Re: ME-PBM Riddle

From: Tracy Scott <tscott@interlog.com>

Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000

scott.c.bahrke.1@nd.edu (Scott C. Bahrke) wrote:
>
> In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.960727192352.21898B-100000@garcia.efn.org>,
>    "Mitchell A. McCann" <mitch@efn.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >On Sat, 27 Jul 1996, Scott C. Bahrke wrote:
> >
> >> Hello, fellow gamers. I would like to offer another riddle from the
> >> 2950 game of ME PBM for your consideration.
> >>
> >> This thing all things devours,
> >>    Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
> >>       Gnaws iron, bites steel;
> >>          Grinds hard stone to meal;
> >>             Slays king, ruins town,
> >>                And beats high mountain down.
> >>
> >> The answer seems as if it should be "time," but I am wary. Would
> GSI
> >> give such an easy riddle?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any thoughts you might offer.
> >>
> >> Scott
> >>
> >>
> >How about "Water?"
>
> I thought about water, but do you think it fits as well as time. Time
> always does those things whereas water only sometimes does those
> things.
>
> Scott

I'd lean towards time before water, it seems to fit better.

Tracy Scott

References

Re: ME-PBM Riddle
"Mitchell A. McCann" <mitch@efn.org>
Sat, 27 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: ME-PBM Riddle
scott.c.bahrke.1@nd.edu (Scott C. Bahrke)
Sun, 28 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000
ME-PBM Riddle
scott.c.bahrke.1@nd.edu (Scott C. Bahrke)
Sat, 27 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000