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-"Black-eyed teeth" is a [[riddle]] made up by [[User:Geyser|geyser]] after listening to Drifting by [[wikipedia:Recoil_(band)|Recoil]].
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+!What are black-eyed teeth?
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+!That is one tricky riddle...
+|-
+!Is it even fair?
+|}
+"Black-eyed teeth" is a riddle made up by [[User:Geyser|geyser]] after listening to Drifting by [[wp:Recoil (band)|Recoil]].
 :Unless mentioned otherwise, I=me=geyser in the stuff below.
 ::Please use the talk page for guesses etc.
+==The Riddle==
+===Disclaimer===
+:Many riddles force people to think or speak of familiar things in rather unconventional ways.
+:There are unfair/unsolvable riddles, from elephant jokes to [https://web.archive.org/web/20071228193306/http://bms.westport.k12.ct.us/mccormick/rt/rtscripts/rtshobbit.htm What has it got in its pocketses?]
+:Even in the case of fair riddles, the fairness is usually the result of some sort of convention.
-==Drifting==
+:In that sense, I can not guarantee that the riddle I pose is fair. At least not on my own.
-The song that started it all. First single from [[wikipedia:Recoil_(band)|Recoil]]'s album [[wikipedia:Unsound_Methods|Unsound Methods]].
+:For my part, I took it as an actual, fair riddle while I was the one solving it... of course.
-;Music video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8craU6d5bc
+:Then one day the answer dawned upon me, and I took the solution as fair enough.
-;Lyrics:http://www.rogerwatersonline.com/Artists_r/recoil_lyrics/drifting.html
-:(incomplete and inaccurate in places)
+:(a friend was around at that very moment and acknowledged the solution)
+:Then I offered it to [[User:Guido|Guido]] as a mere "twisted mind synchronization test".
+:Finally, I became confident in the riddle's fairness and spread it around.
+:So far, only a couple of people have come up with the correct answer.
+:My sister thought the riddle was reasonably fair, and Guido didn't ^_^
+:LastmanSAC answered correctly but didn't comment on the fairness...
+:I will try to make sure this page is not frustratingly misleading.
+===Drifting===
+:I came across [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-5NH4Bmu7M Drifting] on YouTube after becoming aware of Recoil (thanks to [[User:Neo|Neo]]).
+:It is the first single from Recoil's album [[wp:Unsound Methods|Unsound Methods]] and it has an official video.
+;Lyrics
+:<nowiki>http://www.rogerwatersonline.com/Artists_r/recoil_lyrics/drifting.html</nowiki> (dead link)
+:(those are for the longer album version)
+;Note
+:Although I liked the video very much, it has nothing to do with the Riddle.
+:Just like the music, it has had no other function than to convey the Words.
+;Also note
+:The riddle is enclosed in a longer phrase in the song's actual lyrics:
+:"with your wild, with your sweet, with your cold, black-eyed teeth"
+:(or maybe just the shorter phrase "with your cold, black-eyed teeth")
+:I decided to reduce the riddle to the key terms "black-eyed teeth".
+:I might have complemented them with a few extra words, but didn't.
+:Instead I chose to provide additional hints as detailed below.
 ----
 ==Hints==
-;Biggest hint so far
+;My first hint is...
+:an elephant! :)
+;Another big hint
 :It's a crucial element of Western culture ^_^
 ;"Random" music videos etc
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 :which feature the answer in some way or other.
 ::More or less deliberately misleading...
-:[[wikipedia:I_Oughtta_Give_You_a_Shot_in_the_Head_for_Making_Me_Live_in_this_Dump|Bossa Nova]] by [[wikipedia:Shivaree_(band)|Shivaree]]
+:[[wp:I Oughtta Give You a Shot in the Head for Making Me Live in This Dump|Bossa Nova]] by [[wp:Shivaree (band)|Shivaree]]
-::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jssgxx0sbtE
+::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jssgxx0sbtE
-:[[wikipedia:I_Don't_Feel_like_Dancin'|I Don't Feel like Dancin']] by the [[wikipedia:Scissor_Sisters|Scissor Sisters]]
+:[[wp:I Don't Feel Like Dancin'|I Don't Feel Like Dancin']] by the [[wp:Scissor Sisters|Scissor Sisters]]
-::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXZ1tygRaVw
+::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H5I6y1Qvz0
-:[[wikipedia:Furious_Angels#.22Clubbed_to_Death.22|Clubbed to Death]] by [[wikipedia:Rob_Dougan|Rob Dougan]]
+:[[wp:Clubbed to Death (instrumental)|Clubbed to Death]] by [[wp:Rob Dougan|Rob Dougan]]
-::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMq4akUZr8c
+::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFS4zYWxzNA
+:[[wp:Biomega (manga)|Biomega]] by [[wp:Tsutomu Nihei|Tsutomu Nihei]]
+::https://www.amazon.co.jp/BIOMEGA-1-%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E5%BC%90%E7%93%B6-%E5%8B%89/dp/4088772105/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277675665&sr=8-1
+The answer is featured rather prominently in all those.
+:However, be sure not to be overwhelmed by the input.
+Try not to overlook/forget the actual info provided by me.
+:Intense audio/video hints are easily misleading. Heh.
+The answer is, as is often the case, frustratingly simple.
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-:[[wikipedia:In_the_End|In the End]] by [[wikipedia:Linkin_Park|Linkin Park]]
+:[[wp:In the End|In the End]] by [[wp:Linkin Park|Linkin Park]]
 ::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIwWqYSbzGA
-:[[wikipedia:The_Odyssey_(album)|Awakenings]] by [[wikipedia:Symphony_X|Symphony X]]
+:[[wp:The Odyssey (album)|Awakenings]] by [[wp:Symphony X|Symphony X]]
 ::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3y-TLfnnuQ
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 ==Anti-hints==
 ;"Random" music videos etc
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 :which do ''not'' feature the answer in any way
 ::(as far as I ([[User:Geyser|geyser]]) can tell).
-:'''What's up, people?!''' by [[wikipedia:Maximum_the_Hormone|Maximum the Hormone]]
+:'''What's up, people?!''' by [[wp:Maximum the Hormone|Maximum the Hormone]]
-::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwsXC00gjaY
+::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muoWDA6zmsY
 ----
-==I Don't Feel like Dancin'==
+==I Don't Feel Like Dancin'==
 This song features multiple more or less direct references to the riddle's solution, intertwined with the song/video's own trivia.
-:Notably, the solution is explicitly mentioned in the song's lyrics and appears several times in the video (see link above).
+:Notably, the solution is explicitly named in this song's lyrics and appears several times in the video (see link above).
+[[Category:Real World]]