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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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Bryola
Well-Connected
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Feb-8-2005 11:58
"What question can you never answer 'yes' to?"
My answer: On what date were you born?
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Arne
Old Shoe
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Feb-8-2005 12:15
on the 3 guys in the hotel. The $2 the bellhop kept has nothing to do with the $30 they originally spent. It is the difference between the $25 that the hotel kept and the $27 the men actually spent. Relating it back to the original $30 is a red herring.
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Casa Nova
Well-Connected
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Feb-8-2005 17:35
My vote is the German owns the fish
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Sila
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Feb-9-2005 02:42
Bryola...i mean a question that the answer could theoretically be yes to but for whatever reason someone couldnt actually say yes. the question "on what date where you born" and other similar ones like "what's the time?" dont count
Arne...i am impressed!
Casa Nova...well done!
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Sila
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Feb-9-2005 02:44
Arne...
I have a better answer for the missing dollar and it goes like this:
The following night two friends check into the same motel. Once again the clerk charges them $30, or $15 per person. After the clerk remembers the total rate is only $25 he sends the bellhop upstairs with five $1 bills to pay the two friends back. The bellhop knows he got away with larceny once so he tries it again. But this time he pockets $3 and returns $2 to the hotel guests ($1 per guest). So each of the two guests got $1 back from their original $15. Therefore each paid $14 which is a total payment of $28 for the room. Now the bellhop has $3, the guests paid $28, for a total of $31....THERE'S THE MISSING DOLLAR!!!!
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lauraandgabriel
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Feb-9-2005 03:16
What question can you never answer 'yes' to?
Are you dead? :D
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Sila
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Feb-9-2005 03:43
lauraandgabriel.....correct!
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lauraandgabriel
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Feb-11-2005 01:02
You know, I was really just guessing!?! But really, how can you answer that.
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marylou
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Feb-11-2005 10:42
Unless of course you were lying
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Jake J. Gittes
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