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Randomly-generated riddles

      JanusNodes have a hard time with riddles. Although a set of textDNA for generating these kind of grammatically-defined riddles is available, the constraints of the genre are such that the hit-rate is very low. One needs to read more than one thousand lines of failures in order to find inspiration for even a single riddle that works. No JanusNode has yet generated a single riddle that worked without human intervention, although it's bound to happen eventually. You are certainly invited to try to improve this abysmal hit-rate.


***3:45:30 AM Sunday, November 28, 1999
How is sleep different from death?
  Sleep is the consequence of exhaustion but death is the exhaustion of consequence.

[As usual, my JanusNode wasn't quite smart enough to get the riddle right. Its verbatim production was:
How is an elephant unlike a seed?
An elephant is the consequence of exhaustion but a seed is the exhaustion of consequence. ]

***4:28:43 PM Saturday, February 13, 1999
What is the difference between a theatre director and a computer?
  A theatre director programs runs while a computer runs programs.

[My JanusNode's rather lame contribution to this rather lame riddle was:
              What is the difference between a compassion and a creature?
             A compassion programs runs while a creature's runs program. ]

***3:27:18 PM Saturday, February 13, 1999
*** A JanusNode's first riddle!
How is a predatory carnivore looking for dinner like a Republican politician looking for dinner?
  The predator rolls around prey while the politician prays around rolls.

[Truth in advertising: this was inspired rather than actually written by my JanusNode. The exact line it came up with was:
      What is the connection between a political theory and an admission?
     A political theory rolls around prays while an admission prays around rolls. ]

 

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