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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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R Sweets
R Sweets

May-4-2005 08:44

The canaries will not be able to drink through a straw, as astronauts do. They would not be able to use their beaks to drink the water as humans do.

R Sweets
R Sweets

May-4-2005 08:45

Also, bird water feeders work on gravity, so the water would not flow down to the bottom to leak out. Therefore, the birds would not be able to drink out of the birdfeeder either.

josie.g
josie.g

May-4-2005 13:08

what is the answer to the sequence one? I can't figure it out.

Blaise Joshua
Blaise Joshua

May-4-2005 14:00

Yes ... I'm with R.Sweets on the canary one. That sounds like a jolly good answer to me : o )

Ben - brilliant! You're spot on with light bulb one. It usually takes people a while to get that.

So any last takers on the sequence ...

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

I'll give you a clue ... try pairing them, like so:

ST-ND-RD-??

(that makes it a bit easier)

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

May-4-2005 14:01

OK sweets, now assume there is some sort of special bird feeder, that would solve the beak problem.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

May-4-2005 15:53

Blaise, it is TH!

First, Second, Third, Fourth.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

May-4-2005 15:53

Blaise you are WRONG on mine, teehee.

josie.g
josie.g

May-4-2005 16:44

wow jstkdn! way to go! :D i would have never figured that one out.

josie.g
josie.g

May-4-2005 16:49

ok i have a couple.

1. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

2. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

R Sweets
R Sweets

May-4-2005 17:47

Okay, I think I know the answer to the canaries. Canaries need gravity to swallow(learned this in biology today), so they will not be able to swallow in space, like humans.

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