Mark A. Mandel writes: >catching up, and i don't see the answer to this one in the thread, so ... >--- Joshua Kronengold <mneme at io.com> wrote: >> Thank you for the complement. > >[[compl{i}ment -- Dr. Whom]] > >> Hermes's silver snake, >> I speed but do not slither, >> Burrow but do not dig. >> What am I? > >Mercury, aka quicksilver. That seems to be the standard alternative answer. The intended answer (which was posted in thread, I think; only answer that's never been posted is the Excalibur riddle, but that's a too-hard one even for Susan Cooper fans, I think) was "a subway train". -- Joshua Kronengold (mneme@(io.com, labcats.org)) |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) --^-- "Get your mind right and you can make a stick /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' /\\ your wand and the sky your hat and a puddle |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ /-\\\ your magic..." -- Granny Weatherwax '---''(_/--' (_/-'