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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #75 on: April 18, 2016, 07:08:16 PM »
New riddles! :) Five different ones here for you folk to have a crack at:

1.
I am unwelcome at your door,
My brothers chase me on the moor.
And yet I am a guest most kind;
For when I leave I brush behind.


2.
I may have but a foolish brain,
And lose it before April's rain,
But I'll warm yours, for it is said,
I'll leap and sit atop your head


3.
I stared from the coins in Pericles' hand,
I who rules by the moon, and all things understand.
My kin gather rarely, but when we do,
We'll sit in a higher house than you.


4.
My name's said when you lift a load,
To carry it along the road,
And though you fear me, run, and hide
You'll rest tonight with me at your side.


5.
You never see me, but if you might,
You'll see my face in black and white.
And if there's something I forget,
I'll just head home, for there I'm set.


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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #76 on: April 18, 2016, 07:39:16 PM »
No idea. I suck at riddles.

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #77 on: April 18, 2016, 07:45:32 PM »
I do find I'm better at writing them than solving them!
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #78 on: April 19, 2016, 12:12:22 AM »
I think I've got 2, 4 and 5 - all puns or other plays on words, if I'm not mistaken. I suspect 1 and 3 are similar, but I haven't got them worked out yet. My answers so far in spoilers:

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #79 on: April 19, 2016, 12:40:22 AM »
Ooh, interesting!

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #80 on: April 19, 2016, 10:30:35 AM »
Jesus! 4 is our lord and saviour no?

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #81 on: April 19, 2016, 10:41:48 AM »
I'm not sure people both run away from Jesus and sleep next to him on a regular basis?
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #82 on: April 19, 2016, 11:48:29 AM »
Jesus is with all of us all of the time.

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #83 on: April 19, 2016, 01:24:20 PM »
Next answer:

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Still chewing over 1, 4 and 5, with little effect so far.

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #84 on: April 19, 2016, 04:37:55 PM »
Pent: if Jesus is everywhere you can't hide from him.

Glau: That is correct :) Line 1 is kind of a giveaway if you know the fact.
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #85 on: April 19, 2016, 05:28:41 PM »
No you can't, but sinners still try.

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #86 on: April 19, 2016, 06:02:10 PM »
Anyway, just to clarify 110%, the answer to number four is NOT "Jesus".
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #87 on: April 19, 2016, 06:10:05 PM »
That's what satan would say. Jubal confirmed as devil.

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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #88 on: April 19, 2016, 11:11:16 PM »
Yup, you got me. Still not the answer though.
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
« Reply #89 on: May 12, 2016, 08:15:24 AM »
Another shot in the dark, this time for number 1:
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