Re: EASTER RIDDLE HUNT!
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 5:42 pm
Only reason I decided to put face in the dross instead of egg shell for that was cause you added the word "ugly" , oh well.
grapefruitv wrote:I would argue that torch should count as a correct answer, since 1. every other light providing item gives more than just sight and 2. "useful as being destroyed" is continuous time and it is best applied to burning of a torch than anything else listed, 3. though the "base" of a torch is not being destroyed, I would say that process of fuel burning could be compared to destruction figuratively, it is not any more metaphorical than calling honey gold.
Heffernan wrote:but you cant destroy a torchpost and it cant be destroyed only run out of fuel.
grapefruitv wrote:I would argue that torch should count as a correct answer, since 1. every other light providing item gives more than just sight and 2. "useful as being destroyed" is continuous time and it is best applied to burning of a torch than anything else listed, 3. though the "base" of a torch is not being destroyed, I would say that process of fuel burning could be compared to destruction figuratively, it is not any more metaphorical than calling honey gold.
grapefruitv wrote:Heffernan wrote:but you cant destroy a torchpost and it cant be destroyed only run out of fuel.
Can't melt honey into a gold bar either, can you? That's why I said figuratively
Or net/sifting pan as a tool that is not whole is not literal, since there is no such thing as "whole net", but it is correct.
None of the correct answers fit to this riddle 100% perfectly either, as fire starting things not only give you sight, they provide a "functional" kind of fire, i.e. heat, and candle is an inspirational, so it is again much more than just sight. All the correct answers are a compromise to the literal understanding of the riddles to some point, so I don't see why torch can't count as a correct answer, if sifting pan, egg shell or other stuff can.
pestilence123 wrote:This is strange that bloom works as an answer and dross no. Dross is incomplete, fragile (irl it is very fragile and friable) and ugly. Also dross absolutely nuisance, because you get it instead of bar, and the only option for dross is to use it as fertilizer. But bloom can be forged to wrought iron and no one uses it as a fertilizer.