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Riddle!

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Barmy Army, Jan 31, 2004.

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  1. Barmy Army

    Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Adored Veteran

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    Remove all ads!
    You guys gotta help me out here...

    A mate just launched a riddle at me, and I cant get it! (admittantly only thought baout it for about 10 seconds).

    "What goes up but doesn't come down"

    Its probably a piss easy one. But I'll be buggered if I can think of the answer.

    Help a guy in need.

    [ January 31, 2004, 22:54: Message edited by: Taluntain ]
     
    Barmy Army, Jan 31, 2004
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  2. BOC

    BOC Let the wild run free Veteran

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    Smoke
     
    BOC, Jan 31, 2004
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    I've heard a humorous answer being pancake... :D

    But, like BOC said, smoke... Or steam?... :confused:
     
    Vyndin Source, Jan 31, 2004
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    your age
     
    Lynx Lupo, Jan 31, 2004
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  5. The Kilted Crusader

    The Kilted Crusader The Famous Last words "Hey guys, watch THIS!" Veteran

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    The candles on your birthday cake :D . Yeah, its your age, quite an old one.
     
    The Kilted Crusader, Jan 31, 2004
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  6. Barmy Army

    Barmy Army Simple mind, simple pleasures... Adored Veteran

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    Hey thanks guys :p

    *wracks brains for BG2 knowledge, so he can fire a few riddles back :D *
     
    Barmy Army, Jan 31, 2004
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    I thought it was inflation.
     
    Gonzago, Feb 3, 2004
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    [​IMG] You mean Chev's post counter Gonzago?
     
    Nobleman, Feb 5, 2004
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    Fireworks...
    or the jig...
    I mean...
    you never hear someone say the jig is down. :)
     
    L.O.Quint, Feb 17, 2004
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    I know what I have that never goes down!!

    -ducks from stoning SP members-
     
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  11. Splunge

    Splunge Bhaal’s financial advisor Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    [​IMG] WARNING!!
    Crude, tasteless, sexist, politically incorrect, and deplorably inappropriate “joke” ahead:

    Your girlfriend? :p
    And can you blame her? :p :p
     
    Splunge, Feb 17, 2004
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    The only thing like this I've heard is "What goes up a chimney down but can't go down a chimney up"
    and the answer to that is an umbrella
     
    Aldazar, Feb 18, 2004
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    I think now would be the right time to say: "PWNED!"
     
    Jesper898, Feb 21, 2004
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    HAHAHA!!
    PWNED seems to be fitting here indeed jesper :)

    Great one Splunge :D
     
    Duke Eltan, Feb 21, 2004
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    :shake: Nice one Splunge.

    Quick question: what does pwned stand for?
     
    Blog, Feb 22, 2004
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  16. Splunge

    Splunge Bhaal’s financial advisor Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Well, I had no idea what pwned meant, so I did a Google search (mainly because I wanted to know if jesper898 was insulting me :D )

    A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."
    Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."
    It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.
    "Man, I rock at my job, but I still got a bad evaluation. I was pwned."
    OR
    "That team totally pwned us." OR "PWNED j00r @$$ B17CH!"

    From here.

    I guess I was being complimented. I especially like being a "god-like force". :grin:
     
    Splunge, Feb 22, 2004
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    actually... when using the theory that the universe is gonna collapse on itself and shrink again, all time reverses... this don't mean we'll be resurrected, but our age will drop... i guess it must be something like "light beams when you switch a torch on and shine it upwards".

    :D
     
    Septic Yogurt, Feb 22, 2004
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    When you play MMORPGs, you tend to hear the word "PWNED" a lot :p
     
    Jesper898, Feb 23, 2004
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    Aswell as CS... You *see* ( :D ) alot of wicked language while playing online. Many words come from misspellings, but I think most of those kind of words came out of lazyness.

    Why people started writing with numbers however eludes me.
    I´d like to know why whomever invented it started spelling the word "elite" "1337"...
    I do understand the meaning, or whatev, with it though.
    1 represents L, 3=E and 7=T.
    So it´s a shortage really, LEET, but why the numbers?
     
    Duke Eltan, Feb 23, 2004
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  20. Loerand

    Loerand My heart holds no fear for death

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    Hehe, I think that is a somewhat "modern" way of writing words. It's not so common as the regular letters, and therefore they're using it to say that they're something "not-so-common" too. It's almost like the punk-attitude "**** the System".

    I think it's silly anyways :)
     
    Loerand, Feb 23, 2004
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