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Originally Posted by DigitalCrash
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Originally Posted by Pendragon
That's right, that was the MASH episode right?
An egg white. (The cooked yolk is thrown away to avoid cholesterol.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dante'sJuliet
At Niagra Falls two Canadians cross the border into the U.S. One is the father of the other one's son. What relationship are they to each other?
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Originally Posted by starrwriter
no, it's not Thought. For this one I'd have to say Husband and Wife(most likely anyways) or rather Mother and Father. The Father is the father of the Mother's son. Interesting how that can be confusing to figure out, I guess it's because you(well, at least me) assume that they're both guys.
You were right the firs time, husband and wife. Mother and father is NOT a relationship to each other.Quote:
Originally Posted by DigitalCrash
The answer to CHINATOWN TRIAL
As The Shadow and the Tribunal is well aware, this is NOT how to test for gunpowder residue. But to the frightened murderer, having just seen it apparently work, fear will provide the clue. Afraid that he might have enough gunpowder on his hand or clothes to set off the test, he will only PRETEND to touch the square. The murderer will be the man without a golden thumb. The Shadow knows.
I believe there was a request for a new mystery puzzle. This was written as the sequel to CHINATOWN TRIAL. Enjoy! http://www.smileyville.net/mellow/mf_bluesbrother.gif
CHINATOWN RESURRECTS A DEAD MAN
by Jonathan Blade
The trap set for The Shadow was so clever that even his superhuman reflexes and senses were of no avail. Answering a note from Doctor Roy Tam for a meeting, The Shadow entered one of Tam's usual safe houses on the edge of Chinatown. He crossed the threshold into almost instant oblivion.
When The Shadow recovered, he was in a box-like room, open at the front. Examining himself, he found only his automatics missing. "Gas." He muttered. "Of a new sort I've never before encountered."
The Shadow examined the room he could see from the opening of his prison. It had two doors, one across from him, and one to his left, both sealed by steel curtains. A low Chinese table set in the center of the room, with the following objects arraigned on it: a small bottle and two shot glasses, a long-handled wooden paddle, and two identical pieces of folded rice paper, marked with the symbol of a Chinese tong.
Suddenly, both steel curtains rose silently. The one on the left revealed stairs. A man in a wheelchair rolled into the room through the other, a pistol crossbow ready in hand. He raised his head, and The Shadow was momentarily startled, for it was the face of a man he had seen die!
"Yes, Ying Ko! It is I! I whom your gaijin meddling in affairs that do not concern you condemned to death. The affairs of Chinatown are for the Arbitrator to decide, not some gaijin fool! Yat Soon would have let me go, have controlled the viscous Dragon's Daughter, or at worse allowed the reformist pig, Doctor Roy Tam to try to trace down proof of my guilt. Xing Chu left no clues to find, but Ying Ko tricked Xing Chu into revealing himself!
"But know this, Ying Ko! Xing Chu is one man in a million, whose heart is almost an inch out of line. The bolt pierced me, wounded me badly, but did not kill me. Now, I make the rules. I will swear an unbreakable oath with Ying Ko, the oath of Sake. Then, it's tong justice. One of these papers is freedom; one is death. Choose one; I will abide by your choice. Agreed?"
The Shadow was sure that Xing Chu meant to murder him, that both papers read "Death". Yet he went through with the ceremony, drinking the sake passed to him on the long paddle and made his choice. He walked free, leaving a fuming Xing Chu behind.
ASSUMING THE SHADOW WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE PAPERS, HOW DID HE GO FREE?
Oh, and in case you are wondering this is the Shadow:
The Shadow cud have done two things
1) Chosen one of the papers and asked Xing Chu to open the other one first...thus when opened...it must've read "death"...no explanations required then on what's written on the paper the Shadow had chosen.
2)He might have dropped his drink on the paper he chose...and caused the writing to fade...asking Xing Chu to open the other sheet of paper...which reads "death".
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Originally Posted by smilingtearz
Yeah, that's probably what happened. I once came upon something like this. It was actually about a knight, a king, and a princess. The king didn't want anyone to marry the princess, so when the knight came and asked if he could marry her the king gave him 2 papers, 1 that read "not married" and the other one read "married" or something like that, can't remember. Anyhow, I'm sure you all know how the knight managed to marry the princess. Alright, screw my last riddle, I got a better one:
People fear me,
never take me,
occasionally long for me,
sometimes see me,
sometimes don't.
What am I?
In case you're wondering... the answer to my last riddle was the word... well... perhaps you guys would like to solve it so I won't say.
If I recall, the knight ate one slip of paper.
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Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
I always thought he ripped it.... but... w/e... lol
If it works, it works, non?
Poison.Quote:
People fear me,
never take me,
occasionally long for me,
sometimes see me,
sometimes don't.
What am I?
cant spell it right but see
people fear it , should never take it but somtimes long for it and do
somtimes youu can see it like if its a solid or liquid poison but not if its gas
wait a minute death fits too! You cant takke death people fear death some long for death somtimes you se it ie a bullet rushing towards you somtimes you dont you just die suddenly for no reason
:D
are either of those right?
Any of the answers I have read will work for this Shadow Mystery. So you all win. http://www.smileyville.net/mellow/mf_party.gifhttp://www.smileyville.net/mellow/mf_party.gifhttp://www.smileyville.net/mellow/mf_party.gifhttp://www.smileyville.net/mellow/mf_party.gif
SOLUTION:
The answer lies in the unbreakable oath. The Shadow took a paper, took out his cigarette lighter, and burned it to ashes without reading it. He then said, "I made my choice, let's see what's left." As only "Death" was left Xing Chu had to release him or loose face admitting he had cheated. And Orientials cannnot bear to loose face.
That one was just too easy. I'll try again. I'm going to have to write some more, I'm running out of stock stories! :lol: :lol:
Well, let's see if this one is better.....Note: Hawkeye is one of the Shadow's agents who works the Badlands disguised as a bum, usually in partnership with Cliff Marsland. Shrevvie (Moe Shrevneiz) drives The Shadow's personally owned taxi.
SHADOWS IN THE RAIN by Jonathan Blade
The little spotter known as "Hawkeye" shivered in his sheltered doorway as the rain blew in. Hawkeye had been detailed to watch the mansion across the street since six o’clock. But a series of accidents had delayed Shrevvie in getting him to his post on time, due to the rain that had started at ten ‘til six. Hawkeye had arrived twenty minutes late in a cold, pouring rain. Thank goodness for the half-cigar he had found in a dry patch underneath the red roadster across the street! Hawkeye could, of course, have walked two blocks and bought his own cigars, but that would mean leaving his post, something no agent of the Shadow would ever do. It would also be out of the character the little man usually played in the badlands.
Inside the building, Lamont Cranston faced three other men. A fourth lay dead before them, with a knife in his back. The dead man was Otis Cramer, owner of the mansion. The Shadow was certain that one of the other men had killed Cramer, to silence the man who was their partner in crime.
"Who got here first?" Cranston asked.
Anson Redstone answered. "Hurlbert and I arrived at the same time. As I pulled in, he was getting out of his car and I asked to share his umbrella, as I had forgotten mine."
Elbridge Hurlbert agreed. "It was around six fifteen by my roadster's dashboard clock. Duced bad weather to drive in. When we came in we, ah, found the body." He grimaced
"I was right on your heels." Cranston said. "My coupe is parked behind Redstone's Ford."
"I was last." Boris Hulce said, "although I'm parked in front. There was no other place when I arrived about five minutes later."
"Well, we must let the police know about poor Otis." Cranston said. "I'll call from the library."
Cranston quickly stepped to the window and flashed a red light twice. In a few moments, Hawkeye was there, holding his hat over his treasured cigar. Cranston pointed at the smoking stub.
"Where did you find that on a night like this?"
When Hawkeye told him the Shadow's eyes suddenly blazed. "Off duty." Back in the library Cranston dialed Police Headquarters. "Come to Otis Cramer's mansion on 54th Street. And come prepared to pick up a murderer."
WHO DOES CRANSTON SUSPECT OF MURDER?