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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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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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Feb-20-2005 07:35
No, I still got a box left. I was just too busy with my missions on Sleuth.
But here we go:
During WW II, several British naval spies no the lookout for enemy ships and activities, posed as Canadian lobster fishermen. They had large numbers of plastic, orange-coloured lobsters made for their covert operations. These lobsters came in various sizes with all authentic markings. At night, the spies loaded the lobsters in to weighed down traps and threw them overboard. At daybreak, they would hoist the traps aborad ship. The locals spotted them as fraudulent fishermen from quite a distance. How were they so easily detected?
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reda
Well-Connected
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Feb-20-2005 07:47
because the lobsters didnt move?
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Andy702
Pinball Amateur
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Feb-20-2005 08:00
They used a government ship?
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sunny
Lady of Shadows
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Feb-20-2005 09:03
they were on a fresh water lake?
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marylou
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Feb-20-2005 09:27
they floated
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mr mason
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Feb-20-2005 09:35
The orange coloring.
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Moonshh
Well-Connected
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Feb-20-2005 10:38
*agrees with Mr. Mason*
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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Feb-20-2005 10:59
Mr. Mason is correct, the orange coloring show up when you boil lobsters. When they are caught they are green-ish black.
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The Mad One
Well-Connected
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Feb-20-2005 16:10
Three Riddles
1)Alive without breathe
Cold as Death
never thirsty, ever drinking
All in mail, never clinking.
What am I?
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The Mad One
Well-Connected
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Feb-20-2005 16:11
2) I am as tall as a castle
but as light as the air.
yet 110 men cannot pick me up.
What am I?
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