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Ok, since a lot of people are giving games away this weekend, I want to join in the fun. Mine is a bit different since I'm:
A: Cheap
B: Broke

If you win you can pick any $5.99 game on GOG and it'll be yours. To win just answer this riddle. If more than one person answers, I'll select a winner at random. The deadline Monday night at 10:00 pm (after WWE Raw), so whoever wants to play, good luck.

Here's the riddle:

A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard.
The answer is also a character that can be found in recent rpg release..

And veering wildly off topic...was RowdyRodimus your wrestling name? I gotsta know!
Post edited October 17, 2010 by robobrien
The man had nothing to write, the blind could read nothing, the person who was dumb could repeat nothing and the deaf man listened and heard nothing.

It states that the headless man "had" a letter to write not that he actually "wrote" the letter.

So, the answer is: nothing.
Post edited October 17, 2010 by Ermac
The answer is:

EDIT: Too slow.
Post edited October 17, 2010 by nmillar
The answer is nothing. ^^^ as stated above ;)
It just goes to show that some machine errors can ninja the best of them.
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RowdyRodimus: Ok, since a lot of people are giving games away this weekend, I want to join in the fun. Mine is a bit different since I'm:
A: Cheap
B: Broke

If you win you can pick any $5.99 game on GOG and it'll be yours. To win just answer this riddle. If more than one person answers, I'll select a winner at random. The deadline Monday night at 10:00 pm (after WWE Raw), so whoever wants to play, good luck.

Here's the riddle:

A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard.
The letter is "O"

Logic:
The man had nothing to write.
The blind could read nothing.
The person who was dumb could repeat nothing.
The deaf man listened and heard nothing.
Thus leaving the answer the letter "O" (aka zero, or nothing), but the trick of the riddle was which letter, not just realize none of them could do anything.
Oh nonsense poems, I like them.
The headless man had a letter to write; alas he did not live to write it.
So nothing I suppose.
^ That was fast... :)

Answer: nothing. Your contest, but I think it would be best to give it to the guy who answered first. :)

EDIT: Giving you a well deserved rep. :)
Post edited October 17, 2010 by KavazovAngel
The letter is O.

We've seen a riddles that made you use the army code to crack, so this riddle is not difficult at all. You can even find the answer using google.
Post edited October 18, 2010 by SLP2000
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robobrien: The answer is also a character that can be found in recent rpg release..

And veering wildly off topic...was RowdyRodimus your wrestling name? I gotsta know!
Nope, I used quite a few depending on where I was at the time. I used Crusher quite a bit usually with my first name (Chris) and a generic last name. The few times I wrestled in Mexico I just threw some random Spanish words together as a joke since I played a luchador who was clumsy as hell and used power moves lol

OT: Just because the answer has been given doesn't mean you can't give the same answer and enter. The riddle part was pretty much just because I always liked that one. Another one I like is:
Their are five you see of this sort, you can find us all in a tennis court. (Vowels, A-E-I-O-U: A tEnnIs cOUrt)
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RowdyRodimus: A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard.
If he doesn't have a head, he's dead, so he can't write anything, the blind guy can't read, unless the text is in braile, the dumb doesn't know how to make matematical calculations, much less speak correctly or read a letter that doesn't exist, and for a deaf listen to some sound, is a impossibility.

That's impossible, so nothing happened.

EDIT: My answer is "O". Zero. Nothing.
Post edited October 18, 2010 by Drelmanes
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RowdyRodimus: Ok, since a lot of people are giving games away this weekend, I want to join in the fun. Mine is a bit different since I'm:
A: Cheap
B: Broke

If you win you can pick any $5.99 game on GOG and it'll be yours. To win just answer this riddle. If more than one person answers, I'll select a winner at random. The deadline Monday night at 10:00 pm (after WWE Raw), so whoever wants to play, good luck.

Here's the riddle:

A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard.
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jlg6184: The letter is "O"

Logic:
The man had nothing to write.
The blind could read nothing.
The person who was dumb could repeat nothing.
The deaf man listened and heard nothing.
Thus leaving the answer the letter "O" (aka zero, or nothing), but the trick of the riddle was which letter, not just realize none of them could do anything.
To be honest when I saw letter and riddle I thought of a letter of the alphabet too, and got O as well, as it indicates they couldn't do much

Other than that, I think speak no evil, hear no evil, say no evil comes to mind...
Post edited October 17, 2010 by prakaa
The letter in question is the letter "O".

It is zero. The man had nothing to write.
The blind could read nothing.
The person who was dumb could repeat nothing.
The deaf man listened and heard nothing.
Post edited October 18, 2010 by Drelmanes
Seeing as the answer has already been given, listing the logic seems pointless, but "O".

Sadly half of these contests happen while I am asleep being across the world from many, so I am glad this one goes long enough for me to enter :)

This riddle reminds me of the rhyme

"One fine day in the middle of the night
Two dead men got up to fight
Back to back they faced each other,
drew their swords and shot each other"

I know other stanzas have been added, but that was the core I learned as a kid!

Anyway... I am loving all these contests, you all rock :)
Post edited October 17, 2010 by saramakos