Subject: PPC Riddle Contest
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Posted on: 2011-05-06 07:51:00 UTC

So, this was proposed by Adamantine via IRC, and I thought it would be a fun idea. Basic plan is this: One person puts up four or five riddles in the "Invisible Idiot" style, and everyone takes turns guessing. The person who gets the most correct posts up a new set and so on.

For those of you not familiar with the concept of an Invisible Idiot riddle, it's based on an old joke about a translator who rendered "out of sight, out of mind" as literally "invisible idiot". As for the formula, words are separated by semicolons, and parts of words are separated by commas.

A good example of how an Invisible Idiot riddle works would be "Guardian; Scheme; Carry on, a noise made when confused", which would give you "Protector; Plot; Continue, um", or Protectors of the Plot Continuum. (Credit for that riddle goes entirely to Adamantine.)

One last thing. Don't forget to share the topic for your riddles.

Topic: PPC

Gaseous celestial body, flora; Functionary
Corvid; Lycium
Wattles; Fowl
Antiphon; Cynosure

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