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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?

Jan-27-2005 09:39

:o) You were right!

Jan-27-2005 13:23

LOL!

Jan-27-2005 18:09

John was correct!

Jan-27-2005 18:11

Sila: I know that one(the second). So I wont tell it here.
Saxon: Same with Sila's.

Jan-28-2005 00:48

Good man U369. You're no spoilsport : o )

Jan-28-2005 03:49

So no offers for an answer???

Jan-29-2005 02:09

Sila: A seamount?

Saxon: The helmets were poisoning the soldiers when the metal soaked into the men's skin/bloodstream?

Jan-30-2005 10:27

Saxon: Two possibilities. One, steel helmets provide very poor protection vs bullets unless they are so thick that the helmet is too heavy to wear. This is why soldiers stopped wearing armour when muskets became reliable.
Two, Steel helmets will permit sound waves to echo so the sound of a shell exploding close buy was transmitted through the helmet and burst their eardrums.

Jan-30-2005 10:47

I think:
Saxon-- my guess:
1) Light reflected off the helmets so they were more visible -- therefore the Brits were shot at more by the enemy
2) The soldiers painted/decorated their helmets to promote patriotism and the helmets became an easy target to be seen

Jan-30-2005 13:35

Did somebody get the man on bridge? I think that gold is measured in troy weight scale which has 12 ounces per pound instead of the regular (avoirdupois?) scale of 16 oz per pound. (forgive me if its been done and I missed it...)