Starting a possible riddle battle

[MeDeFe]

No, he thought of the neck thing after it was determined that he'd lost the bet.

[john9blue]

No, he thought of the neck thing after it was determined that he'd lost the bet.

oh i see

well all i can say is that those are some lame ass gods that can't even cleanly remove a guy's head

[Invdr_zim]

Does he say something along the lines of "I choose jar A, and to prove I should not die I will take the death marble from jar B, therefore as there is one blue and one black and I chose the one that is not this black one here from jar B, the one I chose must be blue and I don't need to take it out of jar A to prove it"?

Edit - meh forget that he's mute - back to the drawing board

nope no talking

[Invdr_zim]

i bet bombers' answer is more clever than the actual answer...

medefe, why don't you tell us?

I kinda forgot about this thread and didn't think I'd have to spell it out. Besides, I sort of did say how the person in question managed to save himself.

"I know who it is, and I know how he managed to save his neck."

It really boils down to "ok, you can have the head, but you're not allowed to damage my neck." After much debate the other gods decided that he had a point and since no way of removing the head without damaging the neck could be devised, Loki got away with it.

IIRC it was after shaved Thor's wife's head while she was asleep (for the lulz) and had to get some damn nice presents to apologize. He got them but on his way back he came across some dwarf who was working and just had to go "I bet you can't make anything better than what I've got here".
You can pretty much figure out the rest from what's been said so far.

Kind of harsh for one simple practical joke, no?

[Invdr_zim]

I kinda forgot about this thread and didn't think I'd have to spell it out. Besides, I sort of did say how the person in question managed to save himself.

"I know who it is, and I know how he managed to save his neck."

It really boils down to "ok, you can have the head, but you're not allowed to damage my neck." After much debate the other gods decided that he had a point and since no way of removing the head without damaging the neck could be devised, Loki got away with it.

IIRC it was after shaved Thor's wife's head while she was asleep (for the lulz) and had to get some damn nice presents to apologize. He got them but on his way back he came across some dwarf who was working and just had to go "I bet you can't make anything better than what I've got here".
You can pretty much figure out the rest from what's been said so far.

so he wagered his head on the condition that his neck not be damaged?

could've just frozen him and removed the head via laser or something

No in the mythology Loki went to two dwarf gold smiths and paid them to make Sif's (replacement) hair... they had extra gold and made two more gifts for the gods... Loki being greedy decided to go to the elf gold smiths (rivals of the dwarfs). He showed them the dwarf's craftsmanship and wagered that they couldn't do any better. Now the elves according to legend are very prideful and took great offense to this and said that they wager their very heads that they are better craftsmen and they would let the Asir (sp?) decide who was the best. From here I figure you can guess the rest of the story.


You should read some of the stories from Norse mythology, they're very interesting... makes you wonder how they (the vikings) came up with these tales

[_sabotage_]

You should read some Shakespeare and then you would see "something along the lines of The Merchant of Venice" a deal involving flesh but was determined invalid since it involves blood is pretty well "along the lines".

[Invdr_zim]

You should read some Shakespeare and then you would see "something along the lines of The Merchant of Venice" a deal involving flesh but was determined invalid since it involves blood is pretty well "along the lines".

never been big on Shakespeare but "Merchant of Venice" is one that I don't remember covering back in my school days... might give that a read. Though I think I can guess how that ends

[crispybits]

Does he say something along the lines of "I choose jar A, and to prove I should not die I will take the death marble from jar B, therefore as there is one blue and one black and I chose the one that is not this black one here from jar B, the one I chose must be blue and I don't need to take it out of jar A to prove it"?

Edit - meh forget that he's mute - back to the drawing board

nope no talking

OK he grabs a marble and throws it out the window or swallows it or sticks it up his arse or something so they cannot check it and have to look at the remaining marble.

[dario2099]

he picks one marble and swallows it then take the other marble (which is black) and shows it to the audience to prove his point; "the other marble is black, so I must have picked the blue one"

[Invdr_zim]

oooh everyone is sooo close... but not quite there

[dario2099]

he accidently make one of the jars fall and when the jar hit the ground and breaks and the black marble inside it rolls on the ground he points the other jar with his finger.

[Invdr_zim]

he accidently make one of the jars fall and when the jar hit the ground and breaks and the black marble inside it rolls on the ground he points the other jar with his finger.

too convoluted however interesting... hint: there is in fact a third marble involved some how

[dario2099]

he severed one of his own blue eyes and showed it to the audience, the audience falls for it and think it's a marble

[crispybits]

The prisoner is a smurf and quickly cuts off one of his own testicles and does a sleight of hand trick...

[Invdr_zim]

he severed one of his own blue eyes and showed it to the audience, the audience falls for it and think it's a marble

ouch! I'm not sure if the audience would be stupid or the man is just a lunatic (or a combo there of)

the third marble is a real marble

[Invdr_zim]

The prisoner is a smurf and quickly cuts off one of his own testicles and does a sleight of hand trick...

lmfao so is the king gargamel

[Invdr_zim]

I'm still recovering from thanksgiving... later this afternoon I will post a hint as I think one is much needed...

[Invdr_zim]

your hint is the prisoner took a black marble (this is a big hint no more for awhile)