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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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Lady Grey
Lady Grey

May-1-2005 07:28

It would still weight six sextillion tons because the concrete and stone come from the earth.

(I hope I don't need to be ashamedabout this reply)

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

May-1-2005 11:27

No one should ever be ashamed having an opinion that they can put a solid argument behind.

In this case particulary.....the answer is CORRECT!!!

Here is another:
Shadow surveys the crime scene. A woman is shot to death and is lying face down in the parking lot. A light snow covers the ground. Leading to the body is a set of foot prints which run between two sets of parallel tracks. Leading away fromt he dead woman are just two sets of parallel tracks. What type of person should Shadow be looking for?

Miss Melville
Miss Melville
Well-Connected

May-1-2005 11:36

A bag lady with a motorized shopping cart?? ;-)

Or else the woman was pushing a shopping cart, and got shot from a distance, and the cart rolled on without her (so look for a sniper? )

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

May-1-2005 11:53

No no, not a sniper. Definitely points for creativity. :)

The answer is less creative.

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

May-1-2005 13:57

Was the lady murdered by someone she was pushing in a wheelchair? The set of footprints must have been the victim's if they don't lead away.

OR ...

The victim and the murderer are identical twins, one of whom uses a wheelchair and the other cares for her. Fed up of caring for her sister, the twin pushes her out into the parking lot, pushes her out of her wheelchair (thus explaining why she's face down) and shoots her. She then gets into the wheelchair and makes a very slow escape : o )

P. Rockwell
P. Rockwell
Well-Connected

May-2-2005 11:25

*possibly a silly answer too*

Maybe a monkey/ape. It was in the shoping cart. Bang. Ran away with hands showing one set and feet showing anouther.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

May-3-2005 03:29

Yes, the murderer is someone in a wheel chair!!!!!!!!

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

May-3-2005 10:28

Here's two that had me scratching my head recently ...

What are the next two letters in this sequence:

S - T - N - D - R - D - ? - ?

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

May-3-2005 10:30

AND ...

You have a basement divided into three room, each with one light hanging from the ceiling. At the top of the basement you have three switches, each operating one lightbulb. You are standing at the switches, all are off and you cannot see down into the basement. How can you work out which switch operates which lightbulb, seeing as you are only allowed one trip down into the basement to check?

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

May-3-2005 12:32

The reason why I can not see down the basement is because it is dark. When I operate the three switches I can look down in to the basement to see which room lights up from operating the three switches.

Or...

I simply walk down once, and walk in to each room to switch on the light. It doesn't require me to make a trip up stairs each time I switch on a light.

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