plasmid 41 Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Hollow's my skull, think that I'm dead?Conclusion untrue, from burrow loftUnion maintained, steel our threadIt's straight as a brick is light and softRecognize me? Better inspectA fraudulent claim shall not get throughHandshake select one I rejectIn Soviet Russia, teeth brush you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Solution Yoruichi-san 116 Posted July 17, 2013 Solution Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 (...b/c my mind tends to jump to some abstract mathematical principle *whistling*) but I'm going to go with a key or keyring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 plainglazed 67 Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 a bear trap? thinking there's definitely still more to parse but the above might somewhat fit. this one was just long overdue for a first guess. we'll crack it yet, plasmid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 plasmid 41 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 Thanks for getting this one started, PG. Not a bear trap, lines 5-6 are pointing toward something else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 plasmid 41 Posted July 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 It might be easier with a rephrasing where the clues are more clearly clues. I have a hollow skull, but am not "dead" because of it I have come from or been sent from some sort of "burrow" I either am a part of or am a union kept together with steel And that steel is not straight The "you" in the riddle should recognize/inspect me Any liars or impostors won't get through I will, with a handshake, pick something to "reject" Teeth brush you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Aaryan 70 Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 A vending machine? Not sure about the teeth, but it's "rejecting" the thing it gives you, has the spring-like metal wires, and I guess it is pretty hollow. Not entirely sure about the rest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 plasmid 41 Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Not a vending machine. I can see where you're coming from with that answer; clues about maintaining a union with a thread of steel, not letting a fraudulent claim through, and (maybe) teeth brushing you could maybe be made to fit it, but I think the answer I have in mind is enough of a more natural fit that most people could recognize it as the right answer when re-reading the riddle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 DudleyDude 21 Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 possibly a padlock? I think most of it makes sense if it's a padlock with a key but not sure if the "hollow skull" is too much of a stretch and not sure how to work in the "better inspect" line. But I think the "union maintained" section could refer to the curved shackle and the "liars or imposters" through the end could refer to the key and using the key (handshake) to release the shackle (one I reject) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 plasmid 41 Posted July 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Not a padlock, but you're so close it hurts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 DudleyDude 21 Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 I should try my original answer (before I talked myself into padlock). A door knob? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Pickett 13 Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) a deadbolt...hence the "dead" references...or more generically a door lock of some sort... Edited July 16, 2013 by Pickett Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 plasmid 41 Posted July 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Something quite close to those answers, but think of a union that's held together by a thread of steel that's curved. And the "you" in "teeth brush you" really is referring to the "you" and not the "I" of this riddle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 plasmid 41 Posted July 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Yoruichi has this one. Definitely on the right track with the previous guesses, just not quite hitting the actual thing that I was trying to describe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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plasmid 41
Hollow's my skull, think that I'm dead?
Conclusion untrue, from burrow loft
Union maintained, steel our thread
It's straight as a brick is light and soft
Recognize me? Better inspect
A fraudulent claim shall not get through
Handshake select one I reject
In Soviet Russia, teeth brush you!
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