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John Hale
John Hale
Yarn Weaver

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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Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Sep-10-2006 13:47

Wow, GREAT RIDDLE Barry!

I think I'm going to post the next one... It's hard not posting one that a lot of people would know, so I'll try this one...

A seated woman is writing a letter. She dies because there's a thunderstorm outside. What happened?

Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Old Shoe

Sep-10-2006 14:11

Yay! Now I can try guessing. I hope I don't embarrass myself.

Is it relevant:
1. where she is seated? by a window? in a house? in a particular room? on the first floor? second? floor relevant?
2. what kind of pen she is using? what kind of ink? what kind of paper? if she were at a particular kind of desk? table? writing in her lap?
3. the fact that she's writing a letter? could this have happened if she were doing something else?
4. what country or type of terrain surrounds her?

is the thunderstorm directly related to her death or did it cause something to happen that caused her death? like did the thunderstorm take out the electricity and she stabbed herself with a quill pen? (I think unlikely but I had to get it out)

would this have happened if she were standing and writing? if she were standing and not writing? sitting and not writing?

Is the letter writing directly related to the storm? was there flooding? was she writing a letter to someone or just writing a letter like the letter "J" or something?

does lightning strike her or her house/location? near it? relevant?

did she know there was a thunderstorm? did her ignorance kill her like she knew it was there but ignored it? or she had no idea?

would she have written the letter if there wasn't a storm?

did she start writing the letter and then the storm started or vice versa?

was the thunderstorm unusual in any way?

*whew*

biggie528
biggie528
Lucky Stiff

Sep-10-2006 14:34

LMAO Barry, sounds like youve been pent up for a few days ;)

Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Old Shoe

Sep-10-2006 14:38

Yeah, kinda.

*wink*
Barry

Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Sep-10-2006 14:58

Is it relevant:
1. where she is seated?[yes] by a window?[yes] in a house?[no] in a particular room? on the first floor? second? floor relevant?[no to all]
2. what kind of pen she is using? what kind of ink? what kind of paper? if she were at a particular kind of desk? table? writing in her lap?[all false assumptions]
3. the fact that she's writing a letter?[yes] could this have happened if she were doing something else? [yesish]
4. what country[no] or type of terrain surrounds her?[yesish]

is the thunderstorm directly related to her death[no] or did it cause something to happen that caused her death?[yes] like did the thunderstorm take out the electricity and she stabbed herself with a quill pen? (I think unlikely but I had to get it out) [no]

would this have happened if she were standing and writing?[no] if she were standing and not writing?[no] sitting and not writing?[possibly]

Is the letter writing directly related to the storm?[no] was there flooding?[no] was she writing a letter to someone or just writing a letter like the letter "J" or something? [this one]

does lightning strike her or her house/location?[no] near it?[no] relevant? [no]

did she know there was a thunderstorm?[yes] did her ignorance kill her like she knew it was there but ignored it?[no] or she had no idea?[no]

would she have written the letter if there wasn't a storm? [yes]

did she start writing the letter and then the storm started or vice versa?[this one]

was the thunderstorm unusual in any way? [no]

*whew* [I'll say! Good questions though... this one shouldn't take too long at this rate]


Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Old Shoe

Sep-10-2006 15:28

Did she "write" the letter "x" on the window with tape to tape it up before a hurricane but didn't escape on time?

if not:
is the letter of the alphabet she wrote before "N" or after "M"?
is she on a boat? at sea? in an airplane? in a control tower? in a space ship?
is the letter a representation of something to do with the storm?
was the letter supposed to warn others of impending danger? a cry for help?
if this could have happened if she were doing something else, would she still have to be seated? would she still have to write the letter?

if the storm caused something that caused her death, was she trying to avoid it by writing the letter? did she know it would or could happen?

did she write the letter with something unusual? or with ink? a marker? lead pencil?

if she's seated by a window, was the window open? did something fly in that killed her? could she have escaped? did she think she was in danger?

was writing the letter part of her job?

Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Sep-10-2006 15:36

Did she "write" the letter "x" on the window with tape to tape it up before a hurricane but didn't escape on time? [nope, but nice thought]

if not:
is the letter of the alphabet she wrote before "N" or after "M"? [irrelevant]
is she on a boat? at sea? in an airplane?[this one] in a control tower? in a space ship?
is the letter a representation of something to do with the storm? [no]
was the letter supposed to warn others of impending danger? a cry for help? [neither]
if this could have happened if she were doing something else, would she still have to be seated? [yes] would she still have to write the letter?[not necessarily]

if the storm caused something that caused her death, was she trying to avoid it by writing the letter? [no] did she know it would or could happen? [i would think so, yes]

did she write the letter with something unusual?[yes, I'd call it unusual] or with ink? a marker? lead pencil? [none of these]

if she's seated by a window, was the window open? [no]did something fly in that killed her?[yes, technically] could she have escaped? [probably not]did she think she was in danger? [to a certain degree, yes]

was writing the letter part of her job? [yes]


Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Old Shoe

Sep-10-2006 15:55

was she the pilot? stewardess? navigator? stunt pilot? air force pilot? navy pilot?
was her first responsibilty the safety of the aircraft or was writing the letter more important?
is her job usually considered dangerous on a regular basis or only dangerous occasionally?
did she write the letter with light? smoke? exhaust? traced in the clouds?
did the letter appear in the air? on the sea (shadow)?
was she the only one killed?
did it happen in the air? on the ground? takeoff? landing? cruising altitude? looping?
was it her choice which letter she wrote or was it a request?
is her nationality relevant? her age? her height? her weight?
did she know about the storm before take off? (if not, shame on her!)
did the window fly in? was there a pressure drop/increase to cause an air pressure instablity?
was the thunderstorm part of a bigger storm like a hurricane?
did an organic item fly in that killed her like a bird?


BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

Sep-10-2006 15:57

the woman was writing a letter in a plane that crashed from the thunderstorm?

Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Sep-10-2006 16:01

was she the pilot? [this one] stewardess? navigator? stunt pilot?[this one too, in a sense] air force pilot? navy pilot?
was her first responsibilty the safety of the aircraft or was writing the letter more important? [I'd say they were both quite important to her, but for different reasons]
is her job usually considered dangerous on a regular basis or only dangerous occasionally? [depends on your definition of "dangerous"]
did she write the letter with light? smoke?[this one] exhaust?[and/or this one] traced in the clouds?
did the letter appear in the air?[yes] on the sea (shadow)?
was she the only one killed? [no]
did it happen in the air?[yes] on the ground? takeoff? landing? cruising altitude? looping? [this is closest]
was it her choice which letter she wrote or was it a request?[this one]
is her nationality relevant? her age? her height? her weight? [none]
did she know about the storm before take off? [yes, but irrelevant](if not, shame on her!)
did the window fly in?[no] was there a pressure drop/increase to cause an air pressure instablity? [probably, but not very relevant]
was the thunderstorm part of a bigger storm like a hurricane?[no]
did an organic item fly in that killed her like a bird? [no]

the woman was writing a letter in a plane that crashed from the thunderstorm? [yes, but there's more to it than that]

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