Discrete Logic - Big Beat - Texture

[Gaberax]

Perhaps mermaids play this touching game, ‘Neath waves not as grand as an ocean?
Or a look at the label of you sweater’s manufacturer, if you happen to have such a notion?
Four actors working in a line of endless combination,
Defining life in every clime and every known location.

What am I?

[alinda]

:orely:hmmmm, a really thought provoking riddle my friend.

[Mist_on_the_Water]

ooh cleverly worded! how I love poetic riddles! *analyzes*

[Gaberax]

bttt

Anyone want to hazard a guess?

[Jean]

I was thinking the four seasons, sea-something for the mermaid clue, and nothing at all for sweater http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_sad.gif

[Rjeso]

touching game = tag?
waves not grand as an ocean = sea?
Or a look at the label of you sweater’s manufacturer = tag see?

[Gaberax]

I was thinking the four seasons, sea-something for the mermaid clue, and nothing at all for sweater http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_sad.gif


touching game = tag?
waves not grand as an ocean = sea?
Or a look at the label of you sweater’s manufacturer = tag see?

Tag and sea are the correct answers to the first line and as the final answer (in a sense)...but in another, deeper sense. :orely:

[John_and_Yoko]

All I can think of are "taxi" ("tag sea") and seasons (for the last line)....

But I can't think beyond this....

[Gaberax]

All I can think of are "taxi" ("tag sea") and seasons (for the last line)....

But I can't think beyond this....

Although taxi is a good guess, it is not correct.
With the clues Tag and Sea, read the rest of the riddle...and think discretely.
The last line doesn't refer to the 4 Seasons...but refers to all life, in general.

[John_and_Yoko]

DNA!

T-A-G and C!

Is that it?

[Gaberax]

DNA!

T-A-G and C!

Is that it?

Why, Yes it is, John_And_Yoko. :clap: Great job! A Deoxyribonucleic acid (http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/pcr.html) filled goose to you, my friend. :)

[John_and_Yoko]

DNA!

T-A-G and C!

Is that it?

Why, Yes it is, John_And_Yoko. :clap: Great job! A Deoxyribonucleic acid filled goose to you, my friend. :)

Thanks! :D

I just thought, "Okay, what does ALL life in general have in common?" "All" life made me think of bacteria as well as multi-celled life (I have a background in biology), so then I looked at the "four actors working in a line of endless combination," and it hit me--DNA!

Then I realized that the nucleic acids themselves were in the answers you gave already:

"Tag" is spelled "T-A-G" (Tyrosine, adenine, guanine), and "sea" sounds like the letter "C" (cytosine).

That was a great riddle, and I'm so glad I got it! :D

[Jean]

wonderful riddle, and beautiful poem, too! http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_thumb.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_thumb.gifhttp://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_thumb.gif

[SigTauGimp]

:clap: Wonderfully done...I was completely stumped on this one.

[Jon]

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Why, Yes it is, John_And_Yoko. :clap: Great job! A Deoxyribonucleic acid (http://people.ku.edu/%7Ejbrown/pcr.html) filled goose to you, my friend. :)


Am I to understand that Gabe is giving away acid for solving his riddles?

[John_and_Yoko]

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Why, Yes it is, John_And_Yoko. :clap: Great job! A Deoxyribonucleic acid (http://people.ku.edu/%7Ejbrown/pcr.html) filled goose to you, my friend. :)


Am I to understand that Gabe is giving away acid for solving his riddles?

I...hope you know what deoxyribonucleic acid is.... :unsure:

[Jon]

Yes, silly.


I trip on it all the time...Its like I'm floating up through a double helix.