New Year Riddle

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bill_mole Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 10 Sep 01 Posts: 57 Credit: 1,671,789 RAC: 0	Message 497978 - Posted: 5 Jan 2007, 17:27:51 UTC Last modified: 5 Jan 2007, 17:28:06 UTC A man builds himself a rectangular House where all the walls have a northerly aspect. He opens the front door and sees a bird standing on the ground. What colour is the bird? Best wishes to all for a Happy New Year!! ID: 497978 ·

darkstarz1 Send message Joined: 29 Mar 03 Posts: 43 Credit: 1,333,019 RAC: 0	Message 497981 - Posted: 5 Jan 2007, 17:36:10 UTC - in response to Message 497978. A man builds himself a rectangular House where all the walls have a northerly aspect. He opens the front door and sees a bird standing on the ground. What colour is the bird? Best wishes to all for a Happy New Year!! black and white - it's a penguin! ID: 497981 ·

bill_mole Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 10 Sep 01 Posts: 57 Credit: 1,671,789 RAC: 0	Message 497983 - Posted: 5 Jan 2007, 17:43:15 UTC - in response to Message 497981. black and white - it's a penguin! Very good - how about this one . . . A little girl lives on the 10th floor of a Housing Complex. She goes to school on the second floor. Every day she sets off with her books and lunch in her schoolbag, and takes the lift down to the second floor and goes into school. On the way home she usually meets some of her friends or Neighbours in the lift, and goes straight home. If she doesn't meet anyone, she gets out at the seventh floor, and walks home up the stairway. Why? ID: 497983 ·

Matthew Love Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0	Message 497991 - Posted: 5 Jan 2007, 18:20:55 UTC Scary Riddle What would you call the ghost of a door-to-door salesman? A dead ringer. LETS BEGIN IN 2010 ID: 497991 ·

mikey Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Dec 99 Posts: 4215 Credit: 3,474,603 RAC: 0	Message 498001 - Posted: 5 Jan 2007, 18:36:42 UTC - in response to Message 497983. Last modified: 5 Jan 2007, 18:37:07 UTC A little girl lives on the 10th floor of a Housing Complex. She goes to school on the second floor. Every day she sets off with her books and lunch in her schoolbag, and takes the lift down to the second floor and goes into school. On the way home she usually meets some of her friends or Neighbours in the lift, and goes straight home. If she doesn't meet anyone, she gets out at the seventh floor, and walks home up the stairway. Why? She is too short to hit the upper buttons. ID: 498001 ·

bill_mole Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 10 Sep 01 Posts: 57 Credit: 1,671,789 RAC: 0	Message 498005 - Posted: 5 Jan 2007, 18:52:44 UTC - in response to Message 498001. She is too short to hit the upper buttons. Spot on Mikey . . . you guys are pretty good! Now this one's a real oldie: Walking in the country in my smart black suit Never mind the weather be it wet or dry Gravel voice a calling, cannot sing or toot, Following the plough; but just who am I? ID: 498005 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 498047 - Posted: 5 Jan 2007, 21:29:46 UTC - in response to Message 498005. She is too short to hit the upper buttons. Spot on Mikey . . . you guys are pretty good! Now this one's a real oldie: Walking in the country in my smart black suit Never mind the weather be it wet or dry Gravel voice a calling, cannot sing or toot, Following the plough; but just who am I? Crow. BOINC WIKI ID: 498047 ·

bill_mole Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 10 Sep 01 Posts: 57 Credit: 1,671,789 RAC: 0	Message 498058 - Posted: 5 Jan 2007, 22:17:38 UTC - in response to Message 498047. Crow. Great Stuff John - exactly right. Try this one . . . Yellow as butter is my nodding head, With body as green as the grass. I arise in the spring from my winter bed, And at Easter they come and they cut off my head, To display it supported by glass. Who am I? ID: 498058 ·

mikey Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 Dec 99 Posts: 4215 Credit: 3,474,603 RAC: 0	Message 498063 - Posted: 5 Jan 2007, 22:23:50 UTC - in response to Message 498058. Crow. Great Stuff John - exactly right. Try this one . . . Yellow as butter is my nodding head, With body as green as the grass. I arise in the spring from my winter bed, And at Easter they come and they cut off my head, To display it supported by glass. Who am I? A flower, maybe an Easter Lily ID: 498063 ·

bill_mole Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 10 Sep 01 Posts: 57 Credit: 1,671,789 RAC: 0	Message 498071 - Posted: 5 Jan 2007, 22:31:36 UTC - in response to Message 498063. A flower, maybe an Easter Lily Hi Mikey, that's close enough I guess - do you have Daffodils in spring on your side of the Ocean? How about this one . . . Insubstantial as air, Substantial as stone, I ride on the wind bearing Life and Death in my wings. Ever changing, I remain always the same. What am I? ID: 498071 ·

Captain Avatar Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0	Message 498076 - Posted: 5 Jan 2007, 22:46:57 UTC - in response to Message 498071. A flower, maybe an Easter Lily Hi Mikey, that's close enough I guess - do you have Daffodils in spring on your side of the Ocean? How about this one . . . Insubstantial as air, Substantial as stone, I ride on the wind bearing Life and Death in my wings. Ever changing, I remain always the same. What am I? seeds ID: 498076 ·

bill_mole Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 10 Sep 01 Posts: 57 Credit: 1,671,789 RAC: 0	Message 498079 - Posted: 5 Jan 2007, 22:58:24 UTC - in response to Message 498076. How about this one . . . Insubstantial as air, Substantial as stone, I ride on the wind bearing Life and Death in my wings. Ever changing, I remain always the same. What am I? seeds Sorry Captain - close but not the answer this time. Seeds don't fit the first line well - or the last . . . ID: 498079 ·

John McLeod VII Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0	Message 498087 - Posted: 5 Jan 2007, 23:55:42 UTC - in response to Message 498079. How about this one . . . Insubstantial as air, Substantial as stone, I ride on the wind bearing Life and Death in my wings. Ever changing, I remain always the same. What am I? seeds Sorry Captain - close but not the answer this time. Seeds don't fit the first line well - or the last . . . Thunder storm? BOINC WIKI ID: 498087 ·

Beethoven Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 15274 Credit: 8,546 RAC: 0	Message 498153 - Posted: 6 Jan 2007, 2:47:31 UTC - in response to Message 498071. A flower, maybe an Easter Lily Hi Mikey, that's close enough I guess - do you have Daffodils in spring on your side of the Ocean? How about this one . . . Insubstantial as air, Substantial as stone, I ride on the wind bearing Life and Death in my wings. Ever changing, I remain always the same. What am I? Clouds ID: 498153 ·

bill_mole Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 10 Sep 01 Posts: 57 Credit: 1,671,789 RAC: 0	Message 498297 - Posted: 6 Jan 2007, 9:02:42 UTC - in response to Message 498153. Clouds That was close John, but Beethoven got the answer exactly right. How about this one? I used to live above the ground Midst Sun and Wind and Rain But no-one came to talk to me For comfort in my Pain So then I lay beneath the ground In darkness was my rest Till crushed beneath an Iron Hand I from the Earth was wrest But not for long was daylight mine In fire I met my Doom To keep the wheels in Motion And Light up every Room. But who am I? ID: 498297 ·

Dark Angel Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Aug 01 Posts: 432 Credit: 2,673,754 RAC: 0	Message 498300 - Posted: 6 Jan 2007, 9:35:10 UTC - in response to Message 498297. Clouds That was close John, but Beethoven got the answer exactly right. How about this one? I used to live above the ground Midst Sun and Wind and Rain But no-one came to talk to me For comfort in my Pain So then I lay beneath the ground In darkness was my rest Till crushed beneath an Iron Hand I from the Earth was wrest But not for long was daylight mine In fire I met my Doom To keep the wheels in Motion And Light up every Room. But who am I? Coal ID: 498300 ·

bill_mole Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 10 Sep 01 Posts: 57 Credit: 1,671,789 RAC: 0	Message 498314 - Posted: 6 Jan 2007, 10:32:28 UTC - in response to Message 498300. Coal Well Done Dark Angel !! I only have one more - try this one: I am the golden Prince. Cut down in my prime by the blades of friends, beaten and crushed, I rise again, transformed by fire to sit dressed in gold on a throne of white. Who am I? ID: 498314 ·

bill_mole Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 10 Sep 01 Posts: 57 Credit: 1,671,789 RAC: 0	Message 498322 - Posted: 6 Jan 2007, 10:48:43 UTC - in response to Message 498318. Wheat or corn turned into bread Very good Chris S - The answer I have is Bread, but Wheat fits just as well. These are all Victorian Children's Riddles I have picked up from very old comics over the years - I am always on the look-out for 'new ones'! Anyone else got any good riddles? Best Wishes to Everyone for a Happy & Prosperous New Year. ID: 498322 ·

Captain Avatar Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0	Message 498385 - Posted: 6 Jan 2007, 12:44:12 UTC - in response to Message 498376. They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they? Gloves! ID: 498385 ·

Captain Avatar Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0	Message 498447 - Posted: 6 Jan 2007, 13:59:21 UTC - in response to Message 498410. They have not flesh, nor feathers, nor scales, nor bone. Yet they have fingers and thumbs of their own. What are they? Gloves! Got it CA, Well done! That one was too easy.. ID: 498447 ·

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