plasmid Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Cruising highways of dirt that I've traveled It seems for my whole life long Much I've seen, many paths I've unraveled But this I've not come upon Feels strange. Need a change. Screw this life, I'll leave the range. Take this path unlike all the others The gangplank, it shines and gleams Lone way out for I can't see another Must follow this route, it seems U-turn. Tires burn. From this trek will I return? Out this window, so awestruck I gander My gaze, it bewilders me Sights and sounds, technological grandeur Adventure's a guarantee Struck gold. Glad I'm bold. Say, you think it's getting cold? Fly through skies with my buddies in service Although we don't really bond Soon we die with a dignified purpose For those still at home, so fond Trying something a little different. Still a what-am-I riddle, but not as heavy on lots of clues that need to fit just right, just focusing more on telling the story. Again, apologies in advance if I can't check in too often, but work's a real bear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 (edited) bee hive Edit for: ant colony Edited August 29, 2009 by tiger_lily111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Migrating Salmon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Penguin....Maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Manafest Destiny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted August 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 I do like salmon. Not to eat, but as an answer. Not what I'm getting at, though. There are some clues pointing in another direction than most of the guesses so far, particularly in the third stanza (er, lines 11-14). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 akaslickster Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 biker/outlaw maybe? I'm thinking a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 TV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Fileobrother Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Ooh! migrating canada geese? Gander made me think of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Gmaster479 Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 is of course a golf outing, but I'm thinking a cattle drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 was a fish in a fish bowl, and then a kaleidoscope, but after rereading the lines you brought to my attention, and still keeping in mind the line about gold and cold, I'm thinking it must be Hal 900. : D bee hive Edit for: ant colony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Oil , black gold, Texas tea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 someone left home and joined the Army, caught a ship in the Navy, then hopped a plane in the Air Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 commerical pilot, or a passenger to "Vegas" baby...lolMaybe a... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 (edited) A marine? Edit: Just saw JMJShelton's guess, surprisingly similar yet still distinct Edited September 1, 2009 by DarthNoob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted September 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Nothing military or with aviation; that's the type of answer that the title is meant to exclude. An outlaw wouldn't have a particularly dignified purpose. It would seem like an odd description for a cattle drive. HAL 9000 would be a great fit for the end, but not really for the dirt paths of the first stanza. Oil would be a great answer if there's such a thing as migratory oil that would fit the first stanza... and as a matter of fact it's rather similar in spirit to what I've got in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 sounds like the life cycle of an insect?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Diamond? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 water ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted September 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 For insects, an experimental drosophila would fit nearly every clue except for the gangplank... considering my background, it's surprising I didn't think of it and add a few more clues to "rule it out" when I was writing this one. Diamonds wouldn't fit the last couple of lines (as any James Bond fan knows). Water, especially if it were bottled water, could be a very good answer, but there's something I'm getting at with the last two lines of the riddle that water doesn't quite fit the bill for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Gmaster479 Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Aha! Carbon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 dyalDragon Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 (edited) kamikaze pilot? Edit: nevermind that would be military i guess Edited September 3, 2009 by dyalDragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 moleculesGoing off "bond"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Writing/Fonts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted September 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 Well, this is made with carbon and molecules; and isn't a font. To recap the clues: I'm something that travels along a set of "highways of dirt" with many tortuous paths to be explored. But one day I took a turn (u-turn as a matter of fact) onto a shining, gleaming "gangplank". I ended up looking out a window onto a rather high-tech scene. It got chilly. I died for the benefit of those like me who were left behind; and did not do much "bonding" in the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Graphite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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plasmid
Cruising highways of dirt that I've traveled
It seems for my whole life long
Much I've seen, many paths I've unraveled
But this I've not come upon
Feels strange. Need a change. Screw this life, I'll leave the range.
Take this path unlike all the others
The gangplank, it shines and gleams
Lone way out for I can't see another
Must follow this route, it seems
U-turn. Tires burn. From this trek will I return?
Out this window, so awestruck I gander
My gaze, it bewilders me
Sights and sounds, technological grandeur
Adventure's a guarantee
Struck gold. Glad I'm bold. Say, you think it's getting cold?
Fly through skies with my buddies in service
Although we don't really bond
Soon we die with a dignified purpose
For those still at home, so fond
Trying something a little different. Still a what-am-I riddle, but not as heavy on lots of clues that need to fit just right, just focusing more on telling the story. Again, apologies in advance if I can't check in too often, but work's a real bear.
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