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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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DaRu
DaRu
Well-Connected

May-20-2005 18:14

CONGRATS...Lady Grey, you got it right.

DaRu
DaRu
Well-Connected

May-20-2005 18:19

You're just too good Lady Grey, and yes, the answer is three (3) because, the doorman lets in those who answers with the number of letters in the word he says. Twelve is six letters, therefore, six is three. We need to learn a really really hard one to trip you up lady Grey...maybe, then maybe not...hehe.

DaRu
DaRu
Well-Connected

May-20-2005 18:39

Lady Grey, my Dad showed me the ring trick when I was little. Anyway, he used the eracer end of a pencil to push the quarter. If anyone does this trick, tell the person watching that you won't be touching the ring whatsoever. This makes it sound more complicated..lol. OK, I've got to think of a hard one to make Lady Grey work hard for the answer...lol.

DaRu
DaRu
Well-Connected

May-20-2005 18:43

Well, in the beginning God created Man, then created all of the animals. Amoung them had to be the chickens, then the chicken laid eggs, so Adam and Eve could have eggs for breakfast.

DaRu
DaRu
Well-Connected

May-20-2005 18:43

Among...lol


DaRu
DaRu
Well-Connected

May-20-2005 20:37

Here's a simple one, then I quit.

I go from house to house but never come inside
I never eat or sleep and my bed is made outside



Lady Grey
Lady Grey

May-20-2005 21:04

The road or the pavement.

Awling
Awling

May-21-2005 11:21

well, chicken is the first one mentioned in the sentence...

Chronestrian
Chronestrian

May-21-2005 16:38

An easy way to understand the riddle and the answer is that an egg is defined NOT by where it came from, but what it contains. Hence a turtle egg is called a turtle egg because a turtle hatches from it, regardless of whether a turtle laid it or if it was a mutation from another species. Ergo (don't hear that word often anymore, lol), the egg came first. I'll leave you good people alone now :-)

LilRach
LilRach
Well-Connected

May-23-2005 21:35

Daru, I would say a sidewalk goes house to house, but never goes inside.

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