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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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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-12-2005 04:33

Bryola was right!!! And jojo this was not a math question, it was a common sense question. It has to be, because even with my poor math skills I had it right. :)

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-12-2005 04:37

Two of the fastest horsemen in the kingdkom proposed to the king's daughter. The didn't like either suitor, but he wanted to look fair so he suggeted a horse race in which the winner would have his daughter's hand. The only catch was that the winner would be the person whose horse came in second. The king was certain the race would never take place because h felt that neither horseman would let the other win. Finally, the king's daughter made a suggestion to the two horsemen that would guarantee a fair race. What did she suggest?

marylou
marylou

Jan-12-2005 07:28

One start at the beginning of the track and one at the opposite side so they couldn't see where the other was? Or blindfolded, but then they couldn't see, lol


Bryola
Bryola
Well-Connected

Jan-12-2005 07:53

uhm... which of that nonsense was correct jstkdn? Was it the jet packs or the ducks?

Moonshh
Moonshh
Well-Connected

Jan-12-2005 09:17

If the two horsemen didn't know each other, they could be put in a race with a number of other people as well. Then they wouldn't know how to tell with whom they were competing, and in the end, the other results could be disregarded and whoever came in second out of those two would still be the winner.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-12-2005 10:06

The number 18 for the steaks!

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-12-2005 10:06

No winners yet for the horemen question. Stop letting your imagination go wild, the answer is really simple.

Madame TBird
Madame TBird
Well-Connected

Jan-12-2005 10:33

She suggested they start at the same time & see who makes it to finish line first loses?

Moonshh
Moonshh
Well-Connected

Jan-12-2005 15:05

Okay, but I get points for creativity! How about they have two tracks and time them separately?

Balash
Balash

Jan-12-2005 16:15

each one rode the other's horse, because it's the horse that comes in second, not the rider

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