Whilst I’m (mentally) here in Egypt, here’s me competing with the Great Sphinx of Giza on who has the better side profile.
Growing up, I always associated the Sphinx with riddles— something I really enjoyed solving (or try to solve) thanks to my brainy sis @deezng who is so good at riddles.
Here are some of my fav (more PC) riddles:
1. I speak with a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind, what am I?
2. This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it.
3. What is seen in the middle of March and April but can’t be seen at the beginning or end of the month?
Can you guess the answers without Google?
I have a score of other riddles in hand, some super stupid but sah funny and some so severely messed up no one could possibly figure it out— I’d be worried if they could.
Howbeit, I’d like to give an honorary mention to my most memorable riddle by the Sphinx in Harry Potter’s Goblet of Fire (who doesn’t love a Sphinx who can rhyme-a-riddle):
“First think of the person who lives in disguise, who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend, the middle of the middle and end of the end? And finally, give me the sound often heard during the search for a hard-to-find word.”
This riddle was rather tricky and had I encountered this Sphinx, I’d end up turned into stone for taking way too much time trying to figure the answer out 🕷
Nowadays, we can Google it all, but back in the day, you had to memorize both the riddles and answers! Made it that much more gratifying to figure out these riddles all on my own; even though it could take ages, I was super stubborn and never gave up!
Kinda explains the me today, HA. I guess those riddle solving days had some sorta beneficial influence to my persevering personality.
Er, can someone explain how I went from my picture with the Great Sphinx to talking about my personality? 🥴 #longwindednarcissism
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