From: mark@zaphod.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning/Metrica)
Subject: NET.BOOK: Net.Book.Riddles (part 1 of 8)
Followup-To: rec.games.frp.misc
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:09:06 GMT

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This is the net.book.riddles.  It is the work of myself in
the collection of all of the riddles which have been
submitted to myself via e-mail and rec.games.frp.  I hope
you enjoy it.

Please note that for MANY of these riddles, those who
submitted them do NOT take credit for their creation.  These
are just those people who submitted the riddles - NOT THE
Authors.  There are some though, which are the creation of
the people submitting them.  If possible, this has been
marked.  Those not marked though, are the work of some other
Author unknown to myself or not specified when the riddle
was given to me.

Thanks to everyone who submitted riddles whether from books
or from their own head.  This is a lengthy list, so I hope
everyone will bear with me in this listing.  Thanks again
everyone!

The format of these entries has been revamped to provide
more information about each of the submitters.  The form has
been changed to the following:

Entry:  Entry number of the riddle as submitted to myself.
Date:   The date the riddle was submitted.
Who:    Who submitted the riddle
Author: The actual Author of the riddle (if different)
Title:  <If any>
Riddle: The riddle itself.

At the bottom of the list will be the answers.  The answers
are listed in the order of preference.  Thus, the most
preferred answer will be placed first with additional
answers (if any) following.  All answers are based upon the
"Entry" field.  The entry field works in the following way:

1.  When you submit a riddle you are assigned a unique
    number (1-inf).
2.  The ID number will be the first part of the number.
3.  The second part of the number (after the period) is the
    number assigned to the riddle.

Ex:

Entry:  1.1
Date:   <Unknown>
Who:    cpearce@morticia.cnns.unt.edu
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    You eat something....

4.  As you can see, the "1.1" is by the entry field.  The
    first "1" means C. Pearce is the first person in the list.
    The second "1" means this is his first riddle given to me.
    His second would be labeled "1.2" and so on.  The answers
    are matched the same way.

I hope you enjoy the net.book.riddles and any (constructive)
suggestions are welcome and appreciated.  Thanks to everyone
who has posted any kind of a riddle to the Usenet.  I will
make all additional entries on an "As Time Allows" basis
(Which might be never again - ya just don't know).

Notes:

Please send any and all updates and/or corrections to
mark@trillian.jsc.gov. If you can't get me there, then
simply post it.  I should see it and will try to get in
touch with you instead.  Thanks again.

PS:If, on something which reads "Unknown", you know what
should go in that location - then please DO drop me a note.
None of these riddles are meant to be rip offs from someone
else's work.  I just thought I'd compile a list of riddles
and look what's happened!  :-)

Disclaimer:  I hereby throw this into the public domain.  I
take no responsibility for this book's merits, worth, or
anything else.  However, although ***THIS*** work is now in
the public domain arena that does NOT mean the works contained
within it are.  All of the individual authors (myself
included) would be highly upset if a new computer game came
out with our riddles in it without being paid some kind of a
nominal fee.  Nor would an anthology or other book
containing these riddles be welcome without recourse to
being reimbursed for our time and efforts.  Therefore!  You
can use these riddles however you see fit - so long as you
don't make any kind of a profit from them.  If you decide
you'd like to try to make money in some way through the use
of these riddles - then you should seek the agreement of the
individual authors.  That's why I've included who they are -
so you can find them. Nuff said (I think).
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           The Infamous Net.Book.Riddles!

                   Version 3.0b
              Compiled by Mark Manning

 but written by the genius of everyone else here on the net!

                Thanks EVERYONE!!!!!!!
=============================================================

Entry:  1.1
Date:   Unknown, but not long ago.
Who:    cpearce@morticia.cnns.unt.edu
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    You eat something you neither plant nor plow.
    It is the son of water, but if water touches it, it dies.

Entry:  1.2
Date:   Unknown, but not long ago.
Who:    cpearce@morticia.cnns.unt.edu
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    A serpent swam in a silver urn.
    A golden bird did in its mouth abide
    The serpent drank the water, this in turn
    Killed the serpent. Then the gold bird died.

Entry:  1.3
Date:   Unknown, but not long ago.
Who:    cpearce@morticia.cnns.unt.edu
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    Teacher, open thy book.

Entry:  1.4
Date:   Unknown, but not long ago.
Who:    cpearce@morticia.cnns.unt.edu
Author: Beyond Zork
Title:  None
Riddle:

    My tines are long.
    My tines are short.
    My tines end ere
    My first report.

Entry:  1.5
Date:   4/21/92
Who:    cpearce@morticia.cnns.unt.edu
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    Turn us on our backs
    And open up our stomachs
    You will be the wisest of men
    Though at start a lummox.

Entry:  1.6
Date:   4/21/92
Who:    cpearce@morticia.cnns.unt.edu
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    The hungry dog howls
    For crust of bread.
    His cry goes unheard
    It's far overhead.

Entry:  1.7
Date:   4/21/92
Who:    cpearce@morticia.cnns.unt.edu
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    Bury deep,
    Pile on stones,
    Yet I will
    Dig up the bones.

Entry:  1.8
Date:   4/21/92
Who:    cpearce@morticia.cnns.unt.edu
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    A cloth poorly dyed
    And an early morning sky
    How are they the same?

Entry:  1.9
Date:   4/21/92
Who:    cpearce@morticia.cnns.unt.edu
Author: Matt Morris
Title:  None
Riddle:

    It occurs once in every minute
    Twice in every moment
    And yet never in one hundred thousand years.

Entry:  1.10
Date:   4/21/92
Who:    cpearce@morticia.cnns.unt.edu
Author: Matt Morris
Title:  None
Riddle:

    My first wears my second; my third might be
    What my first would acquire if he went to the sea.
    Put together my one, two, three
    And the belle of New York is the girl for me.

Entry:  1.11
Date:   4/21/92
Who:    cpearce@morticia.cnns.unt.edu
Author: Phil Weaver
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:  2.1
Date:   Wed Apr  8 12:49:46 1992
Who:    dschoen@cs.vu.nl
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    Two horses, swiftest travelling,
    Harnessed in a pair, and
    Grazing ever in places
    Distant from them.

Entry:  3.1
Date:   Unknown
Who:    The Shadowraiker
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    It can be said:
    To be gold is to be good;
    To be stone is to be nothing;
    To be glass is to be fragile;
    To be cold is to be cruel.
    Unmetaphored, what am I?

Entry:  4.1
Date:   Unknown
Who:    2390carrolld.vms.csd.mu.edu
Author: Dack A. Carroll (?)
Title:  None
Riddle:

    round she is,
    yet flat as a board
    altar of the Lupine Lord
    Pearl on black velvet
    Jewel in the sea
    Unchanged yet e'er changing
    Eternally.

Entry:  5.1
Date:   Unknown
Who:    KM42%MARISTB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
Author: KM42000 (?)
Title:  None
Riddle:

    Twice four and twenty blackbirds
    sitting in the rain
    I shot and killed a quarter of them
    How many do remain?

Entry:  6.1
Date:   Unknown
Who:    v892079%SI.HHS.NL@uga.cc.uga.edu
Author: Gentevoort (?)
Title:  None
Riddle:

    first will be last
    last will be first
    and all inbetween will also be cursed
    open the door and the thing will be there
    so be carefull and beware !

Entry:  7.1
Date:   Unknown
Who:    gusar@uniwa.uwa.oz.au
Author: Sean (?)
Title:  None
Riddle:

    It has a golden head
    It has a golden tail
    but it hasn't got a body.

Entry:  8.1
Date:   Unknown
Who:    BILLERMA%XAVIER.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    A leathery snake,
    With a stinging bite,
    I'll stay coiled up,
    Unless I must fight.

Entry:  9.1
Date:   Unknown
Who:    Unknown
Author: Unknown
Title:  None
Riddle:

    My life can be measured in hours,
    I serve by being devoured.
    Thin, I am quick
    Fat, I am slow
    Wind is my foe.

Entry:  10.1
Date:   Unknown
Who:    The Riddle Manual
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit)
Title:  None
Riddle:

    What has roots as nobody sees,
    Is taller than trees,
    Up, up it goes,
    And yet never grows?

Entry:  10.2
Date:   Unknown
Who:    The Riddle Manual
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit)
Title:  None
Riddle:

    Thirty white horses on a red hill,
    First they champ,
    Then they stamp,
    Then they stand still.

Entry:  10.3
Date:   Unknown
Who:    The Riddle Manual
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit)
Title:  None
Riddle:

    Voiceless it cries,
    Wingless it flutters,
    Toothless bites,
    Mouthless mutters.

Entry:  10.4
Date:   Unknown
Who:    The Riddle Manual
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit)
Title:  None
Riddle:

    An eye in a blue face
    Saw an eye in a green face.
    "That eye is like to this eye"
    Said the first eye,
    "But in low place,
    Not in high place."

Entry:  10.5
Date:   Unknown
Who:    The Riddle Manual
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit)
Title:  None
Riddle:

    It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
    Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.
    It lies behind stars and under hills,
    And empty holes it fills.
    It comes first and follows after,
    Ends life, kills laughter.

Entry:  10.6
Date:   Unknown
Who:    The Riddle Manual
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit)
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