Riddle Me Forbidden
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You drop me down to find what's hidden,
All cascade yet not forbidden,
Fostered, now all options clear;
To proceed you must first point here
And jab me with a spear of white,
Within one finger all this might.
'This season is rather nippy isn't it?'
'What does that have to do with this week's riddle?'
'Absolutely nothing, I just thought the season was moving fast.'
Riddle Answer A [computer] Menu
Riddle Explanation
you drop me down to find what's hidden - a drop-down menu.
all cascade yet not forbidden - a cascading menu, or when a second list of options appears when giving over an option in a first list.
not forbidden, fostered, now all options clear - a list of options in computing.
Animal Faces (part VI)
I think it was a deer, perhaps, though whatever it was, it was rather surprised to be.
Riddle Me Sudden
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I suddenly have come cold, me,
I in this manner go quickly,
You see and make my judgment, mind
Unfounded yet how tight it binds,
Until from fingers I emit,
And take you quite right out of it.
'You'll take me out? You mean you're going to kill me?'
'Heavens no, there are many ways to take you out!'
'You mean on a date?'
'Heavens no.'
Riddle Answer A Snap
Riddle Explanation
I suddenly have come cold, me, I in this manner go quickly - a cold snap.
you see and make my judgment, mind unfounded yet how tight it binds - a snap judgement.
Until from fingers I emit - to snap one's fingers.
and take you quite right out of it - to snap out of it.
Riddle Me Driven
If you've driven here, park up, and fill your ticket below.
It always comes, find it, at me
And like Ms Daisy's driving spree;
Up now and then all the way back
For companies take decks and stack,
I'm right, don't ask or argue, painless spree,
That's asking me.
'You used the same rhyming words twice.'
'Well I have to save some. I'm not made of gold you know. Or at least not always.'
Riddle Answer A Price
Riddle Explanation
it always comes, find it, at me - to come at a price.
and like Ms Daisy's driving spree; up now and then all the way back - to drive the prices up or down.
I'm right - the price is right.
painless spree - a shopping spree.
I'm right, don't ask or argue, painless spree, that's asking me - the asking price.
Riddle Me Flown
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I fly, I change my shape, I'm strong,
I see the past, or future wrong
I'm more and so had absolute,
That often turns a man to brute,
To monster, but a God is just simply;
The me that be.
'What else can you do?'
'I see through walls, get very hot, make webs like spiders, do a lot.'
Riddle Answer Power
Riddle Explanation
I fly, I change my shape, I'm strong, I see the past, or future - a super power.
I'm more and so had absolute - to have absolute power.
but a God is just simply; the me that be - the powers that be.
Animal Faces (part III)
In Japan the tanuki, or Japanese racoon-dog, is a mischievous and magical little creature.
Riddle Me Hard
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My step is always far more hard,
My fleeting look best disregard
And look a little closer, find
My impression was left behind
Your ribs there beats a heart to smite,
If only by my sight.
'Well, the year has begun and here we are.'
'Indeed, and I am me.'
'Well, that's good. Me too.'
'No, you don't see. I am me.'
'I guess this year will be much like the last.'
Riddle Answer The First
Riddle Explanation
my step is always far more hard - the first step is always the hardest.
my fleeting look best disregard - at first glance.
find my impression was left behind - first impression.
behind your ribs there beats a heart to smite, if only by my sight - love at first sight.
Animal Faces (part II)
Well who's this little cat with her little nose and tongue at that?
Riddle Me Long
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Not at my short but at my long,
What you awaited has come strong
My minute when you'd lost all hope
But you too nice now finished, mope
A rope or candlestick, both come foresee;
You'll be the death of me.
'It's soon time for fireworks!'
'Yes, just wait a moment. This is the meme.'
Riddle Answer The Last
Riddle Explanation
not at my short but at my long - at long last.
my minute when you'd lost all hope - at the last minute.
but you too nice now finished, mope - nice guys finish last.
mope a rope or candlestick, both come foresee; you'll be the death of me - at, or to come, dead last.
Animal Faces (part I)
Now coming to New Years, we have a mini-series of animal faces. As I'm away for the season I prepared these in advance for something small and interesting, or maybe I was just monkeying around.
Riddle Me Peep
Say in bed, pretend to sleep, or sneak downstairs and have a peep, just here a comment keep.
I'm coy, and as such, act my nature,
Bow in hair, you peep and ain'tcha
Scary, so I group like birds
And run, don't fly, a cloudy herd
You're also fraught? Can't sleep, despairingly?
Just count on me.
'I always count on you.'
'Perhaps too much don't you think?'
'But I can never sleep.'
'Well, I'll always be here then.'
Riddle Answer A Sheep
Riddle Explanation
act my nature - act sheepish.
bow - bow-peep.
group like birds - flock.
cloudy - sheep's appearance.
count on me - count sheep.
Christmas Is Here
Christmas has arrived and all of the Dickory Dock are snuggled up warm somewhere, or heading somewhere to snuggle. The Hickory Clock with its warm fire places, of which it had an innumerable number, were all alight and surrounded by toes soaking in the comforting warmth.
Riddle Me Sleek
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You're a me, without the tail,
But I'm sleek, I'm sly, assail
As I am, a cunning sight,
I'll come for you, ears pricked, at night,
But find you're less like me, but more, behold;
You're made of stone and just as cold.
'Where's my tail gone?'
'...you never had one.'
'Oh, but I'm still you?'
'Indeed, without a tail.'
'Agghhh!'
Riddle Answer A Fox
Riddle Explanation
you're a me - a fox (beautiful woman).
sly - sly/cunning as a fox.
stone - a stone cold fox (beautiful woman).
A Christmas Walk
Which the dog and which the master? I couldn't tell as they walked through the snow.
Riddle Me Burst
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Like veins that carry pumping blood,
If burst will cause horrific flood,
Without a gun you sure smoked it,
I'm down, stop your racket and sit,
I run under you as you stand,
They killed by mustard, me in hand.
'Oh, I shouldn't like you to burst.'
'No you shouldn't.'
'What would happen if you burst?'
'Well, you'd probably die.'
Riddle Answer A Pipe
Riddle Explanation
without a gun you sure smoked it - a smoking pipe, or put that in your pipe and smoke it!
I'm down, stop your racket and sit - pipe down!
they killed by mustard, me in hand - Cluedo.
Impressive Insects (part II)
His battle gear glistened in the sunlight. This beetle was ready for a fight.
Riddle Me Smooth
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Be me, that's smooth and stylish and
You'll soon see things me into hand
A sweet young lady, smile, lark
And soon enough you'll see my sparks,
Now straighten up, it's time I'm right,
I've got to bounce with all my might.
'I thought I should always be myself, what else could I be anyway?'
'But you could be yourself, and me. Or just a little more me than usual.'
Riddle Answer A Fly
Riddle Explanation
be me - be fly (stylish).
my sparks - make sparks fly.
straighten up - straighten up and fly right.
I've got to bounce with all my might - I've gotta fly.
Impressive Insects (part I)
From above he looked like a normal beetle, but when I turned him over, I just couldn't stop laughing. The liveliest beetle I've ever met.