The Riddles Thread

I always thought it was:

Spoiler :
You can wash your hands in a bison.
:)
 
What's the difference between erotic and sexual deviancy?

Spoiler :
With "erotic" you use a feather. With "sexual deviancy" it's the whole chicken.
 
Then all thy feculent majesty recalls
The nauseuous mustiness of forsaken bowers,
The leprous nudity of deserted halls -
The positive nastiness of sullied flowers.
And I mark the colours, yellow and black,
The fresco thy lithe, dictatorial thighs.
What am I talking about?
 
Then all thy feculent majesty recalls
The nauseuous mustiness of forsaken bowers,
The leprous nudity of deserted halls -
The positive nastiness of sullied flowers.
And I mark the colours, yellow and black,
The fresco thy lithe, dictatorial thighs.
What am I talking about?

Spoiler :
Queen bee?
 
Nope. :)

Spoiler the answer :
It's from Francis Salter Salter's poem The Spider. The full poem can be found here.
 
One is not regular and the other is not symmetric.
 
Nope.

Spoiler :
'Irregularity' means a lack of balance in spacial arrangements or logical relations, whereas 'asymmetry' is where you bury stiffs...
 
Well, I've looked but haven't found. There's loads on the Uxbridge dictionary, though.
 
Well, I've looked but haven't found. There's loads on the Uxbridge dictionary, though.

This is what I found: http://www.g0akh.f2s.com/isihac/Other_Round_Introductions_Page.php

Don't think it has all of them, but it there's quite a few there. My favourite is probably the difference between "Habitable" and "Liveable".

Spoiler :
'Habitable' describes a property which, although not necessarily fully equipped, is technically capable of being occupied, whereas 'liveable' is
Spoiler :
where the scousers come from.
 
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