Timeline for A short, brutal riddle
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| Mar 3, 2021 at 21:25 | comment | added | Some Guy | How did you figure out each line was a lie? | |
| Jun 12, 2020 at 19:58 | comment | added | João Bravo | @mykey I think that is a bit stretched, since the subject is the person, the liar. For that to make sense, the word should be LIE | |
| Nov 25, 2019 at 6:16 | history | bounty ended | naiveai | ||
| Jan 14, 2018 at 1:14 | comment | added | userNaN | I had almost the same thought initially, but without the caveat that each line was a lie (so the final one really threw me off). I then spent a fair amount of time trying to make something with LIBRA work, since "People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone." Alas, it was not to be... | |
| Sep 3, 2015 at 4:52 | comment | added | mykey | 'left alone I am a word of five letters' this part means if not disputed, challenged it will actually go as the Truth (five letter word) though a lie!! | |
| Aug 21, 2015 at 9:50 | comment | added | Zachiel | Upvote #100! Well done, you deserved it. | |
| Aug 20, 2015 at 13:50 | comment | added | NeedAName | @spoorlezer dictionary.com also lists lair as 'a secluded or hidden place, especially a secret retreat or base of operations; a hideout or hideaway' and oxford dictionary as 'A secret or private place in which a person seeks concealment or seclusion.' I would agree that the cold aspect and part of the dark aspect are the imbued in the connotation of the word lair, but the definitions still convey some of that sense. | |
| Aug 20, 2015 at 11:37 | comment | added | spoorlezer | The only thing I do not agree with is 'LAIR'. I understand the reasoning, but while the word is perhaps often used in conjunction with drafty and miserable places, its definition is 'den of an animal' or 'a hiding place'. No one would voluntarily spend much time anywhere that wasn't comfortable to them. I will grant that what a human considers 'comfortable' might vary greatly from what an animal will consider the same. | |
| Aug 20, 2015 at 10:23 | comment | added | Bakudan | Every line, except the last one, starts with a letter from the answer - L I R A. If the 2 last explanations were switched, the answer would be really the riddle itself, in certain way. :) | |
| Aug 20, 2015 at 1:21 | comment | added | LarsH | @Trengot that was what tipped me off to the answer. | |
| Aug 19, 2015 at 14:56 | comment | added | NeedAName | @Trengot Oh wow nice catch! | |
| Aug 19, 2015 at 9:35 | comment | added | Holloway | The four lines as an acrostic also form an anagram of liar. | |
| Aug 19, 2015 at 7:33 | comment | added | Mave | "I could be way off track..." - beautiful. Just like the answer. | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 20:53 | comment | added | NeedAName | I'm not sure you understood the answer. Go back and read the second spoiler | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 20:47 | comment | added | Mohair | How can RAIL be of no use to trains? That one doesn't make sense to me. | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 20:01 | comment | added | NeedAName | I didn't know there was a daily cap for rep gains, but I do now thanks to all the upvotes. Just do me a favor and save the rest for tomorrow will ya? :P | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 18:16 | comment | added | NeedAName | The title just kept bugging me; I might've just brushed this off as a coincidence if it wasn't for the title. | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 18:14 | vote | accept | Roland | ||
| Aug 18, 2015 at 18:12 | comment | added | Roland | Huzzah! Glad to see you called the riddle's bluff. :D | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 18:07 | history | edited | NeedAName | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 18, 2015 at 18:07 | comment | added | Engineer Toast | This is clever. I would like this to be the answer. | |
| Aug 18, 2015 at 18:06 | history | answered | NeedAName | CC BY-SA 3.0 |