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Post by Scraverx on Jun 27, 2007 17:57:36 GMT 9.5
What am I?
People get me, but not in polite company.
The longer I am, the more words I use.
When I fall, I'm lucky.
[My boyfriend got this one fairly quickly, but don't feel bad if you don't. He does Cryptic Crosswords and is generally good at word puzzles.]
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Post by Treijim on Jun 28, 2007 13:32:46 GMT 9.5
The last line gets me. I had a few ideas, but they don't fit all three phrases... Hmm...
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Post by wildfiremagni on Jun 29, 2007 11:29:28 GMT 9.5
Is it gas?
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Post by Treijim on Jun 29, 2007 11:37:19 GMT 9.5
What sort of gas? Fuel? A fart? Normal chemicals in the air? <_<
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Post by laurabeth on Jun 29, 2007 12:43:40 GMT 9.5
I was thinking ego or anger :/
*fails at coming up with anything else* That last line narrows it down to something beyond me D:
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Post by Scraverx on Jun 29, 2007 17:20:51 GMT 9.5
There's at least one good thought in those replies, keep at it.  |
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Post by Treijim on Jul 2, 2007 10:56:51 GMT 9.5
Ego or anger? There is a temper, but it doesn't really fit either. I'm trying to think of an expression that uses the word "fall" but nothing is coming...
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Post by laurabeth on Jul 2, 2007 11:34:10 GMT 9.5
Well people let their anger "fall" on someone, then again it can lessen, decrease, or "fall".
I also thought of rude, and my brother suggested an insult..
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Post by thetriangle on Jul 2, 2007 15:08:11 GMT 9.5
Ill-Mannered Posters.
You get ill mannered, but not in polite company. + Ill-mannered
The longer a letter is, the more words it uses. + Post
A shooting star is often considered lucky. + Star.
= Ill-Mannered Posters.
I occasionally see an Ill-Mannered Poster, but not in polite company.
The longer an Ill-Mannered Poster is, the more words it uses.
And I think it would be lucky for the poor shopkeeper that some joker had been terrorizing by placing rude posters on his walls when a few of them fall down, don’t you?
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by laurabeth on Jul 7, 2007 12:36:58 GMT 9.5
Sentence?
Death Sentence?
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Post by Treijim on Jul 8, 2007 10:07:26 GMT 9.5
Hmm. Everything that comes to mind doesn't fit the last phrase  |
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Post by Scraverx on Jul 13, 2007 19:52:45 GMT 9.5
Ok... Answer time.
Wind.
People get me, but not in polite company. = Getting Wind. Is the polite way to say you're a bit farty.. older people especially use this terminology and older women quite often went out of their way to avoid farting or 'breaking wind in company'.
The longer I am, the more words I use. = When someone uses a lot of words to get a point across or describe something, it is common to say they were being Long Winded.
When I fall, I'm lucky. = A Wind fall is a run or stroke of good luck.
thank you for playing.
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Post by thetriangle on Jul 13, 2007 22:14:38 GMT 9.5
My answer is just as valid!
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Post by Treijim on Jul 14, 2007 11:35:15 GMT 9.5
I've never heard of the phrase "wind fall". Must be an old folk's thing  Sure it is, triangle... Suuuuuuure it is |
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Post by thetriangle on Jul 14, 2007 22:07:14 GMT 9.5
A windfall is generally used to describe a profit, I've never heard it used to denote luck, but I suppose it could be stretched to cover it.
In a trial, whether or not the defendant is actually guilty is irrelevant for the purposes of the ruling, all that matters is the case that is presented. Likewise, the answer to a riddle is any solution that fits all the clues. If this is not the answer that the riddler had in mind, it does not matter, they should have been more specific when they wrote the thing. I made a case for my answer, and I believe it is just as strong as Scraverx's, and although it is quite plain that my answer is stupid at best, that does not make it wrong. Hence the maniacal laughter, which I feel obliged to repeat -
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And just for the record, I don't actually care, I just enjoy the challenge of proving the dumb. I Should be a lawyer. But I wont because its boring and I don't like Tom Cruise.
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