Guest Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Together yet separate, I never can retire; For though I may stop working, I am reborn by fire. Conceived by one not dumb, And born by killing another, I am perfected by the noise, Though I never had a mother. You might use intelligence, While others ask a doctor. To solve this one, you may need to ask questions; I will be your proctor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 the internets. a virus or worm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 So many good guesses. The most recent of which have been so close. But close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, neither of which use the target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 quark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 quark You're looking too hard. LichWriter has come the closest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Perhaps a clock or watch This is definitely a soild riddle, each hint is throuwing me off track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Does the doctor line have any relevance? Or is it just being used for rhyming purposes? I'm thinking it may sound like a medical term which is why "some might ask a doctor" but it may just be throwing me off because I don't know your intentions of using that exact line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 21, 2009 Report Share Posted February 21, 2009 Perhaps a clock or watch This is definitely a solid riddle, each hint is throwing me off track Sorry, but closer though! Does the doctor line have any relevance? Or is it just being used for rhyming purposes? I'm thinking it may sound like a medical term which is why "some might ask a doctor" but it may just be throwing me off because I don't know your intentions of using that exact line. It has much relevance. I won't give away too much, but ask yourself: what kind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 well I'm stumped. I've been thinking about this one for days now. I need a hint or the answer or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Might it be Glass. I just thought of the glass doctor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 a light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Together yet separate, I never can retire; For though I may stop working, I am reborn by fire. Conceived by one not dumb, And born by killing another, I am perfected by the noise, Though I never had a mother. You might use intelligence, While others ask a doctor. To solve this one, you may need to ask questions; I will be your proctor. phoenix, it has no mother and can be create in ashes to fire, and is loyal to people who proves themself intelligent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 deaftigerwarrior, you may have something there. It's possible...... Lightning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 No And I'm going to bed now... Can't wait to see the guesses when I wake up! is it a tangible object? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 my bad imma newbie!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 well I'm stumped. I've been thinking about this one for days now. I need a hint or the answer or something. Well, let's look at those who came closest: Something created (not naturally existing) - Docta92 Metal is involved - lougrl85 Somehow, television, the internet and viruses/worms are all involved - LichWriter & kkehoe5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 is it a tangible object? Very much so, but you might not want to touch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 i want to say radiation of some sort, but thats not tangible. Maybe Radium? It was discovered by the Marie Curie, and then ultimately killed her. Not sure what Doctors use for radiation treatment of cancers, but maybe that has something to do with it. So my guess would be Radium.... or possibly Uranium, which goes into bombs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 maybe it's cancer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Well, let's look at those who came closest: Something created (not naturally existing) - Docta92 Metal is involved - lougrl85 Somehow, television, the internet and viruses/worms are all involved - LichWriter & kkehoe5 its silver. we use silver in about every technology and use fire to create to shape it and use wind to cool it like glass. its going to into exinction through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 its silver. we use silver in about every technology and use fire to create to shape it and use wind to cool it like glass. its going to into exinction through why is silver "together yet separate"? i was thinking some sort of molten metal alloy would fit better. How about surgical steel? My answer is STEEL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 why is silver "together yet separate"? i was thinking some sort of molten metal alloy would fit better. How about surgical steel? My answer is STEEL i think you are into something, i had been thinking... greek god who creates metal and use fire to create weapons and have no mother but zeus for father, what was his name... he created weapons for hades... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) i think you are into something, i had been thinking... greek god who creates metal and use fire to create weapons and have no mother but zeus for father, what was his name... he created weapons for hades... I think you're refering to Hephaestus/Vulcan (roman name) but Hera was his mother and she threw him from Olympus because he was lame... anyways, much earlier it was said that it is not a person I feel like we're getting close, Ima hafta sleep on this one and come back with something tomorrow morning when I come back to work. Edited February 24, 2009 by Docta92 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 I believe it is plutonium used to make nuclear bombs split to make bomb, but put together to explode built by doctor oppenheimer (or something like that) and etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 I feel like we're getting close, Ima hafta sleep on this one and come back with something tomorrow morning when I come back to work.I think you're refering to Hephaestus/Vulcan (roman name) but Hera was his mother and she threw him from Olympus because he was lame... anyways, much earlier it was said that it is not a person thats it, he is not a person, hes a god also a mythological creature so that being said he fits the riddle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 This is a good one. I just revisited it and I'm still stumped. Conceived by one not dumb, - conceived by sound? or something that makes sound And born by killing another, - killing another, maybe exhausting some sort of fuel/energy source? I am perfected by the noise, - my initial thought was background radiation, but it wasn't fission, so it could be electric disturbances, etc Though I never had a mother. - mother could allude to many things, but taking it literally, that means it has a father, and that could mean prototype Doctor - could mean professor (PhD) among other things. Physics? I would believe that it would be energy/electricity (it can be spent and its last stage is heat, which alludes to the fire in the riddle). But, TTT said that it was something tangible, so it wouldn't be. Still thinking on this. Hey, TTT, was my shot even near the mark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Together yet separate,
I never can retire;
For though I may stop working,
I am reborn by fire.
Conceived by one not dumb,
And born by killing another,
I am perfected by the noise,
Though I never had a mother.
You might use intelligence,
While others ask a doctor.
To solve this one, you may need to ask questions;
I will be your proctor.
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