"Jester" couple of riddles

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Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son.

My tines be long, my tines be short, my tines appear before report.

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[+1] - Merry Andrew - 07/21/2003The first one's easy. It's yourself. Hate to admit it, but I don't get the second one, not right off anyway.
[+1] - Letty - 07/21/2003Well, Andrew...just think of something that is forked... :P I knew the first was too simple....ah, well....simple is as simple does.
[+1] - Merry Andrew - 07/21/2003Yes, I was thinking of some sort of 'fork' because of the 'tines.' But 'before report' bamboozles me.
[+1] - Letty - 07/21/2003Andrew...what comes before thunder?
[+1] - Merry Andrew - 07/21/2003Ah, so. Veddy veddy good.
[+1] - Letty - 07/21/2003:D :lol: :P Now see if you can get this one. Craven is the only one that I know who got it right off. (smart youngun) Eve is lying dead on the floor. Adam is sitting in the chair. The only...
[+1] - Merry Andrew - 07/21/2003Is Adam a man?
[+1] - Letty - 07/22/2003I can tell right now, Andrew, that you have the entire thing solved. My Gawd! I am amazed. [size=18][color=#ff0012]Yes, Adam is a man[/color][/size]
[+1] - Merry Andrew - 07/22/2003Is Eve a woman, i.e. human female?
[+1] - Letty - 07/22/2003Yikes, Andrew. I am so sorry. I got so carried away last night that you had hit on the solution, that I gave you a wrong answer, and in red already. :) First, Adam is NOT a man and Second, Eve...

The first one's easy. It's yourself. Hate to admit it, but I don't get the second one, not right off anyway.

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Well, Andrew...just think of something that is forked... Razz

I knew the first was too simple....ah, well....simple is as simple does.

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Yes, I was thinking of some sort of 'fork' because of the 'tines.' But 'before report' bamboozles me.

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Andrew...what comes before thunder?

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Ah, so.
Veddy veddy good.

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Now see if you can get this one. Craven is the only one that I know who got it right off. (smart youngun)

Eve is lying dead on the floor. Adam is sitting in the chair. The only clues you need are this:

broken glass and a puddle of water. Your mission, Andrew? Who killed Eve and how did she die?Take nothing for granted...nothing. Laughing

I can answer yes or no.

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Is Adam a man?

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I can tell right now, Andrew, that you have the entire thing solved. My Gawd! I am amazed.

Yes, Adam is a man

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Is Eve a woman, i.e. human female?

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Yikes, Andrew. I am so sorry. I got so carried away last night that you had hit on the solution, that I gave you a wrong answer, and in red already. Smile