A Riddle

iron25 · 30-07-2005, 23:51

I'm a 5 letter word containing nothing. If you take away my last letter I still sound the same. If you take away my first letter you'll still know who I am. Take away my middle letter and I'm still me. What am I?

punky · 30-07-2005, 23:52

Spoiler:

marky · 31-07-2005, 00:05

i think its(..............) but not to sure

iron25 · 31-07-2005, 00:46

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Originally Posted by punky

Spoiler:

The riddle came from an episode of the new Kojak series

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Originally Posted by markymoan

i think its(..............) but not to sure

marky · 31-07-2005, 00:50

(............)

Spoiler:

that better

punky · 31-07-2005, 00:54

I have one, but its a bit famous, so quite a few might know.

Here goes anyway.

What goes upon 4 legs when it is young, 2 legs during middle age, and 3 legs during old age? Bonus point (except for Graham

) to whoever says who came up with it?

Angua · 31-07-2005, 01:07

Answer

Spoiler:

Quote:

Originally Posted by punky

I have one, but its a bit famous, so quite a few might know.

Here goes anyway.

What goes upon 4 legs when it is young, 2 legs during middle age, and 3 legs during old age? Bonus point (except for Graham

) to whoever says who came up with it?

iron25 · 31-07-2005, 01:19

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Originally Posted by markymoan

(............)

Spoiler:

that better

MetaWraith · 31-07-2005, 02:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by punky

I have one, but its a bit famous, so quite a few might know.

Here goes anyway.

What goes upon 4 legs when it is young, 2 legs during middle age, and 3 legs during old age? Bonus point (except for Graham

) to whoever says who came up with it?

Man,
It was quoted in Tolkien's "The Hobbit" as one of the riddles Gollum asked Bilbo. Whether or not that was first usage, I couldnt say.

Graham · 02-08-2005, 00:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by punky

I have one, but its a bit famous, so quite a few might know.

Here goes anyway.

What goes upon 4 legs when it is young, 2 legs during middle age, and 3 legs during old age? Bonus point (except for Graham

) to whoever says who came up with it?

I suggest you read the version of that in Pyramids by Terry Pratchett

punky · 02-08-2005, 01:04

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Originally Posted by MetaWraith

Man,
It was quoted in Tolkien's "The Hobbit" as one of the riddles Gollum asked Bilbo. Whether or not that was first usage, I couldnt say.

JSYK: That riddle was devised by the Sphinx as one that could never be solved. Odeipus solved it, which annoyed the Sphinx somewhat and she killed herself. So it pre-dates Tolkein's book by some considerable margin.

Edit: Actually, I didn't know it was in The Hobbit, so it was far more famous than I realised