Yorick
Lorick: Riddles and Lore
Think you can solve thrice-weekly riddles from mythology, folklore, history, and literature? Try this Lorick on for size:A tempestuous prince was misledby incestuous king, hast'ly wedthere's a ghost, and a play,and soliloquies fey...in the end, nearly everyone's dead! Hint: his father ghosted him. Answer: Hamlet! Get it? Lorick's host? Me, Yorick! Most soliloquized skull of all time! If you're ready to match wits with a skeletal skald who wields riddles ranging from Alice to Apollo, Homer to Herodotus, and from Rapunzel to Ragnarok - then listen! E'en subscribe! If you dare...
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1460: #145 solved, and Lorick #146 I had gall, and charisma, ambition 24.12.2025 6:40
Lorick #145: I had gall, and charisma, ambition crossed a river, an act of sedition have my month, it's not march my right hand grabs the torch when I'm killed by a cruel coalition But first, we solve #146 - here it is one last time: who's my rival? a terrible child and that means, win or lose, I'm reviled I'm haunted by time with shipmates in crime in a land full of boys he be...
1451: Clue #145, who's my rival? a terrible child 23.12.2025 0:51
Does Lorick #145 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! who's my rival? a terrible child and that means, win or lose, I'm reviled I'm haunted by time with shipmates in crime in a land full of boys he beguiled Hint: I'm a crook with a hook
1450: Lorick #145, who's my rival? a terrible child 22.12.2025 1:46
Lorick #145, to confound and confusticate! who's my rival? a terrible child and that means, win or lose, I'm reviled I'm haunted by time with shipmates in crime in a land full of boys he beguiled
1445: #144 solved; Week 048 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 21.12.2025 9:57
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #144: I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child I make love into music -- I'm wild! I'm not too discreet and have devilish feet with libido and fear, I beguile!
1441: Clue #144, I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a chil 20.12.2025 0:46
Does Lorick #144 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child I make love into music -- I'm wild! I'm not too discreet and have devilish feet with libido and fear, I beguile! Hint: I spark contagious fears; I'm by shepherds, revered.
1440: #143 solved, and Lorick #144 I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child 19.12.2025 7:05
Lorick #143: I'm ecstatic, I'm manic, a child I make love into music -- I'm wild! I'm not too discreet and have devilish feet with libido and fear, I beguile! But first, we solve #144 - here it is one last time: A prince who goes under the weather an enabling hag who knows better an incomparable voice and an imprudent choice leads nowhere... he just doesn't get her
1431: Clue #143, A prince who goes under the weather 18.12.2025 0:43
Does Lorick #143 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! A prince who goes under the weather an enabling hag who knows better an incomparable voice and an imprudent choice leads nowhere... he just doesn't get her Hint: there's a marriage based on mistaken identity
1430: #142 solved, and Lorick #143 A prince who goes under the weather 17.12.2025 4:57
Lorick #142: A prince who goes under the weather an enabling hag who knows better an incomparable voice and an imprudent choice leads nowhere... he just doesn't get her But first, we solve #143 - here it is one last time: am I human or am I brute? you can see I'm quite strong and hirsute... I have lunar affection - by some called an affliction - I'm no alchemist, although I transmute
1421: Clue #142, am I human or am I brute 16.12.2025 0:56
Does Lorick #142 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! am I human or am I brute? you can see I'm quite strong and hirsute... I have lunar affection - by some called an affliction - I'm no alchemist, although I transmute Hint: my kind is called cursed - our rages, dispersed...
1420: Lorick #142, am I human or am I brute 15.12.2025 1:49
Lorick #142, to confound and confusticate! am I human or am I brute? you can see I'm quite strong and hirsute... I have lunar affection - by some called an affliction - I'm no alchemist, although I transmute
1415: #141 solved; Week 047 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 14.12.2025 12:23
description: |+ Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #141: an icarian tale: picaresque! whose satire is dark, kafkaesque there's a familiar who's jumpy, and a father who's grumpy, and an ass of a child... it's grotesque!
1411: Clue #141, an icarian tale: picaresque 13.12.2025 0:45
Does Lorick #141 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! an icarian tale: picaresque! whose satire is dark, kafkaesque there's a familiar who's jumpy, and a father who's grumpy, and an ass of a child... it's grotesque! Hint:
1410: #140 solved, and Lorick #141 an icarian tale: picaresque 12.12.2025 4:38
Lorick #140: an icarian tale: picaresque! whose satire is dark, kafkaesque there's a familiar who's jumpy, and a father who's grumpy, and an ass of a child... it's grotesque! But first, we solve #141 - here it is one last time: a misogynist, who brooks no objection, is impressed by his crafted perfection this linguist - or sculptor who shapes or corrects her ends his story with lov...
1401: Clue #140, a misogynist, who brooks no objection 11.12.2025 0:45
Does Lorick #140 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! a misogynist, who brooks no objection, is impressed by his crafted perfection this linguist - or sculptor who shapes or corrects her ends his story with love - or rejection Hint: this fabular Greek got a Shavian tweak
1400: #139 solved, and Lorick #140 a misogynist, who brooks no objection 10.12.2025 7:49
Lorick #139: a misogynist, who brooks no objection, is impressed by his crafted perfection this linguist - or sculptor who shapes or corrects her ends his story with love - or rejection But first, we solve #140 - here it is one last time: take some mud, make the words, and then pray an autonomous being... or slave? made a monster by gary given conscience by terry: berserker defenders in clay!
1391: Clue #139, take some mud, make the words, and then pray 09.12.2025 0:51
Does Lorick #139 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! take some mud, make the words, and then pray an autonomous being... or slave? made a monster by gary given conscience by terry: berserker defenders in clay! Hint: its origin, though vague, was cemented in Prague
1390: Lorick #139, take some mud, make the words, and then pray 08.12.2025 1:40
Lorick #139, to confound and confusticate! take some mud, make the words, and then pray an autonomous being... or slave? made a monster by gary given conscience by terry: berserker defenders in clay!
1385: #138 solved; Week 046 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 07.12.2025 11:29
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #138: a rebel whose vision is terrible an explorer whose craft's incomparable his tech evokes wonder, he oft takes it under, in the end it's a caution - his parable
1381: Clue #138, a rebel whose vision is terrible 06.12.2025 0:51
Does Lorick #138 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! a rebel whose vision is terrible an explorer whose craft's incomparable his tech evokes wonder, he oft takes it under, in the end it's a caution - his parable Hint: his life, like a nautilus, spins inward... its... ruinous
1380: #137 solved, and Lorick #138 a rebel whose vision is terrible 05.12.2025 4:57
Lorick #137: a rebel whose vision is terrible an explorer whose craft's incomparable his tech evokes wonder, he oft takes it under, in the end it's a caution - his parable But first, we solve #138 - here it is one last time: he makes the earth quake on command his dominion is bordered by sand he storms and he curses... as recounted in verses... he's great... but his brother's more...
1371: Clue #137, he makes the earth quake on command 04.12.2025 0:44
Does Lorick #137 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! he makes the earth quake on command his dominion is bordered by sand he storms and he curses... as recounted in verses... he's great... but his brother's more grand... Hint: He makes horses and worse...
1370: #136 solved, and Lorick #137 he makes the earth quake on command 03.12.2025 8:02
Lorick #136: he makes the earth quake on command his dominion is bordered by sand he storms and he curses... as recounted in verses... he's great... but his brother's more grand... But first, we solve #137 - here it is one last time: there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror with a name, if pronounced, done in error a colossal old squid that the waters have hid a mad polypy priest and prep...
1361: Clue #136, there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror 02.12.2025 1:05
Does Lorick #136 bedevil you? Read it... and weep! there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror with a name, if pronounced, done in error a colossal old squid that the waters have hid a mad polypy priest and preparer... Hint: he's known for his call... and pulpy revival
1360: Lorick #136, there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror 01.12.2025 2:13
Lorick #136, to confound and confusticate! there's a dreamer, a lurker, a terror with a name, if pronounced, done in error a colossal old squid that the waters have hid a mad polypy priest and preparer...
1355: #135 solved; Week 045 Wrapped with Se'nnightly Synopsis 30.11.2025 14:53
Yorick's weekend thoughts and the solution to Lorick #135: he can spin what she can't, nor professes to -a strange goblin she sadly confesses to- their unconscionable deal struck in crisis surreal unenforced... as he splits when she guesses who!
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