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  1. 11-20-2014 10:01 AM #1
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    Default Something strange...

    In honour of bears return, I felt a new riddle was in order...

    The following prose seems normal, but there is something strange about it - can anyone see what it is?

    "Roland was walking back from a visit down at Calla Bryn Sturgis on Sunday night. A busy day’s traffic had had its noisy run and without many folks in sight, his solitary soul got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a chary man out of In-World this was a situation that sat kindly with him. And so coming to sit with his group, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, Roland, walking towards that group, saw a young woman, back toward him, just finishing a long soulful oration. Susannah swung around and said, Hi Roland! Hi my Dinh! drop your Gunna, and join us in singing commala, it is in a song for joy that our group will sing. Commala !!"
    "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
  2. 11-20-2014 11:13 AM #2
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    A whole lotta commas and not a lot of periods.
    Many prepositional phrases?

    Semi-colons?

    And it seems to contradict itself:

    "Sunday night."
    A busy day’s traffic

     A busy day’s traffic----------- without many folks in sight



    his solitary soul---------- situation that sat kindly with him
    And so coming to sit with his group ( a man happy in solitude..goes to a group??)



    saw a young woman-----------, back toward him

    ( Like in an M. Night     Shyamalan's The Happening? she was walking backwards to him??)
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    Ah a contender! Step right up sir, behold the booth of puzzles and enigmas...

    Your guesses are interesting but are not correct, please lay your money down and try again...

    amazingly cryptic clue
    "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
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    Quote Originally Posted by stroppygoblin View Post
    In honour of bears return, I felt a new riddle was in order...

    The following prose seems normal, but there is something strange about it - can anyone see what it is?
    Spoiler:
    Alliteration?Something Strange
    "Roland was walking back from a visit down at Calla Bryn Sturgis on Sunday night. A busy day’s traffic had had its noisy run and without many folks in sight, his solitary soul got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a chary man out of In-World this was a situation that sat kindly with him. And so coming to sit with his group, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, Roland, walking towards that group, saw a young woman, back toward him, just finishing a long soulful oration. Susannah swung around and said, Hi Roland! Hi my Dinh! drop your Gunna, and join us in singing commala, it is in a song for joy that our group will sing. Commala !!"
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    Another contender! make room, make room, come forward sir, I didn't quite hear your guess....

    Aha!, no another wrong answer, but don't give up, keep going!
    "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
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    Clearly, I am too sober for further pondering.
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  8. 12-05-2014 07:07 AM #8
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    wow it's quiet around here...

    maybe a clue would help...

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    "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
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  10. 12-05-2014 06:38 PM #10
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    Got it.
  11. 12-06-2014 05:43 AM #11
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    Shannon is indeed the winner!

    I will hold off posting the answer for a couple of days more.
    "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
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    Quote Originally Posted by stroppygoblin View Post
    Shannon is indeed the winner!

    I will hold off posting the answer for a couple of days more.
    Waiting...
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    Ok, well I have had 2 PM's with the correct answer. Shannon was the first and Ladysai got it right too. So...

    The answer is....

    Spoiler
    "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
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    Don't you mean "Going to b postd tomorrow!"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shannon View Post
    Don't you mean "Going to b postd tomorrow!"?
    No I should have actually said "Going to post it tomorrow"

    Ok folks here is the actual answer:
    Answer:


    Well done again to Shannon and LadySai who both answered correctly.
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