A Riddle For Ye
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BrooklynKnight
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The United States Juditial Branch of Government?
Asmor
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Ooh... Can't wait to hear the answer to that. I've got a guess, but I never would have come up with it if you hadn't said Brookyln's guess was close, and it doesn't really make much sense... but, uh, anyways... I'll say a country.
Hope ya don't mind if I toss out a riddle of my own I just came up with...
Your mother would hug me to welcome me home
Your lover would kiss me when we are alone
Your dog would look to me to throw out a ball
Your son would idolize me above all
What am I?
Hope ya don't mind if I toss out a riddle of my own I just came up with...
Your mother would hug me to welcome me home
Your lover would kiss me when we are alone
Your dog would look to me to throw out a ball
Your son would idolize me above all
What am I?
Tuzenbach
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Tuzenbach said:
OK, it's been an hour. I think I can reveal the answer:
The key to this riddle is not the "faces" aspect of it, but rather all the other bits of it. You or I or most people we know have different faces for different occasions. When we face war, we wear our "war face" which is the countenance for the state of mind of the brain behind it. The same can be said when we're trying to pursue peace or justice. Nobody goes into peace negotiations looking really angry, do they?
Anyway, the fact that the last line contains "a face for every occasion" should've been enough to clue to the guesser that "war" and "peace" and "justice" really could have been substituted out for "other" occasions if, indeed, the answer to this riddle has "a face for every occasion". I merely gave emphasis to war and peace and justice as I believed them to be the MOST IMPORTANT faces for this particular answer. Anyway, once the guesser looks at the other parts of the riddle, this is the answer that *could* be derived:
A THRONED KING WITH A SWORD AT HIS SIDE.
Why? The throne has four legs, the king has two. When the king is in (or on) his throne, all of a sudden an entirely new thing comes into being with six legs.
Again, the throne has two arms, as does the king. HOWEVER, as can be witnessed by such expressions as "to arms!" and "side-arm" and such, I saw fit to add the king's sword to the running total of arms. So two+two+one would, indeed, give the thing five arms.
Teeth inside, outside it's head means simply this: Unless we have a complete set of false teeth, EVERYBODY has teeth "inside" their head. Specifically, within the mouth. However, who in the world has teeth "outside" their head? Well, if the "outside my head" statement looks for a placement of WHERE outside, one could eventually come up with ON TOP OF for a good choice. Because really, besides facial features and ear/nose rings and tatoos, how many things "outside our head" aren't on top of it? To end this point and get to the next, the teeth outside the head refer to the teeth of the crown upon the king's head.
Every king or other great leader always has thousands of eyes and ears. Why? Because a king is nothing without the people within his kingdom that he rules. Every decision a king makes is held under the close scrutiny of his subjects. If he's walking about in the street, you can be sure there are literally thousands of eyes watching him and ears listening to any words the king may utter. In fact, especially in times of war, declarations of peace, and the seeking out of justice for wrongs inflicted upon his people does this king gain the most eyes and ears ever. They will listen to his words and judge his actions that they see.
The last point I'll try to make regards "another face". This face is undefined because we simply don't know what it is. It represents the king's ulterior motives. When former President Clinton was under oath and proclaimed "I did not have sex with that woman", he's trying to get us to see an honest face, while hiding his "other" face. True, Clinton was no king, but a kingship and presidency are very similar things, you know? It's the old former President Nixon proclaiming "I'm not a crook!" while defending himself against the Watergate allegations of the 70's. He's trying to protect his "other face", a face which knows his true intentions, a face that only the wearer (or in this case, the "hider", as these faces aren't to be seen in public) can be acquainted with. It's the face you see when you look in the mirror but nothing's there because you're too caught up in what's on the inside. This "inside" is represented by the "other" face, the face no one knows but you.
I hope you enjoyed the riddle!
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