Saturday, 20 April 2013

riddle - When I'm called forth, times must be tough



I've got a puzzle for you to solve,


Like always, in three parts.


So start those engines, let those gears revolve


And let's let the puzzling start





My prefix is a common action


You might do it every day.


It's key to our communication,


Though if you can't, there's another way.


As seconds go by, the clock goes "tick!"


And the hands get farther apart


And the secret of my infix will finally click


When you find clock's action's second part.


My suffix is a friendly guy



He always says "hello"


While he drops out of Low Lunar Orbit


In which he'll frequently go.


As for my whole, that's a quite tragic tale.


One which we'll all someday know


When those who are there for you finally fail


Into my clutches you'll go.





What am I?




Answer



Just saw this puzzle bumped to the top. I'll give it a guess:


My prefix is a common action
You might do it every day.
It's key to our communication,
Though if you can't, there's another way.



Prefix: hear
Hear is a common action that we do every day to communicate. Some people can't hear but they can use sign language.




As seconds go by, the clock goes "tick!"
And the hands get farther apart
And the secret of my infix will finally click
When you find clock's action's second part.



Infix: tock
"Tock" is the clock action after "tick".



My suffix is a friendly guy
He always says "hello"

While he drops out of Low Lunar Orbit
In which he'll frequently go.



Suffix: he
The word "he" is repeated many times. Also "hello" minus LLO (drops out of Low Lunar Orbit) is "he".



As for my whole, that's a quite tragic tale.
One which we'll all someday know
When those who are there for you finally fail
Into my clutches you'll go.




Answer: heartache
Heartache is something tragic tales are all about, and which we'll all someday know. When people we count on let us down, we fall into heartache.

(We need to convert the infix tock to tac here, but the two sound similar).



No comments:

Post a Comment

Understanding Stagnation point in pitot fluid

What is stagnation point in fluid mechanics. At the open end of the pitot tube the velocity of the fluid becomes zero.But that should result...