No Inspiration
October 25, 2008
I’ll blog once I figure out this riddle ( so maybe I’ll blog never. )
There is a row of five houses, each having a different color. In these houses live five people of various nationalities. Each of them nurtures a different beast, likes different drinks and smokes different brand of cigars.
- The Brit lives in the Red house.
- The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
- The Dane drinks tea.
- The Green house is on the left of the White house.
- The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
- The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
- The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
- The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
- The Norwegian lives in the first house.
- The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
- The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
- The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
- The German smokes Prince.
- The Norwegian lives next to the Blue house.
- The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.
Who has fish at home?
If you look up the answer I will kick you
October 14, 2008
‘Twas whispered in Heaven, ’twas muttered in hell,
And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell;
On the confines of earth ’twas permitted to rest,
And in the depths of the ocean its presence confes’d;
‘Twill be found in the sphere when ’tis riven asunder,
Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thunder;
‘Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath,
Attends him at birth and awaits him at death,
Presides o’er his happiness, honor and health,
Is the prop of his house, and the end of his wealth.
In the heaps of the miser ’tis hoarded with care,
But is sure to be lost on his prodigal heir;
It begins every hope, every wish it must bound,
With the husbandman toils, and with monarchs is crowned;
Without it the soldier and seaman may roam,
But woe to the wretch who expels it from home!
In the whispers of conscience its voice will be found,
Nor e’er in the whirlwind of passion be drowned;
‘Twill soften the heart; but though deaf be the ear,
It will make him acutely and instantly hear.
Set in shade, let it rest like a delicate flower;
Ah! Breathe on it softly, it dies in an hour.
–Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765-1834)
If you guess this right, you are a genius.
Or a freaking cheater.
EDIT: (Highlight below for answer)
The letter “h”. tricky.
Because I like riddles.
October 8, 2008
I have no motivation or inspiration from CMU to write a blog post, but I feel like if I don’t, this blog’s going die. So whenever I don’t have any inspiration, I’m just going to post a riddle or riddles. Feel free to guess or just wait till tomorrow for the answer.
Sharon (floormate) : A man was walking in the jungle when he was ambushed by a tribe of cannibals. They capture him and tell him “We’ll let you go free if you tell us one thing that is neither a truth or a lie. However, If it’s a truth, we’ll fry you, and if it’s a lie, we’ll boil you.” After a while, the man was set free. What did the man say? Edit: (Highlight below for answer)
I’m going to be boiled