Riddle

[Torra]

Oh Oh OH

It's 4 miles from Chelm to Minsk as the crow flys (see: Straight line)
But it's 8 miles by road


Did I get It?? Did I Did I?

[Hermione]

Nope, SAME ROAD, Torra -okay, another hint:
The answer presumes that it is an entirely rhetorical question, and the 'answer' is a Chelmite answer.


Although I like Potter's so much, if no one gets this in a day I'm going to give him credit for it and tell you the answer.

[Hermione]

Yup, well, by your time zone it's really close to the next day, so since I really liked that answer I'm giving it to you anyway.
(The "real" answer is that if it's four months from december to april and eight months from april to december, it must be eight miles from Minsk to Chelm if it's four miles from Chelm to Minsk. As I said, not such a great answer. I like yours better!)

[Potter]

OOOooooooo.....

The Unlogic has me trumped again

Well, here's a joke/riddle while I think of another:

What do you get when a cow mates with a snake?

[Hermione]

PLEASE tell me it's not a poisonous cake?

[Potter]

it's not a poisonous cake

[Hermione]

Thank you!

Hm.
Well, you 'milk' snakes for poison, and you 'milk' cows normally, hmmm, and rattlesnakes have that 'rattle' and there's all those jokes about milkshakes from cows... hmmm.
Nope, I'm tapped out.

For now... heh heh heh...

[Torra]

Yup, well, by your time zone it's really close to the next day, so since I really liked that answer I'm giving it to you anyway.(The "real" answer is that if it's four months from december to april and eight months from april to december, it must be eight miles from Minsk to Chelm if it's four miles from Chelm to Minsk. As I said, not such a great answer. I like yours

WHAT!!!! You call this an answer.....GO TO THE TOT!!!! AND NO TALKING WHILE YOU"RE IN THERE!!!!!

[Potter]

You get a MOOOOOOOOOsssssssss....
(moose)

The smaller they are, the easier to see.
Within each, the power of trinity.
Three begets one, but one displays many.
Only one at a time, though it can be any.

I made both of these up, so my apologies for lameness and level of difficulty. (Though I don't know if it will be too easy or too hard.)

[Irishman]

Star or planets? Maybe Solar Systems, Galaxies?

[Torra]

Is it a Pyramid???

Smaller they are the easier it is to see them
and that hole power of three business
Three sides=one pyramid

Blah, Blah, Blah, logic, blah, blah blah

[Hermione]

torra said:

Yup, well, by your time zone it's really close to the next day, so since I really liked that answer I'm giving it to you anyway.(The "real" answer is that if it's four months from december to april and eight months from april to december, it must be eight miles from Minsk to Chelm if it's four miles from Chelm to Minsk. As I said, not such a great answer. I like yours

WHAT!!!! You call this an answer.....GO TO THE TOT!!!! AND NO TALKING WHILE YOU"RE IN THERE!!!!!

Um... I'm already stuck there, upside down, taped up and holding a... something. Supposedly it's a book, but who would trust a book with a title like that?

Hm, smaller it is, the easier to see...
concepts are easier to 'see' when they're smaller.
But, a trinity in each? Hmmm.
Well, talking about seeing and visible light, you can get white light from red, blue, and green lights (yes, I said green. And I meant it. No, I don't know why it works that way, this is a hold-over from a memorable demonstration when I was in third grade). So some sort of white light... smaller the easier it is to see, though? Hmmm, no, I can't make that fit...

[Hermione]

admin said:

The smaller they are, the easier to see.
Within each, the power of trinity.
Three begets one, but one displays many.
Only one at a time, though it can be any.

Okay, which way do the visible wave-lengths go? Is it easier to see them when they're smaller or larger?
And what about rainbows? No, no, that doesn't work, they aren't only one at a time, you can get double rainbows.

[Praetheus]

Is the answer a preacher's sermon?

The smaller or shorter they are, the easier it is for people to follow and understand them. Within each is praise to the Holy Trinity. Drawing from three specific sources, the sermon still mentions many different holy texts. Only one sermon is spoken at a time, but it can be on any passage of the bible.

Good riddle, whatever the answer. Kudos.

[Potter]

Oh my. That works very well. Huh.
I'll give it to you at that 'cause it works just as well as the answer that I intended:

A pixel, or pixels.

Explaination:
The smaller pixels are, the easier it is to see the image.
Within each pixel is the power to show three colors, RGB
A given combination of RGB begets one color, but any one pixel will display many colors.
It can only display one color at a time, but it can be any color.

[Irishman]

Strange, ta be sure, I woulda ne'er looked fer tha sorta answer. But I 'ave ta ask(Hermione will if'n I don't) What be a Pixel? Do it be related ta them li'l faeries? The Pixies I mean, an' I didna' know tha' they could only show up in one color ata time....

[Potter]

They're those tiny dots on a computer/TV/cell phone/etc that combine to give you whatever image you are looking at. Kind of like the dots of paint in an impressionistic painting, but not....

[Praetheus]

So with Potter's blessing, I guess it's my turn to put forth a new riddle. Here goes:

Iron roof, glass walls
Burns and burns but never falls

Good luck.

[Hermione]

Ooo, that is a good one! And a good answer!
I bless the day you started posting.

[Potter]

Is that a lantern?