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Post by marysgurl1 on May 9, 2005 9:45:43 GMT -6
'k...couldn't wait on you, scrapster.... The below paragraph is unusual in some way....nothing is wrong with it---it's just unusual. Can you figure out what makes it unusual?? "Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gadsby, walking towards that group, saw a youg girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... " The above passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930's
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on May 9, 2005 19:57:26 GMT -6
Wow...that's a head scratcher.....lemme think on it some.......
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Post by marysgurl1 on May 9, 2005 20:47:15 GMT -6
...this is a good one!! I'm anxious to see if anyone gets it....
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Post by ilb on May 9, 2005 20:49:03 GMT -6
good one my baby i too need to ponder this a bit....
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Post by Phalon on May 9, 2005 20:51:58 GMT -6
I got it, I got it. Maybe.
There is not a single letter "e" in the entire paragraph. Kinda unusual.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on May 9, 2005 20:56:31 GMT -6
Dang....I think the master got us! Good one Phalon.....!!!!!!!! ;D
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Post by marysgurl1 on May 9, 2005 21:05:02 GMT -6
Ohhhh...shot down too quick!! I should've known Ms. Webster's would get it.... Good job, bud!
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Post by Phalon on May 9, 2005 21:34:28 GMT -6
I got one right? Oh, cool beans.
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Post by Gabbin on May 9, 2005 21:36:21 GMT -6
Oh, is this a new post? Neat-o. Good job on getting that one, Gams. I am terrible at riddles.
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Post by ilb on May 9, 2005 21:44:25 GMT -6
good job phalon... your turn!! aww come on g... just give it a try.. u might like it.. everyone else is doing it.
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Post by Phalon on May 9, 2005 22:23:56 GMT -6
What was born at the same time as the world, destined to live as long as the world, and yet is never more than five weeks old.
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Post by Gabbin on May 9, 2005 22:37:27 GMT -6
Not a month. Hmm, grrrr.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on May 11, 2005 7:00:44 GMT -6
ACK!!! I should have guessed this one right away! It's the moon right.....huh, huh?
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Post by Phalon on May 11, 2005 7:15:53 GMT -6
Yes, yes, Dear Moppet, you are right.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on May 11, 2005 7:17:05 GMT -6
Good one..gimmie some time to find a good one to throw out there...
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Post by Gabbin on May 11, 2005 21:29:39 GMT -6
Good one cupcake. You are a whipper
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Post by Phalon on May 11, 2005 21:35:05 GMT -6
What's a whipper, Gabbin? Just curious.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on May 11, 2005 22:12:02 GMT -6
Ummm...yeah...what's that? And are you refering to me?
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Post by marysgurl1 on May 12, 2005 15:59:54 GMT -6
What is deaf, dumb, & blind but always tells the truth??
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on May 12, 2005 16:03:47 GMT -6
A clock?
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Post by marysgurl1 on May 12, 2005 16:07:04 GMT -6
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."
The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less.
In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
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Post by marysgurl1 on May 12, 2005 16:07:40 GMT -6
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on May 12, 2005 16:08:46 GMT -6
A sun dial?
The man wrote "your exact wieght" on the paper.
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Post by marysgurl1 on May 12, 2005 16:16:32 GMT -6
again Yeppers on the "exact weight"....too easy!
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on May 12, 2005 16:18:16 GMT -6
OOOHHH...you're sneaky....a mirror...I hate them.
And the other one I think was posted before sorry.
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Post by marysgurl1 on May 12, 2005 16:26:24 GMT -6
You got it, bud!! Sorry, I didn't read all the way back...
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on May 12, 2005 16:32:03 GMT -6
It's cool...I don't mind...those were good ones....how about this?
What is it that gets wetter when it dries?
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Post by Phalon on May 12, 2005 16:42:53 GMT -6
A towel.
Here's one in the form of a poem.
A meal of words made by a moth Seemed to me when I heard the tale Curious and phenomenal: That such a mite like a thief in the night should swallow up the song of a poet, The splendid discourse and its solid setting!
But the strange robber was none the wiser For all those words and all that eating.
An Anonymous Riddle (c. 850 AD).
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on May 13, 2005 9:07:47 GMT -6
I'm thinkin a bookworm.....
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Post by Phalon on May 13, 2005 16:00:08 GMT -6
Yes, Fair Moppet, a bookworm is right.
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