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  1. 11-05-2010, 07:10 AM #136
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    Quote Originally Posted by prendrelemick View Post
    Earthquakes are a very common occurence, yet ours is the only planet in the solar system that has them. Why?
    Because on Mars they'd be marsquakes.


    Assuming I'm right - and if I'm not, skip this next one until I do get one right, the question is:

    What connects the following...?


    Toledo, émigré, Miami, alfalfa, Esso, Motorola, spaghetti and dildo
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    Quote Originally Posted by MarkBastable View Post
    What connects the following...?


    Toledo, émigré, Miami, alfalfa, Esso, Motorola, spaghetti and dildo
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    "It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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    All words have at least 2 letters which are the same:
    Toledo - o
    émigré - é
    Miami - m (and i)
    alfalfa - l (f and a)
    Esso - s
    Motorola - o
    spaghetti - t
    dildo - d
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sapphire View Post
    All words have at least 2 letters which are the same:
    I thought about that too but I am hoping that there is something more -deeper and earth-shattering- to the puzzle, you know?

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    I know... it is just that I can not find it So I figured I should just state the obvious
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    Because on Mars they'd be marsquakes.


    Quote Originally Posted by prendrelemick View Post
    Earthquakes are a very common occurence, yet ours is the only planet in the solar system that has them. Why?
    Well am not quite sure but i guess coz earth is the only blue planet i.e the only planet that has water.. and so this water causes some thunderstroms underground .. breaks down things under... Hence makes the earthquakes .. !
    That is what some philosophers believe in .. like the Greek philosopher Democritus .. I read it somewhere .. so am not sure if its correct .. After all its just a hypothesis.
    "He is asleep. Though his mettle was sorely tried,
    He lived, and when he lost his angel, died.
    It happened calmly, on its own,
    The way the night comes when day is done."


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sapphire View Post
    All words have at least 2 letters which are the same:
    Toledo - o
    émigré - é
    Miami - m (and i)
    alfalfa - l (f and a)
    Esso - s
    Motorola - o
    spaghetti - t
    dildo - d
    Nope. It's more lateral than that. And more fun.
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    Last syllables are the musical notes?

    Toledo, émigré, Miami, alfalfa, Esso, Motorola, spaghetti and dildo
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  9. 11-08-2010, 03:16 PM #144
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    Ha!

    Last syllables are the musical notes?
    Yep. The notes of a scale, in fact.

    Damn - it usually takes longer than that.
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    That must be it

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    A quick one:

    Which is the odd one out?

    409 - 715 - 265 - 708 - 283 - 742
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    It's bad luck answering these, because then you have to come up with a new one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scheherazade View Post
    A quick one:

    Which is the odd one out?

    409 - 715 - 265 - 708 - 283 - 742
    maybe.. just maybe the 409
    "He is asleep. Though his mettle was sorely tried,
    He lived, and when he lost his angel, died.
    It happened calmly, on its own,
    The way the night comes when day is done."


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    409 is the only trio of numbers that features an enclosed space in the written symbol for each of them (maybe that's why it stood out...).
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    Quote Originally Posted by billl View Post
    409 is the only trio of numbers that features an enclosed space in the written symbol for each of them (maybe that's why it stood out...).
    So that is two against one ..
    Way do go Bill

    Comman Scher . .. tell us we r right - hehehe
    "He is asleep. Though his mettle was sorely tried,
    He lived, and when he lost his angel, died.
    It happened calmly, on its own,
    The way the night comes when day is done."


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