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The Riddle thread
2005-03-01, 8:31 PM #81
The dopamine/encourage line gave it all away. :) Lemme think one up...
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-01, 8:46 PM #82
Needed by all though seldom given a thought,
I am created without notice, and never bought.
When the focus of attention, I am usually scorned,
But without me you'll perish, you have been forewarned.

What am I? (w00t I rock!)
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-01, 9:03 PM #83
I would say sex, but the "I am created without notice" doesn't really fit. The rest does though.

I don't know.
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Złączym się z narodem.
2005-03-01, 9:05 PM #84
Quote:
...though seldom given a thought...


You call yourself a man?! :eek: :D
That's not the answer.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-01, 9:06 PM #85
though seldom given a thought... wouldn't fit that too well etiher. :p
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2005-03-01, 9:10 PM #86
Quote:
Originally posted by Freelancer
Needed by all though seldom given a thought,
I am created without notice, and never bought.
When the focus of attention, I am usually scorned,
But without me you'll perish, you have been forewarned.

What am I? (w00t I rock!)


Excrement? Sperm? Just because the "scorned" part, but it seems to be created by the body. Heh, maybe not...

On an existential note: personality?
2005-03-01, 9:12 PM #87
Kinda fits, but nowhere near what I had in mind... :eek: [edit] Personality/sperm isn't it either. If this goes on much longer I'll try to give a hint. Oh and sperm contradicts the "never bought" part. ;) [/edit]
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-01, 9:15 PM #88
Quote:
Originally posted by Daft_Vader
though seldom given a thought... wouldn't fit that too well etiher. :p


I'm not too sure "never bought" fits very well either... :D :p ;)
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-01, 9:39 PM #89
I would have said atoms, molecules, or some other inane thing but the "when thought of I'm scorned" doesn't make that work. Bleh.
一个大西瓜
2005-03-01, 9:42 PM #90
Okay, a slight hint.

Create a list of things we all need to survive. (But be very specific!) Of those things, there is only really one I can think of that is 'scorned'. (By the media, scientific studies, etc.) Scorned might not be the exact right word, either. But let's say in large quantities it has the potential to do some harm, according to some scientific studies.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-01, 9:45 PM #91
Air! (I really have no idea.... :p )
The man in black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed...
2005-03-01, 9:50 PM #92
You're getting close... In fact, your answer is not wholly wrong but what I'm looking for is a specific component of air.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-01, 9:51 PM #93
I thought of oxygen too.

But, oxygen is sometimes sold/bought .. and I can't imagine why it'd be an object of scorn during conversation?

(same applies for nitrogen, helium, hydrogen, etc etc)

Unless you're talking about how people scorn hydrogen bombs? Eh?
一个大西瓜
2005-03-01, 9:53 PM #94
Crap, I just realized the particular commodity IS sometimes bought (but only in compressed form, because you can get as much as you want for free!). My mistake. In fact, possibly as much if not more than oxygen. My horrible mistake. (But it rhymes, so hey! ;) )
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-01, 9:58 PM #95
Nitrogen? Hydrogen? AHH! :p
The man in black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed...
2005-03-01, 10:00 PM #96
Quote:
Originally posted by Nightwind
Can't be any of the elements...


Here's my final hint: it's not an element, it's a compound... that's in the air... it's a greenhouse gas, hence the "scorn". It has other uses but you usually only ever hear about it in the context of global warming, hence the scorn. You can get as much as you want for free all the time, and without it we would die.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-01, 10:03 PM #97
Carbon dioxide?
The man in black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed...
2005-03-01, 10:05 PM #98
Yessir. I was just thinking about it backwards.. I was subconciously thinking that since you can get all the CO2 you want by breathing into a bag, that it's free... well, it's used in soda fountain machines, and paintball guns and stuff, so it is sometimes bought in compressed form. Again, my bad. Nightwind, take the helm.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-01, 10:08 PM #99
Dammit. I'm completely not lying when I say I thought of that first, but again, couldn't wrap my mind around the scorning part (and also the being bought part).

Bah
一个大西瓜
2005-03-01, 10:37 PM #100
Good one, Freelancer. Impressive. :D Alright, here it is:

Fool, prince; scourge, or star,
It will drag you down, or take you far.
Death does not even begin to end its reign,
After years gone by, only then will it wane.
The man in black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed...
2005-03-01, 10:53 PM #101
Fame/popularity/recognition/infamous-ness?
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-02, 12:41 AM #102
^
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2005-03-02, 6:33 AM #103
Reputation.
Cordially,
Lord Tiberius Grismath
1473 for '1337' posts.
2005-03-02, 8:02 AM #104
A legacy?
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2005-03-02, 8:26 AM #105
Since Nightwind doesn't want to give us the answer, here is another riddle:

What goes up but never comes down?
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2005-03-02, 8:30 AM #106
Your age. The years. Etc.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-02, 12:02 PM #107
Hapless guests foolish enough to follow me to my murder parlor...
Cordially,
Lord Tiberius Grismath
1473 for '1337' posts.
2005-03-02, 12:51 PM #108
Quote:
Originally posted by Darth_biggs

What goes up but never comes down?


Any object that has a speed that exceeds escape velocity.
Stuff
2005-03-02, 1:16 PM #109
Quote:
Originally posted by Freelancer
Your age. The years. Etc.


Yep. However, Kyle's answer was quite amusing.
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2005-03-02, 1:30 PM #110
K. BRB with a riddle.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-02, 1:57 PM #111
When I'm doing my job, I'm left all alone,
For fear of their safety, for it is well-known,
Stay nearby me, and get a big dose,
Stay even longer and say adios.

Shrine of the lazy, god of those who may slack,
They may go crazy, should they go with no snack.
Twisting and turning, more often than not,
I may be quick, but my products are hot.

What am I?

Another original production by yours truly. ;)
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-02, 1:58 PM #112
"I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball."
dream of breezes through broken trees, and whisper back with equality in thought.

****JediKirby****
2005-03-02, 2:00 PM #113
You're supposed to post yours once you get one of the riddles, silly.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-02, 2:01 PM #114
im sorry i didnt mean to be silly.
dream of breezes through broken trees, and whisper back with equality in thought.

****JediKirby****
2005-03-02, 2:02 PM #115
Freelancer: a nuclear reactor?
Stuff
2005-03-02, 2:02 PM #116
For Freelancer's:

Uranium/Plutonium/any other nuclear fuel?
Marsz, marsz, Dąbrowski,
Z ziemi włoskiej do Polski,
Za twoim przewodem
Złączym się z narodem.
2005-03-02, 2:03 PM #117
Nope.
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-02, 2:08 PM #118
fire?
dream of breezes through broken trees, and whisper back with equality in thought.

****JediKirby****
2005-03-02, 2:09 PM #119
Nope, but you're getting warmer.

*rimshot*
"it is time to get a credit card to complete my financial independance" — Tibby, Aug. 2009
2005-03-02, 2:13 PM #120
Electricity? Mercury? (wait, not mercury. Doesn't make sense)
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