plasmid Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 You peasants now are loose Emerging from the lake I wait for thee upon my roost An ever-patient drake Alarm! Revile with dread For I have have taken flight As beaming down from overhead At break of dawn I strike With thund'rous noise I came And frightened beasts away My widened maw spewed forth the flame Upon such disarray Now plow the fields of blight The maidens, snatched away Shall not be rescued by a knight Not one will come to slay For witchcraft brought me hence To leave you with this bane A curse for humans' great offense The sin of being vain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DudleyDude Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 dragon?? Heya Plasmid, welcome back. I'll need awhile to come up with a real guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 chimera, but I can't seem to get it to fit all the lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 (edited) a volcano And hello plasmid edit due to typo Edited November 8, 2010 by heyupal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 Witchcraft?...Oh, no wait T'is just a genetic trait A truly natural affair A legacy for the Heir Feeling the loss, more than others Some fail to join the band of brothers Unable to bear all that has gone Across their pate, a WIG drag on. Good to see you back plasmid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted November 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 Hi everyone. The chimera and volcano don't seem to fit with the last stanza. The wig certainly does, but misses the fire breathing part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 EDM Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 a thunderstorm....??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 something like air warfare possibly napalm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DudleyDude Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 a shower head? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 (edited) a rocket? Or specifically, a space shuttle? Edited November 8, 2010 by eel_electric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 (edited) ) I think the wig would fit if shampoo were confused with Nair! The Atomic Bomb or nuclear missle But I thought more abstract before posting.( and had difficulty with the last stanza also Edited November 8, 2010 by heyupal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 a fish story? on the off chance, cant decide if it would be the fish (maybe wide mouth bass or rainbow trout) or the fisherman's fly. have another thought but fear it would be censored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 The Kaali meteorite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 The Kaali meteorite? man, that's bad luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 Earth's yellow sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 man, that's bad luck. good one PG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 the space shuttle Columbia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted November 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 (edited) Lots of answers while I was at work. The ones that have to do with natural phenomena like t-storms or the sun or a meteorite would be ruled out by the last stanza (unless there's some mythology to suggest otherwise that I don't know of). Edit: Had a chance to Wikipedia the Kaali crater. Some mythology surrounds it, but not about human vanity causing it. The weaponry like napalm and a-bombs would fit much of the riddle, but would leave open the question of why the second line talks about people emerging from a lake. Not a fish story or censorable material; the former would be a strange fit for the fourth stanza, the latter because of a couple of subtle points - the eighth line would have referred to dusk rather than dawn if I were writing about the usual such stuff, and the bit about plowing the fields would have said "I" (to jive with who "I" would be in the sixth line) rather than "Now" (as in a command to the person/thing being spoken to). A shower head is actually remarkably close, I'm only holding off on calling it an alternate answer because the one I had in mind is so close and fits a bit better. The Columbia disaster is a remarkably good fit to this riddle. The first stanza could work since the earth is mostly water. The second stanza's "break of dawn" would refer to the breakup at re-entry, which did actually happen in the early morning. There's a little ambiguity about the timing since the third stanza's first two lines would have had to refer to liftoff which would precede re-entry in the second stanza. In the fourth stanza, plowing the fields has an alternate interpretation (that wasn't the alternate interpretation that I had in mind), and there were multiple females on the flight that could account for the plural maidens. And the last stanza would fit as well. Overall it seems like an acceptable alternate answer. I must be getting rusty after all this time away from riddling, but nonetheless a great response. Of course I'll still leave this open for the answer I had in mind. Edited November 9, 2010 by plasmid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DudleyDude Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 an electric razor or a can of hairspray? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 a rooster with lake and blight being sleep, beasts and maidens as dreams, vain as in cocky or weather vain. but second DD's electric razor answer, nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 plasmid I don't think you're rusty at all. It was as well written and enjoyable as I remember yours to be! I concur with dd's electric razor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 A Blunderbuss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted November 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Actually not an electric razor, as they aren't much of a flamethrower and typically don't go snatching maidens. Hairspray may be flammable but would be hard to classify as a flame, and usually isn't used in the timing as it appears in the riddle – before the line about being in disarray and before the line about plowing. Not a blunderbuss; while most weapons would be similar to a dragon attack and therefore fit a lot of the clues, there's the bit in the beginning about emerging from a lake that would leave you wondering why it's there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Excalibur or its equivalent in different mythologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 a hairdryer. Does the lake create hydro-electric power.....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 blow dryer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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plasmid
You peasants now are loose
Emerging from the lake
I wait for thee upon my roost
An ever-patient drake
Alarm! Revile with dread
For I have have taken flight
As beaming down from overhead
At break of dawn I strike
With thund'rous noise I came
And frightened beasts away
My widened maw spewed forth the flame
Upon such disarray
Now plow the fields of blight
The maidens, snatched away
Shall not be rescued by a knight
Not one will come to slay
For witchcraft brought me hence
To leave you with this bane
A curse for humans' great offense
The sin of being vain
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