| 11 JUN 2004 at 5:47am |
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Status : Online | I'll give the answer because it's pretty much the only guess that's left.
The hands line up 22 times in one day. They line up once every hour, with the exception of 11:00 to 11:59.
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| 11 JUN 2004 at 1:16pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Hit me, but that is one hour excluded, wouldn't that make 23?
I'm missing something here I guess.
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| 11 JUN 2004 at 3:45pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Elfstone (11 JUN 2004 1:16pm)
Hit me, but that is one hour excluded, wouldn't that make 23?
I'm missing something here I guess.
11 o'clock occurs twice a day?
I forgot my sig.
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| 11 JUN 2004 at 4:02pm |
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Crazy American time system!
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 4:48am |
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Status : Online | Hint: These next 3 puzzles have a similar theme!
A) A horse jumps over a tower and lands on a man, who disappears
B) A train pulls into a station, but none of the waiting passengers move.
C) A man pushes a car up to a hotel and tells the owner he's bankrupt.
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 8:24am |
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By DJ Souza (12 JUN 2004 4:47am)
Hint: These next 3 puzzles have a similar theme!
I immediately recognized what was going on in C, since I was recently in a similar situation. I'll let someone else answer it.
That leads me to realize what's going on in A, but I lack the knowledge to provide the right answer.
I'm not really sure about B.
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 11:11am |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | All are games I guess.
A is chess.
B I'm in doubt about. But it could be a model train? A toy one I mean. One of those lil electric ones.
C is monopoly.
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 12:40pm |
ThanandaJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Eva (12 JUN 2004 11:10am)
All are games I guess.
A is chess.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but in chess you can't attack 2 characters at once, can you? And by the body of the question, The tower and the man (the king, I guess) was attacked.
As for the other 2, I think you got it right Eva
Do go on! I always yawn, when I'm fascinated!
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 1:08pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Thananda (12 JUN 2004 12:39pm)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but in chess you can't attack 2 characters at once, can you? And by the body of the question, The tower and the man (the king, I guess) was attacked.
You're wrong
I mean, the horse jumps over the tower(rook) and lands on a man(pawn, king, whatever)
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 3:33pm |
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Status : Online | A and C are board games, but B doesn't fit in.
If the answer is "games" I have to object. Model trains are not "games". :
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 6:01pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Maybe the common theme is recreational activities bought in cardboard boxes?
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 6:22pm |
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Status : Online | Except you own a chess board made of diamond (either VERY LARGE diamonds or you find a way to melt them ) and pieces from ivory! :
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 6:29pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | You do? Wow...can I come to your room and see your chess game please? :-*
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 6:55pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | That's the second pick-up line I unintentionally discovered in...what, two or three days?
I'm a natural talent I guess.
Sure, I do. :
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 6:57pm |
DJ SouzaJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Eva (12 JUN 2004 11:10am)
All are games I guess.
A is chess.
B I'm in doubt about. But it could be a model train? A toy one I mean. One of those lil electric ones.
C is monopoly. Right, right and right!
Originally Posted By Elfstone (12 JUN 2004 3:32pm)
A and C are board games, but B doesn't fit in.
If the answer is "games" I have to object. Model trains are not "games". :
Originally Posted By Eva (12 JUN 2004 6:01pm)
Maybe the common theme is recreational activities bought in cardboard boxes?
Now WHY does this discussion reminds me of Seinfeld? :
If you really want to nitpick, have in mind that I said they had SIMILAR themes, not IDENTICAL.
Sheesh! [smiley=boggled.gif]
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 7:19pm |
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Status : Online | Well, I could've answered "chess", but the question was "Who disappears?"
I said I lacked the knowledge because I didn't know specifically which piece would be removed.
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 7:21pm |
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By DJ Souza (12 JUN 2004 6:57pm)
If you really want to nitpick, have in mind that I said they had SIMILAR themes, not IDENTICAL.
They're all things you can buy in a toy store. How's that?
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 7:53pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Grey (12 JUN 2004 7:18pm)
Well, I could've answered "chess", but the question was "Who disappears?"
I think maybe the comma was placed wrongly...made it sound like... who disappears? Instead of....lands on a man who disappears.
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 9:11pm |
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Eva (12 JUN 2004 7:53pm)
I think maybe the comma was placed wrongly...made it sound like... who disappears? Instead of....lands on a man who disappears.
Ahh. Got it. I just read it wrong.
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| 13 JUN 2004 at 3:56pm |
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Status : Online | The moment I see Eva and Elfstone planing a getaway together in a riddle thread, I know it's time for me to interfere, before it's too late So, here I go again:
* The year is 1945. It's early march. Berlin.
A man, dressed in a german uniform comes in a bar. He sits down and asks for a glass of beer. The bartender runs to the back of the bar and calls for the gestapo to notify them, that there is an american spy sitting in his bar. How did he know that?
Do go on! I always yawn, when I'm fascinated!
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| 13 JUN 2004 at 4:32pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | I suppose the clue is within the text, but I say it anyway:
the man wasn't blonde!
or better yet:
he was an Afro-American! [smiley=laughing.gif]
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| 13 JUN 2004 at 4:40pm |
ThanandaJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Elfstone (13 JUN 2004 4:32pm)
I suppose the clue is within the text, but I say it anyway:
the man wasn't blonde!
or better yet:
he was an Afro-American! [smiley=laughing.gif]
i wish you were as good in asking riddles, as you are in answering them, Elfstone !
You are absolutly right [smiley=clap.gif] He was Afro- American
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Do go on! I always yawn, when I'm fascinated!
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| 13 JUN 2004 at 5:56pm |
JessJourneyman
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Thananda (13 JUN 2004 4:40pm)
i wish you were as good in asking riddles, as you are in answering them, Elfstone !
Yeah Elfie is one of the best of the lot.
This one could bring back some memories:
You are playing Ping-Pong and when you miss the ball it bounces across the lawn and rolls into a small but deep hole. The ball goes down too far for you to reach with your hand, and the hole bends so much to one side that you can't get the ball by poking a stick into the hole. What can you do?
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| 13 JUN 2004 at 5:59pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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I told you it's probably unfair, because I was "studying" those trick questions as a child.
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