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Sirperry · « **Reply #500 on:** August 18, 2008, 06:59:52 PM »

Not a bad guess.
But a blender is portable and I am not sure I would call the blades wings.

Caelic · « **Reply #501 on:** August 18, 2008, 08:50:13 PM »

A windmill.

Sirperry · « **Reply #502 on:** August 19, 2008, 01:28:28 AM »

Right O ! I was afraid (hoping) that nobody would get it.

Nox_Noctis · « **Reply #503 on:** August 19, 2008, 02:14:24 AM »

I thought of guessing that, but I don't get the "And, like a mother, who breaks her infant's bread,/I chew for man before he can be fed" part with regards to a windmill (though it makes perfect sense for a blender).

AfterCrescent · « **Reply #504 on:** August 19, 2008, 02:15:58 AM »

Quote from: Wikipedia

In much of Europe, windmills served originally to grind grain

Nox_Noctis · « **Reply #505 on:** August 19, 2008, 02:27:14 AM »

I see. My only exposure to windmills is their use for generating usable energy.

Commx · « **Reply #506 on:** August 19, 2008, 07:31:49 AM »

Originally was a few centuries ago, so getting electricity from them back then would have been quite weird, as they hadn't even invented steam engines yet. Instead, they were used to directly power things that were useful in those days, like sawing wood, grinding grain, pumping water, and some other physical things. You didn't think European countries would have been building their armadas all by hand, did you?

Nox_Noctis · « **Reply #507 on:** August 19, 2008, 09:03:28 AM »

No, but I typically picture water mills in my head, not windmills, when I think of how they powered such things.

They don't (didn't) teach us the origins and applications of windmills. Besides, it's archaic technology.

It's all about dams and turbines and nuclear power plants and super powers and megazords and pokemon these days. :couch

Caelic · « **Reply #508 on:** August 19, 2008, 01:00:55 PM »

A horse walks all day. By the time he is finished, two of his legs have traveled exactly one mile further than the other two. There is nothing extraordinary about the horse or the situation.

How is this possible?

emissary666 · « **Reply #509 on:** August 19, 2008, 01:12:50 PM »

So two of the legs are in front of the other two or the total walked is one more mile

atrocity05 · « **Reply #510 on:** August 19, 2008, 01:19:31 PM »

Traveling in a circle, such as in around a field turning in the same direction every time? Outside legs would travel farther than the inside.

Caelic · « **Reply #511 on:** August 19, 2008, 06:36:35 PM »

Atrocity is correct. The horse is walking in a circle, and has walked far enough that the outside two legs have traveled a mile further than the inside legs.

You're up.

atrocity05 · « **Reply #512 on:** August 20, 2008, 05:29:08 PM »

Hmmmmm...

What cheese is made backwards?

Dan2 · « **Reply #513 on:** August 20, 2008, 05:41:55 PM »

Cream Cheese?

emissary666 · « **Reply #514 on:** August 20, 2008, 06:11:34 PM »

cheese made from milk from mold

Commx · « **Reply #515 on:** August 20, 2008, 07:12:04 PM »

Edam (Made backwards.)

Edit: Due to me being absent for about 24 hours from now, I'll skip my turn.

atrocity05 · « **Reply #516 on:** August 20, 2008, 09:51:48 PM »

Alright, Commx was correct. I don't have another riddle so someone else go.

skydragonknight · « **Reply #517 on:** August 20, 2008, 10:47:03 PM »

I am the answer to this riddle. What am I?

Caelic · « **Reply #518 on:** August 20, 2008, 11:09:58 PM »

Quote from: skydragonknight on August 20, 2008, 10:47:03 PM

I am the answer to this riddle. What am I?

The answer to this riddle.

Chemus · « **Reply #519 on:** August 20, 2008, 11:11:05 PM »

Khann!!!

Friggin ninja'd!
Heh.

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