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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

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?

wireshaper
wireshaper

Dec-9-2004 15:55

A hempen finger,
An outstretched arm,
A noble, patient stance.
A pull,
A crack,
And darkness comes,
A dead man learns to dance.
What is it?

If someone already solved this one sorry.
Is it a hanging?

Majandra Belial
Majandra Belial

Dec-9-2004 16:51

Shadow suspects murder because, if Mel truly had made the suicide tape, it would have kept on recording with nobody to shut it off.

Majandra Belial
Majandra Belial

Dec-9-2004 16:55

Or would it have been because, if Mel had truly made the tape, his head hitting the keys would have turned the recorder off? Either way, it's that off click.

Lucy_
Lucy_

Dec-9-2004 19:58

Is the answer nothing?

Tzu Hsin
Tzu Hsin

Dec-10-2004 00:37

Nice joke jstkdn, but nope.
Is the answer to your joke because of the lightning?

Tzu Hsin
Tzu Hsin

Dec-10-2004 00:41

Oops. Sorry, the answer was already stated.

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