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aero_guy
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Thou art my first to me (medium)
« on: Mar 28th, 2003, 8:52pm » |
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The medium puzzle for the third round of "what am I"s I am posting.
Thou art my first to me;
I am my first to thee-
Puzzlingly true.
How can it be, and why,
Seeing that I am I
And you are you?
When the wind slumberless
Whirls the grains numberless
Over the shore.
How may a mortal count
My second's vast amount-
My whole and more?
Hint: how to solve this kind of problem
"first" and "last" refer to syllables, and "whole" refers to the whole final answer. An example riddle is:
My first is dark;
My second round:
My whole may mark
A hate profound.
The answer is blackball. Black is dark, ball is round, blackball is what you do to exclude someone (like blacklisting them).
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Re: Thou art my first to me (medium)
« Reply #1 on: Mar 29th, 2003, 12:21pm » |
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on Mar 28th, 2003, 8:52pm, aero_guy wrote: My first is dark;
My second round:
My whole may mark
A hate profound.
The answer is blackball... |
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you like that example dont you? your always using it. 
Ne way i no idea about the answer though i'll come back to it l8er...
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Re: Thou art my first to me (medium)
« Reply #2 on: Mar 29th, 2003, 4:30pm » |
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Another grand riddle, aero.
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aero_guy
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Re: Thou art my first to me (medium)
« Reply #3 on: Mar 29th, 2003, 9:02pm » |
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This manner of response is getting real common, you even beat Icarus to it!
Oh, and Kitty, I use the same example so I don't have to give away any good ones just to explain how do solve it and I need to explain as several of the other ones got questions on how it was done.
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Re: Thou art my first to me (medium)
« Reply #4 on: Mar 30th, 2003, 11:17am » |
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Alas! cho beat me to it because I am still banging my head on this one! Of your newest threesome, only the hard one did I find easy.
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Re: Thou art my first to me (medium)
« Reply #5 on: Mar 30th, 2003, 10:32pm » |
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A hint on this one if you find you need it Icarus:
It uses the same tick as one of my earlier ones
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Re: Thou art my first to me (medium)
« Reply #6 on: Apr 1st, 2003, 9:58pm » |
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Is the answer "thousands"?
// answer hidden by william wu on 7:57 AM 4/2/2003
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Re: Thou art my first to me (medium)
« Reply #7 on: Apr 2nd, 2003, 5:08am » |
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Please hide your answer using hide tags or refer to it obscurely like cho did here and Icarus usually does.
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Re: Thou art my first to me (medium)
« Reply #8 on: Apr 2nd, 2003, 5:14am » |
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How do you use hide tags? Sorry, im kinda a newbie... 
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Re: Thou art my first to me (medium)
« Reply #9 on: Apr 2nd, 2003, 5:17am » |
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no worries.
[ hide ]Shsssh[ /hide ]
equals:
Shsssh
when the spaces are removed. Will not be hidden on preview, but you will not be able to see the word hide either.
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Re: Thou art my first to me (medium)
« Reply #10 on: Apr 2nd, 2003, 5:50am » |
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on Apr 1st, 2003, 9:58pm, Alvin Simon wrote:| Is the answer "thousands"? |
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Waahhh, I can't modify OR remove this post...
I keep getting the message
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Is the answer thousands ?
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Re: Thou art my first to me (medium)
« Reply #12 on: Apr 3rd, 2003, 8:00pm » |
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aero guy
Okay, I got this one before looking at any hidden answers. Respect. Are you writing them yourself? If so, respect 2
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