# Riddle me this... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2003, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150 "2003-12-20T08:51:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/1 "2003-12-20T08:51:32Z")
My life can be measured in hours I serve by being devoured thin I am quick Fat I am slow wind is my foe What is the answer, casue I don;t have a clue! 😕 😕 😕 Dopers needed, jump in PLEASE!: ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/2 "2003-12-20T08:55:29Z")
Fire wood? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/3 "2003-12-20T09:06:36Z")
Nope. Its one of Gollums riddles here:[http://www.tolkien.co.uk/frame.asp](http://www.tolkien.co.uk/frame.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/4 "2003-12-20T09:09:03Z")
It’s a candle. Fat candles burn slower than thin candles. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/5 "2003-12-20T09:15:58Z")
Blake, my friend and i were working on that for the past 2 hours. YOu made us look stupid. thanks 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/6 "2003-12-20T09:18:46Z")
Any time. Well I just finished the whole thing since I posted that aswer. Two wrong, one on a spelling mistake (it won’t accept plurals) and one on an answer that I will dispute. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/7 "2003-12-20T09:20:13Z")
Next… when I am filled I can point the way When I am empty nothing moves me I have two skins One without, and one within ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/8 "2003-12-20T09:21:14Z")
I can’t even figure out the first one! ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/9 "2003-12-20T09:22:27Z")
Got it! On the third one now ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/10 "2003-12-20T09:24:13Z")
Monkey Mule: a glove! ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/11 "2003-12-20T10:38:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MonkeyMule \* > \*\*Nope. > \*\* I realize that you’re looking for the answer(candle) that matches your source, but wouldn’t firewood fit the bill as well? ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/12 "2003-12-20T10:48:31Z")
Firewood would work, but not as well as a candle because firewood isn’t normally thought of as being extinguished by wind. I ran into he same problem with the ‘stars’ question. I answered ‘shadows’, which fits the question, but not as well as the real answer. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/13 "2003-12-20T10:56:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blake \* > \*\*Any time. > > Well I just finished the whole thing since I posted that aswer. Two wrong, one on a spelling mistake (it won’t accept plurals) and one on an answer that I will dispute. \*\* I put in the correct answer for the fifth one, and it won’t accept it no matter how I spell it. Fuck the shit fanboys. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/14 "2003-12-20T10:56:44Z")
What’s the answer to ‘It walks east, west, north and south. Has a tongue, but nary a mouth’. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/15 "2003-12-20T11:01:51Z")
A shoe. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/16 "2003-12-20T11:03:06Z")
"I put in the correct answer for the fifth one, and it won’t accept it no matter how I spell it. " What is the fifth one? ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/17 "2003-12-20T11:09:31Z")
At night, they come… star **s** ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/18 "2003-12-20T11:24:33Z")
Okay, what’s in my pocket? ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/19 "2003-12-20T11:25:59Z")
String or nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150/20 "2003-12-20T11:28:11Z")
String or nothing. And why is this thread in Cafe Society and not MPSISM or GQ.?Aside fromt he very tenuous Tolkein link [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-me-this/220150.md?page=2)