what's now left to guess:
blue-eyed carpenter* with profound words, creator of a [buick + a number that's Maugham coin]
hint: the title of the riddle is a very vague clue... only for the big admirers of the said carpenter
*think German, but it's not enough
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, so The Answer is 'Buick' - The link is based on "From a Buick 8"
Be my creator a sovereign who never has yet been crowned - Stephen King, wrote the book and is therefore the creator
Or a blue-eyed carpenter whose words are so very profound, Zimmermann is German for 'Carpenter'Zimmermann was the real surname of Bob Dylan. Apparently his song "From a Buick 6" inspired the title (wow bears - that was cryptic!)
Be my number the same as the Maugham’s coin or lucky for the Chinese, Maugham - still no clue on Maughams coin, but I'm guessing the number is 1953 (model year of the Buick), Chinese Lucky number is 8
Old as I am, I’m still bearing my shields, and running as light as the breeze. - The Buick is an old car and it's emblem is a shield
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
YES!!!
thus, the other number is, obviously, 6
From a Buick 6
From a Buick 8
last clue
Spoiler:
the shields:
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ashenden?
The Moon and Sixpence! Doh!
Maughams coin is a sixpence
Completely excellent bears - had me tearing my hair out until I got the obvious King reference!
(Now go finish my Anagrams so I can post a new set!)
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
bears were so proud of this puzzle that they gave away too many clues - but goblins and sweet ladies would have sure guessed anyway!
a motorized goose for the winner!
: runs to stare at anagrams once again :
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This lady was lost through the entire puzzle...Originally Posted by Jean
happens to bears all the time
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm still confused.This lady was lost through the entire puzzle...
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
Welcome!! We have a "club" and everything!!! You're among the confused here!! LOL J/KI'm still confused.This lady was lost through the entire puzzle...
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
ok
this is a traditional fair-day-goose riddle, of the kind we used to play a lot here, and I hope will play in the future
Be my creator a sovereign who never has yet been crowned - Stephen King
Or a blue-eyed carpenter whose words are so very profound, - Bob Dylan, real name Robert Zimmerman, Zimmermann being German for "carpenter". Dylan is actually blue-eyed.
Be my number the same as the Maugham’s coin or lucky for the Chinese, Maugham's second most famous novel is The Moon and Sixpence; the numbers are, respectively, 6 and 8 (Chinese lucky number)
Old as I am, I’m still bearing my shields, and running as light as the breeze. Buick celebrated its 100th anniversary a few years ago; I posted the three-shileds logo above
the answer is Buick (From a Buick 6, a poem by Dylan; From a Buick 8, a novel by King)
In this type of riddles, traditionally, the title of a riddle is not supposed to give a clue, so it doesn't have to have any connection whatsoever to the riddle itself , but sometimes there are some vague associations. Mine comes from a Dylan song (Our conversation was short and sweet//It nearly swept me off my feet)
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And an excellent riddle at that - one to make Cort proud!
I really like this kind of thing, but so far suck at producing one. It always seems the answer is to obvious when you try to include clues in the lines. (Mind you bears, thought that and this one was hard!)
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
I think the same every time I compose a riddle, so don't worry, just post the next that comes to your mind! I am sure it will be awesome!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was so entertained.
Good job, Riddlemaster!
OK, makes sense now but I never in a million years would have gotten the second clue. I had no idea Bob Dylan’s real name was Zimmerman and didn’t know what it meant in German.
Learn something new everyday I guess.
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
I looked at this off and on for a few days, I was really helped by 2 of bears clues, one of which I should have got without any help, which was the uncrowned Monarch - talk about staring you in the face....
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Which is the point. The Riddlemaster knows Google will be used and will let Google misled you.
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