The Sphinx
The riddle of the sphinx:
In the morning I have four legs.
In the afternoon I have two legs.
In the evening I have three legs.
What am I?
POTD 18 Sep 2006: The Riddle of the Sphinx
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As also asked by Golum in The Hobbit, you are “man”.
Absolutely right, Andy. Strange how what, according to lengend, is the world’s most difficult riddle is now probably the worlds most well known?
i read a long time ago that the sphinx represented Virgo/Leo the 1st and last of the calendar e.g. the Babylonian calendar