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the MOTHER of all Riddles

Postby WildBillHickok » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:37 am

Now you can't cheat... a real MAN would not look this up on the net.

PM me answers, please don't take direct guesses on the thread....you may make cracks, ask questions, etc. Ok, here it is...



God made Adam out of the dust,
But thought it best to make me first.

So I was made before the man,
according to God's Holy plan.

My whole body God made complete,
without arms, or hands, or feet.

My ways and acts did God control,
but in my body He placed no soul.

A living being I became,
and Adam gave to me a name.

Then from his presence I withdrew,
for this man Adam I never knew.

All my Maker's laws I do obey,
and from these laws I never stray.

Thousands of me go in fear,
but seldom on the earth appear.

Later, for a purpose God did see,
He placed a living soul in me.

But that soul of mine God had to claim,
and from me took it back again.

And when this soul from me had fled,
I was the same as when first made;

without arms, legs, feet, or soul,
I travel on from pole to pole.

My labors are from day to night,
and to men I once furnished light.

Thousands of people both young and old,
did by my death bright lights behold.

No right or wrong can I conceive;
the Bible and it's teachings I can't believe.

The fear of death doesn't trouble me;
pure happiness I will never see.

And up in Heaven I can never go,
nor in the grave or hell below.

So get your Bible and read with care;
you'll find my name recorded there.

This puzzle was written by a lady in California in 1890 in response to a gentlemen in Philadelphia, who said that he would pay $1,000 to anyone who could write a puzzle that he could not solve. He failed to do so, and paid the lady $1,000 (a great sum at that time). An eight-year-old boy figured out the puzzle. Can you?
WILDBILL ( i'll admit it took me 2 weeks to figure this one out)
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Postby Dumb Snowman » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:08 pm

Wow. Either that's the easiest riddle of all time or I'm way wrong. PM sent.
Partake in my bollocks, bloody chav!
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Postby WildBillHickok » Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:52 pm

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Postby Bosox1 » Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:47 am

"No, 'The stripper's bouncer beat the shit out of me' is not an acceptable answer"
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Postby WildBillHickok » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:58 pm

Someone forgot to take their medicine. :oops:
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Postby SebQtaneus » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:53 pm

Mekos King: Seb is now the way the truth and the light
Mekos King: as if we didnt know that already
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