Shakeepuddn Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Hurry! Hurry! Right this way! See the greatest show today! The death defying Mr. E. Across high-wire, come and see! Under clear or cloudy sky, Breath is held so E. won’t die! Hurry! Hurry! The latest craze! Soon the rope is lit ablaze! Now’s the time for all to see The death defying Mr. E.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Electricity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 It's a mystery (Mr.E) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 a fire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 a fire? Burning rope and something that requires breath-holding to stay alive makes me think of a lit candle. I don't know what could start with E, though. Embers? Effulgence? (Yes, I had to bust out a thesaurus for that one.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted April 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Sorry, should have specified . . . what happens in Mr. E's act? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Mr. Evil Kinevil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted April 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 nah. Where is he? What's happening? What's the "act?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 An Eclipse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted April 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Nope. Keep trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Ethernet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 The "hold your breath so E won't die" line is giving me fits, but maybe this is an explanation We're watching electric lighting. Since it's an outdoor show, the neon of Vegas would be a good fit. The breath holding refers to having to keep neon in and room air out of the bulb. It could apply to a regular incandescent bulb as well, they need to keep oxygen out so the filament doesn't oxidize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 T.A. Edison's Electric Lamp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 someone turned on the light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 I have been thinking about this riddle all night and today. I still don't know. It's a bloody good one, I think. Very well written, too. I'm wondering, if we know what the E in Mr. E's name stands for, will it likely give it away what the act is? Or has the E actually been said already, just not his act? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted April 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 (edited) I gotta give it to Plasmid, but Grayven with back up. Good job.Incandescent bulb. Mr. E can be electricity or even electron. The high wire is the fillament, which glows with heat when the electrons cross. The bulb (cloudy or clear) is free of oxygen in order to keep the light "alive." . Edited April 26, 2009 by Shakeepuddn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted April 27, 2009 Report Share Posted April 27, 2009 (edited) I gotta give it to Plasmid, but Grayven with back up. Good job.Incandescent bulb. Mr. E can be electricity or even electron. The high wire is the fillament, which glows with heat when the electrons cross. The bulb (cloudy or clear) is free of oxygen in order to keep the light "alive." . The E could easily stand for Edison. (OK, on second read, no it couldn't. Edison doesn't survive by holding his breath.) This was a fun one Master S. I'm becoming addicted to these. Edited April 27, 2009 by Grayven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hurry! Hurry! Right this way!
See the greatest show today!
The death defying Mr. E.
Across high-wire, come and see!
Under clear or cloudy sky,
Breath is held so E. won’t die!
Hurry! Hurry! The latest craze!
Soon the rope is lit ablaze!
Now’s the time for all to see
The death defying Mr. E.!
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