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boq
04-29-2008, 10:51 PM
Versions of this have been banging around in my head for months (clue?). Good to see familiar faces from the .net days.

It's one of my usual "cryptic" efforts. Easy?...



Half of half, or half a laugh
Half of half of half of half
A wildebeest, not a giraffe
van Gogh had one, shouldn't laugh!
ZoNeSeeK
04-30-2008, 12:13 AM
h?
boq
04-30-2008, 12:24 AM
No sir!
ZoNeSeeK
04-30-2008, 12:33 AM
half of half of half of half = anything to do with quarters or eighths, or fractions of the letters in these?
boq
04-30-2008, 12:40 AM
Indeed!
alinda
04-30-2008, 04:16 AM
Van Gogh had only one ear,
he cut his other one off to
get the attention of a woman.
Though how this could help
I do not know. :doh:
boq
04-30-2008, 01:06 PM
Yes you do alinda! You've just solved the last part of the riddle :rock:

I should have explained... the answer's a well-known phrase, more than one word, split into four phonetic syllables, each one represented by each line of the riddle. So the last (phonetic) syllable is indeed "ear".

Man, that sounds complex :beat:
Rjeso
04-30-2008, 01:17 PM
1. F or eff?
2. Half of a half is a quarter, half of that is an eighth, and half of that is a 16th
3. er... short? :lol:
boq
04-30-2008, 01:23 PM
Heh heh!

1 and 3... nope.

2 - 16th... yep (in a way), but 16th what? :orely:
Gaberax
04-30-2008, 03:46 PM
Half of half, or half a laugh Ha
Half of half of half of half P
A wildebeest, not a giraffe Gnu
van Gogh had one, shouldn't laugh! ear

Happy New Year?

This has been bumping around in your head since December of last year? :)
Maturins_Daughter
04-30-2008, 03:56 PM
How does the second line come to be P
boq
04-30-2008, 03:59 PM
It sure has... all lined up for New Year across at the .net, but it just never materialized and it just got later and later and...

Well done Gaberax... my goose is cooked :thumbsup:

Good joint effort guys - and of course a very belated HAPPY NEW YEAR!

:lol:
boq
04-30-2008, 04:01 PM
16th letter of the alphabet M_D.

I know, a bit cryptic but it made a nice rhyme :rolleyes:
ZoNeSeeK
04-30-2008, 05:00 PM
Good riddle mate :D
LadyHitchhiker
04-30-2008, 05:06 PM
Awwwwww I didn't even get to post before it was solved. GREAT thready...
Gaberax
05-01-2008, 07:01 PM
***Gaberax carves up the goose into 6 equal pieces. Keeping one, he hands one each to Mr. Seek, alinda, Rjeso, Maturin's Daughter and LadyHitchhiker. ***

Mazal Tov! :cyclops: