triskaidekaphobia

**John_and_Yoko** · 05-10-2009 12:19 PM

Ever have I been sought out,
By one stone searching round about, ("one stone" = EINSTEIN) (Guessed by Gaberax)
And yet elusive I remain
To one stone and to every brain.

When kin do come to visit you (general) RELATIVITY (Guessed by Jon)
They have a spat, they truly do
With those you've paid to fix your car, (quantum) MECHANICS (Guessed by SigTauGimp)
Thus we've arrived at where we are.

The cat's toy sought to make amends STRING (theories) (Guessed by Gaberax)
But could not make the two be friends
as it was five--oh tragic day
When fivefold did it split away.

But now have I come into view
The thirteenth and to those of you
Who seek me out, the final piece
In this great puzzle--gain release.

M-THEORY (Guessed by Gaberax)

**SigTauGimp** · 05-10-2009 09:17 PM

Wowzers....tough riddle. I like the prose of it, though.

With those you've paid to fix your car, Mechanic?

Otherwise, I got nothin'.

**John_and_Yoko** · 05-10-2009 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by SigTauGimp

Wowzers....tough riddle. I like the prose of it, though.

With those you've paid to fix your car, Mechanic?

Otherwise, I got nothin'.

Mechanics (plural) is correct for that clue.

Now, what KIND of mechanics am I talking about?

**Gaberax** · 05-12-2009 07:48 AM

Ever have I been sought out,
By one stone searching round about,

This makes me think of a magnet...

**John_and_Yoko** · 05-12-2009 09:21 AM

Originally Posted by Gaberax

Ever have I been sought out,
By one stone searching round about,

This makes me think of a magnet...

Not a magnet--but your thinking is sort of on the right track....

"One stone"....

**Jon** · 05-12-2009 08:04 PM

One stone...Hydrogen??

**John_and_Yoko** · 05-12-2009 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by Jon

One stone...Hydrogen??

No, nothing to do with the Periodic table.

Think "one stone" over and over again....

**Jon** · 05-12-2009 09:11 PM

One stone = 6.350 Kg.

One stone...two birds

**John_and_Yoko** · 05-12-2009 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by Jon

One stone = 6.350 Kg.

One stone...two birds

Okay, maybe this'll help--think another language.

**Gaberax** · 05-13-2009 09:14 AM

Ever have I been sought out,
By one stone searching round about,
And yet elusive I remain
To one stone and to every brain

ein Stein?

**John_and_Yoko** · 05-13-2009 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by Gaberax

Ever have I been sought out,
By one stone searching round about,
And yet elusive I remain
To one stone and to every brain

ein Stein?

You got it.

Now mayhap that will aid in deciphering the other clues....

**Gaberax** · 05-13-2009 09:27 AM

Cool! Off the top of my head I was thinking Quantum Mechanics...Shroedinger's Cat...but that's without working the other clues...

**John_and_Yoko** · 05-13-2009 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by Gaberax

Cool! Off the top of my head I was thinking Quantum Mechanics...Shroedinger's Cat...but that's without working the other clues...

Quantum mechanics is also correct, but Schroedinger's Cat is not.

**Gaberax** · 05-13-2009 09:33 AM

You tricksy devil.

Now my curiosity is piqued. The game is afoot.

**John_and_Yoko** · 05-13-2009 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by Gaberax

You tricksy devil.

Now my curiosity is piqued. The game is afoot.

**Gaberax** · 05-13-2009 04:45 PM

Well, I kinda got sidetracked. Found a very interesting riddle from Einstein himself in my travels. I will be posting in a day or so.

At any rate, would the answer to this section:

The cat's toy sought to make amends
But could not make the two be friends
as it was five--oh tragic day
When fivefold did it split away.

be string?

**John_and_Yoko** · 05-13-2009 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by Gaberax

Well, I kinda got sidetracked. Found a very interesting riddle from Einstein himself in my travels. I will be posting in a day or so.

At any rate, would the answer to this section:

The cat's toy sought to make amends
But could not make the two be friends
as it was five--oh tragic day
When fivefold did it split away.

be string?

Strings, yes.

Keep going....

**Gaberax** · 05-13-2009 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by John_and_Yoko

Originally Posted by Gaberax

Well, I kinda got sidetracked. Found a very interesting riddle from Einstein himself in my travels. I will be posting in a day or so.

At any rate, would the answer to this section:

The cat's toy sought to make amends
But could not make the two be friends
as it was five--oh tragic day
When fivefold did it split away.

be string?

Strings, yes.

Keep going....

As in string theory?

**John_and_Yoko** · 05-13-2009 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by Gaberax

Originally Posted by John_and_Yoko

Originally Posted by Gaberax

Well, I kinda got sidetracked. Found a very interesting riddle from Einstein himself in my travels. I will be posting in a day or so.

At any rate, would the answer to this section:

The cat's toy sought to make amends
But could not make the two be friends
as it was five--oh tragic day
When fivefold did it split away.

be string?

Strings, yes.

Keep going....

As in string theory?

Yessssssssssssssssssssssss....

**Gaberax** · 05-13-2009 07:22 PM

***Sorry for the delay, I was filling out some FAFSA forms...ugh!***

But now have I come into view
The thirteenth and to those of you
Who seek me out, the final piece
In this great puzzle--gain release.

13th letter of the alphabet is M. M = Mass E=MC2?

P.S. SigTauGimp got the Mechanics clue.

**John_and_Yoko** · 05-13-2009 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by Gaberax

***Sorry for the delay, I was filling out some FAFSA forms...ugh!***

But now have I come into view
The thirteenth and to those of you
Who seek me out, the final piece
In this great puzzle--gain release.

13th letter of the alphabet is M. M = Mass E=MC2?

P.S. SigTauGimp got the Mechanics clue.

D'oh!

So close....

"M" is correct, but it's not mass....

EDIT: And how could I have missed that?

Sorry about that.... Fixed now.

**Gaberax** · 05-14-2009 04:04 AM

M for Manifold space?

**John_and_Yoko** · 05-14-2009 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by Gaberax

M for Manifold space?

Nope.

Think about the clue before it....

**BROWNINGS CHILDE** · 05-14-2009 04:53 PM

Who seek me out, the final piece
In this great puzzle--gain release.

Majhong?

**Gaberax** · 05-14-2009 05:09 PM

Dark Matter?

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