Riddles

[FayetheAspie]

Once you see the answer to the riddle ( not the words "the answer" but the actual answer to the riddle) written down you will understand how the clue fits.

 

[AuAL]

I see “rotor” but can’t fit it with the second line.

 

[FayetheAspie]

@AuAL I think that you are starting to get the idea.

 

[1ForAll]

A 3-D printer

 

[FayetheAspie]

No.

 

[1ForAll]

Obsessions

 

[1ForAll]

Time

 

[FayetheAspie]

No.

 

[Boogs]

... that clue may help only if I knew what that clue meant, as you may be speaking in either a literal or non-literal way. I can understand both, but as of right now the clue does not help me come up with more guesses.

Welcome to my world for 90% of all clues, hints and tips!

 

[FayetheAspie]

I see “rotor” but can’t fit it with the second line.

@AuAL I think that you are starting to get the idea.

clue #2

What did the guess given by @AuAL have in common with clue #1?

 

[AuAL]

I think the answer is a palindrome, but not enough information, at present, to develop a better guess as to what it is. It seems to describe something that rotates, but not sure what it does.

 

[Boogs]

Actually, thinking about it, I think you may be missing some things ...

Whether that clue is helpful or not could depend though on how one interpreted that clue. For instance, I could either see that clue as meaning (some examples):

Is that not the nature of all but the most obvious clue's?

To just print "The answer" .
To hand write "The answer" using cursive writing which I cannot do here.
Print or write what I think the answer could be, which is "I do not know"

There could be others - e.g. it could be the act of writing rather than what's being written? It could even be the attempt to write ("try writing ...")

Hinting to us that the answer is something writing related.

But not necessarily?

Hinting to us that the answer has something to do with the words "the answer," meaning for us to look possibly at the letters there.

... and possibly not.

Telling us to not look at that clue as a command for us to print or write anything, but to just think in some other way about what you said about that clue.

Isn't that (sometimes) the idea of the clues?

So, @FayetheAspie , that clue may help only if I knew what that clue meant, as you may be speaking in either a literal or non-literal way. I can understand both, but as of right now the clue does not help me come up with more guesses.

As far as I'm concerned, I wasn't (just) joking in my prev msg ("90% of clues ...") - the challenge in many/most clues can be no less than that in the original riddle, and for me many clue's actually take me off the right track! In some ways, I think the idea everything may not have an obvious or logical solution makes it less boring, though that also makes for frustrations ("they cheated! that phrase/word means something different!" <rant rant...> ).

These riddle's are a kind of exploration of other people's unusual trains of thought - e.g. are they being literal or not? It often doesn't work for me (those are the frustrating parts), but if everything had a rigid logical pattern then as soon as I found it, I'd lose interest in the riddles, there would be no challenge?

 

[FayetheAspie]

Forward I go; backwards I do the same.
Some I destroy; Some I bring to fame.
Round and round is the purpose of why I came.
What am I ?

I think the answer is a palindrome, but not enough information, at present, to develop a better guess as to what it is. It seems to describe something that rotates, but not sure what it does.

clue #3
I never said that it "rotates".

 

[AuAL]

These riddle's are a kind of exploration of other people's unusual trains of thought - e.g. are they being literal or not? It often doesn't work for me (those are the frustrating parts), but if everything had a rigid logical pattern then as soon as I found it, I'd lose interest in the riddles, there would be no challenge?

That, right there!

 

[Boogs]

That, right there!

Always gotta take da rough wi' da smooooth!

 

[FayetheAspie]

Any more guesses?

 

[Boogs]

Lot's more!
But none that fit the riddle!

 

[FayetheAspie]

Do you want the answer?

 

[Boogs]

Well on my side I'm not getting any threads I can start to pull apart to unravel this, so I don't think I'm going to come up with anything (worthwhile, that is!).

 

[FayetheAspie]

Explanations

Line one - "Forward I go; backwards I do the same." @AuAL was correct. It is a palindrome. Hence the hint to write it . A racecar still reads racecar whether read forward or backwards. I would also assume that the car itself could go forwards or backwards (if put in reverse) ?
Line two- "Some I destroy; Some I bring to fame." People have died drivng a racecar. Hence they were destroyed. People have gained fame by driving a racecar as well.
Line three - "Round and round is the purpose of why I came." To go "round and round " the track is the purpose of why the racecar came.