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Rand al'Thor
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0 posted 1999-09-21 08:38 AM


An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face.
"That eye is like this eye"
Said the first eye,
"But in a low place,
Not in a high place."

I am stumped...

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Artur Hawkwing
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1 posted 1999-09-21 11:26 AM


ROFL!! I know the meaning of this but it won't be fair to the others..
I'm stumped 2! Help! What's this mean? *g*

Rand al'Thor
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2 posted 1999-09-21 03:55 PM


Guys and Gals... come on.. give this one a try... I especially wanna see Toerag and Nan take a crack at it...

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I waited and waited and when no message came I knew it must be from you.

Sunshine
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3 posted 1999-09-21 05:27 PM


Until I can give this much more thought, I will join you on your stump.
Michael
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4 posted 1999-09-21 06:01 PM


Well, I'm probably no where near but:

The sky is high and also blue,
The earth is green and below, too
Should the sky have an eye in it's blue face,
Would the earth then not seem a lower place?


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Michael Anderson


And so, being young and dipt in folly
I fell in love with melancholy,
But dreams - of those who dream as I,
Aspiringly, are damned, and die:


EAP


Nan
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5 posted 1999-09-21 08:59 PM


...um....
The eye in the sky = the eye in the blue face
Jealousy = the green eyed monster
I am what I am = that eye is like this eye
Look down, not up = the low place not the high one???

I dunno - Eye'm stumped


[This message has been edited by Nan (edited 09-21-1999).]

Artur Hawkwing
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6 posted 1999-09-22 12:27 PM


I explained this to him in secret, it was something he had forgotten. Just found the poem along with some neat stuff, without the answers! Now, we just want to see someone really figure this out... I mean, everyone take their guesses, and then we'll ... hey, I'm not supposed to take over, sorry al'Thor! hahaha! Al'Thor will explain it when all of you have tried figuring out this riddle poem.

Please, please at least try! Guess, puzzle it out, whatever. Just say something! Toerag, take a crack! *hands the hammer to Toerag!*

[This message has been edited by Artur Hawkwing (edited 09-22-1999).]

Rand al'Thor
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7 posted 1999-09-22 09:12 PM


can you beleive this got dropped to page 3??

COME ON!!! You English buffs will commit suicide if you don't figure it out first!!

You have TWO DAYS! Give it a shot!!

Rand al'Thor
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8 posted 1999-09-23 12:34 PM


upsadaisy!
hoot_owl_rn
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9 posted 1999-09-23 12:47 PM


What about a person looking down into a pond....the face reflecting the green of the pond, the reflection in the pond reflecting the blue of the sky....hey, it makes sense to me
laughs, I haven't a clue, but I had to guess something

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Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints in our heart and we are never ever the same.

Thank you all for leaving footprints!!

Rand al'Thor
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10 posted 1999-09-23 08:22 AM


'k , I don't want to drag this out into stupidity. . .

I must say, though, I thought you would recognize the work of the best author ever.

J.R.R. Tolkein . . . The Lord of the Rings.
Bilbo is riddling with Gollum. The answer is:

"'Ss, ss, ss,' said Gollum. He had been underground a long long time, and was forgetting this sort of thing. But just as Bilbo was beginning to hope that the wretch would not be able to answer, Gollum brought up memories of ages and ages and ages before, when he lived with his grandmother in a hole in a bank by a river, 'Sss, sss, my preciouss,' he said. 'Sun on the daisies it means, it does.'"

I will see what else I can come up with.
---------------------------------------------You can get there from here, but why on earth would you want to?

Seymour Tabin
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11 posted 1999-09-23 02:59 PM


Rand,
Symbolicly Blue stands for the unknown
Green stands for exceptance.
So I would say from the unknown
Comes the known.

Toerag
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12 posted 1999-09-23 03:59 PM


This is the wrong answer.....but it's also correct...........

The heavens are blue,
On a clear day,
God's miraculous creations
As he looks down our way.

To look up green with envy,
Of his masterful works,
Would be envious to any,
That takes time to observe.

[This message has been edited by Toerag (edited 09-23-1999).]

suthern
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13 posted 1999-09-23 04:07 PM


I think I like the responses better than the answer! *G*
Rand al'Thor
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14 posted 1999-09-23 06:08 PM


I do too suthern

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Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember
and be sad.
-- Christina Rossetti

Tinfang Gelion
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15 posted 1999-09-23 06:17 PM


I do too, a hissing answer sounds quite un-preciouss.
Rand al'Thor
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16 posted 1999-09-23 07:26 PM


Tinfang... Don't be ssso sssssilly...
Precioussss knew the ansssssswer... didn't we precioussss? *gollum gollum*
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Confucius say too much.
-- Recent Chinese Proverb

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