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A riddle
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John Hale
Yarn Weaver
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Dec-8-2004 01:45
Hello all.
I'm fairly new to Sleuth and I thought I might share a little hobby of mine with you all. Here's something for that sad moment when the mysteries of the day are all done.
Thousands lay up gold within this house,
but no man made it.
Spears past counting guard this house,
but no man wards it.
What is it?
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racedogg2
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Dec-10-2004 19:28
The person that buys it doesnt need it yet
The person that makes it doesnt use it yet
And when ur using it, u dont u r
what is it?
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Bryola
Well-Connected
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Dec-10-2004 20:26
tombstone
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Bryola
Well-Connected
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Dec-10-2004 20:31
Is there a word in the English language that has all six vowels (a e i o u y)? What is it?
What word in the English language has nine letters but only one vowel?
These are more word play than riddles, but I like them :)
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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Dec-11-2004 04:58
Uncopyrightable has all six vowels.
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Detective_M.P.
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Dec-11-2004 09:13
This topic is right up my alley! Of course i'm not good at solving them.... but i have a lot of (easy) ones!
Heres one:
3 friends are verry hungery and they have to get across the river to get to mcdonds. The river is verry long-lets say its the mississippi- verry deep and verry wide. None of the friends can swim. They have 1 boat that can hold 300 pounds at most. One of the friends-Joe-weighs 300 pounds, an the two other friends-Marc and Bob- both weigh 150 pouns. How can all three friends get across?
I have many more........
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Victoria Florence
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Dec-11-2004 09:36
Marc and Bob go across together. Marc brings the boat back to Joe and Joe goes across. Bob takes the boat back to Marc and they then cross.
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Bryola
Well-Connected
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Dec-11-2004 10:45
jstkdn... that's right. I was going for unquestionably, but whatever :)
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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Dec-11-2004 14:05
Bringing this one up again, as I won't post a new one until it is solved. :)
A man and his son were rock climbing on a particularly dangerous cliff when the slipped and fell. The man was killed, but the son lived and was rushed to the hospital. The old surgeon looked a the young man and declared, "I can't operate on this boy: he is my son." How could this be?
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Fonzie
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Dec-11-2004 14:16
the surgeon was his grandfather?
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Bryola
Well-Connected
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Dec-11-2004 15:03
the surgeon was the boy's mom
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