plasmid Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 A globe I am, who flies through empty space Attractive forces pull me to retain A dim red star that's here to light your face While traveling back toward the cosmic plane My time is marked in neither days nor years But cataclysms hardly ever missed Just listen, and its echos you can hear (Oh yes, in fact it's true, you physicist) My orbit brings a cyclic agony And boredom is a curse that leaves me damned Should I continue suff'ring from the tree? My fate is held within your very hand If only I could break this dreadful bond Perhaps string theory could help me abscond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Two very polar ideas come to mind: Apple, and a comet/shooting star. A globe I am, who flies through empty space Attractive forces pull me to retain A dim red star that's here to light your face While traveling back toward the cosmic plane My time is marked in neither days nor years But cataclysms hardly ever missed Just listen, and its echos you can hear (Oh yes, in fact it's true, you physicist) My orbit brings a cyclic agony And boredom is a curse that leaves me damned Should I continue suff'ring from the tree? My fate is held within your very hand If only I could break this dreadful bond Perhaps string theory could help me abscond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Sir Isaac Newton's apple? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Supernova? Not sure if you are looking for the name of a star/cosmic phenomenon or somthing totaly differant. The first part sounds like redshift. The second appears to be the background radiation from the Big Bang. Third part about "My fate held within your very hand" Sounds like Carl Segans qoute "we are all star stuff" referring to the elements in our bodies being created in the cores of massive stars during a supernova. Again not sure about this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Sir Isaac Newton's apple? Ooh, intriguing. Sir Isaac Newton's "apple which falls from the tree?" Yes, this makes more sense than my answer. I was a little confused about the "little red light in the sky," or however it was worded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted May 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 (edited) Hmmm, it seems the "apple" guesses were coming from the eighth line. Correct interpretation of that clue requires a scientific factoid. Sound can't travel through outer space. Edit: and I'm not sure how an apple would fit with the cataclysms and cyclic agony and a few other clues Edited May 4, 2009 by plasmid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 It's a paddleball. Wooden paddle with a red rubber ball, on an elastic string. Used to play with them as a kid (when I was bored.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 yes, now I see that makes perfect sense. Reminds me of "Blazing Saddles" when the Gov wanted to give them to all his constituents!It's a paddleball. Wooden paddle with a red rubber ball, on an elastic string. Used to play with them as a kid (when I was bored.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted May 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Sneffels got this one, welcome to Brainden! One of the customs on the forum is to hide answers with spoilers (using the "Insert: Spoiler" box on the left of the editor). Not one that I'm particularly concerned about, but some people prefer to have the answer hidden if they're reading the riddle for the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 yes, now I see that makes perfect sense. Reminds me of "Blazing Saddles" when the Gov wanted to give them to all his constituents! I just set up an account and was hoping to hazard a guess. I was going to say a "tether ball"...or whatever that game is with a volley-ball sized ball on a string and a pole that's played by two people. Looking forward to future riddles. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 I just set up an account and was hoping to hazard a guess. I was going to say a "tether ball"...or whatever that game is with a volley-ball sized ball on a string and a pole that's played by two people. Looking forward to future riddles. Mike Wow, good answer. I used to love that game. Though I could never win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted May 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 I just set up an account and was hoping to hazard a guess. I was going to say a "tether ball"...or whatever that game is with a volley-ball sized ball on a string and a pole that's played by two people. Looking forward to future riddles. Mike That is a really good answer. The "cosmic plane" clue pointing towards paddle ball instead isn't a very strong one, so if you had gotten that answer in first I would probably have just lied and said "that's it!" So tough to make sure the answers are unique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 That is a really good answer. The "cosmic plane" clue pointing towards paddle ball instead isn't a very strong one, so if you had gotten that answer in first I would probably have just lied and said "that's it!" So tough to make sure the answers are unique. I know what you mean, plasmid. People answer your riddles (like my current one) with brilliant thoughts that you never foresaw were exactly perfect with your riddle. And you wonder how you didn't see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A globe I am, who flies through empty space
Attractive forces pull me to retain
A dim red star that's here to light your face
While traveling back toward the cosmic plane
My time is marked in neither days nor years
But cataclysms hardly ever missed
Just listen, and its echos you can hear
(Oh yes, in fact it's true, you physicist)
My orbit brings a cyclic agony
And boredom is a curse that leaves me damned
Should I continue suff'ring from the tree?
My fate is held within your very hand
If only I could break this dreadful bond
Perhaps string theory could help me abscond
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