Puzzlers and Riddlers Wanted

[afroakuma]

Hi all,

I'm stymied trying to design competent puzzles and riddles that can't be defeated by a basic web search. Is anyone here skilled at devising clever riddles that can stump the websurfing generation?

[leakingpen]

Well, you can get away with a lot of classics, you just have to reformat them and change a few words.

Then put the exact wording you are going to use into a yahoo answers question, with a bunch of fake answers from friends accounts.

[afroakuma]

The classics, by and large, remain pretty easy. :smallfrown:

[leakingpen]

The older it gets, the smaller it grows.

What requires oxygen to grow, eats solid food non stop, talks in pops and whistles, but yet does not live?

A constant companion in the night, Give animals that would attack a fright, careful child not to touch him, else he bite.

[afroakuma]

The older it gets, the smaller it grows.

What requires oxygen to grow, eats solid food non stop, talks in pops and whistles, but yet does not live?

A constant companion in the night, Give animals that would attack a fright, careful child not to touch him, else he bite.

Candle, fire, fire again. :smalltongue:

I'm looking for more complex puzzle design, the kind found in games like Godtower.