This riddle is driving me nuts...

[Monoxide Child]

EDIT: sarongsong Solved this.. look below for another..

Thirty-two stallions on a rose-red hill.
They dance and stomp,
whistle and chomp.
Now they stand still.
Brush them so they gleam.
Rinse them in a stream.

I don't even get it. ](*,) Helllpp.

[sarongsong]

Sounds like human teeth.

[beskeptical]

Sounds like human teeth.

I am amazed. How did you guess or know that? It certainly fits.

[Monoxide Child]

WOOHOO. THANK YOU. Man, I was going insane.

[Monoxide Child]

Just for kicks...

The first letter, a question eternally pending,

The second forms a line never ending,

The third, what I am called, but never me,

The fourth, what Heaven and Hell in common hold,

But alas, the rub: This riddling grows old.

[sarongsong]

...How did you guess or know that? It certainly fits.

As I'm currently dealing with things dental, 32 rang a bell

[sarongsong]

Just for kicks...
...But alas, the rub: This riddling grows old.

Guessing 'young'.

[xbck1]

Thirty-two stallions on a rose-red hill.
They dance and stomp,
whistle and chomp.
Now they stand still.
Brush them so they gleam.
Rinse them in a stream.

We're to assume that you've never read The Hobbit before, correct?

[Monoxide Child]

Thirty-two stallions on a rose-red hill.
They dance and stomp,
whistle and chomp.
Now they stand still.
Brush them so they gleam.
Rinse them in a stream.

We're to assume that you've never read The Hobbit before, correct?

Correct.

[Monoxide Child]

Just for kicks...
...But alas, the rub: This riddling grows old.

Guessing 'young'.

Oh, turns out it was "Youth".. But i would have been clueless without your help.

[Monoxide Child]

The first letter has wings but cannot fly,

The second is to am as we is to I,

The third is all others, as I of course, am I.

The fourth letter we drink (but not a savage, do you think?)

The fifth begins every END.

No brain, all brawn, this sorry friend.




K, my friend has a billion of these obviously.. these are FUN.

[AGN Fuel]

The first letter has wings but cannot fly,

The second is to am as we is to I,

The third is all others, as I of course, am I.

The fourth letter we drink (but not a savage, do you think?)

The fifth begins every END.

No brain, all brawn, this sorry friend.

BRUTE?

[sarongsong]

XLNT, AGN Fuel; I was going with W for your B---wrong!

...The fourth, what Heaven and Hell in common hold...---Monoxide Child

How you get a 'T' out of this?

[ToSeek]

XLNT, AGN Fuel; I was going with W for your B---wrong!

...The fourth, what Heaven and Hell in common hold...---Monoxide Child

How you get a 'T' out of this?

My question, too, unless it was supposed to be fifth instead of fourth.

[gethen]

Sounds like human teeth.

I am amazed. How did you guess or know that? It certainly fits.

There is a similar riddle in the old Mother Goose book. I read it to my kids so many times I knew this one immediately.

[beskeptical]

Just for kicks...
...But alas, the rub: This riddling grows old.

Guessing 'young'.

YOU all fit but how does the N figure?

[beskeptical]

Just for kicks...
...But alas, the rub: This riddling grows old.

Guessing 'young'.

Oh, turns out it was "Youth".. But i would have been clueless without your help.

And again, how does the T or TH fit?

[Ut]

The first letter has wings but cannot fly,

The second is to am as we is to I,

The third is all others, as I of course, am I.

The fourth letter we drink (but not a savage, do you think?)

The fifth begins every END.

No brain, all brawn, this sorry friend.

BRUTE?

I'll confirm a BRUTE here.


Also, I'm pretty sure that the Heaven/Hell clue is actually letter #5. Unless the answer is YOUH, anyway.

[jfribrg]

The first letter, a question eternally pending : Y

The second forms a line never ending : O

The third, what I am called, but never me : U

The fourth, what Heaven and Hell in common hold : H



Am I missing something obvious , or is there a missing T ?

[ToSeek]

Someone dropped a line:

The first letter a question eternally pending.
The second forms a line never ending.
The third: What I am called, but never me.
The fourth: Upon which a ball percheth for thee.
The fifth: What heaven & hell in common hold.
But, alas, the rub: This riddling grows old.

This and more riddles here: http://www.artsforge.com/humor/riddles.html

[beskeptical]

Well, this is fun so here are the riddles from ToSeek's link one at a time.

#1
It makes men blind
and lets them see.
It tells the time;
a crystal be.

Once they are answered, I (or anyone else) can post the next one.

[Tobin Dax]

Sounds like human teeth.

I am amazed. How did you guess or know that? It certainly fits.

I don't know how late this response is (I don't want to spoil the answer to the second riddle), but this riddle is used, in a slightly different form, in "The Hobbit." That's how I know it.

[swansont]

Well, this is fun so here are the riddles from ToSeek's link one at a time.

#1
It makes men blind
and lets them see.
It tells the time;
a crystal be.

The sun? The last line doesn't quite fit, though sunlight can appear crystal-like at times (e.g. sunbeams)

[AGN Fuel]

Well, this is fun so here are the riddles from ToSeek's link one at a time.

#1
It makes men blind
and lets them see.
It tells the time;
a crystal be.

Once they are answered, I (or anyone else) can post the next one.

Glass?

Line 1 - 4 glasses of the stuff I was drinking last night would make anyone blind.
Line 2 - Glasses to help vision.
Line 3 - An hourglass.
Line 4 - self-explanatory.

[Ut]

Glass?

Line 1 - 4 glasses of the stuff I was drinking last night would make anyone blind.
Line 2 - Glasses to help vision.
Line 3 - An hourglass.
Line 4 - self-explanatory.

[family feud]Good Answer! Good Answer! =D> [/family feud]

[constible]

Well, this is fun so here are the riddles from ToSeek's link one at a time.

#1
It makes men blind
and lets them see.
It tells the time;
a crystal be.

Once they are answered, I (or anyone else) can post the next one.

Glass?

Line 1 - 4 glasses of the stuff I was drinking last night would make anyone blind.
Line 2 - Glasses to help vision.
Line 3 - An hourglass.
Line 4 - self-explanatory.

If you put on someone else's glasses, you go blind, or rather you can't see too well.

[beskeptical]

Well, this is fun so here are the riddles from ToSeek's link one at a time.

#1
It makes men blind
and lets them see.
It tells the time;
a crystal be.

Once they are answered, I (or anyone else) can post the next one.

Glass?

Line 1 - 4 glasses of the stuff I was drinking last night would make anyone blind.
Line 2 - Glasses to help vision.
Line 3 - An hourglass.
Line 4 - self-explanatory.

If you put on someone else's glasses, you go blind, or rather you can't see too well.

I thought about glass but it seems a tad off the mark on the 'makes men blind'. I also thought of light or the Sun but neither of those fit just right either.

[Fra Mauro]

#1
It makes men blind
and lets them see.
It tells the time;
a crystal be.

I guessing Sand;

Glass is made of sand, and it blinds you when it gets in your eye.
I don't get the crystal line however.

[Tranquility]

Well sand is composed of crystals of silicon dioxide.

[beskeptical]

Maybe we should try #2 and come back to #1 later.

From thin air comes and to air goes,
'tis a mirror that cannot break.
Home to some, to some a grave,
with salt a tear does make.