Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00397)

We are talking about two different things. In the thread, there was a reference to puzzles that techinically were riddles, such as the riddle Steve gave whose answer was nothing. This is exactly the type of riddle the Sphinx would ask. The puzzles were requirements for Mensa and whose failure option was Densa. Does that get us back to the thread?

David B.
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> 
> David 
> Not What is a riddle, but what is THE RIDDLE.? I missed it completely 
> Cass 
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> david-blankenship@comcast.net wrote: 
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> 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. 
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> The foremost advocate of the riddle was the Sphinx in Greek and Roman mythology. 
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> David B. 
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> > David 
> > Dont follow. What is the riddle? 
> > Cass 
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> > david-blankenship@comcast.net wrote: 
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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 
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> > David B. 
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> > > Hey Mauri 
> > > Just came up with a definition for IQ = Idiotic Questioning Test 
> > > Cass 
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> > > Mauri wrote: 
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> > > Cass Silva wrote: 
> > > > I think you just failed the DENSA and MENSA test. 
> > > > I think I would pass the DENSA IQ TEST, Denser than the average MENSA. 
> > > > Cass 
> > > 
> > > 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. 
> > > 
> > > Speculatively, 
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