a riddle

[erjin999]

Agreed. I think McDonalds is a better answer  ;D

[jeff2429]

Agreed. I think McDonalds is a better answer  ;D

Yea I bet you do fatty.

[Megashrap]

Agreed. I think McDonalds is a better answer  ;D

Hahahaha Mcdonalds, man that place is like an instant enema.  :D May as well go but sone laxatives.

[Megashrap]

Yea, plz do post it here if you don't mind, I want to know how close I was.  ;)

[Andrew]

correct! a cemetery

He did.

[gunner154]

And I thought erjin's 'Toilet' was correct. It's the best answer in my opinion anyway.

[Dante]

I may set up a home in a cemetary, just to prove you wrong. I'll live in a building like a tomb and put a sign on the door saying "You don't have to be dead to live here, but it helps!" And I'll sit next to the gravestones and chat to the corpses that nobody visits anymore, and eat sandwiches under a big tree.

Seriously though, graveyards are nice places. Generally peaceful, quiet inhabitants, it's no wonder there are so many people there (note how I resisted the 'dying to get in' joke. It would have been painful).

[erjin999]

Noted, Dante, noted  ::)

You would of course, need a toilet around somewhere ;)

[Dante]

If I'm lucky there'll be a crematorium nearby. If not... a tomb with indoor plumbing! I'll be breaking new ground!

[erjin999]

Or if you cant sort out the plumbing, you'll be filling new ground, but lets not go there.

So someone post another one then. Anything you like, and we can all guess what it is.

[Dante]

I am nothing on my inside, nothing on my outside. I am lighter than a feather, but ten men could not lift me. What am I?

This is kind of my all-purpoe riddle. It's the only one I can remember...

[erjin999]

Erm, nice one Dusty...

My first thoughts are about the air, some kind of air related thingy, baloon, well no, anyone can lift a baloon. Wind ?

Wisper ? I have no idea, I am guessing here. Any one else have any ideas ?  :-X

[gunner154]

An electron. Or an electromagnetic wave. Those things have either negligible mass, or no mass. And ten men can't lift something they can't see nor feel :)

I think it's a wave. Or to be more layman, the answer is light?

[Dante]

Nope. :) Keep trying. Remember, most of these were made up before such things as electrons became part of everyday use.

[gunner154]

A hurricane?

[erjin999]

Something to do with the pharos ? They were around before the electrons became part of everyday life :)

Water ?

[Danuary]

is it a bubble? a feather in an elephant's stomach?

[Acriku]

I have one when Dante's is finished. (I posted it but deleted it until Dante's is answered)

[Kiyouta]

Might sound stupid but is the answer 'a face', or 'a smile'?

[Dante]

Congratulations Rewired, the answer is indeed a bubble! :) You win an extension of one day on your lifespan.

[Acriku]

Ah, I was wondering if he was correct, it seemed so. I take it ten men could not lift it because it would pop?

Here's mine then:

"Who Am I?

God made Adam out of dust,

But thought it best to make me first;

So I was made before the man

According to the Lord's Holy Plan.

My whole body God made complete,

Without arms or hands or feet.

My ways and acts did the Lord control,

But in my body He placed no soul.

A living being I became,

And Adam gave to me a name.

Then from his presence I withdrew,

For this man Adam I never knew.

All my maker's laws I do obey,

And from these laws I never stray.

Thousands of miles I go in fear,

But seldom on the earth appear.

Later, for a purpose the Lord did see,

He placed a soul in me.

But that soul of mine the Lord did claim,

And from me took it back again.

And when this soul from me had fled,

I was the same as when first made;

Without arms,legs, feet, or soul,

I travel on from pole to pole.

My labors are from day to night,

And to fallen men I bring great light.

No right nor wrong can I conceive,

The bible and its teachings I can't believe.

The fear of death does not trouble me,

Pure happiness I will never see.

Up in Heaven I can never go,

Nor in the grave or Hell below.

So get your Bible and read with care,

You'll find my name recorded there.

The answer is one word, and appears only four times in the King James Version of the Bible. "

I changed it a bit to fit the answer more accurately (some of the people posting it online apparently add their own versions and make it more complex and inaccurate).

I will accept synonyms of the answer, as well.

Don't google it!  >:(  ;D

[erjin999]

Erm is it something to do with the garden of eden and a particular snake ?

[Acriku]

Nah, that would be too easy :-P

[erjin999]

"Travel from pole to pole", sunlight ? Moon ? Clouds, or wind ??!

[Dante]

"Made before the man," made before Adam in the biblical timeline. But then just about everything was so that's not much help. "Thousands of miles I go in fear, but seldom on the Earth appear," this implies that it is occasionally seen on earth, so things like sunlight wouldn't be an option. "From Pole to Pole" does this imply constant travel or linear journeys from North to South and back again? "My labours are from day to night, to fallen men I bring great light," so, this thing is only active (or perceptable) during the day, perhaps. Would fallen be meaning 'evil' or 'dying,' I wonder?

Obeys the laws of the maker without question, and was made by god, yet cannot concieve of right or wrong and cannot believe in the Bible (though this does not necessarily mean that it does not follow the rules therein). Will never see Hell, Heaven, Happiness or inside a grave. Which presumably indicates immortality. Or that the subject was never alive to begin with.

So, something constantly moving, loyal but not faithful, once had a soul but now without, devoid of arms, hands or feet, probably immortal, once known to Adam but then withdrew... Hmm. I suspect I might have a better idea if I knew more about religion. Perhaps one of the angels... No hands or feet does not indicate no head or wings. Fallen men... Hmm.