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Tuesdays Riddle
Posted by
(VIP) 5 Oct 2004 9:23pm
Long and slim, like a trout. Never talks 'till his guts comes out......what is it?
Wow??????????
Posted by
Kaupanger
(VIP) 6 Oct 2004 9:16am
Is this a reference to the salmon-centred haruspicy practised by certain North American tribes???????????
LOL I don't know but....
Posted by
PEGASUS
(VIP) 6 Oct 2004 9:28am
I have NO idea what the answer is but Kaupanger's guess made me get out the dictionary.  It didn't say anthing about salmon and North American tribes tho...just soothsayers in ancient Rome examining the entrails of sacrificial animal to tell the future.
LOL waiting for the answer to this riddle!!
Oh Peg!
Posted by
Kaupanger
(VIP) 6 Oct 2004 5:45pm
Would'st thou doubt me? Well, if you ever suspected my memory, you'd be spot on. I couldn't remember the word I was looking for, so used the nearest 'alternative'. What I was searching for was ichthyomancy, divination using the heads and entrails of fish. Certain North American tribes practised (practise?) this, but it is a fairly widespread tradition. Not surprisingly, the salmon was/is a very special fish in this connection. I used to know lots of this stuff. Nowadays, any trip to a supermarket without a list clutched firmly in hand is a disaster.
About the telephone - doesn't yours call you and a recorded voice ask: 'Where will you go on the holiday you have just won with...?'
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Posted by
PEGASUS
(VIP) 6 Oct 2004 5:55pm
The telephone is only a vessel for those irritating calls. It doesn't ask questions...just sits there waiting to serve 
Come on Rocky...what's the answer??
Tuesdays Riddle
Posted by
(VIP) 6 Oct 2004 5:57pm
the answer is a gun.
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