Baron Samedi

[size=1]Great work Billy ^_^; My riddle: Look at me. I can bring a smile to your face, A tear to your eye, Or even a thought to your mind. But, I can't be seen. What am I?[/size]

[size=1]Damn dude, your mum is good at this :p My riddle: I am the fountain from which no one can drink. For many I am considered a necessary link. Like gold to all I am sought for, But my continued death brings wealth for all to want more. What am I?[/size]

[size=1]Sorry Billy, no dice with that guess :). Any others?[/size]

[size=1]@TOOD: Correct! I'm sometimes white, Although sometimes I'm black. I take you there, But never bring you back. What am I?[/size]

[size=1]Geez, you guys are too good! My riddle: Something a bit different, lol. "What do you use to hoe a row, slay a foe, and wring with woe?"[/size]

[size=1]@Morpheus: I must say that whole 'burning us in public buildings' is still a bit dodgy ;) Courtship is the correct answer, though I suppose relationship could be as well. My riddle: Svetlak ordered a fishing rod, priced at $3.56. Unfortunately, Svetlak is an Eskimo who lives in a very remote part of Greenland and the import rules there forbid any package longer than 4 feet to be imported. The fishing rod was 4 feet and 1 inch, just a little too long, so how can the fishing rod be mailed to Svetlak without breaking the rules? Ideally Svetlak would like the fishing rod to arrive in one piece![/size]

[size=1]Correct: Parachutes! My riddle: What ship has no captain but two mates? @Morpheus: Is 'hair' actually the answer? And if so, what is up with the burning in public buildings bit?[/size]

[size=1]Damn, TOOD beat me to the answer, heh. My riddle: Two men are in a desert. They both have packs on. One of the guys is dead. The guy who is alive has his pack open, the guy who is dead has his pack closed. What is in the pack?[/size]

[size=1]Yetti's aren't actually a species Sephiroth. It is just another name for Bigfoot :p[/size]

[size=1]@Morpheus: Correct! And is it maybe logs then? My riddle: A petshop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears". Davey bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?[/size]

[size=1]@Morpheus: Trees perhaps? Thats about all I can think of. And great work with the chess answer. @TOOD: Sorry for the abbreviation, lol. I have not got the faintest idea what yours could be. My riddle: How many letters are in the alphabet?[/size]

[size=1]@Morpheus: [quote name='Morpheus'] Is the question "Which door is right, and which door would the other guardian say is right?"[/quote] That is two separate questions. And therefore, for the [fourth?] time, you are wrong, lol. @Morpheus again: Shows how much you know. Roosters + hens = eggs with babies. Hens on their own = eggs people eat. ~_^ [b]Edit[/b]: @ThatOneOddDude: Chocolate?[/size]

[size=1][b]The Gods Forsake You[/b] It was possibly one of the oddest?spaces ever seen. On one side, you felt the warmth of the sunshine, the faintest whiff of sweet perfume. On the other side was the ghastly chill of night in the desert, and the soft rustling of things unseen. Life and Death were having another argument. Madness raged below. ---- [quote name='ThatOneOddDude']NOTE: I just found out banal does not rhyme with anal, but instead it rhymes with canal.[/quote] Only if you pronounce it wrong, lol. Anal= Ae nal Banal= Ban arl Canal= Can al None of them rhyme.[/size]

[size=1]I think you also have to delineate between what is possible, and what seems plain unlikely. Big Foot is a possibility, for sure. I mean, big hairy animals that resemble humans isn't exactly a far-fetched idea, is it? Loch Ness...well, you never know. They've conducted so many scans of that lake though... if there was something there at some time, it seems unlikely for it to be there now. Chupacabras...well, who knows. I suppose anything is possible, but I daresay there is a far more mundane explanation for the occurrence. Aliens: I always have believed that aliens must exist. It'd be an awful waste of space if there wasn't ~_^ And I think anybody who isn't prepared to accept the possibility of other forms of intelligent life in the universe is... well, stupid I'm afraid. Earth is quite literally, nothing. But do I think contact will ever be formed with another race? Well, not for a fair while anyway. The Universe is so large that the chance of meeting another space-faring [or even stay-at home :p] race is unlikely. But I definitely think that aliens exist. Ghosts: There ae a lot of documented cases of weird happenings. I can keep an open mind. And I think thats the key to a lot of things. Having an open mind.[/size]

[size=1]@DarkOtakuBoy: Yeah, that does work, but the actual answer as it is supposed to go is this "Which door would the other guardian tell me to go through?" and then you go into the opposite door. @Panda: Think about it. One thous[b]a[/b]nd is a lot further then one hundred [b]a[/b]nd one. And you don't spell it as one hundred one. I'm right, y'know ~_^ @Morpheus: You only get to ask one question, lol. And only at one guardian. I made this abundantly clear. Also @Morpheus: The only part of your riddle I got was the fact that a 'Marvellous One Man Show' could not survive the loss of 'one' of it's actors. Again @Morpheus: This is maths, not a riddle, lol. All you have to work out is how many eggs they'd be laying on days 65 and 70, and times it by 20.[/size]

[size=1][b]Long Green Miles[/b] The man shivered, as he was hauled towards the chair, his lean frame shaking pathetically with the cold. Water still beaded his hair, and ran in rivulets across the harsh ridges of his spine. His fingers and toes were mottled blue with cold, and his teeth rattled inside his head like dice in Death?s fist. [b]Final Warmth, Compassionate Chair[/b] Harsh, foreign hands pushed him back into the confining prison of the wooden chair?s frame, his hunched back resisting the force. Strong fingers dug into his wrists, holding them against the splintery arms of the chair. Iron manacles folded over them, and as the helmet descended, the man could only think of one thing. Warmth. ----- I'd appreciate any comments on this piece. [/size]

[size=1]Sorry Morpheus, you're wrong. And neither Guardian is guarding a specific door, heh. @Panda: One hundred [b]a[/b]nd one?[/size]

[size=1]Lets perpetuate more harmful stereotypes, you [b]whinging, nerdy, anime dorks![/b] Really, 'nerd' is a subjective thing, as is any other stereotype, though it exists within relatively set parameters. A nerd is someone who looks geeky, talks with a certain degree of properness, or has no social skills, sits alone in class, studies a lot, sits in the library all of the time, has very few friends [though may have many nerdy friends] and...yeah. Basically, this is the kind of image I figure most people have in their minds when the word 'nerd' is whipped around.[/size]

[size=1]Let's pretend you didn't spread the very same news in numerous mO's [your own included]. ;)[/size]

[size=1]The kind of personality I'm really 'feeling' for my characters is a larrikin, an easy-going, swaggering ex-Captain. A bit of background for my currently nameless character: [B]Bio[/B]: He left his home port at the age of seven, on a merchant ship bound for the West Indies, but was waylaid on the journey by Captain Shaw and his bunch of ruffians on the ship known as the 'Salted Snail'. They captured all of the merchants to sell to slavers, and looted the ship before sinking it. When they sold off the merchants, they kept my character. For the next 9 years, he worked with them on their cycle, as they made forays along coasts, and lived the life of a privateer. One night, in the middle of a raging storm, most of the crew were washed overboard, including their Captain, and two distinct bands were left. The officers, and the rest. Fighting broke out, until all but one of the pirates were dead. Using my characters help, they cleared the decks of bodies, and sailed it back to the nearest port, but barely two day's sail from land, the pirate died of his wounds. My character took over posession of the ship, and named himself Captain. He brought around him a fresh crew, and for the past 5 years they have been roaming the coasts, until their recent encounter with a Spanish fleet... [B]Picture[/B]: [img]http://images.veer.com/IMG/PIMG/CYP/CYP0101728_P.JPG[/img] [B]Weapons[/B]: Twin cutlasses on his back, and a bandolier with variously sized and weighted throwing knives. [b]Name[/b]: To be decided. [b]Age[/b]: 21.[/size]

[size=1][quote name='DaggerIX1']For example, when I recently joined a different anime-related forum, before posting anything else I made a thread asking how to disable the default smilies in posts.[/quote]But you've just made a fatal mistake: You've assumed that everyone is as intelligent and sensible as you are. And I daresay you could have waited 25 posts to be able to ask that. [quote name='Charles']I'm not sure what you mean exactly. Perhaps you misread me. There won't be a fifty post benchmark for thread creation. People will either become a "Member" after twenty to twenty-five posts, or still be considered a "New Member" but have the ability to create their own threads.[/quote]No, I read you fine, lol. I know that 50 posts wasn't going to be the criteria. I was saying that they should still be new members, but gain thread posting abilities at 25 posts, because after 50 posts, they could be considered to be a fully fledged member, but 50 posts is too high a limit to restrict thread creation to. Was that clearer?[/size]

[size=1]@Thread-starter: Thursday. @Sinna: Is the answer Ice, or Wind? Ice and Wind can be biting, and they can sting you, but they can also kill you... @Junkokaiba: Say: "I will be thrown in the lava". Thats an old one, lol. Now a riddle for people who like old movies ;) You come upon two old men guarding two old doors. One door leads to safety, One door leads to Death. One of the Guardians will always lie, the other tells only the truth. Using one question directed at one Guardian, how do you find out which door you should enter?[/size]

[size=1][spoiler]Upon reading Tony's comment, all I have to say is this: :p[/spoiler][/size]

[size=1]High-paying. I'd love to have both, of course, but when it comes down to it, your whole life isn't work. I love technology, I love the high-life. I am not afraid to admit that I place a great deal of importance in material objects. But I would refuse to do something that either a) made me unhappy [as converse to, say, me not being happy] or b) intefered with family and friends. I think that you need to be 'not unhappy', but your job doesn't have to make you happy either. This comes at a time when I'm heading into the last two years of high-school, and where I'm really starting to feel the pressure to look at career paths. And I just hope that I find something both enjoyable and well-paying.[/size]

[size=1]Come on, everyone has something uncool that they enjoy. What do you do to entertain yourself? My initial answer would be this: OB. But you're all here, so I guess uncool isn't a word suitable for this situation. My second choice would be reading. After all, [b]everyone[/b] knows people who read are losers.[/size]