Thursday Morning Riddle
I might pass through your memory when I’m around;
Transitively a verb, but more properly noun’d;
I have seen all the sights and I know where they’re found;
And I share with a number the way that I sound.
Who am I?
UPDATE: See comments for answer.
January 11th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Annalisa says “Zero” and I guessed “Sex”….
January 11th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Both creative guesses, and I see the logic in them, but both are — well, I’m hesitant to use the word “wrong” for such an interpretive activity, but let’s just say that neither answer was what I was thinking of when composing the riddle. There’s a better fit still out there.
So the game’s still afoot…
February 15th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Well, it’s been over a month since anyone has given an answer. I guess it’s time to post the solution.
It’s GOOGLE.
1. memory=computer memory
2. It’s more properly a proper noun, but transitively becoming a transitive verb.
3. sights=sites
4. A “Googol” is the number expressed by a one followed by one hundred zeroes.