The Daily Riddle http://www.thedailyriddle.com A daily riddle to keep you amused Thu, 31 May 2007 02:03:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en We Moved http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/05/06/we-moved/ http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/05/06/we-moved/#comments Mon, 07 May 2007 05:41:57 +0000 martinjwells http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/05/06/we-moved/ The Daily Riddle has now moved into Tangler, so…

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]]> http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/05/06/we-moved/feed/ One Letter http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/04/06/one-letter/ http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/04/06/one-letter/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:48:07 +0000 martinjwells http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/04/06/one-letter/ Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I’m double, I’m single,
I’m black, blue, and gray,
I’m read from both ends,
And the same either way.

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]]> http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/04/06/one-letter/feed/ So Tiny http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/03/09/so-tiny/ http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/03/09/so-tiny/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:38:53 +0000 martinjwells http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/03/09/so-tiny/ I am so tiny you can hardly see me.
I’m a recorder of action and priority.
It might take a few of me to impart what I know,
but that depends if you read fast or read slow.

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]]> http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/03/09/so-tiny/feed/ Potato’s http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/22/potatos/ http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/22/potatos/#comments Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:07:48 +0000 martinjwells http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/22/potatos/ A potato’s key tool, I have all the power.
I am generally used on the half or full hour.
If my cells were deceased or lost or the such,
My partner would only respond to your touch.

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]]> http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/22/potatos/feed/ Two Ropes http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/14/two-ropes/ http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/14/two-ropes/#comments Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:32:36 +0000 martinjwells http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/14/two-ropes/ You are given two ropes and a lighter. This is the only equipment you can use. You are told that each of the two ropes has the following property: if you light one end of the rope, it will take exactly one hour to burn all the way to the other end. But it doesn’t have to burn at a uniform rate. In other words, half the rope may burn in the first five minutes, and then the other half would take 55 minutes.

The rate at which the two ropes burn is not necessarily the same, so the second rope will also take an hour to burn from one end to the other, but may do it at some varying rate, which is not necessarily the same as the one for the first rope. Now you are asked to measure a period of 45 minutes.

How will you do it?

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]]> http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/14/two-ropes/feed/ The Duo http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/09/the-duo/ http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/09/the-duo/#comments Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:56:34 +0000 martinjwells http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/09/the-duo/ Mates unbalanced,
Or so they seem;
But paired in tandem,
A deadly team.
She so gently round,
Him so firm and straight,
Yet when they are compounded,
Woe to them they hate.

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]]> http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/09/the-duo/feed/ One Thing http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/06/one-thing/ http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/06/one-thing/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:36:49 +0000 martinjwells http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/06/one-thing/ What is the one thing in the world that can speak all languages?

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]]> http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/06/one-thing/feed/ Gone To Pot http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/05/gone-to-pot/ http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/05/gone-to-pot/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:27:13 +0000 martinjwells http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/05/gone-to-pot/ Late afternoons I often bathe.
I’ll soak in water piping hot.
My essence goes through my see through clothes.
Used up am I; I’ve gone to pot.

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]]> http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/05/gone-to-pot/feed/ Round I Start http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/02/round-i-start/ http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/02/round-i-start/#comments Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:34:28 +0000 martinjwells http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/02/round-i-start/ Round I start, yet no shape have I.
Allow me to breathe, and my life will die.
The older I grow, the more sought after I become.
You will feel much better when I am done.

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]]> http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/02/02/round-i-start/feed/ A-Straddle http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/01/28/a-straddle/ http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/01/28/a-straddle/#comments Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:46:44 +0000 martinjwells http://www.thedailyriddle.com/2007/01/28/a-straddle/ Without a bridle, or a saddle,
across a thing I ride a-straddle.
And those I ride, by help of me,
though almost blind, are made to see.

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