plasmid Posted November 28, 2015 Report Share Posted November 28, 2015 A wooden deck with rawest oreContains the seven seasOpposing sword leads arms galoreA hundred through the breeze On anvil crash and grab thy shareWith thieving hand now maskedUnite the victims should you dareIf subtle be thy task Then sail away and loot depleteAcross our flattened earthMay Atlas stand on all his feetFor two would be a dearth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Hiya plasmid...at the risk of being a bit Keef Richards...try...coconut palm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted November 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Thanks for kicking it off, Wilson. That's a surprisingly nice fit for the first half, but quite different from what I have in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Damnation......a beaver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted December 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2015 I like how a lot of the imagery from that answer could apply to this riddle, but I'll have to say that it leaves a little too many clues hanging around without a nice explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted December 5, 2015 Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 Trying to remember if your riddles have actual things for answers or if they're sometimes actions or other.Are you making dinner?A wooden deck with rawest ore (cutting board)Contains the seven seas (salt)Opposing sword leads arms galore (knife)A hundred through the breeze On anvil crash and grab thy share (cutting something like vegetables)With thieving hand now masked (using hand and knife to pick up something)Unite the victims should you dare (putting ingredients together)If subtle be thy task Then sail away and loot deplete (eat it)Across our flattened earthMay Atlas stand on all his feetFor two would be a dearth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted December 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2015 My riddles are always about something concrete, but riddling about a concrete thing can involve and even be dominated by references to things the subject does or other things it interacts with. That is indeed the case with this riddle. Regarding your answer, if I were riddling about a chef then I would consider it a perfectly good answer to say that I'm describing making dinner because you would clearly have understood the point and imagery of the riddle. But I'm not a chef, although you're in the right ballpark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 you gotta know I've been wracking my brain on this one and cant stop. Gotta at least take a swing at it at this point... Spoiler for speaking softlya piñata? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Occasionally I have days where I could swear I'm one of those, but for this riddle that's something I'm not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Spoiler for maybe you are...a beekeeper/honey robber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted December 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Although I'm not that, it's probably worth noting that that answer seems to have picked up on the "thieving hand now masked" clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DudleyDude Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Heya Guys. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, etc etc. I hope everyone is doing well. Are you.. Spoiler A jigsaw puzzle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted December 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 Hi DD. Not a jigsaw; while in some ways it's on the right track, I'm looking for something with a more specific interpretation for the opposing sword and masking of thieving hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tylerj21 Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 2 things came to mind... Spoiler A blacksmith? Spoiler A fencer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 HAPPY NEW YEAR plasmid Spoiler for auld lang syneare you a lobster (trap)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted January 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Not a blacksmith; while it could certainly fit parts of the riddle, the last stanza would seem to go unexplained. Also not a fencer, as I would consider that to be too similar to the decoy answer of not being a pirate. Not a lobster trap. I'm afraid I don't know enough about them to be able to judge how well it fits the clues, but that also of course means it's not what I was thinking of. Hint: Spoiler Thalia and Tyler were on the right track in going after a profession Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 From your last comment this can't be right but it's all I can think of Spoiler An asteroid (collision) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted January 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Indeed not an asteroid impact. I'm thinking that once the answer is seen, all of the clues will become visible and make sense. (There might be hinting in here.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tylerj21 Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 this is a tough one...not sure if you're a sports fan or not but.. Spoiler A hockey player..more specific a goalie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Buddyboy3000 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 I showed this to my sister, and we both got an idea. Spoiler A fisherman Stanza 1: verse 1: The "rawest ore" would be the fish on the deck. verse 2: Probably the fish would be from different places. verse 3 & 4: This would represent fighting the fish to get it. Stanza 2: verse 1: An "anvil crash" is the fish coming down and biting your hand. Then you get the fish. verse 2: You cover your hand in bandages. verse 3: You group all of the fish you got together. verse 4: It is your job to get fish. Stanza 3: verse 1: This means the fisherman is done and there are now less fish in the sea. verse 2: The flattened Earth is the perspective of the large sea ahead. verse 3: Atlas is the mythological god that holds up the sky. If he were to stand tall, he would push the clouds up, meaning good weather for the fisherman. verse 4: Two fisherman going against each other for fish would be bad for both of them. So this is my sister's and my reasoning for why you are a fisherman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Not too hopeful about this one but Spoiler A mapmaker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted January 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Not a hockey goalie, fisherman, or cartographer. I like how goalie fits with these clues very well even though the clues aren't interpreted in the way I had in mind. But the second stanza is difficult to fit with that answer. I like the reasoning behind the fisherman answer as well, but once the answer is revealed there will be a much clearer interpretation of the clue about Atlas and the last line's use of the word dearth implies that two would be an unacceptably low number (and for the sake of hinting, the dearth in the last line refers to Atlas' feet from the previous line). A cartographer is actually closer to my answer than you might think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tylerj21 Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Ok I came up with a fresh idea...probably too far fetched on some clues, but eh gotta try.. Spoiler An Ocean Oil Rig Worker? Far reaching reasoning.. On 11/28/2015 at 1:26 AM, plasmid said: Spoiler A wooden deck with rawest ore----Reference to the platform the rig is on. Contains the seven seas----Oil rigs in the worlds oceans. Or maybe the oil itself. Opposing sword leads arms galore----(long shot) maybe referring to the miles of pipe and drills. A hundred through the breeze----a little stumped by this clue, but perhaps could be the amount of oil being extracted. On anvil crash and grab thy share----the action of pumping the oil. With thieving hand now masked----not sure here. Maybe the workers wearing gloves, or possibly capping a fresh well. Unite the victims should you dare----victims could be the dead plant and animal material buried deep that is necessary to have fossil fuels. If subtle be thy task----probably a good idea to use caution when uniting volatile fossil fuels. Then sail away and loot deplete----after filling up a tanker, it sails away (so to speak). Across our flattened earth----the tankers going across the flat oceans. May Atlas stand on all his feet----could refer to the platform, that has to sit on multiple pylons(more than two) to be stable For two would be a dearth----again if they were built on only two, they would probably topple over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Two guesses Spoiler Astronomer Archeologist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 My take now is that we have a colourful hand here Needs a leg-up with the canvas though.?.. a painter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted January 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Right on, Wilson Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A wooden deck with rawest ore
Contains the seven seas
Opposing sword leads arms galore
A hundred through the breeze
On anvil crash and grab thy share
With thieving hand now masked
Unite the victims should you dare
If subtle be thy task
Then sail away and loot deplete
Across our flattened earth
May Atlas stand on all his feet
For two would be a dearth
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