Riddle Me This

#1

Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:29pm

This 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!

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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. - Nelson Mandela

#2

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:30pm

I know the answer, but I'm not giving it away.

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Real men are tenors.

#3

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:30pm

Something to do with punctuation?

#4

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:31pm

Can I post the answer, or should I PM you?

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#5

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:31pm

EDIT: I think I got it. But don't wanna givE it away.

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"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

#6

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:32pm

Okay I give up...

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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

#7

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:32pm

That's what I sent in a PM to Curtain...

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#8

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:32pm

Things like this drive my INSANE, but I got it... I think.

#9

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:34pm

Curtain, are you going to post if we sent you the right answer??

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#10

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:34pm

LMAO at Shamrock's answer.

That's great.

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Real men are tenors.

#11

re: 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

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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

#12

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:35pm

LOL Shamrock!!

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Word. Word, indeed.

#13

re: 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."

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"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

#14

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:39pm

Don't give it away just yet. PM me with your answer and I'll reply back.

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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. - Nelson Mandela

#15

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:42pm

Oh goody - I got it right!!

Thanks, Curtain!

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"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."

#16

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:43pm

Yo tengo la respueta correcta, tambien.

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"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#17

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:48pm

Someone PM me the answer!!

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"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

#18

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 10:58pm

This is driving me crazy. Someone PM me the answer and then I'll go away.

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#19

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 11:00pm

If someone would be so kind as to PM me also, I'd be much obliged!

#20

re: 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.

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#21

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 11:33pm

Someone PM me too. I'm feeling really stupid that I can't figure this out.

#22

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/2/04 at 11:37pm

Well, I don't feel quite so incompetent now that I see everyone else is stuck too... PM me, por favor.

#23

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/3/04 at 12:32am

the 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

#24

re: Riddle Me This

Posted: 12/3/04 at 12:44am

PM 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.

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#25

re: 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...