plasmid Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 We dirty dozen cross the plain While zigging and zagging about This grizzly dance might entertain Were not my survival in doubt We follow scorched and shadowed paths As killers attack from their berth We hope it's they who taste our wraths; Be wiped from the face of the Earth First flying high, then diving down I'll take them all out in succession Strike one, then two, then three a round 'Twould make an impressive procession And all this effort's for the mate I'll find when the journey is done We don't intend to procreate But two is far stronger than one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 geese or deer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 tiger_lily111 Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 NOT baseball or bowling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Well hello there, Plasmid. So good to see you and here with a new gem. Kind of remember you were last on the move? All settled in? Um, back on topic... lumberjacking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted July 17, 2009 Report Share Posted July 17, 2009 Dominoes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted July 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 geese or deer Not them; if the third stanza could actually be spoken by those critters, then hunting them would be much less common. NOT baseball or bowling! Neither of those two and not a bomber. Three down, ~499,997 words in the English language left to go... Well hello there, Plasmid. So good to see you and here with a new gem. Kind of remember you were last on the move? All settled in? Um, back on topic... lumberjacking? Started my new job a few weeks ago, which has been making my visits to BrainDen few and far between lately. Interesting answer, it could fit with most of the riddle, but I'm not sure what you might have in mind as the mate at the end in the last stanza. Dominoes? Wow, that makes for an interesting interpretation since those could be used in either the classical way as a game or in the setting-up-and-knocking-over sort of pasttime. The classical game would fit really well with the last stanza as far as scoring, but wouldn't make as much sense with the middle two. The chain reaction would fit well with the middle two stanzas, but the dozen in the first line would be an awfully small number, and the last stanza would be difficult to interpret: if the mates are the two halves of the unit, then they would be together the entire time instead of found when the journey is done; if the mates are the starter's finger and the end of the chain reaction, then the last two lines wouldn't really make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 a mafia game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted July 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 a mafia game I've never actually played one of those, but have seen how the rules are typically structured. It fits quite well with most of the riddle, but I've never seen one where the bit about finding the mate at the end of the journey would apply, and the flying high and swooping down line would be a strange description of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted July 18, 2009 Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Hey Plasmid. Draughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plasmid Posted July 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2009 Hey Plasmid. Draughts? You've nailed this one, WilsonAlternatively known as checkers by us Americans, the part about "scorched and shadowed paths" is referring to the fact that checkers are only on dark squares, and the mate at the end is of course the crown when kinged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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We dirty dozen cross the plain
While zigging and zagging about
This grizzly dance might entertain
Were not my survival in doubt
We follow scorched and shadowed paths
As killers attack from their berth
We hope it's they who taste our wraths;
Be wiped from the face of the Earth
First flying high, then diving down
I'll take them all out in succession
Strike one, then two, then three a round
'Twould make an impressive procession
And all this effort's for the mate
I'll find when the journey is done
We don't intend to procreate
But two is far stronger than one
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