The Sphinx's Lair

Still catching my breath. But, yeah, if it helps, let me be the spur in your heel.

You're a gusher, @Rand al'spring!

And never did a heel of verse have a finer spur than thee.

A heel of verse that runs and flows, like unto a spring from rocks.

The spur a gentle nudge towards the beauty in the heart.

Not since the great Achilles was a heel so proudly pierced.

Don't make me give you pet names.

Too late.

You have a heart of gold.

(Same here. Same everywhere.)

If so, then I must have an infinite improbability drive too.

You also have a mind of mathematics! Enjoy the ride.

12:49 AM

Which essentially equates to being ta'veren, come to think of it.

That requires translation.

Sorry, I must be too used to Science Fiction & Fantasy ;-)

And i speak Irish.

The Infinite Improbability Drive was installed on the spaceship Heart of Gold in the HHGTTG series.

Rand al'Thor is a particularly strong ta'veren in the Wheel of Time series.

@lauir Failte!

Neil Young - Heart of Gold (Lyrics)

. . . catching up . . .

12:58 AM

0

Q: Gimped Knight on a Torus

Place a knight on a toroidal $100 \times 100$ board (i.e. the edges wrap). Restrict his movement to a particular 2-square pattern (gimped from his usual 8-square pattern; for example, he may only be able to move up-up-right and down-left-left). After move one, he may be in one of two locations. A...

Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End

3:53 AM

Dead Kennedys -Nazi Punks Fuck Off (lyrics)

^I'm not even sure whether that's the original or a cover.

I thought all the originals were cuffed by lawyers.

Nice version either way.

And now the television is swearing at me. Always something new under the sun.

4:20 AM

0

Q: What number comes next?

What number is missing from the following sequence? 4, 8, 16, 26, 41, 57, 79, 104, 138, 184, 241, ?

pattern number-sequence

ELP - The Barbarian (Live).

8:09 AM

A (loving) lesson for you, AK:

Green Day: "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" - [Official Video]

Feeling Nostalgic

All Time Low - Old Scars/Future Hearts

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Fellow traveler!

Let's get arrested together.

If I Had You

because I kinda had to

(Way behind, thank you! And if you want to be caught by authorities join my artful dodgery.))

8:24 AM

sounds fun

(I listen to every piece of music more than once.)

(And, yes, i trip the pavement until it bleeds relief.)

ah I suppose I shouldn't spam more songs then

Genesis - Dance on a Volcano

Bring 'em on!

The more music the more merrier.

Genesis - Dancing with the Moonlit Knight

^ repeat, yes, but worthy. Wake up the neighbrs.

"Lava's the lover who licks your boots away. Do you wanna dance with me?"

(Thank you for daring.)

(I'm tired of kicking ass. So much more fun to dance the night away.)

(Yeh it's night here again.)

(When i go parentheses it's soft passage. When i go outside at night it's everyone for shelter.)

(Can't believe that these feathery fingers can pluck prose as easily as,,, well,,, ...)

(Don't try it at home. Or anywhere else!)

Q: Who am I, and where do I live?

8:50 AM

0

In the south of the north of the north Lies a castle to which a king came forth Amen to the prince who mourns To whom the crown adorns Who am I?

riddle knowledge poetry

Joe Walsh - In The City (HD Audio)

So there i went. Looking for a physical fight.

No such luck.

All i ask is for is to wake up in an emergency room again. Not for you to do so.

And here i am, with every digit dialing.

Don't make me masochist again! The medics just leave me on stoop by now and say, "see you next time."

Pretty sure i've left more others in the emergency room than myself. Quite sure. Made sure.

Feeling badass.

Swat happens after you protect your sweetass.

Life in the city!

"No one's there to catch you when you fall. In the city."

So you'd better land on your feet.

My feet are bare. Zat's how i know what's underfoot.

. . . no takers? . . .

. . . i pass the baton as if it were gift . . .

. . . don't make explicit . . .

. . . oh wow, sorry to blather nondescript. Back in English sooner or later.

Q: Don't mind the attitude of the protagonist of this riddle

9:36 AM

0

Find me on a compass, lamers. I have shown the way for gamers. My neighbors describe this site. Tell me, stranger, who am I?

riddle wordplay

" Minor Swing " 　David Grisman

11:18 AM

For you, @TheGrr:

C'mon dawgs! I tread you to cool down.

Don't make me steal out into the night.

The moon is rising.

My furry pads have regrown. Please intervene.

(Don't worry, i'm not about harm. It's just better keyboarded than sidewalked.)

Not this time? Here we go. Vignette to follow.

Lena Horne "Stormy Weather"

11:45 AM

No vignette this time. The feral footprint ran in front.

Also no moonrise!

Lori Lieberman sings "Killing Me Softly" on Mike Douglas Show, 1973

Watch throughout.

Am i the only here who knows English?

Or am i the only here who loves it to death?

English deserves a better fate.

Barely.

And again.

Open your ears.

If that song doesn't touch you, you ain't sensational.

12:10 PM

Wow, since when am I the top user in the 'discussion' tag on meta?!

Sorry, @Zyerah :-(

You're also sensational, Rand al'!

We erect our antennae.

To detect activity.

Or to deact tectivity.

!

Tectivity (n.) - shortened version of tectonic activity.

"Touch Me in the Morning" Diana Ross

Don't make subdact!

Blondie - One Way or Another (Lyrics)

There's a missing "me" up there. In more than one way.

I'll show up sooner or later. In more than one way.

You'll be so lucky.

Did not realisze, that is the definitive puzzling song!

To have an unanswered riddle is to have a puzzle unsolved.

12:42 PM

trying to decipher that

Not that I can't fill in the missing letters.

Just trying to work out the meaning behind your small changes.

(working on it)

I can be precise when necessary, and oh so sloppy when opportunity affords it.

Right now the moment is opportune. Look out, English.

The best tune to sing is an opportune.

Let's sing along!

The longest kind of roll is a rigmarole.

You understand language in a way i love, Rand al'uinge!

Have at it!

Language deserves battery from all sides.

12:51 PM

Credit where it's due: the rigmarole joke wasn't mine.

All hail Norton Juster.

If you haven't read The Phantom Tollbooth, do.

That goes for everyone here.

A great little book for puzzlrs.

Did. And well served.

I don't even know the author, but they clearly love both language and mathematics, which aren't that different.

Amen!

Soul mate.

The kings so at odds are really two sides of the same coin.

Check mate!

12:57 PM

Even if it takes a little rhyme and reason to set the 'polises in alliance.

You go!

Yes - Time and a Word

^ A kind of whiny song, but nice, not the one i was looking for.

^Can't believe what a badass i am. Should really tone it down.

Pour a little sugar on it, honey.

5

A: I shrunk the kids

The answer is I found this after seeing the OP's comment that Ethan the Brave's answer was on the right tracks. In the United States, You can find me in a camp and in a city, You can find me in a creek and in a grove, You can find me on a hill and on a land. You call my nicknames all th...

The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (Original 1969 Music Video)

You knew that was coming.

^ not the best timing.

@Rand al'dom, you have the spotlight.

No? I'm not worthy.

Someone else.

1:23 PM

To light the spot, or to spot the light?

To spite a lot, for a lot of spite.

No, better not.

And you bit!

Thank you again and again.

Sadly I must needs depart.

("must needs" is a weird English phrase)

Needs must!

@Rand al'truist if i ever go on the road please enjoin.

I'm enjoin' every minute.

And pleasant dreams if that's what you just meant.

1:28 PM

But reality calls, as is its wont.

I'll see you on the other side.

You bet!

Yes - The Gates of Delirium

...................................

plunk

1:44 PM

Oboy the neighbrs and i are about to go on a Yes journey until officials put a stop to it. Ride along.

The stillness of night really should be more careful.

@TheGr, learn from that song.

You too, @Boboq, though i don't have as clear an image of what you're learning.

Boboq, i think you're at least both as sane and insane as i. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Hang on.

I've endured almost 60 years of insanity so far. You can do it too.

And i follow footsteps of others further along.

As i continue barefoot to kick.

(Really, you haven't been kicked until a barefoot palm broadsides you.)

(Sorry, that was unnecessary.)

(Some of my favrite music really riles me.)

You really here, @TheG?!?! That up there is a piece of music worth learning from.

2:15 PM

I'm having a listen!

But I'm also about to disappear

Effervescence.

Ephemerality.

Mayfly!

March Hare.

just a little earlier in the year

and a little larger of life

Lope!

2:20 PM

Now the L and H keys surely aren't that easily mixed up

The H key is superior. L likes it that way.

Really.

L finds comfort below warmer keys.

It feels like a ligh

like a lightbulb.

Very very nice.

You've seen through my protective shell.

its protective as hell.

Sure is. No fear.

2:29 PM

Sometimes I'd hoped I'd protect - I've shelled out more for less each time though

I'm finding dollar bills everywhere now!

Funny how things go missing.

everytime you lose something it has to turn up in another world.

Darling!

Maybe one of those bills is from an upturned sea, once.

(No cogent reply. Many tries.)

2:33 PM

Cogento ergo sum, I suppose

(Talking with you is fun, I gotta say)

2

@ThegrE, you tarry!

(It's like an absurdist play writing itself)

2

(Factory Fugue for two voices)

(Duet on a blues scale)

Oh so!

I pass the baton to you.

You can give it back time and again.

(And to those who see past pressed keys after pressed keys - cacophonyphony)

!

How phony can you get before we take you seriously?

2:39 PM

That's not my call

I keep going till the audience phones in

You are onstage.

But filler on the stage is hard to make out from the flesh of the performer/performance - it's all homophony to me

You are amazing. And that includes the scared definition.

Dance it off.

Will a polka do?

Link?

Tritsch Tratsch Polka ♪♫ ♫

2:43 PM

I've got my polkaface on. Tell me you've heard this before, and see if you can tell whether I believe it.

Thank you! I was desperately searching for another. Hadn't heard this one.

You're welcome, anytime.

It's so light.

I didn't know polksa could work that way.

Learn something new every day. On a good day.

(And now i'm getting adverts.)

Adverts or averts?

When you're right, you're right, @TheG.

I'd turn my internets off if only weren't for this feed.

2:54 PM

And then the entry of the third voice.

@Ankoganit

Care to state the subject of the conversation?

(deleted due to discretion)

:O

Anyway, hullo!

made any headway on insert secret things here

Not really :(

all good ahah you can message me for hints anytime

2:56 PM

I had some ideas on the 2nd secret thing but mostly dead ends

Ok cool

But I'm gonna try for some time now

Alright! Let me know how it goes

Sure

@Anko, i'm supernosey. Where/when are you? I'm 7am.

India, 8:30 pm

Got it. Thank you.

I know where/when you are, @TheGr.

Time-Pink Floyd lyrics

3:03 PM

It's a time that's changing all the time!

Minute by minute

A minute is a minute time, second only to a second

Stolen moments.

(And thank you, @Ankoganit)

"Thought i'd something more to say."

You can just say thankoganit

You deserve more.

Until then, you heard me.

3:17 PM

@lauir I've never heard the origin story of your profile pic.

It would embarrass more than myself, but thank you for asking!

I'm the rodent in that picture.

The violin and bee are very dear friends, both still too alive to reveal.

The flowers are figments of my imagination.

:D

Okay, tell me this @TheGr ,how much Googling do you expect for #2?

Depends on what you've got so far...

Basically nothing, except that I learnt a new word for a hamster

3:23 PM

XD

Googling for hard words, probably

googling for other reasons, definitely

Hmm ok

Giles, Giles & Fripp "Elephant Song"

Can't help it, again:

"Very very nice said the same man in crowd."

"Would you like some? Ah, but we're burning all the artists."

"Mob is power."

Yes - Survival (Lyrics in description)

Yes.

Q: Guy who understands if a diamond is genuine by just looking at it

3:47 PM

1

There is a guy who can determine if a diamond is genuine or fake by just looking at it. His name is Richard. One day, he is summoned by the leader of a thief gang. It turns out that thieves have stolen a lot of diamonds from a jewelery store. However, the problem is, some of the diamonds are fak...

riddle

0

Q: I can't decode this QRcode

I have a file named 5882056720452989866926902.png I can't seem to decode it. I used qrtools. I obtained the following number as result : 4817711423894667123151206 Summary: I have two codes now: 5882056720452989866926902 4817711423894667123151206 But I don't see the relation. Any help ?

riddle cipher

Yes - Perpetual Change

^ yes, a repeat.

Listen until your ears bleed happy.

"As mist and sun are both the same."

Q: what is the next term in series given below

4:49 PM

-1

5,9,12,18,26,36,47,72 Visit https://area51.stackexchange.com/ regularly! Use angle brackets to force linking: Have you seen https://superuser.com?

mathematics

9:03 PM

0

Q: The heaviest orange

You have a basket of 9 oranges, 8 of the oranges have the same weight and 1 is heavier than the others. All the oranges looks and feels the same. You have a scale but you are allowed to use it only 2 times. How could you find the heaviest orange?

riddle

user61230

10:15 PM

@Randal'Thor Since I stopped coming to meta, harrumph.

user61230

I'm going to post something on meta that's just, "please give me upvotes, I need to continue to beat Rand al'Thor."

10:40 PM

VTC: unclear what you're asking :-P

You're missing some fun flags here, btw. I raised a custom mod flag in rhyming verse yesterday (after an inspiring chat with humn/lauir, naturally).

1

Q: A relatable riddle

I like to be red on icons, Just two taps away on iPhones. Webmasters love me with passion, Let's be friends in a math session!

riddle

user61230

Aw.

user61230

All I get on Literature are flags about pedantic comments. :<

10:56 PM

Hey, rhyming verse is on-topic for Lit too! I'll try to remember to give you some fun flags there next time ;-)

user61230

The challenge is to write the flags that cause the most visceral, existential pain.

user61230

Think rhyming "fun in the sun," but an order of magnitude worse.

Your question is inferior
It couldn't be blearier
It's making we wearier
Signed, secretary of the interior

This answer's got me in a bind.
If you think it answers the question, you must be blind.
Until it's deleted I can't unwind.
Signed ...

Signed, all of humankind xD

11:09 PM

Or humnkind.

True.

user61230

humnkind, [snrk]

This should not be asked here
It's about William, but not Shakespeare
To my eye this brings a tear
Signed, conventioneer

(this is way more fun than it should be)

@thecoder16 I see you're exploring the Reading Room ;-)

@The Double ping!

11:39 PM

hehe, was curious what happens in literature