Subject: New riddles
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Posted on: 2011-05-07 09:16:00 UTC
I guess it's my turn to make some riddles. In celebration of the fact that in many countries film titles are translated, the topic I choose is films.
Different; Sibling
Container; Canines
Flood, country
Argument, society
Game; Kid
Last one may be most difficult as I cheated there and translated the film title to Dutch and then back to English.
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
I guess it's my turn to make some riddles. In celebration of the fact that in many countries film titles are translated, the topic I choose is films.
Different; Sibling
Container; Canines
Flood, country
Argument, society
Game; Kid
Last one may be most difficult as I cheated there and translated the film title to Dutch and then back to English.
Different; Sibling = The Other Sister
Container; Canines = Reservoir Dogs
Flood, country = Tideland
Argument; Society = Fight Club
Game; Kid = Wild Child (Game as in wild animals)
Just to throw my hat in the ring, is the first one Another Brother and the last one Bubble Boy?
Oh, and an attempt at number three too, Marshland.
Bubblegum Boy is way off, the other two are close.
Did you deliberately pick movies no one has ever heard of? ;-) That's just cheating.
And no, I don't think it is cheating to pick less well known titles.
All I can think of for the fourth one is Fight Club, but it's two words, so I'm confused.
The third one isn't Waterworld, is it? That doesn't quite seem to work.
No clue about the rest (except Beetlefire's guess, of course, which seems perfect).
~Neshomeh
Fight Club. Guess I should have made the effort of checking before posting.
No, not Waterworld. Less well known film.
... is Reservoir Dogs?
The first was easy:
Sunflower Offical
With the aid of my dictionary the third is: Acacia Bird.
My dictionary is blanking on Lycium as well.
Question though: how do you count most correct? I mean, I've now posted two answers for everyone to see. Anyone could copy my answers in their post and add one more and come to most correct.
But I think s/he means the winner is whoever gets the most correct first. If someone stole yours, it wouldn't count, because everyone would be able to see you had them first. Also, by this logic you're the winner. In case you hadn't figured that out already. Which I'm guessing you probably had. I'm going to shut up now, before I drive my foot any deeper into my mouth.
Hope that a) makes a little more sense, and b) is correct. (Yes, in that order of priority, for the seminaries of Russia teach the wrong lessons quite well. And if you can figure that joke out, I'd like you to explain it to me some time...)
It may be an allusion to several Russian Communist leaders who originally trained for the priesthood.
...But not an explanation, and my persistance in being cryptic is as ceaseless and unchangeable as the originator of the former latter's title's given name. :)
Also, I'm a he, for the record.
Jay (a member of the corvid family) Thorntree (a lycium).
The remaining one leaves me puzzled.
Cynosure is a name for Ursa Minor, which contains the North Star. It also can mean something that guides a person, or something that is a center of attention...
I am not sure what the first part of that riddle means, though.
Antiphon = response by choir or congregation
Cynosure = center of attention
The answer is 'Response Center.'
I feel fairly stupid now. I only managed to get one of those. The SO.