfam@execpc.com
 "Many is a word that only leaves you guessing,
  Guessing 'bout a thing you really ought to know."
     -Led Zeppelin  "Over the Hills and Far Away"

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
Re: MEPBM Riddles
Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.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
Re: MEPBM Riddles
Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.COM>
Thu, 19 Sep 1996 00:00:00 +0000