plasmid Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 I'm born of scholars' toil long Forsaken, no longer germane My time has come, my time has gone Anon it is coming again My words now few will understand They're twisted obscuring the truth And so they spread throughout the land Discernment requiring a sleuth In downward spiral, chaos calls Destroying the orderly life Until the ruler finally falls Thus bringing and end to this strife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 EDM Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 This riddle intrigues me...another awsm one!!! a theory...??? Or maybe Carrolus linnaeus' Binomial nomenclature...??? Yeah zoology madness... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 An innovation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Handwriting. Skywriting! Radio signals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted October 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 Nah, I tend to stick with pretty tangible stuff as my riddle topics. Intangible answers just seem to me too "mushy" and unsatisfying. And while handwriting is often involved, it's not itself the answer to the riddle. I'm holding out hope that this one will still be a head-slapper after 5+ pages of posts, but in the meantime here's... correctly interpreting one of the clues is easier if you're familiar with the schoolyard song that goes "glory glory hallelujah / teacher hit me with a ruler" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 doodling in class notebook learning cursive spirograph punishment-writing on blackboard a baby's arm holding an apple : ) mechanical click pena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) Propaganda? a revolution or rebellion? Edited October 19, 2011 by Thalia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) Notes 1) Scholar/researchers notebook/musical notes have time come and gone and come again 2) Notes passed in class on twisted bits of paper, notes too brief for others to understand 3) Notes passed in class can result in "teacher hit me with a ruler" Edited October 19, 2011 by chicory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 A gun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 some kind of game or activity - Scrabble, a maze, wordsearch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted October 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Guesses are getting warmer all around. I don't think it'll need any more hinting, the clues from the riddle itself should be enough to identify the object from this setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Desert Eagle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 I think that this would fit well: Either Communism or Marxism. This is applicable to the Occupy Wall Street and new global movement against the few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 superstition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 If it's the head-slapper I'm thinking of, Shakee nailed it in Only he's Sneekeepudn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted October 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Neither communism nor superstition, I wouldn't make the real answer be something too close to what I say I'm not in the title. There are also a few clues that would not be obviously fit by a gun. Shakee's guesses were definitely down the right path, and the closest so far was the one about passing notes in class, but there's just a little bit more needed to nail it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 New guesses: Is it like the game telephone or how rumours spread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 a scroll? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Love letter? Or passing love notes in class? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 A scroll... passing notes... both are so close and yet not quite it. A scroll would fit everything except perhaps leaving the last two lines without a clear explanation. And while passing notes is occasionally an aspect of the answer, passed notes are generally on something that's still germane, while what I have in mind is usually not by the time its time has come again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DudleyDude Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 a mnemonic device on a crib sheet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 short hand? (i.e. stenography) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted October 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 Not bad guesses, but I've got a different thing in mind with twisted words (generally no longer germane) that will travel in a downward spiral throughout the land until the ruler falls on the perpetrator(s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted October 27, 2011 Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 Plagiarized Assignment completions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted October 27, 2011 Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 to stop making paper airplanes in class! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted October 27, 2011 Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 Wow, MoMa's answer seems so obvious now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I'm born of scholars' toil long
Forsaken, no longer germane
My time has come, my time has gone
Anon it is coming again
My words now few will understand
They're twisted obscuring the truth
And so they spread throughout the land
Discernment requiring a sleuth
In downward spiral, chaos calls
Destroying the orderly life
Until the ruler finally falls
Thus bringing and end to this strife
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