Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00373)

Random House Webster's dictionary describes it thus: a question framed so as to exercise one's ingenuity in aswering it or discovering its meaning: conundrum.

The foremost advocate of the riddle was the Sphinx in Greek and Roman mythology.

David B.

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> David 
> Dont follow. What is the riddle? 
> Cass 
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> Cass and Mauri 
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> It is called a riddle. They are common in Greek and Roman mythologies. The tales 
> of Hercules and Oddyses and the rest were a fun break in high schools across the 
> country. 
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> > Hey Mauri 
> > Just came up with a definition for IQ = Idiotic Questioning Test 
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> > > I think you just failed the DENSA and MENSA test. 
> > > I think I would pass the DENSA IQ TEST, Denser than the average MENSA. 
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> > Yes, I failed that test. I'm a member 
> > of an esoteric branch of an organization 
> > of speculators known as Specna. One 
> > qualifies for membership in Specna by 
> > failing tests for both Mensa and Densa. 
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> > Speculatively, 
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