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Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
I always thought he ripped it.... but... w/e... lol
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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?
1)half-cigar
2)dry patch underneath the red roadster across the street!
3)Elbridge Hurlbert --might be the suspect
4)six fifteen by my roadster's dashboard clock
Elbridge Hurlburt was probably already there...coz Redstone only sees him getting out of the car...which he might have pretended to do seeing someone coming...
and the half-cigar was under his roadster...Redstone's ford is after the roadster and cranston's coupe follows...
+If there was space in front of the roadster ...then Hulburt probably was already leaving and seeing another car...stopped and pretended to get out thus leaving space in front for Hulce's car...
my answer :HURLBERT
Oh darn, you're right... but think about it this way, this thing is something everyone fears(always, woah, commercial flashback). I'm sure some daredevils aren't afraid of dying and therefore poison.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
It's Hulce. If it's dry under his car and the other two needed an umbrella when they got out, it should have been raining/just stopped raining when he arrived, according to his story. Yet it's dry beneath his car...
EDIT: Hmm...Hulce says he's parked in front but Hulbert says he owns a roadster. Hard to say which...I may be wrong, but I assumed that since Hulce says he parked in front, then the "roadster across the street" would belong to him.
Well, well, well. Did I not name you PUZZLE SOLVER-DELUXE? Exactly the logical breakdown you needed to follow to the answer! Well done! Spip the nanners-- 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 You go girl!Quote:
Originally Posted by smilingtearz
Wild guess, with a slight bit of logic. TIMEQuote:
People fear me,
never take me,
occasionally long for me,
sometimes see me,
sometimes don't.
What am I?
No new Shadow mystery for a little while. I'll have one coming up Dec. 9 at http://www.spaceports.com/~deshadow click on two-minute mysteries. The solution is always at the end so don't read too fast if you want to try to solve it first. Pen. :)
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Originally Posted by Pendragon
YAY!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:
I love my title ...PUZZLE SOLVER-DELUXE?
ur actually encouraging me to consider going into the intelligence line ;)...
OH I"LL MISS THE SHADOW MYSTERIES...can't u find more good mysteries pen???..anything that u could use till december??...i know there can't be a better substitute...but do try...this is one thread i love coz of the mysteries!!:D
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Originally Posted by Pendragon
nope, it's not time... time can be taken "it takes time" "he took time" I know it's not physically taking time but bleh, only way to cover the time answer, you'll eventually get it.
Hmm...I would say "risk," but it's nowhere near true that people never take one.
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Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
It's not risk either.
Hmmm. Solitude. People live in it, sometimes long for it, but don't really take it, and everyone really fears being alone.
I must bow to popular demand. But I need time to write more stories, since I'm almost out of stored material!
I think we have established by now that The Shadow and Lamont Cranston are often the same person....
Four Men At a Table by Jonathan Blade
Four men sat around a rectangular table at the exclusive Cobalt Club enjoying after dinner cigars and port. The arrangement was like this:
;) ;) B
;) C----D
;) ;) A
Lamont Cranston sits at the foot of the table, in the space marked “A”.
Facing him is the banker.
The man on Cranston’s left is NOT the stockbroker.
Mr. Archer wears a grey suit.
The jeweler is Mr. Taylor.
The man on Cranston’s right is Mr. Thurgood.
The man on Mr. Archer’s left wears a blue suit.
The Shadow is in his customary black tuxedo.
The other man at the table is wearing a green suit.
The banker’s name does NOT start with “T”.
USING THESE CLUES SAY WHO SITS WHERE, WEARS WHAT COLOR SUIT, AND DOES WHICH JOB.
Enjoy! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Assuming that "Shadow" qualifies as an occupation...
A. Cranston--Black--Shadow
B. Archer--Grey--Banker
c. Taylor--Green--Jeweler
D. Thurgood--Blue--Stockbroker
Did I get it??
It's not solitude either. It is feared by most, but probably not by everyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
I just did this one and here's what I got:
A-Cranston-Black Suit-Shadow
B-Mr.Archer-Grey Suit-Banker
C-Mr. Taylor-Green Suit-Jewler
D-Mr.Thurgood-Blue Suit-Stock Broker
The same thing, so you probably did get it.
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Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
Assuming that "Shadow" qualifies as an occupation...
A. Cranston--Black--Shadow
B. Archer--Grey--Banker
c. Taylor--Green--Jeweler
D. Thurgood--Blue--Stockbroker
Did I get it??
Yes, Gentlemen, you both got that one, one of my less complicated one's but I was in a hurry! Still, it wasn't bad and took some thinking, so here's some nanners: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by DigitalCrash
D-man, I've given you puzzle some serious thought: One thing everyone fears is the unknown. No one will willingly take it (if you even CAN take it), but people do long for it, and some say they get a glimpse of it, others scoff and say that's impossible.
Three missionaries and three cannibals need to cross a river. There is only one boat and that can carry two. Only one cannibal and one missionary can row the boat. The missionaries are afraid of being outnumbered by the cannibals. (including the people who are on the same shore in the boat)
(the last means that there can't be two cannibals and one missionary on one side of the river, or three cannibals and two or one missionary)
How should the six people use the boat so that they could all cross the river?
I think this is how it should be done. on missionary goes across the river with one cannibal. than the missionary goes back alone in the boat and takes another cannibal and takes him across the river, then he goes back again and takes one missionary across the river, when he arrives there he leaves the missionary and takes one cannibal with him. he takes where he first was and leaves him there so he can take the third missionary to the other side. so now there are two missionaries and one cannibal in one side and two other cannibals in the other, and the third missionary goes and takes them one by one and brings them across the river. in this way missionaries are never outnumbered by the cannibals...
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Originally Posted by Kaltrina
that's not right. That missionary would die because there'd be 2 cannibals and outnumber him. Here's what I think. Two cannibals cross the river
2 cannibals-1 cannibal and 3 missionaries
1 goes back
1 cannibal-2 cannibals and 3 missionaries
takes the other cannibal across the river
3 cannibals-3 missionaries
goes back
2 cannibals-1 cannibal 3 missionaries
leaves the boat, and 2 missionaries cross the river
2 cannibals 2 missionaries-1 cannibal 1 missionary
then 1 cannibal and 1 missionary return
1 cannibal 1 missionary-2 cannibals 2 missionaries
then 2 missionaries cross again
1 cannibal 3 missionaries-2 cannibals
then the cannibal goes back to retrieve 1 cannibal
3 missionaries-3 cannibals
2 cannibals 3 missionaries-1 cannibal
finally 1 cannibal goes back and gets the final cannibal to the other side of the river
3 Missionaries, 3 Cannibals
First, the three cannibals should eat the three missionaries and wait 24 hours for bowel movements. Then it will only take two trips to get the cannibals to the other side of the river.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
So, was I wrong or right?http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/fr...smiley-013.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
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Originally Posted by Pendragon
Oh woops, forgot, sorry 'bout that. Errmm... no
You seem to like my little Shadow Mystery-Puzzles, set in the 30's and 40's in New York City. Here's a new one to contemplate.
The Shadow’s Secret Mission by Jonathan Bladehttp://www.smileyville.net/babygoat/irvine.gif
The butler lead The Shadow into Rupert Goldthwaite’s huge library. The walls were lined with books and with evidence of Goldthwaite’s hobbies—big game hunting and taxidermy. Indeed, it was as a big game hunter that The Shadow, as Lamont Cranston, knew Rupert Goldthwaite.
Goldthwaite seemed to favor mounting the act of the hunter. There was a cobra coiled with a mongoose leaping through the coils, a barn owl stretching to snatch a mouse, a weasel in the act of stalking a deer mouse, and a fox with a rabbit in its mouth. Also mounted were a great set of caribou antlers, a moose head, a boar's’ head, and two bearskin rugs were on the floor.
Cranston was shocked at the change in his old friend. The keen eyes of the Shadow told him Goldthwaite was dying.
“Yes. I have but a few days left. Your eyes do not deceive you. Nor do mine.” Goldthwaite smiled slowly. “You see, I know your secret—Shadow.”
“Indeed.” The Shadow never flinched. “May I ask how?”
Goldthwaite pointed to the mounted boar’s head. “When I collected that guy, you, or rather, Cranston, was with me and received a nasty gore to the right arm. You show no scar, although one would have to know it was there to see it anyway.”
“I see. What do you want?”
“I have a rather unique problem. I am dying. My business shall go to my three sons, Donald, Edward, and Stephen. But a company can have but one head. The others will, of course, be VP’s. I set up a test with my lawyer, Vic Braxton. Unfortunately, he died two days ago. In accordance with his wishes, I had his body cremated, and did not announce his death. You must impersonate Braxton and give the test to my sons. Will you?”
“I will.”
“Good. The test is this. Each must be shown this paper.” Goldthwaite held up a paper with “Y Y” typed on it. “Each then may chose one item from my trophy collection. You will know who is right I’m sure.”
Cranston glanced around. He smiled. “Of course.”
On the night appointed, the three young men met with “Braxton”.
WHAT DID THE WINNER CHOOSE?
Just a guess...
The Barn Owl--the "Y Y" represent talons.
I guess its the barn owl. I have finally thought up 2 riddles similar to my bat one in the fact that they are short. My past couple of riddles afterwards were long and unlike my bat one. These 2 are similar:
1) One time, when this world of life was black and white, the only color was I.
2) I am considered human, but also a ray of life.
Should be, perhaps, easier though. Lets see if you guys get it. I think I'll just give away the answer to my last two, the first one:
so, yeah, anyhow... getting back to my new 2 riddles:Quote:
Originally Posted by DigitalCrash
1) One time, when this world of life was black and white, the only color was I.
2) I am considered human, but also a ray of life.
Actually, D-Man and Archer, you are right, but for the wrong reason. The "Y Y" doesn't represent talons, it's far simpler than that. What do we have. A paper with "YY" on it. If we read the paper right, we would say "two y's" (too wise). Ergo, an owl! An owl's feet are not shaped like other birds. Most have three toes forward and one back. Owls have two forward, two back, which would make the talon clue invalid. You can check me on that, but birds are a kind of hobby. By the way, did you ever see a humming bird walk? Check THAT reson out! :lol: :lol:
But anyway, you did solve the mystery correctly, clues nonwithstanding. Nanners: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
1) One time, when this world of life was black and white, the only color was I.
That would be black. White is the absence of pigment. Black is a combination of all colors. :cool:
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Originally Posted by Pendragon
Gee, I totally forgot about that fact. I remember seeing it and hearing it, too. Even though you can count the talons clue valid through this logic:
Y Y->Talons->most birds have talons->answer is a bird->Owl
Anyhow, it's not Black... as black and white are also the absence of color.
Speaking of hummingbirds, I love birds as well... j'adore le/la [insert french word for "bird" that I haven't learned yet here]. Thus I made a drawing:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/...ummingbird.jpg
and of course I made my avatar
True. That logic works as well, put that way. I bow to you, sir.Quote:
Originally Posted by DigitalCrash
Now to that color. I was right the first time but I changed it. It's grey, which you get when white and black overlap as in old black and white pictures. All colors are shades of grey. :lol:
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Originally Posted by Pendragon
Lol, hmm, guess that one isn't as good as I thought(colors do in fact work). Well anyhow, it's not grey, as a matter a fact, it's not even a color at all. Wait, Most birds have talons? what am I saying?! all birds have talons x) :lol:... EDIT:wait no... ducks don't... lol... nvm... >.>
Take it from the ultimate Rubber Ducky--not all birds have talons.
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Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
Yeah, I know... damn Rubber Ducky... >.>... lol... j/k... Rubber Duckies are cool... Squeek! Squeek!
Please tell me you didn't want "living color"?Quote:
Originally Posted by DigitalCrash
living color? eh? no. It's a noun.
None :lol: :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by DigitalCrash
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Originally Posted by Pendragon
it was actually paintings. Back in the past... there were videos and pictures, but they were black and white, so the only colored ones were paintings. Anyhow I got a new one... should be simple:
It spins, it cheers,
It flaps near my ear.
What is it that I hear?