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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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Tzu Hsin
Tzu Hsin

Dec-9-2004 01:38

Hey John Hale! Welcome to Sleuth! I like this idea of yours!

Here's one for you:
This guy living on the 20th floor in an apartment building got up early each morning to go to work in a downtown store. He always went into the elevator on the 20th floor and rode down to the entrance (1st floor). When he came home he always rode the elevator from the entrance and up to the 8th floor. He walked out of the elevator and walked the stairs up to his apartment on the 20th floor.
Why don't he take the elevator all the way up to his apartment?

Tzu Hsin
Tzu Hsin

Dec-9-2004 01:40

For your riddle, if you mean dead, is it supposed to be a person?

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Dec-9-2004 04:55

Tzu Hsin, because he liked the exersize. :)

Correct, about the married 10 men riddle, she was a minister.

This is a pretty well known one. So anyone who knows it don't play.

A black dog stands in the middle of an intersection in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a local storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time?



Faeryshan
Faeryshan
Old Shoe

Dec-9-2004 06:52

Because it isn't nighttime. The sun is out.

sunny
sunny
Lady of Shadows

Dec-9-2004 11:05

What was the sight my eyes were giving,
When I saw the dead carrying the living?

a boat or ship?

John Hale
John Hale
Yarn Weaver

Dec-9-2004 12:07

Sunny defeats another one.
Yes, the answer is a boat.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Dec-9-2004 14:27

Correct Faery.....

Here is another.

"I'm not trying to be radical", said professor Quantum to his English students, "and it's certainly no secret that I love to test your understanding and grasp of the English language in many different ways. Actually the truth is that I love to be underhanded. Thus, the first student who can tell me what common English word ends with the letters UND will be excused from sitting the next test. What is the word?

Victoria Florence
Victoria Florence

Dec-9-2004 14:58

I want to say the anser is 'fund', but I know there must be a trick.

Jojo
Jojo
Old Shoe

Dec-9-2004 15:11

There seem to be many versions John Hale..

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Dec-9-2004 15:39

Actually fund would be correct. It is a word. However, the answer I have listed is "Underground." I was sure someone from The Underground should guess it.

Here is another:
Mel Colly was found dead in his library. His forehead was resting on the keys of his tape recorder, a pool of blood lay on the desk beside him. From the door, Shadow could see that Mel's right hand covered a gun and that the bullet had entered his right temple. Shadow removed the tape recording from under Mel's head and pressed the play button. A voice said, "This is Mel Colly speaking. I am not going to go on with a long winded farewell. I am tired of life and all its anguish. I'll see you all on the other side, wherever that may be." There was a gunshot and the sound of his head hitting the tape recorder keys, followed by a click indicating the recording had been shut off. Shadow wsa certain that someone else had imitated Mel's voice and made this recording to sound like a suicide. Why does Shadow suspect murder?

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