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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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Autumnsprings
Autumnsprings
Con Artist

Jul-11-2005 14:34

Two shepherds are talking. The first says to the other, "Give me one of your sheep and I'll have 3 times as many as you." The second one replied with "No, you give one of yours and we'll have the same number." How many sheep did each shepherd have?

LilRach
LilRach
Well-Connected

Jul-11-2005 17:17

Madame Giry, is it pirranhas...

Mickey Sticks
Mickey Sticks

Jul-11-2005 19:29

the first has 5, the second has 3

Autumnsprings
Autumnsprings
Con Artist

Jul-11-2005 20:04

Correct!!
Now you have 25 live chickens. You have 6 boxes. Divide the chickens in such a way that each box has an odd number of chickens in it. You must use whole chickens (can't cut one into pieces) and must use all boxes.
Have fun!!!


Elio
Elio

Jul-12-2005 09:05

Jojo227,

"nothing" ?

Elio
Elio

Jul-12-2005 09:08

please ignore my previous post. i didn't realise there were pages to flip ...

Autumnsprings
Autumnsprings
Con Artist

Jul-12-2005 16:38

bump

LilRach
LilRach
Well-Connected

Jul-12-2005 19:23

I thought it wasn't possible to have 5 odd numbers and end up with an even. ODD+ODD=EVEN. So...I am very stumped. Would you consider sending me the answer, it is driving me nuts, I can not figure it out.
LilRach

Madame Giry
Madame Giry

Jul-13-2005 10:44

LilRach, WRONG! Yay, finally I have a harderish riddle. What's up with the "bump" thing?

Jojo
Jojo
Old Shoe

Jul-13-2005 10:52

Bump brings a topic to the top. It means the bumper wants this thread to stay active.

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