Guest Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 This is my first self-written word riddle, so be gentle. The number of seconds that exist in a year, The number of days that Christmas holds dear, The number of times that lupus runs free, I may be rare now, but check history. The Romans had uses and Tolkien did too, Twenty four hours because I still hold true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 (edited) I now have that "525600 Minutes" song from Rent stuck in my head ... Olympics, or rings? Edited February 25, 2010 by tiger_lily111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 I now have that "525600 Minutes" song from Rent stuck in my head ... Olympics, or rings? Negative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 25, 2010 Report Share Posted February 25, 2010 (edited) a sun dial. how am i doing here? Edited February 25, 2010 by actressgirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 a sun dial. how am i doing here? Not quite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 Astrolabe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 could it be the roman numeral "XII" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 How 'bout just twelve or a dozen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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0 Guest Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 This is my first self-written word riddle, so be gentle. The number of seconds that exist in a year, The number of days that Christmas holds dear, The number of times that lupus runs free, I may be rare now, but check history. The Romans had uses and Tolkien did too, Twenty four hours because I still hold true. How 'bout just twelve or a dozen Win January 2nd, February 2nd (12 2nd's in a year) 12 days of Christmas 12 full moons per year Romans and Tolkien both used the duodecimal number system Our current 24 hour clock is here because our reckoning of time originated with 12 equal segments between sunup and sunset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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This is my first self-written word riddle, so be gentle.
The number of seconds that exist in a year,
The number of days that Christmas holds dear,
The number of times that lupus runs free,
I may be rare now, but check history.
The Romans had uses and Tolkien did too,
Twenty four hours because I still hold true.
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