Re: what am I?
Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 20:12
A brilliant guess but not quite right i'm afraid
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Re: what am I?
Posted: 16 Apr 2010, 13:52
A brilliant guess but not quite right i'm afraid
Re: what am I?
Posted: 16 Apr 2010, 20:41
Aww man, I was sure of myself!
Re: what am I?
Posted: 17 Apr 2010, 12:02
Next clue: A synonym would keep your automobile running
Re: what am I?
Posted: 19 Apr 2010, 18:52
**Bump**Richard B wrote:Next clue: A synonym would keep your automobile running
Re: what am I?
Posted: 21 Apr 2010, 18:16
**Bump**Richard B wrote:Next clue: A synonym would keep your automobile running
Re: what am I?
Posted: 21 Apr 2010, 19:02
I take it all these "Bumps" will indeed keep your automobile running, but a new clue might do the trickRichard B wrote:**Bump**Richard B wrote:Next clue: A synonym would keep your automobile running
Btw: if you bump a car these days it's immediately damaged. What ever happened to steel bumpers?? At least they were able to do their job!
Re: what am I?
Posted: 21 Apr 2010, 20:12
"It's an Hoplo' my son!" (said in best Brian Clough accent)Richard B wrote:...& he replied...
I seem to remember steel "bull bars" on 4x4s got banned as a danger to pedestrians.. maybe the same was true for steel bumpers on proper cars. They may protect the car, but kill whoever you happen to collide with.
Re: what am I?
Posted: 21 Apr 2010, 21:55
torbanite wrote:"It's an Hoplo' my son!" (said in best Brian Clough accent)Richard B wrote:...& he replied...
I seem to remember steel "bull bars" on 4x4s got banned as a danger to pedestrians.. maybe the same was true for steel bumpers on proper cars. They may protect the car, but kill whoever you happen to collide with.
@ Torbanite,,,name the species & you have it!
Re: what am I?
Posted: 21 Apr 2010, 21:58
The 'bumps' are just to keep the thread 'alive' & are not part of the clues....Marc van Arc wrote:I take it all these "Bumps" will indeed keep your automobile running, but a new clue might do the trickRichard B wrote:**Bump**Richard B wrote:Next clue: A synonym would keep your automobile running
Btw: if you bump a car these days it's immediately damaged. What ever happened to steel bumpers?? At least they were able to do their job!
Re: what am I?
Posted: 21 Apr 2010, 22:06
To be fair, there is only one species, so Torbanite winsRichard B wrote:@ Torbanite,,,name the species & you have it!torbanite wrote:"It's an Hoplo' my son!" (said in best Brian Clough accent)Richard B wrote:...& he replied...
I seem to remember steel "bull bars" on 4x4s got banned as a danger to pedestrians.. maybe the same was true for steel bumpers on proper cars. They may protect the car, but kill whoever you happen to collide with.
"Hoplo, my son" would be the father's answer. Atrizona (arizona) sounds like it is from North America, Synonym is H atrizona PETROLUS which keeps an automobile going...
Over to you, Torbanite
Re: what am I?
Posted: 21 Apr 2010, 22:40
I didn't know this Hoplo reference, curses!
Re: what am I?
Posted: 22 Apr 2010, 09:52
Hooray the plan works again!
I would NEVER have bothered looking at that species if it hadn't been in this thread!
I would NEVER have bothered looking at that species if it hadn't been in this thread!
Re: what am I?
Posted: 22 Apr 2010, 10:12
grokefish wrote:Hooray the plan works again!
I would NEVER have bothered looking at that species if it hadn't been in this thread!
Whoa, high praise indeed, from the "Master of the thread"
Re: what am I?
Posted: 22 Apr 2010, 19:20
New fish..
i) It is believed I may be a lip-brooder.
ii) I've got a cracking set of barbels - unusual for my family.
Who am I?
i) It is believed I may be a lip-brooder.
ii) I've got a cracking set of barbels - unusual for my family.
Who am I?
Re: what am I?
Posted: 22 Apr 2010, 20:18
Ooh. Close, but no cigarRichard B wrote:?
Winner!Suckermouth wrote:? Cool fish!
Re: what am I?
Posted: 22 Apr 2010, 21:08
It was thanks to my copy of Covain & Fisch-Muller 2007, haha. I might not know my fish but I know where to look!
Okay, let's see:
"Unexpectedly, I've got a low eye."
Okay, let's see:
"Unexpectedly, I've got a low eye."
Re: what am I?
Posted: 26 Apr 2010, 03:59
You can expect from my name that something else is low besides my eyes.
Re: what am I?
Posted: 26 Apr 2010, 10:05
could fit, still no idea about the species though
Re: what am I?
Posted: 27 Apr 2010, 14:11
this one is a bit hard!
Re: what am I?
Posted: 27 Apr 2010, 18:19
I'm new at this riddle-making thing, haha. Let me reword my clues and see if that's better.
I have low eyes, but unexpectedly they named me for something else that is low near my eyes!
I have low eyes, but unexpectedly they named me for something else that is low near my eyes!
Re: what am I?
Posted: 27 Apr 2010, 19:22
perhaps
Hypoptoma means low head. Low eyes are not mentioned in this name - so unexpectedly, these are low too, and only 1 species is descrbed in the Cat eLog
Hypoptoma means low head. Low eyes are not mentioned in this name - so unexpectedly, these are low too, and only 1 species is descrbed in the Cat eLog
Re: what am I?
Posted: 29 Apr 2010, 18:02
Check again!Bas Pels wrote:only 1 species is descrbed in the Cat eLog
Re: what am I?
Posted: 29 Apr 2010, 18:40
Re: what am I?
Posted: 29 Apr 2010, 19:00
Matt's got it. "Unexpectedly" was a double clue. "inexspectatum" also means "unexpected".
Re: what am I?
Posted: 29 Apr 2010, 19:16
So close
so unexpected close. Had I seen inexpectatum I would have recognized the right species.
Matt - it's your stage
so unexpected close. Had I seen inexpectatum I would have recognized the right species.
Matt - it's your stage