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I created a riddle for m'lady to solve so she could figure out her Christmas gift before she received it. Thought I'd share it with the Den. (I gave her too many hints and she already figured it out)

"ye olde holyday, bears fruit for thee

yet not golden rings tis, nor bird in pear tree

a tub-thumping orator divulges where your gift's lain,

yet not a palin, obama, biden or mccain.

tis not at "maison blanche," nor political in deed,

Indubitably, thy gift you did already read."

She's a fan of Alice in Wonderland.

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Either this is really tough, or I'm totally missing something. I'm going with all of the above.

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her gift is in the riddle somewhere there is a lot of misdirection but I don't think it's too difficult. Read it very carefully

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I'm guessing it was in fact a ring, but I'm not sure where it was hidden. But thanks, now I want to go watch Alice in Wonderland!!

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a house?

her gift is in the riddle somewhere there is a lot of misdirection but I don't think it's too difficult. Read it very carefully

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a ring that is not gold?

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I created a riddle for m'lady to solve so she could figure out her Christmas gift before she received it. Thought I'd share it with the Den. (I gave her too many hints and she already figured it out)

"ye olde holyday, bears fruit for thee

yet not golden rings tis, nor bird in pear tree

a tub-thumping orator divulges where your gift's lain,

yet not a palin, obama, biden or mccain.

tis not at "maison blanche," nor political in deed,

Indubitably, thy gift you did already read."

She's a fan of Alice in Wonderland.

The Cat in the Hat has an orator thumping a pink cat ring out of a tub with a dress... and she's bound to have already read it. Okay... I'm stumped and overreaching.

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would someone just tell me what she got?

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I think the gift is a vacation in Illinois

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none of the above

there's quite a bit of misdirection, there's only one line that's really important, and again, the answer is in the riddle "somewhere."

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none of the above

there's quite a bit of misdirection, there's only one line that's really important, and again, the answer is in the riddle "somewhere."

somewhere???

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is it a phone?

none of the above

there's quite a bit of misdirection, there's only one line that's really important, and again, the answer is in the riddle "somewhere."

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somewhere???

hahaha, it is indeed somewhere, but that's not what the gift actually is. The gift is materialistic in nature.

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is it a phone?

Nope. Curious what your method was to come up with that though, you may be on the right track.

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I created a riddle for m'lady to solve so she could figure out her Christmas gift before she received it. Thought I'd share it with the Den. (I gave her too many hints and she already figured it out)

"ye olde holyday, bears fruit for thee

yet not golden rings tis, nor bird in pear tree

a tub-thumping orator divulges where your gift's lain,

yet not a palin, obama, biden or mccain.

tis not at "maison blanche," nor political in deed,

Indubitably, thy gift you did already read."

She's a fan of Alice in Wonderland.

my translation of the riddle...

"There is a Christmas gift for you,

It's not a gold ring or a partridge

A famous speaker tells you where it is

but it's not a politician

not at the white house, and is not political in any way

She's already read the gift."

I'm guessing the gift is either a copy of "Alice in Wonderland" (since it's something she's already read) or one of the character's in the story is the tub-thumping orator and knowing him will tell us where and what the gift is...

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guessing you have a radio/stereo of some sort near the bathtub, and her gift was located "in" it somehow? or maybe that was the gift itself? Or another idea: Disney's Alice in Wonderland on Ice, since it's been announced on the radio?

Edited December 26, 2008 by Skitten

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my translation of the riddle...

"There is a Christmas gift for you,

It's not a gold ring or a partridge

A famous speaker tells you where it is

but it's not a politician

not at the white house, and is not political in any way

She's already read the gift."

I'm guessing the gift is either a copy of "Alice in Wonderland" (since it's something she's already read) or one of the character's in the story is the tub-thumping orator and knowing him will tell us where and what the gift is...

nope, a direct translation of the riddle will only take you farther from the answer.

the last line indicated that by "already being read", the answer is in the riddle.

guessing you have a radio/stereo of some sort near the bathtub, and her gift was located "in" it somehow? or maybe that was the gift itself? Or another idea: Disney's Alice in Wonderland on Ice, since it's been announced on the radio?

no radio/stereo involved. alice in wonderland on ice would probably have been a better gift though, lol

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I created a riddle for m'lady to solve so she could figure out her Christmas gift before she received it. Thought I'd share it with the Den. (I gave her too many hints and she already figured it out)

"ye olde holyday, bears fruit for thee

yet not golden rings tis, nor bird in pear tree

a tub-thumping orator divulges where your gift's lain,

yet not a palin, obama, biden or mccain.

tis not at "maison blanche," nor political in deed,

Indubitably, thy gift you did already read."

She's a fan of Alice in Wonderland.

So, i'm guessing that "a tub-thumping orator divulges where your gift's lain," is the key line here. However, I'm thinking it refers to an Alice in Wonderland character and I'm not familiar with the story.

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So, i'm guessing that "a tub-thumping orator divulges where your gift's lain," is the key line here. However, I'm thinking it refers to an Alice in Wonderland character and I'm not familiar with the story.

Knowledge of the story of Alice in Wonderland is not important to solving the riddle.

you're on the money with the line you should be focusing on ;D

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Knowledge of the story of Alice in Wonderland is not important to solving the riddle.

you're on the money with the line you should be focusing on ;D

Is the riddle itself the gift?

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Is the riddle itself the gift?

No, there is a material gift hidden in the riddle. Although that was one of her guesses.. lol

Edited December 26, 2008 by NickyThump

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LOL, I have to look up what the heck an orator is!!

Kay, its a skilled public speaker.

WHAT SKILLED SPEAKER HITS INNOCENT TUBS?!

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Wait, is tub-thump onomatopoeia? Like the sound something makes?! Because if it is I am totally thinking, "Rabbits"!

Bunny....candies...

The Mad Hatter looked like a mayor (orator) in the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland. Did you put her gift in a teapot? Is it a mouse? Or tea? But he didn't tub-thump... The March Hare? He was a rabbit. He tub-thumps. (onomatopoeia) Is it a jelly-filled watch?...

Am I over-thinking this?!

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Did you get her the Chumbawamba CD entitled Tubthumper which has a song on it called Tubthumping?

Edited December 26, 2008 by BeastMaster

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Is this a riddle of WHAT the gift is, or WHERE the gift is?

Is it in the garden? Or in/around rose bushes? Is it a rose bush?

You mentioned on the previous page that translating your riddle is counter productive. So that means you chose your words carefully. Tub-Thump sounds like a heart beat. So in Alice in wonderland, something to do with the Hearts. Tub-thumping orator, Queen of Hearts? She played croquet in the garden. And had large amounts of rose bushes (of the wrong color).

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Jesus Christ was a very good orator. Maybe you have some image that pictures him pointing somewhere, where you hid her gift. Is that it?