Riddle Me This, Urth-Dwellers!

brunians at brunians.org · 06 Jun 2010, 19:03 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 15:03:39 -0400
Subject: (urth) Riddle Me This, Urth-Dwellers!
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The answer to the riddle is 'your shadow'.

And, as I say, I am reserving my turn.

You may regret that you started this game.

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> On 6/6/2010 12:12 AM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>> Shadow.
>>
>> .
>>
>>> On 6/4/2010 11:17 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>>>> On 6/4/2010 6:39 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>>>>> If you have your previous text, and would provide me with it, I will
>>>>> perform the action I describe in my second sentence above.
>>>>
>>>> Rather than reward laziness, I'll hand you a (somewhat) Wolfean
>>>> riddle:
>>>>
>>>> My writ is three steps' march or four kilometers from my foot, behind
>>>> the baseboards with everyone else's.
>>>
>>> I think that's enough of a head start for Brunians; the rest of you are
>>> invited to "play" and solve the riddle.
>
> It's not in _Shadow_, though some items are common to both.
>
> --
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