| Date | Name | Comment | | | 20 Nov 2004 |  Megan McGrath |  Loading...Okay. You probably shouldn't tell me if I have it right but I want to see, so I'll try. These are the ones I had ideas for. Number 1 is the sky. Number 3 is time. Number 4 is a pen. Is it horrible and bad of me to be posting my answers? If so, I'm sorry! My curiosity is my undoing  . A.R. George replies: "Unfortunately none of those three good guesses are quite correct ... but thanks for playing! I don't mind people posting their answers - actually all my riddles have already been guessed before (check out 'see all comments'), so if your curiosity is still eating you, have a peek! And thanks a lot for stopping by!" | |
| 9 Jan 2005 | Arien Traemane | Loading... Wow... These are really, really good. My guesses are: 1. Sun 2. Smithy / goblet 3. River 4. Mouth Any chance of more? A.R. George replies: "They're a little clunky (especially that fourth one!), but thank you! ;D 1 and 3 are dead right; 2 and 4 not quite there - you can check old comments to find the answers if you're still curious! As for more ... I don't know, these are more of a random hobby than something I'm concentrating on. Tell you what - here's a little easy one just for you ... 
Alone, you rightly scorn me -
A feeble, puny foe -
But fear me and my brothers
For we shall bring you woe!
We move the world in fractions,
We kill all breath by breath;
No creature can outrun us
We shall yet be your death.
(Bit morbid now that I look at it - sorry!)" | |
| 10 Jan 2005 | Arien Traemane | Loading... Oops. Not a smithy - clay. I assumed that the 'fire' was by the 'water', and a lot of smithies are next to streams or rivers... And the other one would be hand. Now I'm feeling stupid. The new one I'm not sure about. It's kind of like a riddle I heard about fingers, but that doesn't seem to fit. Feathers? Wheels? Germs? Numbers? I'll have to think about this one. If this is 'easy,'...erm...write some more! And here's a /really/ easy one I just made up: In the heart of living fire Dwells a dragon, red with ire While alive its eye's alight When dead and cold it's black as night. Thanks! A.R. George replies: "Yeah! 'Clay' and 'glass' are both acceptable for that first one. I personally prefer 'glass', since it's more likely to hold wine, but that's just my fault for writing an ambiguous riddle.
As for your riddle ... I like it, rhymes and all! Maybe you should write a few more yourself! My first guess would be 'coal'?" | |
| 14 Sep 2005 |  Jessica Warner | Loading... This is an inspired idea! Now I want to shamelessly copy you and make up riddles to put on Elfwood...the thing is mine either turn out impossibly hard or laughably easy, I can't judge. I really enjoyed yours, I got three of them right, but I have to salute you for the last one *salutes you*. If Gollum asked me that, I'd be lunch. A.R. George replies: "Well, since I shamelessly copied 'The Hobbit', it only seems fair! Let me know if you put any riddles up in your library - I love them to bits. And thanks for dropping by!" | |
| 18 Dec 2005 | L. Shanra Kuepers | Loading... Warning before hand -- I'm terrible at riddles. Love reading them, hate solving them. And since they've all already been solved -- I'll excuse myself. Sounds fair! *chuckles at self* All right. I'm officially an idiot. At first I read these as one riddle. Silly, really, because you do state they aren't. Makes for one hell of a difficult riddle that way, though. ^-~ Aha! The Unsolveable Riddle! Anyway, these are wonderful. ^-^ I'm silly, and enjoyed the rhyme in those that had it. Bit of a shame that the first one doesn't have an ABAB structure, but that's just minor detail that isn't annoying or detracting. Just something I noticed. I often use the Blank-B structure instead ... saves me time ;D But then I'm drifting off topic. I can barely remember the riddles I've seen (yes, I'm that terrible), but these are definitely up to par with those. ^-^ More than such, really. ^-^ Wonderful to read these little gems! A.R. George replies: "I wish Tolkien had left some sort of How-To manual behind - his were effortless! Thanks again for more reading, pet!" | |
| 6 Jan 2006 | Simon the riddler | Loading... Can u write some i may use in a book of some what? For i have listened to many a riddle since i was a lad and still can not think'ith of a new one some one dose not know  A.R. George replies: "Do a brainstorm and give it a try ... it's good fun." | |
| 6 Jan 2006 | Simon the riddler | Loading... Can u make them harder plz too easy A.R. George replies: "Not in my power, I'm afraid ..." | |
| 25 Apr 2006 | Shoeless | Loading... Alone, you rightly scorn me -
A feeble, puny foe -
But fear me and my brothers
For we shall bring you woe!
We move the world in fractions,
We kill all breath by breath;
No creature can outrun us
We shall yet be your death.
is the answer to this "seconds" as in time, I don't know if i spelled that right. | |
| 25 Apr 2006 | Shoeless | Loading... I streangthan and I destroy
Logic bends and cannot be
I hide all trace of joy
The color red betrays me
I have caused many a smashed toy
What am I?
Neh I don't know if its any good i Just made it up.
Answer: anger | |
| 14 Jun 2008 |  Richard H. Starfield | Loading... Very cute! I can’t quite work out the fifth one ... probably because I’m allergic to cats and know next to nothing about them. How’s this one? Square and old I cannot hold With iron force In patterns coarse As much as shiny, round and new My mirror surfaced children do.  A.R. George replies: "Dah, you got me there ... the only shiny, round and new things I can think of are marbles!
As for the fifth one, all the answers were guessed at some point ... they’ll be in the comments somewhere ... " | |
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