Yep. That was a bit easy. It works better as a pub riddle. I've always liked it though, sometimes people can get really stumped because the idea of a female firefighter (or surgeon or whatever) is so difficult for them to imagine.
James Joseph Emerald: A house-fire breaks out one night. Firefighters arrive on the scene to find a boy lying in front of the house, injured but still alive. The boy's father didn't make it out in time, having died of smoke inhalation. One of the firefighters approaches the boy to comfort him, but is shocked upon seeing his face. The boy is the firefighter's son. How is this possible?
The fire fighter is a woman. Or gay. Or the kid's godparent, who is now his new parent because it was a single father.
Edit: Darn! Foiled by my own slow typing speed/ my tendency to be distr Oh! Shiny!
The Thinker: What is red when balancing, is hard to ever find in nature, can have no roots made evenly, and means, atomically, the opposite of what it should?
That's actually really tough. I barely even understand what that's supposed to mean. Like, what exactly does "atomically opposite" mean? And "roots made evenly"... is that equal length, or equal value for each root? And how exactly is the root "made"?
The Thinker: What is red when balancing, is hard to ever find in nature, can have no roots made evenly, and means, atomically, the opposite of what it should?
That's actually really tough. I barely even understand what that's supposed to mean. Like, what exactly does "atomically opposite" mean? And "roots made evenly"... is that equal length, or equal value for each root? And how exactly is the root "made"?
Mwa ha ha! I made this riddle myself, so perhaps it needs fine tuning... atomically means "having to do with atoms", in this case.
I guess I'll do another, to make up for my pathetically easy previous one. Hopefully this will be a bit more difficult:
A warrior, charging into battle. An emperor, watching the heavens. A crystal, shining bright as the sun. A knight, standing his ground. A dragon, awaiting its rider. A soldier, piloting a war machine.
I_am_a_Spoon: I still don't get it. Most of the riddle doesn't really seem relevant to the answer.
It's relevant, it just might be relying on knowledge that's a bit more esoteric than I thought.
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well since no one seems to be answering you can answer this or just ignore it
-I dreamed I saw a fairy's dance, Upon the midnight sky. Where lights, like lantern's grew, Without a whim, or a why. Amid their joy, Amid their dance, I came running into their midst. But with nar'ry a sound, They drew away, And fell into the mist. Oh, I saw them again, But only from very far. Dancing in the air at night, Like tiny lanterns, or tiny stars.-
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kane82: well since no one seems to be answering you can answer this or just ignore it
-I dreamed I saw a fairy's dance, Upon the midnight sky. Where lights, like lantern's grew, Without a whim, or a why. Amid their joy, Amid their dance, I came running into their midst. But with nar'ry a sound, They drew away, And fell into the mist. Oh, I saw them again, But only from very far. Dancing in the air at night, Like tiny lanterns, or tiny stars.-
btw, looking for a new icon give me suggestion here,in my escapist inbox or my email kane.hall88@gmail.com
gameoni: Is there a riddle in this.... What r u ask... What are they? I will give that a shot and say a firefly
Ok, A child is sitting on his grandfathers lap when he looks up and says "grandpa how old are you" the old man looks down at the child and says "son I have lived many years and have seen many things. but as of last year I have only seen my birthday 20 times". So how old is the man?
Panzervaughn: 80. he was born on February 29th of a Leap Year.
What can you put in an empty barrel to make it lighter? (No helium, smartarses)
One thou you are right Please wait for the person asking the riddle to say so before asking your riddle. two please quote that person so that they know that you made a guess and three..... A hole
Panzervaughn: 80. he was born on February 29th of a Leap Year.
What can you put in an empty barrel to make it lighter? (No helium, smartarses)
One thou you are right Please wait for the person asking the riddle to say so before asking your riddle. two please quote that person so that they know that you made a guess and three..... A hole
Sorry about the lack of quote, not sorry about not waiting. And Yes.
the Firefighter is the boys mom.