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* Played with in ''[[Mirror Mask]]''. Helena, when asked this riddle, answers with the name of the performing dog from the circus in which she grew up. The sphinx tells her that the answer is man, and she responds...
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* Spoofed, along with many other stock riddles, in ''[[Sovisa]]'' when Alexi is confronted by a riddle-telling old man (a further spoof, in that the man states it's one of the few jobs a man of his age can hold down), Alexi antagonizes him by answering his riddles ''before he's finished telling them''. A section of the text is as follows:
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'''Alexi:''' Man.
'''Man:''' What? What do you mean "man"?
'''Alexi:''' It's the answer, I've heard that riddle around a hojillion times.
'''Man:''' Well then get ready for round two! "As I was going to St. Ives, I-"
'''Alexi:''' One. One was going to St. Ives.
'''Man:''' OK, wise-ass, no more Mr. Nice Granddad. "I'm the beginning of Eterni-"
'''Alexi:''' The letter "E". You know, you could ''try'' to put some effort into this.
'''Man:''' Do I come to you at work and tell you how to do your job? No. -Startin' to piss me off, boy. Right, "I occur once in a minute, tw-"
'''Alexi:''' The letter "''M''", I see we're stuck on ''letters'' now.
'''Man:''' All right. I see I'll have to pull out all the stops. "You come to two doors, guarded by a pair of men, one tells only the truth, wh-"
'''Alexi:''' [[Knights and Knaves|The truth or lies guys riddle]]? Seriously? You know, I don't think you eve- Ow! You kicked me! }}
* Subverted in ''[[Phil Foglio|What's New? with Phil and Dixie]]'', in which a sphinx insists that everybody knows the "four legs, two legs, three legs" riddle, so instead asks: "[[Tongue-Twister|How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood]]?"
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