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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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crunchpatty
Old Shoe
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Jan-22-2007 11:42
Yup, you can read the whole thread by clicking "next" from the first page instead of clicking "last page".
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Samiritus
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Jan-22-2007 12:28
Hahahaha!!!
Message to Special K: It's not a number.
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Special_K
Lucky Stiff
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Jan-22-2007 12:43
thats not what the Hitchhikers tell me...
I have to defer to their authority here.
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Adam Carter
Big Winner
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Jan-22-2007 12:52
Absolutely, 42 is the answer to everything, and I have that one on very good authority.
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Samiritus
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Jan-22-2007 12:52
Well, Special K, honestly I did not get this riddle out of the Hitchhikers, and this riddle is not yet found online if you google search it, or use any other mega search engines...
However, it still remains that 42 is incorrect.
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Farm A Sea
Old Shoe
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Jan-22-2007 13:05
It is a knifeboot. All hail the knifeboot. All 42 of them.
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Special_K
Lucky Stiff
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Jan-22-2007 13:05
It shouldn't matter if it came from a HHer or not.
They say that 42 is the ultimate answer to the universe.
Your argument does not convince me otherwise. You will have to do better! :)
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Samiritus
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Jan-22-2007 13:08
Message to Adam Carter: This riddle is not related to Douglass Adam's science fictional novel "The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy"
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Samiritus
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Jan-22-2007 13:12
42 is the ultimate answer to the universe according to Adam Carter's science fictional novel "The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy"...
Adam Carter says: "The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought '42 will do' I typed it out. End of story. "
If you don't believe me, then read this article on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything
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Samiritus
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Jan-22-2007 13:13
Sorry...hahahahaha
I meant Douglass Adam's novel, not Adam Carter...*Sorry*
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