Plan B Forum

This is a game thread. Its sole purpose is to provide some fun.

This is a continuation of the "(1) _____: the (2) _____ of the (3) _____" thread.

I stupidly titled that thread with the structure of the first riddle. It made no sense with respect to the title of the second riddle. Sorry.

A recap of the rules:

A riddle is a statement, which can be interrogatory, containing no more than three numbered blanks. Exception: If the same word fills more than one blank, all instances of that word are given the same number, and all instances of that word combined count as only one blank. For example, "Vanity, vanity, all is vanity" could be rendered (1) __________, (1) __________, (2) __________ is (1) __________, and that riddle would be considered to have only two blanks.

Numbered clues, each corresponding to a numbered blank. Exceptions: meta-clues -- clues which describe other clues are permissible, as are clues applicable to the entire riddle. An example of a meta-clue appears above [i.e., in the other thread]. An example of a clue applicable to the entire riddle would be my having given "Frank Herbert quotation" as a clue. A clue applicable to the entire riddle is not numbered.

Once a blank has been correctly filled, its solution becomes public knowledge. Once a blank has been correctly filled, the propounder of the riddle must explain the clues for that blank.

To reduce the likelihood that the propoundership of riddles will pass back and forth between a small fraction of participants, once a riddle is solved, the propounder of that riddle sits out the first three rounds of clues of the next riddle.

It has fallen to me to propound the next (third) riddle. So here it is:

To (1) _____ is to (2) _____ (3) _____.

(1) Go down under lisping
(2) Clocks do it
(3) One -- not

1 - Cunnilinguth...

2) Chime

3) in

(1) I believe that I am.

(2) what?

(3) Bad cop!

1 think

And Crackpot gets the first one!

(Please remember that the clues need not be solved in numerical order.)

The current status of the riddle is:

To think is to (2) __________ (3) __________.

2.) have
3.) thunk

2) do
3) bedobedo

2) know
3) nothing

To go down under is to sink; lisping, that's think.

"I think; therefore, I am" misstates the causality, at least in English. Descartes was not saying that his thinking causes his existence; he was saying that his thinking proves his existence: "I think; therefore, I know that I am." I doubt the Cartesian "proof" of existence, so I changed "know" to "believe".

oldr_n_wsr's guess is excellent and may well be true. Unfortunately, it is not correct. But it partially verges, in an attenuated way, on correctness.

(2) make known

(3) bring into use a fault of character

2 display
3 pretense

2) tell

(3) ball jump throw

(I am providing an extra clue for blank (3), because I no longer have any idea how the previous clue for blank (3) actually relates to the answer for blank (3).)

To think is to show concern

Interesting.... I was just going to guess show for number 2 and you beat me to it.

(3) Toss

(2) You don't

(3) Don't.