Riddles 3

• DriftingGuy

  28 Oct 05, 22:22

  1. The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
  Ans: footsteps (othello red)
  
  2.What is it that you can keep after giving it to someone else?
  Ans: promise or your word (othello red)
  
  3. What walks all day on its head?
  Ans: A shoenail (KittyNmeow!)
  
  4. What gets wet when it's drying?
  Ans: towel (mystiv)
  
  5. There were five men going to church and it started to rain. The four men who ran got wet and the one that remained still stayed dry. What is happening? (hint: think of an event)
  Ans: A funeral (princess cutie)
  
  6. I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost all children. What am I?
  Ans: pencil (ShrodingersCat)
  
  7. Though it is not an ox, it has horns; though it is not an donkey, it has a pack-saddle; and wherever it goes it leaves a trail behind. What is it?
  Ans: snail (ShrodingersCat)
  
  8. I soar without wings. I see without eyes. I've traveled the universe to and fro. I've conquered the world, yet I've never been anywhere but home. What am I?
  Ans: dream (freestyle)
  
  9. There are four brothers in this world. The first runs and never gets tired. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never finished.
  
  Ans: Water, Fire, Earth and Wind (Othello Red & Rainee)
  
  10. A cloud was my mother, the wind is my father, my son is the cool stream, and my daughter is the fruit of the land. A rainbow is my bed, the earth my final resting place. Some people hate me, others cannot do without me. What am I?
  
  Ans: rain (othello red)
• dsnake1

  29 Oct 05, 14:06

  #2 is surname. ?
  
  still trying to figure out the rest.
  
• SBS9828X

  29 Oct 05, 14:14

  #10 is water?
• Othello_Red

  29 Oct 05, 17:27

  #10 sounds like rain?
• Othello_Red

  30 Oct 05, 03:21

  answer to #1 would be footsteps
  to #2 it would be promises....to #4 it might be the eyes and #7 it might be lead?
• DriftingGuy

  30 Oct 05, 12:58

  Originally posted by SBS9828X:

  #10 is water?

  Close but too late
• DriftingGuy

  30 Oct 05, 12:59

  Originally posted by dsnake1:

  #2 is surname. ?
  
  still trying to figure out the rest.
  

  Nice try
• DriftingGuy

  30 Oct 05, 12:59

  Originally posted by Othello_Red:

  answer to #1 would be footsteps
  to #2 it would be promises....to #4 it might be the eyes and #7 it might be lead?

  #4 : not what i have in mind
  
  #7: nope
• Patrik

  30 Oct 05, 13:02

  #5-the remaining man had the umbrella?
• DriftingGuy

  30 Oct 05, 13:12

  Originally posted by Patrik:

  #5-the remaining man had the umbrella?

  nope..
  
  hint: think of an event
• Patrik

  30 Oct 05, 13:20

  #5-The remaining man did not run???
• mystiv

  30 Oct 05, 13:22

  #4 towel
  
  correct?
• DriftingGuy

  30 Oct 05, 13:28

  Originally posted by Patrik:

  #5-The remaining man did not run???

  nope
• DriftingGuy

  30 Oct 05, 13:29

  Originally posted by mystiv:

  #4 towel
  
  correct?

  yeah
• ShrodingersCat

  30 Oct 05, 13:39

  6. Pencil? Lead.
  
  7. Snail? horns and shell on back
  
  8. Sounds like... forms of waters. First brother is... river? Running water? Fourth brother... brook?
  
  
• rainee

  30 Oct 05, 13:43

  I like the way #9 is described. Esp the last part
• DriftingGuy

  30 Oct 05, 13:44

  Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:

  6. Pencil? Lead.
  
  7. Snail? horns and shell on back
  
  8. Sounds like... forms of waters. First brother is... river? Running water? Fourth brother... brook?
  
  

  #6 & #7 bingo
  
  you mean #9? close
• DriftingGuy

  30 Oct 05, 13:44

  Originally posted by rainee:

  I like the way #9 is described. Esp the last part

  Make a guess then
• Othello_Red

  30 Oct 05, 14:14

  this is going to sound daft but what the heck...is #9 the four elements or something? earth, water, wind, fire? haha
• rainee

  30 Oct 05, 14:14

  Originally posted by Othello_Red:

  this is going to sound daft but what the heck...is #9 the four elements or something? earth, water, wind, fire? haha

  i m thinking of sth like dat oso
• DriftingGuy

  30 Oct 05, 14:33

  Originally posted by Othello_Red:

  this is going to sound daft but what the heck...is #9 the four elements or something? earth, water, wind, fire? haha

  Why? Can explain or not??
• Othello_Red

  30 Oct 05, 14:39

  Originally posted by DriftingGuy:

  Why? Can explain or not??

  that means i'm close?
  
  lets see....earth...land is always described as running for large plains...
  
  fire always consumes, but is never full
  
  the rivers and oceans are said to drink
  
  and the wind sometimes sounds to be singing a haunting tune?
• DriftingGuy

  30 Oct 05, 14:43

  Originally posted by Othello_Red:

  that means i'm close?
  
  lets see....earth...land is always described as running for large plains...
  
  fire always consumes, but is never full
  
  the rivers and oceans are said to drink
  
  and the wind sometimes sounds to be singing a haunting tune?

  Actually the interpretation that i heard was:
  
  1. Water runs but never tires (Rivers)
  2. Fire consumes but is ever hungry
  3. The earth soaks up the water but is thirsty for more
  4. The wind blows and sings a haunting tune
  
  hmm ok you got it
  
  
• Othello_Red

  30 Oct 05, 14:46

  Originally posted by DriftingGuy:

  Actually the interpretation that i heard was:
  
  1. Water runs but never tires (Rivers)
  2. Fire consumes but is ever hungry
  3. The earth soaks up the water but is thirsty for more
  4. The wind blows and sings a haunting tune
  
  hmm ok you got it
  
  

  haha....got 4 out of 4 for the descriptions but go two mixed up....anw...thanks
• Othello_Red

  30 Oct 05, 14:51

  Hey...i thought i got the answer to # 9 together with rainee