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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?

Jun-14-2005 09:41

There are no Es in the paragraph, E being the most common letter in English.

Jun-14-2005 12:10

The man has hiccups, the bartender scared them away by pulling a gun on him.

Jun-14-2005 12:16


A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins, and they were not adopted. How could this be so?

Jun-14-2005 15:53

the brothers are two of a set of triplets?

Jun-14-2005 23:01

You got it Marcus

Jun-15-2005 07:34

Blaise, ctown, I was going to say the same thing.

Jun-15-2005 22:19

One day Kerry celebrated her birthday. Two days later her older twin brother, Terry, celebrated his birthday. How is this possible?

Jun-16-2005 01:08

kerry has two brothers, those two being twins

Jun-16-2005 04:44

They were born just before and after midnight on the 28th of February? It its a leap year, they'll celebrate their birthdays on the 28th of February and 1st of March as usual, but it'll be officially two days apart!

Jun-16-2005 09:00

Am I right in thinking that twins, in unusual circumstances, can be born up to three days apart anyway? I'm sure that would be a rather silly answer to the riddle, though : o )