Shakeepuddn Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Rainbow riddles engraved on me, With needle and thread I stitch the sea. Riddles engraved upon my bed— A cork of life, a boat for dead. I serve within a house of doom Some dozen others share my room. My life taboo, a grimace fierce, Pale the reaper’s flesh to pierce. One brother in bed ere deep and cold— This heir outcast my story told. Name me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Charon or Thantos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Charon or Thantos Not mythology, though mythic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Prof. Templeton Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 I always enjoy reading Shakeepuddn's riddles, I hardly ever know what he's referring to, but I like reading them none-the-less. Always well put together and well worded rhymes. Keep up the good work and I have no idea what the answer is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 I always enjoy reading Shakeepuddn's riddles, I hardly ever know what he's referring to, but I like reading them none-the-less. Always well put together and well worded rhymes. Keep up the good work and I have no idea what the answer is. From you Herr Professor, that is a compliment indeed. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 no clue....but always a guess.... Cain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Graveyard.. Dont laugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 no clue....but always a guess.... Cain Good tryWrong canon. Right track, wrong heir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Could it be Joseph, son of Jacob? As in Joseph and the technicolor dreamcoat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 I read the hints, so I know I'm on the wrong track, but this still seems like a (silly) answer to me. For some reason I'm thinking of the poor sad remnants blown out of a hollow easter egg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted January 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 Some interesting stabs here but none close. Here's help to navigateNote the spelling in the title of the riddle to get into the correct area to which the answer pertains. Note also specific allusions in the riddle that support a motif. Cracking the second line would really get the ball rolling. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Noah or Cain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted January 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Noah or Cain? Wrong canon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Richard III Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted January 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 Richard III Interesting guessanswer is not an historical figure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 based on some of your 'clues'.... flying dutchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 based on some of your 'clues'.... flying dutchman Flying dutchman is a ship and this is certainly referring to a person so, Davy Jones (PotC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Flying dutchman is a ship and this is certainly referring to a person so, Davy Jones (PotC) No to both, but you're both charting the right course. Dutchman and the idea of Davy Jones (locker) are folklore/legend, NOT canon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Rainbow riddles engraved on me, With needle and thread I stitch the sea. Riddles engraved upon my bed— A cork of life, a boat for dead. I serve within a house of doom Some dozen others share my room. My life taboo, a grimace fierce, Pale the reaper's flesh to pierce. One brother in bed ere deep and cold— This heir outcast my story told. Name me. I'm with Prof T. These are a joy to read. I think the reason they are so difficult, at least for me, is that they often invoke an image... Somehow, I think this refers to a writer. My first instinct was Hemmingway, but I think I'll guess the works of Poe, on a lark. I'm quite sure I'm wrong, but maybe I can at least get a good hint out of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Evokes maybe a pirate ship. Other lines make me think maybe a sunken one is involved, but I'm out of ideas for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Titaninc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) I'm with Prof T. These are a joy to read. I think the reason they are so difficult, at least for me, is that they often invoke an image... Somehow, I think this refers to a writer. My first instinct was Hemmingway, but I think I'll guess the works of Poe, on a lark. I'm quite sure I'm wrong, but maybe I can at least get a good hint out of you. Not the writer am I; Nor I the work. My empty bed of death Did rise like a cork. It's hands down all Rachel Of course save one . . . We two shared a bed When head-peddling's done. My bed-fellow friend Commanded you first What label to lend him . . . Does that slake your thirst? Edited January 9, 2009 by Shakeepuddn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 OMG! I just figured out the answer to this riddle! It's excellent, but awfully specific. I don't want to give it away though, even in a spoiler for prying eyes so I'll just ask a question.If I say that I know the answer to this "queer" riddle, would you take me at my word? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 captain Nemo? I know it goes against the not a work thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 OMG! I just figured out the answer to this riddle! It's excellent, but awfully specific. I don't want to give it away though, even in a spoiler for prying eyes so I'll just ask a question.If I say that I know the answer to this "queer" riddle, would you take me at my word? I'll send you a message Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Not the writer am I; Nor I the work. My empty bed of death Did rise like a cork. It's hands down all Rachel Of course save one . . . We two shared a bed When head-peddling's done. My bed-fellow friend Commanded you first What label to lend him . . . Does that slake your thirst? If I still don't know after a clue like that, I just must not be familiar. You've definitely got me interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rainbow riddles engraved on me,
With needle and thread I stitch the sea.
Riddles engraved upon my bed—
A cork of life, a boat for dead.
I serve within a house of doom
Some dozen others share my room.
My life taboo, a grimace fierce,
Pale the reaper’s flesh to pierce.
One brother in bed ere deep and cold—
This heir outcast my story told.
Name me.
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