Ozymandias Posted February 26, 2005 Author Report Posted February 26, 2005 "A newspaper will do just fine. Round 2! 'What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?' 'No legs sits on four legs as two legs sits on three.' " Guido smooths his whiskers nerviously and adjusts his pack as he looks at the Sphinx. Well, ta da first, I'd have ta say a hooman. Youse knows. If'n youse takes da day as a metapher, a baby crawls, a hooman walks, and in dey old age, dey has ta use da cane, which makes da t'ird leg if'n youse catches my drift. Da legs one. Whoosh, youse gots some posers! I t'inkin' itsa nudder metapher. A bowl ain't gots no legs, and a table has four. Some dude hanging out eatin' da gruel in da bowl would be two legs and he's sittin' on da stool eatin' da gruel. I hopes. I gots me some gruel in da bag if'n I'm wrong!
Ozymandias Posted February 26, 2005 Author Report Posted February 26, 2005 "Thus, we shall go on to round three!! 'There is an island and there is only one bridge to get on and off it. The bridge can only support 200 pounds at a time. Now there is a man who has to get three jewels across the bridge. The man weighs 198 pounds and each jewel weighs a pound. The problem is how does the man get all the jewels across the bridge in only one trip?' 'White sheep, white sheep, on a blue hill, When the wind stops, you all stand still. When the wind blows, you run away slow, white sheep, white sheep, where do you go?' 'Can you translate the following? Y Y U R Y Y U B I C U R Y Y 4 M E' " Guido carefully takes off his backpack to buy time. His nose wrinkles nerviously and his whiskers twitch as he does complex mental calculations. With a sigh, he realizes he can't play dumb and save his food. When people think he's dumb, they underestimate him. Specially since he's strong - everyone knows strong and dumb go together. How long is da bridge? See, mat'matically, if he was gonna try somet'in tricksy, he'd be in trouble. Youse see, if'n he did somet'in' like juggling, da force of da t'row in propellin' da jewels up would increase his mass proportionately by a equal number of newtons of force pressing down, in effect givin' him a weight of 201 pounds, even though one was in da air. Sees, da man and da t'ree jewels all make up a coherent system in lat'rel motion. But he maybe he's mat' challenged and since he doan know dat, he'd makes it 'cross da bridge. On da udder hand, if'n da bridge was short, he could put two jewels in his pockets, and t'row da udder jewel in a high loopin' arc as he ran toward da bridge, and if'n he caught it wit'in two steps of da udder side, he'd make it as da bridge collapsed due to his momentum. Sheesh. I didn't know youse Sphinxes was into Physics!!! looking a bit sheepish after that long explanation, Guido nervously looks at the Sphinx's teeth. Why did riddlers always have to be predators? Da sheeps sound like clouds in da sky to me. Guido pulls up his trouser legs and squats. Could you repeat that last one again? On hearing it, he scratched it into the dust and began parsing the phonics. why why you are why why you be I see you are why why for mm ee. Gulping he looked at the nonsense. -- you are -- you be I see you are -- for me The repetative "why" kinda throw him. for a while (OoC: You're killing me Ozy! These are HARD! After the first one, I thought this would be easy. Sheesh! If I hadn't be a DM for over 25 years, I'd never get these. As it is, I've face my players trying to trick me many ways. Hah! Out of the box thinking is my strength! ) ... ... ... Got it. Nice! It's not only a phonetic puzzle, its grouping homonyms and a poem. It's da meter dat's the clue here. 2 whys. Too wise you are, two wise you be. I see you are - Too wise for me. I HAD to include your OOC Master P. It just fit too beautifully. :>)
Ozymandias Posted February 26, 2005 Author Report Posted February 26, 2005 The sphinx grins widely, gregariously baring needle-sharp teeth. "Ha! Well done on the second and third, Master Guido. You're a clever..." her brows furrowed and her smile slipped slightly as she took in the sight of him. "...whatever you are. But", she paused, ominously, Guido thought with another gulp, "You must pick you answer for the first. Don't forget to choose wisely, strange philosopher", she purred. The sphinx slowy, and steadily, set to a rhythmic drumming of her toes on her lush carpet. ...her claws unsheathed.
Ozymandias Posted February 26, 2005 Author Report Posted February 26, 2005 I did answer da first! Twice. First, you could say that by juggling, he'd only ever have two jewels in da hands, so da bridge wouldn't collapse on him. Den I went on to disprove dat mat'matically. Den I asked YOUSE if da bridge was short. 'Cause if it was, den da udder answer of high looping t'row would work. But if da bridge is long or youse ain't gonna answer my question, den I'll go wit' da juggling. Guido sighs and steals himself to have to fix a meal.
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