# help...this riddle is driving me nuts! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 1999, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099 "1999-12-13T22:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mr\_john](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mr\_john](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_john)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 1999, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/61 "1999-12-15T23:04:00Z")
Hinderd? hindered Omni got it!! a zepilen! uh zepplin, z e p dirigible nope, mostly on the ground oh the humanity of it all! this thing is driving me nuts. * * * “Pardon me while I have a strange interlude.”-Marx ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 1999, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/62 "1999-12-15T23:07:00Z")
I get this sort of thing at school occasionally. It’s OK for a while, but once you’ve made some reasonable guesses, the kid should give the answer. Don’t use death threats, just tell him you’ve lost interest and don’t want to know the answer anymore. This will pressure him enormously - as long as you stay calm, he’ll crack. Here’s one from my pupils: I am greater than God, I cannot be seen, If you eat me, you die, What am I? * * * Why doesn’t the sun come out at night when the light would be more useful? (Pratchett) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 1999, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/63 "1999-12-15T23:17:00Z")
glee, your riddle has no answer. Nothing is greater than god. Wait a minute… ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 1999, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/64 "1999-12-15T23:22:00Z")
Arnold Winkelried, 10 minutes? Merry Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/65 "1999-12-16T02:54:00Z")
OK, then, I vote for Bullshit… ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/66 "1999-12-16T03:04:00Z")
As the answer to the OP. Maybe the second riddle too, though. ---
**Author:** ![melanietarrant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@melanietarrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melanietarrant)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/67 "1999-12-16T03:08:00Z")
i gave the kid a link to this board, he’s reading our posts and laughing at us right now. he says it has 7 letters ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/68 "1999-12-16T03:15:00Z")
Well, it’s true then- the AntiChrist is among us. I sure didn’t expect the Beast to come in riddle-form… ---
**Author:** ![User\_Name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bbce88/32.png) [@User\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_Name)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/69 "1999-12-16T08:46:00Z")
What about “machine”? It has 7 letters and more or less fits the clues. The concept of one can be thought of as intagible, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![melanietarrant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@melanietarrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melanietarrant)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/70 "1999-12-16T14:32:00Z")
i’m sorry to report, after much arm twisting, i now have the answer to the riddle. frankly i’m disapointed, you won’t have to go so far to get better clues now. i won’t let this riddle trip you up anymore well, i gotta leave now… ---
**Author:** ![ENC\_Heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/65b543/32.png) [@ENC\_Heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENC_Heel)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/71 "1999-12-16T14:37:00Z")
The answer to the first riddle: ## A Computer Virus “I never lie, but I don’t always say what I’m thinking.” ENC Heel ---
**Author:** ![User\_Name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bbce88/32.png) [@User\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/User_Name)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/72 "1999-12-16T15:43:00Z")
So what IS the answer? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@Mr\_Thin\_Skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Thin_Skin)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/73 "1999-12-17T06:16:00Z")
Come on, give us a hint. Who was closest. Who was most off. Anything… Please. ---
**Author:** ![melanietarrant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@melanietarrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melanietarrant)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 1999, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/74 "1999-12-17T06:44:00Z")
i gave you three hints in my last post… let’s all travel back there and look at it, shall we? ## the only one i can think of who would have even remotely enjoyed this riddle, is steve perry once again i want state how disapointed i was in the solution to this riddle. i am Sooooooo sorry i took up everyone’s time. if anyone sends me death threats because of this i’ll understand, and forward them to the kid who started this ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/75 "1999-12-16T19:03:00Z")
So, is the answer “a journey”? ---
**Author:** ![melanietarrant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@melanietarrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melanietarrant)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/76 "1999-12-16T19:11:00Z")
DING DING DING you got it great! and again i am very sorry * * * I’m pink therefore I’m Spam ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/77 "1999-12-16T19:34:00Z")
I don’t think there ever was “a kid”. I think it was just **melanietarrant** all along. Give us the kid, **melanietarrant**! It’s either you or the kid! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![melanietarrant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@melanietarrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melanietarrant)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/78 "1999-12-16T19:40:00Z")
i’ll tell you what, after that. i would gladly turn him over to the mob! YOU HEAR THAT ANDY!!! I KNOW YOU’RE READING THIS!! ## j/k I’m pink therefore I’m Spam ---
**Author:** ![saraam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@saraam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saraam)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/79 "1999-12-16T19:42:00Z")
That answer just BARELY makes sense. What a racket. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 1999, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099/80 "1999-12-16T23:44:00Z")
I think we came up with many viable answers. We just didn’t guess the one the kid thought was the only answer. You need to consider that there are other answers when you post a riddle, and acknowledge when someone posts something that would work also. Post more riddles, I’m game, or is that gamy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-this-riddle-is-driving-me-nuts/12099.md?page=5)