itachi-san Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Though smoky, I will never billow I could drop enough straw for a pillow And easily collect what had spilled Unless of course I was being carried By a young lad who struggled and tarried On account of his slight build My first is like mind control My second looks like it means nothing My third is all too common My fourth is usually very thin All together I relate to the riddle above Be warned, I am full of deceit, not love Though I can be bright, My ways aren't right I lure away from the proverbial light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 A Gun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 an elephant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 a voice or song? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Reading smoky as a color I thought possibly a large bird smoky in color like maybe a raven. They gather up straw for nests and couldn't pick up straw if a boy was carrying them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Though smoky, I will never billow I could drop enough straw for a pillow And easily collect what had spilled Unless of course I was being carried By a young lad who struggled and tarried On account of his slight build My first is like mind control My second looks like it means nothing My third is all too common My fourth is usually very thin All together I relate to the riddle above Be warned, I am full of deceit, not love Though I can be bright, My ways aren't right I lure away from the proverbial light Confessing clueless at the mo - watching football and drinking tea with biscuitslike u - O - OO! Mowgli or a combine harvesterThe people that lure ships onto the rocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Confessing clueless at the mo - watching football and drinking tea with biscuitsThe people that lure ships onto the rocks Lost, I think you're thinking of... sirens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 Lost, I think you're thinking of... sirensLost - you are more vague than me, but i am sure you know what you are thinking. No we have done those - actually itachi-san has done those. I mean the people...lure the ship on to rocks and claim the salvage rights, going hell bent for lether to collect the cargo while leaving mariners to drown What are they called? - not the dead mariners the Lanton holding shipwrecking caargo stealing murders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 itachi-san Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 I'll add a line to go along with the primary riddle in the OP: Though smoky, I will never billow I could drop enough straw for a pillow And easily collect what had spilled Unless of course I was being carried By a young lad who struggled and tarried On account of his slight build Add her to me and I help keep secrets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 I'll add a line to go along with the primary riddle in the OP: Though smoky, I will never billow I could drop enough straw for a pillow And easily collect what had spilled Unless of course I was being carried By a young lad who struggled and tarried On account of his slight build Add her to me and I help keep secrets Glasses =3 btw im not trying to say i think im right im saying click for my thinking...>.< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Sirens ARE the ones that lure the ships. Or are we just playing "Who's On First" here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 I feel like Newton when the apple fell on his head (you could almost see a lightbulb turn on above my head) except now i think of it, it doesn't sound anywhere near right. NEways:is it 'wisp' (or 'whisp')? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 Sirens ARE the ones that lure the ships. Or are we just playing "Who's On First" here? You are talking myhtical and I am talking real actual 18th/19th century events that were practised! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 17, 2008 Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 You are talking myhtical and I am talking real actual 18th/19th century events that were practised! OK. That's a "wrecker". http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=wrecker&gwp=13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 itachi-san Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2008 (edited) I feel like Newton when the apple fell on his head (you could almost see a lightbulb turn on above my head) except now i think of it, it doesn't sound anywhere near right. NEways:is it 'wisp' (or 'whisp')? You got it! good job Edit: oh yeah, I forgot about the second part... any takers on that one now? Edited June 17, 2008 by itachi-san Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 another term for wil o the wisp - is jack-O-Lantern (Haloween Pumpkin) Is this just the same thing, oh well a shot to nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 You got it! good job Wow, I feel smart now (that's the first riddle I EVER solved)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 OK. That's a "wrecker". http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=wrecker&gwp=13 It's bugging me cos I thought there was another word specifically for it - more sleeplessness on the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 itachi-san Posted June 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 another term for wil o the wisp - is jack-O-Lantern (Haloween Pumpkin) Is this just the same thing, oh well a shot to nothing the second part is 'will o the wisp'. good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 18, 2008 Report Share Posted June 18, 2008 I do not understand the straw reference now that the solution is confirmed. You got it! good job Edit: oh yeah, I forgot about the second part... any takers on that one now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 I do not understand the straw reference now that the solution is confirmed. Bunch of twigs/straw (wisp)used to make fire i think, and a Will O' the wisp is a pheneomenon. It is still to be fully explained as it recedes as you get neare so seeing it a and finding/touching it. Can't fully explain the interpretation by Itachi-san though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Though smoky, I will never billow
I could drop enough straw for a pillow
And easily collect what had spilled
Unless of course I was being carried
By a young lad who struggled and tarried
On account of his slight build
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