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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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May-4-2005 05:54
Another one:
NASA was considering sending canaries in to space to study them under 0 gravity. The project was scrapped when someone realized that in spite of having sufficient water supplies, they could die of dehydration within a few hours. Why?
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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May-4-2005 05:56
I bet that Blaise can not even answer that one. Challenge!!!! :p
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R Sweets
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May-4-2005 08:44
The canaries will not be able to drink through a straw, as astronauts do. They would not be able to use their beaks to drink the water as humans do.
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R Sweets
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May-4-2005 08:45
Also, bird water feeders work on gravity, so the water would not flow down to the bottom to leak out. Therefore, the birds would not be able to drink out of the birdfeeder either.
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josie.g
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May-4-2005 13:08
what is the answer to the sequence one? I can't figure it out.
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Blaise Joshua
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May-4-2005 14:00
Yes ... I'm with R.Sweets on the canary one. That sounds like a jolly good answer to me : o )
Ben - brilliant! You're spot on with light bulb one. It usually takes people a while to get that.
So any last takers on the sequence ...
S - T - N - D - R - D - ? - ?
I'll give you a clue ... try pairing them, like so:
ST-ND-RD-??
(that makes it a bit easier)
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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May-4-2005 14:01
OK sweets, now assume there is some sort of special bird feeder, that would solve the beak problem.
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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May-4-2005 15:53
Blaise, it is TH!
First, Second, Third, Fourth.
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jstkdn
Well-Connected
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May-4-2005 15:53
Blaise you are WRONG on mine, teehee.
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josie.g
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May-4-2005 16:44
wow jstkdn! way to go! :D i would have never figured that one out.
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