triskaidekaphobia

[John_and_Yoko]

:rose:

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]

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

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

Otherwise, I got nothin'. :P

[John_and_Yoko]

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

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

Otherwise, I got nothin'. :P

Mechanics (plural) is correct for that clue. :)

Now, what KIND of mechanics am I talking about?

[Gaberax]

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

This makes me think of a magnet...

[John_and_Yoko]

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]

One stone...Hydrogen??

[John_and_Yoko]

One stone...Hydrogen??

No, nothing to do with the Periodic table.

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

[Jon]

One stone = 6.350 Kg.


One stone...two birds

[John_and_Yoko]

One stone = 6.350 Kg.


One stone...two birds

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

[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?

[John_and_Yoko]

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. :D

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

[Gaberax]

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]

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]

You tricksy devil. :D Now my curiosity is piqued. The game is afoot.

[John_and_Yoko]

You tricksy devil. :D Now my curiosity is piqued. The game is afoot.

:D

[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?

[John_and_Yoko]

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. :D Keep going....

[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. :D Keep going....

As in string theory?

[John_and_Yoko]

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. :D Keep going....

As in string theory?

Yessssssssssssssssssssssss.... :D

[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. ;)

[John_and_Yoko]

***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! :doh: So close....

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

EDIT: And how could I have missed that? :blush: Sorry about that.... Fixed now.

[Gaberax]

M for Manifold space?

[John_and_Yoko]

M for Manifold space?

Nope.

Think about the clue before it....

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

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

Majhong?

[Gaberax]

Dark Matter? :orely:

[John_and_Yoko]

Nope, and nope.

What was the clue BEFORE "M"?

[John_and_Yoko]

:rose:

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)

Bringing the riddle to this page so you won't have to go back to the first page and check.

[Gaberax]

M-Theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-theory)? Damn. I was thinking about that youtube video detailing 11 dimensional space...but the 13 was throwing me. I didn't know it was called M-Theory. Is this correct?

[John_and_Yoko]

M-Theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-theory)? Damn. I was thinking about that youtube video detailing 11 dimensional space...but the 13 was throwing me. I didn't know it was called M-Theory. Is this correct?

It is indeed! :D

An 11-brane goose to you! Congratulations!

(Now just give me the last clue in the riddle. :P)

[Gaberax]

Membrane?

[John_and_Yoko]

Membrane?

Nope, it's in the second stanza.

[Gaberax]

Dark Matter? Hell, that was wrong on the previous page. ANTI-matter then?

[John_and_Yoko]

Okay, who has a spat with the quantum mechanics? That's the one.

[Gaberax]

Okay, who has a spat with the quantum mechanics? That's the one.

I had an Anti Matter once...Lived with my Uncle Luke. :P

[John_and_Yoko]

Okay, who has a spat with the quantum mechanics? That's the one.

I had an Anti Matter once...Lived with my Uncle Luke. :P

Okay, think about Einstein again, and the "kin" who have a spat with quantum mechanics....

This shouldn't be that hard....

[Gaberax]

Okay, who has a spat with the quantum mechanics? That's the one.

I had an Anti Matter once...Lived with my Uncle Luke. :P

Okay, think about Einstein again, and the "kin" who have a spat with quantum mechanics....

This shouldn't be that hard....

Special Relativity? :doh:

[Jon]

LOL...I like that clue!

[John_and_Yoko]

Okay, who has a spat with the quantum mechanics? That's the one.

I had an Anti Matter once...Lived with my Uncle Luke. :P

Okay, think about Einstein again, and the "kin" who have a spat with quantum mechanics....

This shouldn't be that hard....

Special Relativity? :doh:

Close....

[Jon]

Relativity?

quantum field theory (http://www.mtnmath.com/whatrh/node75.html)

[John_and_Yoko]

Relativity?

quantum field theory (http://www.mtnmath.com/whatrh/node75.html)

Relativity is right...but which flavor?

Sorry to drag it out, but I want to give a fair shake to all.

[Jon]

Oh.... you mean what rank!

General Relativity.

[John_and_Yoko]

Oh.... you mean what rank!

General Relativity.

You got it. :D



Gaberax shares his goose with you and SigTauGimp!

[SigTauGimp]

Woot~! I'm starvin'. :D

[Gaberax]

Excellent riddle, John_and_Yoko! :clap:

[John_and_Yoko]

Excellent riddle, John_and_Yoko! :clap:

Thanks! :D