From: mark@erin.JSC.NASA.GOV (Mark Manning/Metrica)
Subject: Net.Book.Riddles (6/7)
Reply-To: mark@cheers.jsc.nasa.gov
Organization: Simulacron I
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 18:36:12 GMT


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    It is joyful,
    It is quiet,
    It is bubbling,
    It is roaring,
    It can jump,
    And it can sit.
    It can whisper,
    And it can drip.
    What is it of which I speak?
    What is it which can be both shallow and deep?

Entry:  18.61
Date:   9/16/92
Who:    mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov
Author: Mark Manning
Title:  None
Riddle:

    I drift,
    As slowly as a lazy river.
    I dance,
    Upon as little as a puff of air.
    I tumble,
    Better than the greatest acrobat.
    Swirling,
    Twirling,
    Down to the ground.
    Where I lie,
    Til I get my second wind.
    So I can begin again.

Entry:  18.62
Date:   9/16/92
Who:    mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov
Author: Mark Manning
Title:  None
Riddle:

    A riddle, easily solved.
    Red breasted.
    Only one in a field of many.
    Born in an egg.
    Inspired to sing.
    Now gather the letters and tell me what I mean.

Entry:  18.63
Date:   9/16/92
Who:    mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov
Author: Mark Manning
Title:  None
Riddle:

    I have four of these,
    With matching extremities.
    They can do many things,
    And hardly ever bring me pain.
    Unless I stick them with a pin,
    Or burn them sometimes when...
    What is it that I can wiggle at will?
    And use in other means still?

Entry:  18.64
Date:   9/16/92
Who:    mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov
Author: Mark Manning
Title:  None
Riddle:

    What are all your fingers for?
    One's to point, of that I'm sure.
    One's for the doctor - whereever he may roam,
    One's for the accuser - to point out what is known.
    One's for the ear, without which we can not hear.
    And one get's us a ride, so we can rest our back side.
    What are all your finger for?
    Tell me which is which, and I'll even our score.

Entry:  18.65
Date:   9/16/92
Who:    mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov
Author: Mark Manning
Title:  None
Riddle:

    I am a box,
    Full of that which is most rare.
    But it isn't a flute,
    And it isn't some hair.
    Though soft be my bed,
    I am as hard as a rock.
    And though dull in the darkness,
    I glisten once unlocked.
    What am I, this box so strange?
    To hold such a treasure,
    Which is not so plain.

Entry:  18.66
Date:   9/16/92
Who:    mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov
Author: Mark Manning
Title:  The Giant Slept
Riddle:

    The giant slept upon the rocks,
    His bones, sealed tight against them.
    A hoary hand, outstruck against fate's decree,
    That he should thus be kept from his purpose in life.
    Not knowing that his time has passed,
    And that that, which gave him his reason for living,
    His roots,
    Were no longer his own.
    But blackened stumps,
    Against which no living being could hope to live.
    yet...
    In his passing, life found purchase.
    For other creatures, making use of that which would remain,
    Would, in of themselves, find life.
    While the giant slept,
    Upon the rocks.

Entry:  18.67
Date:   9/16/92
Who:    mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov
Author: Mark Manning
Title:  None
Riddle:

    I dreamed I saw a fairy's dance,
    Upon the midnight sky.
    Where lights, like lantern's grew,
    Without a whim, or a why.
    Amid their joy,
    Amid their dance,
    I came running into their midst.
    But with nar'ry a sound,
    They drew away,
    And fell into the mist.
    Oh, I saw them again,
    But only from very far.
    Dancing in the air at night,
    Like tiny lanterns, or tiny stars.

Entry:  18.68
Date:   9/16/92
Who:    mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov
Author: Mark Manning
Title:  None
Riddle:

    When I looked upon the flames of his passion,
    And the coolness of her touch,
    I knew tragedy could only come from their union.
    And indeed, when they came together,
    Darkness reigned upon the land.
    And although they were soon separated,
    Learning as they did that they were not for each other,
    Still, their passing regards for each other,
    Left it's impression upon all who had witnessed it.
    And would be talked about for ages still to come.

Entry:  18.69
Date:   9/16/92
Who:    mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov
Author: Mark Manning
Title:  None
Riddle:

    Oh woe is me!  Woe is me!
    To have lost that which I can never buy back!
    To be unable to recall that which has transpired!
    Let my breath be returned!
    Let time recoil!
    Let this not be so!
    Oh woe is me!  Woe is me!

Entry:  18.70
Date:   9/16/92
Who:    mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov
Author: Mark Manning
Title:  None
Riddle:

    What has a coat?
    Hugs you not in sympathy?
    Whose smile you'd rather not see?
    Whose stance is a terrible thing to see?
    Who is it that brave men run away from?
    Whose fingers are clawed?
    Whose sleep lasts for months?
    And who's company we shunt?

Entry:  18.71
Date:   9/16/92
Who:    mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov
Author: Mark Manning
Title:  None
Riddle:

    You can tumble in it,
    Roll in it,
    Burn it,
    Animals eat it,
    Used to cover floors,
    Still used beyond stall doors.
    Freshens whatever it is placed on,
    Absorbs whatever is poured into it.
    What is it?

Entry:  18.72
Date:   9/16/92
Who:    mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov
Author: Mark Manning
Title:  None
Riddle:

    Within passion's fruit they will be found,
    And more of them in the pomegranate's crown.
    Rowed they are within an apple core,
    Yet other fruits have them more.
    And though the nectarine has but one,
    Still, this is all just in fun.
    Playing hide and seek - a children's game.
    Finding out each player is just the same.

Entry:  19.1
Date:   18 Apr 92 20:06:34 GMT
Who:    heath@anchor.as.utexas.edu (James Heath)
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    They can be harbored, but few hold water,
    You can nurse them, but only by holding them against someone else,
    You can carry them, but not with your arms,
    You can bury them, but not in the earth.

Entry:  19.2
Date:   18 Apr 92 20:06:34 GMT
Who:    heath@anchor.as.utexas.edu (James Heath)
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    Deep as a bowl, round as a cup,
    Yet all the world's oceans can't fill it up.

Entry:  19.3
Date:   18 Apr 92 20:06:34 GMT
Who:    heath@anchor.as.utexas.edu (James Heath)
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    Though desert men once called me God,
    To-day men call me mad,
    For I wag my tail when I am angry,
    And growl when I am glad.

Entry:  20.1
Date:   Tue Apr 21 15:13:49 1992
Who:    rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie
Author: Russell Wallace
Title:  None
Riddle:

    Fat Man at Dead Man's Journey.

Entry:  20.2
Date:   Tue Apr 21 15:13:49 1992
Who:    rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie
Author: Russell Wallace
Title:  None
Riddle:

    What answer is blowing in the wind?

Entry:  21.1
Date:   Thu, 30 Apr 92 13:20:32 -0700
Who:    zorn@apple.com
Author: Jed Hartman
Title:  None
Riddle:

    I heard of an invading, vanquishing army
    sweeping across the land, liquid-quick;
    conquering everything, quelling resistance.
    With it came darkness, dimming the light.
    Humans hid in their houses, while outside
    spears pierced, shattering stone walls.
    Uncountable soldiers smashed into the ground,
    but each elicited life as he died;
    when the army had vanished, advancing northward,
    the land was green and growing, refreshed.

Entry:  21.2
Date:   Thu, 30 Apr 92 13:20:32 -0700
Who:    zorn@apple.com
Author: Jed Hartman
Title:  None
Riddle:

    I saw a strange creature:
    Long, hard, and straight,
    Thrusting into a round, dark opening,
    Preparing to discharge its load of lives.
    Puffing and squealing noises accompanied it,
    Then a final screech as it slowed and stopped.
    Say what I mean.

Entry:  21.3
Date:   Thu, 30 Apr 92 13:20:32 -0700
Who:    zorn@apple.com
Author: James Thurber's _The Thirteen Clocks_
Title:  None
Riddle:

    I can find a thing I cannot see and see a thing I cannot find.
    The first is time, the second is a spot before my eyes.
    
Entry:  21.4
Date:   Thu, 30 Apr 92 13:20:32 -0700
Who:    zorn@apple.com
Author: James Thurber's _The Thirteen Clocks_
Title:  None
Riddle:

    I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel.
    The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart.

Entry:  22.1
Date:   Wed, 06 May 1992 11:29:14 CDT
Who:    Sean Molley -> mollems@WKUVX1.BITNET
Author: From Zork II by Infocom
Title:  None
Riddle:

    Never ahead, ever behind,
    Yet flying swiftly past,
    For a child, I last forever,
    For adults, I'm gone too fast.

Entry:  22.2
Date:   Wed, 06 May 1992 11:29:14 CDT
Who:    Sean Molley -> mollems@WKUVX1.BITNET
Author: From Zork II by Infocom
Title:  None
Riddle:

    Tall she is, and round as a cup,
    Yet all the king's horses
    Can't draw her up.

Entry:  22.3
Date:   Wed, 06 May 1992 11:29:14 CDT
Who:    Sean Molley -> mollems@WKUVX1.BITNET
Author: From Might & Magic II by New World Computing
Title:  None
Riddle:

    There more of it there is,
    The less you see.

Entry:  22.4
Date:   Wed, 06 May 1992 11:29:14 CDT
Who:    Sean Molley -> mollems@WKUVX1.BITNET
Author: From Might & Magic II by New World Computing
Title:  None
Riddle:

    What is not enough for one,
    Just right for two,
    Too much for three?

Entry:  22.5
Date:   Wed, 06 May 1992 11:29:14 CDT
Who:    Sean Molley -> mollems@WKUVX1.BITNET
Author: Sean Molley
Title:  None
Riddle:

    What gets wetter the more it dries?

Entry:  22.6
Date:   Wed, 06 May 1992 11:29:14 CDT
Who:    Sean Molley -> mollems@WKUVX1.BITNET
Author: Sean Molley
Title:  None
Riddle:

    H I J K L M N O
    What word does this represent?

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                          Answers to the above riddles
==========================================================================
 1.1 Salt
     Ice.

 1.2 A silver dish of some kind floating in an oil lamp with the flame above
     it.
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