Redefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.
Friday, April 04, 2008
Riddle
RIDDLE, n. Who elects our rulers?
2008 Update: A daughter of the sphinx that tests the wit of boys and the surrender of men.
Riddles? I'm not good at riddles. Aside from wondering just when the little wear in my jeans turned into a gigantic split. The only good news is that it's not in the butt region. My ego couldn't have handled that.
No one - they buy the job [the old sage]
ReplyDeleteRiddle: What can you catch but not throw?
ReplyDeleteI've got one right now: a cold.
RIDDLE, n. A bureaucratic form of denial (see DELAY) that invokes the principle of confusion rather than that of silence.
ReplyDeleteLife's a riddle. Then you live until you figure out the answer, I think
ReplyDeleteRiddles? I'm not good at riddles. Aside from wondering just when the little wear in my jeans turned into a gigantic split. The only good news is that it's not in the butt region. My ego couldn't have handled that.
ReplyDeleteWhat rulers?
ReplyDeleteWho rules our elected?
ReplyDeleteRIDDLE n.
ReplyDeleteGetting rid of the dull.
Riddle: Tom! Plague and lover of Hahrree Pottah.
ReplyDeleteOr, Tom DeLay. (enjoy the silence. ...)
diebold voting machines,now known as "premier election solutions"...when is a coup,not a coup...2000
ReplyDeleteriddle: who's the mother of the daughter of the sphinx? xoxo
ReplyDeleteRIDDLE, it is disgusting because I always get them right! (Example: what animal is very unique in Australia?)
ReplyDeleteRIDDLE, ruler election riddle solved for Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court elects the winner!
RIDDLE, how do you catch a unique rabbit?
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The last one is easy, those are the only two unique jokes I know.
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Sorry I'm so late.
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Mireille, do you mean you know the father?
ReplyDeleteCould it be The Great Sphinx of Giza (Arabic: أبو الهول "The Father of Fear")? xoxo
ReplyDeletePop, that market is up, actually.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear, TLP. Kleenex?
Amoeba, confusion is a lot more effective than silence to keep things quiet.
Pia, some punchline, huh?
Jenn, I'm glad to hear the rip was flattering.
Terry, the crows I think.
Alana, a bunch of Bavarian monks.
Quilly, when is a pun not a pun?
Sauerkraut, I have to admit I don't get the first reference.
Bear, that's a good riddle.
Mireille, I'm not sure but he walks on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening, that rake.
Jim, with sole hare power?
Ariel, this whole conversation is making me uncomfortable. I've never even been to Thebes.
Mireille, that must be it. Well solved!
Riddle's are daughter's of The Riddler?
ReplyDeleteI prefer crosswords.
LOL Doug!!!
ReplyDeleteMe too, Cooper.
ReplyDeleteIt's true, Ariel!
It didn't look like Thebes, anyway.
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