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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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Madame Giry
Madame Giry

Jun-20-2005 07:59

Mrs.Zane is the closest so far... the dead sister (at that moment alive) walked into the bar, after discovery of much bad news in her life. She wished to have a shot a whiskey "with extra power", but the bartender mistook it for a suicide plea, through poison. So, technically, he didn't murder her, it was but an accident... or was it?

*bum bum, pa bum

LilRach
LilRach
Well-Connected

Jun-20-2005 08:41

If two hours ago, it was as long after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning, what time would it be now?

LilRach
LilRach
Well-Connected

Jun-20-2005 08:43

One more...


Three guys walk into town. They go into a hotel and ask for a room they can share. The clerk has just the thing they want for thirty dollars. The clerk sends them to the room, takes out the ledger, and realizes that he made a mistake. The room costs only twenty-five dollars. Now he has to divide five dollars evenly three ways. Can't be done. So the clerk pockets two dollars, tells the guys that he made a three dollar mistakeand gives them each a single. Now, each man paid only nine dollars for his share of the room. Nine times three equals twenty seven, plus the two in the clerk's pocket equals twenty nine. Where's the other dollar?

Lady Grey
Lady Grey

Jun-20-2005 10:00

LilRach:
Question 1) 1900 or seven o'clock in the evening
Question 2) We have had this one before. There is no other dollar. The only relevant figures are the $30 originally paid and the $5 refund. The $2 in the clerks pocket don't relate to the original $30 and therfore make the sums come out wrong.

Lady Grey
Lady Grey

Jun-20-2005 10:05

Sebastian and Marmaduke are identical, short-sighted, twins who are petty criminals. They regularly pretend to be each other to establish an alibi.
One day Marmaduke was spotted shop lifting and chased down a sunny street. He immediately ran to his brother in a nearby gloomy tavern. The policeman pursuing him was able to identify which twin it was and arrest the correct twin. How could he tell the two twins apart?


Llolly
Llolly
Well-Connected

Jun-20-2005 13:57

photosensitive lenses didn't have time to go clear again

Llolly
Llolly
Well-Connected

Jun-20-2005 13:59

Sorry, that was a little unclear!

Each twin wears glasses as they're short sighted, and Marmaduke at least, has photosensitive lenses instead of sunglasses, which would be tan in the bright light :)

Or if he was really quick, he saw his pupils dilate;)

Lady Grey
Lady Grey

Jun-20-2005 17:06

Correct llolly.

LilRach
LilRach
Well-Connected

Jun-20-2005 20:11

Lady Grey, you did get the second one right. However, 7:00 is not the correct answer.

I didn't realize we had already had the one, opps.

Envy
Envy

Jun-20-2005 20:16

LilRach- 1. it's now 2100, or 9pm

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