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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 17:37

she was seated in a plane, skywriting? [yes]

Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Old Shoe

Sep-10-2006 17:40

was she part of a team of skywriters? were the other skywriters the ones that were killed? was she responsible for writing a whole letter or a part of a letter? did her letter or part of letter cause her to crash into another skywriter? vice versa?

what came through the window? did another plane? did the storm obstruct her view of the other skywriters so she lost her bearings? did lightning disorient her or any of the other pilots causing her or the others to assume it was a letter or a part of letter and therefore make a wrong turn?

did the storm knock the planes out of formation?

was she in the wrong place because of the storm and was hit by another plane ?

Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Sep-10-2006 17:43

was she part of a team of skywriters?[no] were the other skywriters the ones that were killed? was she responsible for writing a whole letter or a part of a letter?[irrelevant] did her letter or part of letter cause her to crash into another skywriter?[no] vice versa?[no]

what came through the window? did another plane?[YES] did the storm obstruct her view of the other skywriters so she lost her bearings?[false assumption] did lightning disorient her or any of the other pilots causing her or the others to assume it was a letter or a part of letter and therefore make a wrong turn?[no]

did the storm knock the planes out of formation?[no]

was she in the wrong place because of the storm and was hit by another plane ? [YES]

Barry has figured it out!

***The woman was a skywriter, who was spelling a message during a thunderstorm. Unfortunately the inclement weather severely reduced visibility, and she didn't see another plane heading toward her. Neither plane saw the other until it was too late, and they crashed into each other.***

Barry Grant
Barry Grant
Old Shoe

Sep-10-2006 17:47

Holy majoly! That was fun. It didn't hurt that it had to do with avionics! That made it particularly interesting to me.

I feel that I've been a thread hog here and I need to back off a bit. If there are others out there who still want me to post my other riddle (just about as difficult as the deaf woman) PM me and depending on how many requests I get, I'll post it.

*tips hat*
Barry

Serges
Serges
Vigilante

Sep-10-2006 17:49

Why not post it in a "Lateral puzzles" thread, and this one can be re-acquired for normal riddles?

Ravenclaw515
Ravenclaw515

Sep-23-2006 09:44

Hey all! New to the thread (and the game), but I have a little riddle. Hopefully everyone hasn't heard it already.

A 25 yr old man is laying dead in the middle of the Saharah Desert. On his back is a pack containing all the supplies he could conceivable need to survive in the desert -- water, food, first aid, etc etc. All of the supplies are plentiful, yet completely unused. The man was not attacked by any person/animal, and there's nothing like poison in his system. Prior to his death, he had no preexisting medical conditions that led to his death, like cancer, diabetes, etc. How did he die?

Brishu Orton
Brishu Orton
Well-Connected

Sep-23-2006 12:15

Crushed to death by over-enthusiastic packing? ;-)

Ravenclaw515
Ravenclaw515

Sep-23-2006 13:08

Haha, no, but I hear that can be dangerous.

Cynderbear
Cynderbear

Sep-24-2006 03:29

Parachute didn't open?

Ravenclaw515
Ravenclaw515

Sep-24-2006 04:13

Close, I'll just give it away since that's pretty much it -- the skydiving guy greabbed the wrong bag.

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