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Riddles Jan 29, 2014 12:11:17 GMT aidan likes this

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What is that which in the morning goeth upon four feet; upon two feet in the afternoon; and in the Evening upon three?

{Click here to show/hide}Us; a toddler on all fours in the morning, an adult from noon and elderly using a walking stick in the evening.

Oedipus solved this riddle.

Last Edit: May 27, 2021 17:48:16 GMT by freya: typo corrected

Love is always creative and fear is always destructive.

kastor Global Moderator Posts: 54 Rank: Member Friend	Riddles Feb 2, 2014 9:38:27 GMT brigit likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kastor on Feb 2, 2014 9:38:27 GMT How many months have 28 days? SPOILER: Click to show {Click here to show/hide}All 12 months.
	Last Edit: Dec 4, 2021 14:43:17 GMT by kastor: typo corrected Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.

lakshmi Administrator Posts: 57 Rank: Member Friend	Riddles Feb 15, 2014 17:53:39 GMT kronos likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lakshmi on Feb 15, 2014 17:53:39 GMT What has one eye but cannot see? SPOILER: Click to show {Click here to show/hide}A needle.
	Last Edit: Aug 13, 2016 16:08:10 GMT by lakshmi Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit.

pryce Global Moderator Posts: 52 Rank: Member Friend	Riddles Feb 15, 2014 18:21:56 GMT athena likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by pryce on Feb 15, 2014 18:21:56 GMT What travels around the world but stays in one spot? SPOILER: Click to show {Click here to show/hide}A stamp.
	Last Edit: Aug 13, 2016 17:25:45 GMT by pryce Perfect love sometimes does not come until grandchildren are born.

hera Global Moderator Posts: 55 Rank: Member Friend	Riddles Feb 18, 2014 14:13:04 GMT hestia likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by hera on Feb 18, 2014 14:13:04 GMT What is at the end of a rainbow? SPOILER: Click to show {Click here to show/hide}The letter W.
	Last Edit: Aug 16, 2016 15:09:50 GMT by hera Love is the difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real.

tefnut Global Moderator Posts: 55 Rank: Member Friend	Riddles Feb 20, 2014 11:52:27 GMT rhea likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tefnut on Feb 20, 2014 11:52:27 GMT What has hands but cannot clap? SPOILER: Click to show {Click here to show/hide}A clock.
	Last Edit: Aug 11, 2016 10:54:13 GMT by tefnut And to be wroth with one we love, doth work like madness in the brain.

demeter Global Moderator Posts: 54 Rank: Member Friend	Riddles Feb 25, 2014 12:45:38 GMT cernunnos likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by demeter on Feb 25, 2014 12:45:38 GMT I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I? SPOILER: Click to show {Click here to show/hide}A candle.
	Last Edit: Aug 16, 2016 15:26:02 GMT by demeter Even a small star shines in the darkness.

aidan Administrator Posts: 95 Rank: Member	Riddles Oct 20, 2014 10:25:39 GMT freya likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by aidan on Oct 20, 2014 10:25:39 GMT We see it once in a year, twice in a week, and never in a day. What is it? SPOILER: Click to show {Click here to show/hide}The letter E
	Last Edit: Dec 6, 2021 12:48:34 GMT by aidan: typo corrected I have nothing to declare but my genius.

taranis Global Moderator Posts: 60 Rank: Member Friend	Riddles Aug 7, 2016 17:48:11 GMT sekhmet likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by taranis on Aug 7, 2016 17:48:11 GMT What has one eye but cannot see? SPOILER: Click to show {Click here to show/hide}A needle.
	Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.

brigit Global Moderator Posts: 57 Rank: Member Friend	Riddles Aug 8, 2016 12:54:48 GMT kastor likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by brigit on Aug 8, 2016 12:54:48 GMT Can you name three consecutive days without using the words: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday? SPOILER: Click to show {Click here to show/hide}Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.
	Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

athena Global Moderator Posts: 56 Rank: Member Friend	Riddles Aug 9, 2016 16:49:08 GMT pryce likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by athena on Aug 9, 2016 16:49:08 GMT How do you make the number one disappear? SPOILER: Click to show {Click here to show/hide}Add the letter G and it’s 'gone'.
	You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.

kronos Global Moderator Posts: 55 Rank: Member Friend	Riddles Aug 9, 2016 17:01:28 GMT lakshmi likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kronos on Aug 9, 2016 17:01:28 GMT What is the beginning of the end, the end of time, the middle of yesterday and nowhere in tommorrow? SPOILER: Click to show {Click here to show/hide}Letter E.
	⌚ In a time of deception telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

hestia Global Moderator Posts: 51 Rank: Member Friend	Riddles Aug 11, 2016 11:58:54 GMT hera likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by hestia on Aug 11, 2016 11:58:54 GMT What invention lets you look right through a wall? SPOILER: Click to show {Click here to show/hide}A window.
	We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

rhea Global Moderator Posts: 55 Rank: Member Friend	Riddles Aug 12, 2016 16:07:11 GMT tefnut likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rhea on Aug 12, 2016 16:07:11 GMT Someone's pushing their car along this road until they arrive at this hotel, and shouts: 'Oh no, I am bankrupt'. Why? SPOILER: Click to show {Click here to show/hide}They are playing Monopoly.
	Don't dwell on reality; it will only keep you from greatness.

bastet Global Moderator Posts: 55 Rank: Member Friend	Riddles Aug 12, 2016 17:47:50 GMT gobniu likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bastet on Aug 12, 2016 17:47:50 GMT What gets broken without being held? SPOILER: Click to show {Click here to show/hide}A promise.
	Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.