Riddle Me This
Riddle Me This
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#0Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:29pmThis is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
#1re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:30pm
I know the answer, but I'm not giving it away. 
Real men are tenors.
Ellie3
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/04
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#3re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:31pmCan I post the answer, or should I PM you?
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#4re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:31pmEDIT: I think I got it. But don't wanna givE it away.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Updated On: 12/2/04 at 10:31 PM
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#5re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:32pmOkay I give up...
Here in this cold white room tied up to these machines, it's hard to imagine life as it used to be. Laughing, screaming, tumbling queen... Like the most amazing light show you've ever seen. Whirling, swirling, never blue... How could you go and die? What a selfish thing to do...
RIP Jason
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#6re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:32pmThat's what I sent in a PM to Curtain...
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
Allie
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/04
#7re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:32pmThings like this drive my INSANE, but I got it... I think.
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#9re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:34pmCurtain, are you going to post if we sent you the right answer??
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#10re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:34pm
LMAO at Shamrock's answer.
That's great.
Real men are tenors.
#11re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:34pm
Haha shamrock
and oooooooh I think I may have it... but I'm not sure
Here in this cold white room tied up to these machines, it's hard to imagine life as it used to be. Laughing, screaming, tumbling queen... Like the most amazing light show you've ever seen. Whirling, swirling, never blue... How could you go and die? What a selfish thing to do...
RIP Jason
B.B. Wolf
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/26/04
#13re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:38pm
DAMN YOU! What is it?? I HATE these puzzles.
[There is something odd about the above sentence. Could it be that everything is spelled correctly? Could it be that each sentence contains a capital letter? Can it be that it is written in English? Perhaps it is that each sentence ends with different punctuation. But as Mr. Turtle says about those damned lollipops, "the world may never know."
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#14re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:39pmDon't give it away just yet. PM me with your answer and I'll reply back.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#15re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:42pm
Oh goody - I got it right!!
Thanks, Curtain! 
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#17re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:43pm
Yo tengo la respueta correcta, tambien. 
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#18re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:48pmSomeone PM me the answer!!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#19re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:58pmThis is driving me crazy. Someone PM me the answer and then I'll go away.
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
Ellie3
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/04
#20re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 11:00pmIf someone would be so kind as to PM me also, I'd be much obliged!
Millie42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/04
#21re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 11:24pm
Geez, I give up... PM me as well.
I can't open this thread again in the hopes of finding the answer--it's too disappointing.
"My friends have made the story of my life."
-Helen Keller
Mattio98
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/03
#22re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 11:33pmSomeone PM me too. I'm feeling really stupid that I can't figure this out.
insomniak
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/7/04
#23re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/2/04 at 11:37pmWell, I don't feel quite so incompetent now that I see everyone else is stuck too... PM me, por favor.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#24re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/3/04 at 12:32amthe word unusual is mentioned 4100 times? And someone PM me and tell me, cause I'm so lost. I think it's because I'm too smart to figure these out, or atleast that's what I tell myself. Updated On: 12/3/04 at 12:32 AM
imcuteloveme
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#25re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/3/04 at 12:44amPM me too sil vous plait! I think I've formed a brain tumor trying to figure this stupid thing out and yet I'm still left wondering. I feel stupid because I know the answer is somewhere right before my pretty little eyes and is simply just too easy to be an option.
"It is said that the Devil has all the best tunes.
This is broadly true. But Heaven has the best choreographers."
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
#26re: Riddle Me This
Posted: 12/3/04 at 1:35am
these things never work for me because I could give you a list of maybe 10 things that are odd about that paragraph and still not have the answer you are looking for...
it's kind of like that joke that asks if one plus one equals two or does it equal eleven? whichever is guessed is always the wrong answer...
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