A Riddle

[HarperPR]

No prizes, but something to ponder on.

I live above a star, but never burn
I have 11 neighbours but they never turn
My initials are PQR and sometimes S
What am I?

[madness]

Fxzzing Amazing :)

[madness]

Mr Roy Swears So What Are We Doing On This God Dam Politically Correct Web Site, Sorry I So Want To Say The F Word
We Are Having A Party Me And Me Listening To Rod Stewart He Used To Let Me Swear. Lol Lol Lol Lol Windows Shut Noise Down No Interaction With My Nieghbour Either !!! What The Heck I'm Mad Mandy

[madness]

And Of Course A Roy Party Xxxxxxx ?????? Rodders Is In My House Roy Some How Left ??? And I Was Saving My Last Spxxff For Him

[pd]

It's '7', right Linn? :wink:

Re swearing, if you can't get your message across to people without using profanity then you have a problem. That's how I feel anyway so that's why there's a filter.

[HarperPR]

It's '7', right Linn? :wink:

'7'? How would that be, young man?:wink:

[critch]

Oh bloody hell. Just got it. The answer was staring me in the face the whole time!

[telemonster]

No prizes, but something to ponder on.

I live above a star, but never burn
I have 11 neighbours but they never turn
My initials are PQR and sometimes S
What am I?


i've always hated riddles-probably cos i can never solve them..ever!

so come on, tell me the answer. i'll probably just groan if/when i hear the answer, anyway.

nearest i got was initials pqr-'premium quality redhead', but i doubt you're that vain, and the sometime 's' stumped me anyway....

[aspwatterson]

i've always hated riddles-probably cos i can never solve them..ever!

so come on, tell me the answer. i'll probably just groan if/when i hear the answer, anyway.

nearest i got was initials pqr-'premium quality redhead', but i doubt you're that vain, and the sometime 's' stumped me anyway....

There's a lotta venom going on aboot Thatcher's future impending state funeral on the Mistlethrush email exchange at the moment..... when she dies she may be that star up there someone floating above the ones that were for turning? PQR? Pretty queer Regina? S? Siren?

andi :biggrin:

[pd]

Hey, I already had the right answer! You just have to work out why '7' is the answer... :beatdeadhorse5:

[Halfhorse]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[telemonster]

There's a lotta venom going on aboot Thatcher's future impending state funeral on the Mistlethrush email exchange at the moment..... when she dies she may be that star up there someone floating above the ones that were for turning? PQR? Pretty queer Regina? S? Siren?

andi :biggrin:


don't get me started on thatcher, ok!

[HarperPR]

Thatcher should be consigned to the Wibble thread!:biggrin:

Read what pd said and what critch said, and put them together...:wink:

[critch]

Ah yes, but to understand my clue you'd have to know a little about my surfing habits! :)

[telemonster]

Ah yes, but to understand my clue you'd have to know a little about my surfing habits! :)


i daren't ask!

[HarperPR]

Is anyone going to give the answer or do you all give up?:)

[pixiefitz]

...but then I did as soon as I read it - maybe it was just too logical, Captain :wink:

[NoCelebrity]

I got it, but on first glance I got the wrong key from the riddle. Those of the right type will key in on which of my words are homophonic (sound-alike) clues and which are phony! Press on, or call it a night...

[Bob Jacobs]

Is anyone going to give the answer or do you all give up?:)
Hmm, just looked at my Sky Remote Control and the answer was almost there, except there's no star on that particular beast. There used to be one on my old phone though ... 7, P, Q, R and S are all on the same key.

Bob

[aspwatterson]

Ah yes, but to understand my clue you'd have to know a little about my surfing habits! :)

This confuses me more than the riddle which I couldn't get despite going through every constellations planets in the entire known Universe!

Thick but nice andi :bored:

[aspwatterson]

I got it, but on first glance I got the wrong key from the riddle. Those of the right type will key in on which of my words are homophonic (sound-alike) clues and which are phony! Press on, or call it a night...

Don't expect us to be your resident unpaid psychiatrists! Go and get help now!

andi:svengo::27::40:

[HarperPR]

I got it, but on first glance I got the wrong key from the riddle. Those of the right type will key in on which of my words are homophonic (sound-alike) clues and which are phony! Press on, or call it a night...

Ha, that's very good, NoCeleb!

The answer is, for those still bewildered, the number 7 on a phone keypad. Simple now, isn't it.:)

[NoCelebrity]

I'm glad it ONLY took me ten minutes to eliminate the asterisk on my COMPUTER keyboard. :seeya:

[aspwatterson]

Ha, that's very good, NoCeleb!

The answer is, for those still bewildered, the number 7 on a phone keypad. Simple now, isn't it.:)

It is not a simple as it seems for us dunderheads, but surely it depends how you are looking at your phone if it's upside down or you are?

andi :m21:Harperist

[pixiefitz]

.......being a medical personage, I was on the lines of the ECG (heart rhythm) PQRS, so no wonder I didn't have a clue! D'oh! :D

[wobbly bob]

Ha, that's very good, NoCeleb!

The answer is, for those still bewildered, the number 7 on a phone keypad. Simple now, isn't it.:)


thanks for FINALLY putting me out of my misery... god, i hate riddles. please don't set any more...:)

[HarperPR]

Ah, now...funny you should say that!

Why is William Tell now on a 'high'? Bit cryptic, but factual.

[wobbly bob]

oh, ffs...!

:cuss:

PM me the answer-i promise not to tell!:wink:

[aspwatterson]

Ah, now...funny you should say that!

Why is William Tell now on a 'high'? Bit cryptic, but factual.

Something to do with Rossini and Overtures?


andi :confused1:

[HarperPR]

Something to do with Rossini and Overtures?


andi :confused1:

You're on the right...er, shall I say 'road'...

[aspwatterson]

You're on the right...er, shall I say 'road'...

You type in a Google search 'william tell you take the high road' and you get 2 million hits! Haven't got the blessed time I'm afraid! Put us out of our profound misery,other wise I'll give you a riddle or two to totally bamboozleconfuse you!


chrs
andi :reddevil: :reddevil: :hurray:

[NoCelebrity]

Why is William Tell now on a 'high'? Bit cryptic, but factual.

Anything to do with The Lone Ranger? Or is this riddle lost in translation (for those of us in USA?).

[HarperPR]

You type in a Google search 'william tell you take the high road' and you get 2 million hits! Haven't got the blessed time I'm afraid! Put us out of our profound misery,other wise I'll give you a riddle or two to totally bamboozleconfuse you!


chrs
andi :reddevil: :reddevil: :hurray:

Come back when you're near the 2 mil mark!:biggrin:

My last clues are this is not really a riddle, more an odd fact. And would a 'yellow brick road' be involved?

Go figure! Go Google!

[NoCelebrity]

Once saw a license plate "HI HO AG" in a newspaper article on cryptic LPs. Is there a HOAG road in Britain? This is my best guess, sticking with the Lone Ranger association. That'd be a silver-brick road.

[aspwatterson]

What is the cryptic crossword solving of clues synchronicity of the two words CAMEMBERT and CASEMENT if they were the answers then?


chrs
andi :wink: :confused1:

ps Give up on the W. Tell I'm afrit!

[NoCelebrity]

What is the cryptic crossword solving of clues synchronicity of the two words CAMEMBERT and CASEMENT if they were the answers then?


chrs
andi :wink: :confused1:

ps Give up on the W. Tell I'm afrit!

Who killed the CAT?

[HarperPR]

Ah, now...funny you should say that!

Why is William Tell now on a 'high'? Bit cryptic, but factual.

Just do a bit of tidying up with my threads before 2009!

The answer to this riddly puzzle is thus. A stretch of highway north of LA plays the opening bars from Rossini's William Tell Overture when cars drive over grooves in the road!

Don't say this forum isn't educational!:) Good one for a pub quiz night.

[NoCelebrity]

The answer to this riddly puzzle is thus. A stretch of highway north of LA plays the opening bars from Rossini's William Tell Overture when cars drive over grooves in the road!

Don't say this forum isn't educational!:) Good one for a pub quiz night.

I remember hearing about this, and it turns out most of the people who have to drive the road every day are furious about it. They find it tremendously annoying, and those who approved it were under attack. Don't know the current status... Wonder how many new tires it's worn out...

[aspwatterson]

If you saw on a sign ANT ENG what would it mean?

And,in TheTimes Friday crossword cryptic clue [think of Nick Harper!] :

Singer, young chap, always finishes after "The Party's Over"? (9)


c/a

[aspwatterson]

If you saw on a sign ANT ENG what would it mean?And,in TheTimes Friday crossword cryptic clue [think of Nick Harper!] :Singer, young chap, always finishes after "The Party's Over"? (9)c/a

For the non-interested :

1. Toilet door sign neither Vacant or Engaged

2. 'Balladeer' = Singer : Young chap - lad ; always - eer ; after Party's over - Bal = Labour party backwards

andi the quiz :confused1:

[HarperPR]

For the non-interested :

1. Toilet door sign neither Vacant or Engaged

2. 'Balladeer' = Singer : Young chap - lad ; always - eer ; after Party's over - Bal = Labour party backwards

andi the quiz :confused1:

I'm lost.:confused1:

[pete c]

anyone fancy a pint?

[aspwatterson]

anyone fancy a pint?


Now that's a riddle! How you gonna pay for it then on here?

c/a

alcoholicsanonymous/justgiving.com

[SHAUN I]

Now that's a riddle! How you gonna pay for it then on here?

c/a

alcoholicsanonymous/justgiving.com


Virtual beer! :cheers2:

[NoCelebrity]

I'm lost.:confused1:

Those are the answers (4oct09) that confused you!

The riddles were the 28sep09 post by Andi.

1.(vac)ANT ENG(aged) with the dial stuck halfway between the two possibilities.

2. Break up the answer (Balladeer) to the first clue "singer" for the other answers to the remaining clues.

But really, Linn, it's no fun for you if I have to explain it for Andi.:D

Or maybe it IS fun for you...:confused1:

And check out my joke in the chatbox!

[aspwatterson]

Why is there a pub called Laarsens in Basingstoke?

What is an emordnilap?


c/a

[NoCelebrity]

What is an emordnilap?


c/a

The opposite of a something that reads the same forwards AND backwards. Or is it the reverse? Or more like a moebius strip.

[aspwatterson]

Palindrome spelt backwards

Laarsens is an anagram of Arsenals coz it's a football pub

andi

[HarperPR]

Here's a little guesser for you.

What is different about Nick this tour from last? Let's see how observant you all are...

[aspwatterson]

Here's a little guesser for you.

What is different about Nick this tour from last? Let's see how observant you all are...

He hasn't broken a string yet coz he's invested in carbon technology?

andi?

[critch]

Here's a little guesser for you.

What is different about Nick this tour from last? Let's see how observant you all are...

He's got a new album out?

Oh hang on - I think I know the answer... :54:

[HarperPR]

Noooo! I thought maybe I had made reference to this to you Saturday? Maybe not.

[critch]

Hmmmmnnnnn,

I'm gonna have to think about this....

[pete c]

Is it that the drink du jour has changed?

oh - critch alluded to that, so can't be that. :confused1:

[critch]

Is it that the drink du jour has changed?

oh - critch alluded to that, so can't be that. :confused1:

I well thought it was that too. His hair was smarter... couldn't spot the hole in the bottom of the lowden, but then I hardly ever see it... has it been fixed maybe? Guitar was downtuned, pegs were still the banjo pegs....fruit based laptop was there.... sure it was the same pedal set up as last time, although I think that was different from the instore gig in St Helens.... think it was the same microphone (I am that sad, I did look! lol).....

[HarperPR]

Relates to one of the above, critch...

[scotpaulabear]

I well thought it was that too. His hair was smarter... couldn't spot the hole in the bottom of the lowden, but then I hardly ever see it... has it been fixed maybe? Guitar was downtuned, pegs were still the banjo pegs....fruit based laptop was there.... sure it was the same pedal set up as last time, although I think that was different from the instore gig in St Helens.... think it was the same microphone (I am that sad, I did look! lol).....

New Lowden, no mousehole :) That's the one he was playing at Birkenhead, it's smaller as well. Though I'm very happy to see the mousehole-den is immortalized on the album cover :wink: He probably wouldn't leave the new one in the snow LOL.

Critch, you noticed the hair looked pretty together - see, you have a future as a fashion reporter yet... :D

[critch]

New Lowden, no mousehole :) That's the one he was playing at Birkenhead, it's smaller as well. Though I'm very happy to see the mousehole-den is immortalized on the album cover :wink: He probably wouldn't leave the new one in the snow LOL.

Critch, you noticed the hair looked pretty together - see, you have a future as a fashion reporter yet... :D

OMG. Can't believe it - all the signs were there! I remember looking at the guitar and thinking it looked small, and I also remember wondering if it was actually the lowden in the snow or whether it was a cunningly doctored picture...

I'm so silly. Thanks Paula! :blushing:

and I only noticed the hair cause I pointed out to Danni that it was her job to do the fashion report!

[HarperPR]

OMG. Can't believe it - all the signs were there! I remember looking at the guitar and thinking it looked small

The guitar was very kindly given to Nick by the aforementioned (in Masque thread) Brian Dunn last year.

Can't believe no one spotted it earlier...although admittedly, there have only been a few dates so far. I thought maybe Paul would have done at Cambridge and was waiting for him to say. :D

[SHAUN I]

I wondered why no string changes, now I know why? :m8: :biggrin: (I also noticed that the old Lowden on the new album cover...has a broken string!)

[pd]

I thought maybe Paul would have done at Cambridge and was waiting for him to say. :D
No, I am hanging my head in shame because I didn't realise despite being so close, in the front row, that I could probably count his nasal hairs. I did actually notice that the scratch marks had gone and pondered briefly whether he'd had some restoration work but then the music took hold of me and I forgot all about it!

[scotpaulabear]

(I also noticed that the old Lowden on the new album cover...has a broken string!)

LOL! Excellent! :D

[NoCelebrity]

So let me get this straight... On tour to support his CD "The Last Guitar" Nick is playing a NEW guitar?

He's clever and not a bad musician/singer/songwriter, either.:wink:

[critch]

I wondered why no string changes, now I know why? :m8: :biggrin:

Does this mean we're not going to ever get any string changes? Surely not - it's a trademark isn't it? I'd be most disappointed if I never saw him change another string again!

I suppose you're not likely to bash a guitar around so much though if it was new....

[HarperPR]

Never fear, critch, there WAS one in Glasgow!