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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?

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? )

May-1-2005 11:53

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

The answer is less creative.

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 )

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.

May-3-2005 03:29

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

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 - ? - ?

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?

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.

May-3-2005 12:34

There is a robot that is programmed to assemble children's toys. During lab tests, the robot assembled 100s of toys without any problem. The day arrived when the robot was given a public demonstration and as Murphy's law would have it, everything went wrong. The toy pieces were put in a carton and brought to the pubkc demonstration. The robot was given the carton filled with toy pieces, but it was unable to assemble a single toy. What went wrong?

May-3-2005 13:28

Maybe the robot needs the toys to be laid on the floor. It can't get to the parts because they are still in the carton...Not sure if this is right.