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Fri 17 Jun, 2005 07:09 pm
Hello there! I need some help with the following riddle.
It might have been posted before, but I haven't found it.(the search function does not find it anyway)
Passing, I am not past,
Swift, and yet I'm last,
Once I'm gone and 'ere I've come
Can you tell me where I'm from?
My first thought was about time, or something time-related. It prooved fruitless so far.
Enlighten me pls!
Zen before I start thinking about this, is this a harry potter thing?
I dunno if it appeared there. I am not a harry potter fan. I found it in a PC game. Actually it's a MOD (made by Jim Farris) for Dungeon Siege. It has a level with 15 riddles. I figured the first 7-8 of them, but I'm stuck on this one.
So I'd very much appreciate your help, as I can't go any further.
BTW: it's not supposed to be so difficult. The creator said it's a common word. Though I don't know what "common" means to him. He also said the 1st 2 lines are the definition, and the last 2 are supposed to ask the actual question.
i have no idea as to what the answer is but its not Harry Potter related
Oh, no no no! I don't think the question asks what movie or book the first lines are from. It's something more generic; that every man could solve.
Common guys, is there nobody who can solve it?
Sry guys, it was a hoax. The answer was supposed to be "No". I feel somehow cheated. Sorry to have bothered the ones that looked!
Still I have another one. From what I've heared it has something to do with Homer's biography. Here goes:
To the learned sage did the riddling fisherman say:
"What we caught, we threw away.
What we didn't catch, we kept."
And for lack of an answer, the wise man wept.
Hopefully someone will give me the answer soon.
Try google...
You'll find amazing answers that way.
If you still want the answer, I can PM ya.
The title of this post sounded very Yoda-like.
Yoda it is not, dissapointed I am.
The answer you seek is 'Lice' said Yoda.
Would the answer be "Nothing"?
They caught nothing - so threw nothing away - but also kept nothing!
:wink:
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