Convoluted Verbosities

Feeling confident that I got that right, I'll proceed:

Failure to attain an intended goal can be equated with a distance which is expressed differently in different parts of the world but is generally understood to mean a long walk.

Right, iLion. It's what I tell myself every time a manuscript is rejected.

Your turn.

Well, since iLion seems to be asleep at the wheel , I will post another verbosity:

Finality, in a given situation, cannot be accurately ascertained in advance of the time when a clear termination of the pertinent event has been established.

You can't predict the future?

jaus tail said:

You can't predict the future?

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No, but nice try.

Nymtoc said:

Well, since iLion seems to be asleep at the wheel , I will post another verbosity:

Finality, in a given situation, cannot be accurately ascertained in advance of the time when a clear termination of the pertinent event has been established.

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It's not over, till it's over?

Albedo of Zero said:

It's not over, till it's over?

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Yep, although the quote, attributed to Yogi Berra, is usually given as "It ain't over till it's over."

Anyway, you get a passing grade.

Your turn.

Once a massive electrostatic discharge between the electrically charged regions between a cloud and the surface of a Earth happens, that very same occurrence will at no time happen again.

Lightning never strikes the same place twice.

You got it jaus!!

Once I caught a shark from the lake and it had swollen eyes. Not bothering about it, I put it in the aquarium and within two days every fish had swollen eyes and they all died.

I think I'm way off on this one, but:

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?

Nope.

Drachen Jager said:

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.

Or did Shakey have it right?

May I suggest that we play this as a friendly game and not "stump everyone else". There are enough puzzle threads here already IMO.

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Sorry for not getting back to this. The answer was "FTW" or "For the Win."

jaus tail said:

Once I caught a shark from the lake and it had swollen eyes. Not bothering about it, I put it in the aquarium and within two days every fish had swollen eyes and they all died.

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something fishy's going on?
(or maybe I'm not understanding the game correctly? it usually takes me a few times to get the hang of it... )

kellysaid said:

something fishy's going on?
(or maybe I'm not understanding the game correctly? it usually takes me a few times to get the hang of it... )

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I think JT missed the part where we all agreed not to kill the thread by posting unsolvable riddles.

So, I will perform some CPR and hopefully revive the thread.


"The biological ocular apparatus of each individual is the only conceivable way to measure the aesthetic value of any given subject."

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Mine was very simple, one ill fish spoils the pond.

jaus tail said:

Mine was very simple, one ill fish spoils the pond.

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Not an expression I'd ever heard (and from the looks of things most people around here were in the same boat). Also, you added a bunch of information, instead of merely obfuscating through complex wording while saying exactly the same thing. Anyhoo... you are correct, your turn.

New one...

Bul dog- monday
Pomerian-tuesday
Pug-wednesday
German shepherd-thursday
Dalmatian-friday
Chihuahua-saturday
Hound dog-sunday

Every dog has its day.

Yep, you win and the grand prize is an opportunity to move the levers of your brain, ignite those grey cells, let the wildest beasts within the darkest caves of your head go free and post the next riddle...

Highly skeptical, busy, helpful, and lives on an island with others of his kind.

So that one tanked. How about:

Minimal proximity between root and spawn is guaranteed.

What is the answer to the first one?

I was thinking something like Birds of a feather flock together, or something about bees.

For second one, the apple doesn't fall far away from the tree?