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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject: Riddle |
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Someone sent me the following riddle.... can anyone here answer it? I can't.
A roughly 5-mile run at the bottom of a chasm gets it roughly one mile closer to standing still. About how high up would you have to meander to catch the sunrise?
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tanya
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: Riddle |
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Iceaxe wrote: Someone sent me the following riddle.... can anyone here answer it? I can't.
A roughly 5-mile run at the bottom of a chasm gets it roughly one mile closer to standing still. About how high up would you have to meander to catch the sunrise?
:ne_nau:
The shortcut is a lot easier: second star to the right, then straight on. |
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Sombeech
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: Riddle |
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tanya wrote:
The shortcut is a lot easier: second star to the right, then straight on.
Neverland? |
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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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It appears this riddle comes from part of the
Marlboro OutWit the West 3 Contest
http://www.sconsig.com/marlboro_contest/index.htm
I guess I should feel special that someone thought I might be smart enough to actually answer that question :lol8: |
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tanya
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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Iceaxe wrote: It appears this riddle comes from part of the
Marlboro OutWit the West 3 Contest
http://www.sconsig.com/marlboro_contest/index.htm
I guess I should feel special that someone thought I might be smart enough to actually answer that question :lol8:
A rough mile or about a mile |
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Sombeech
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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I'm guessing it has something to do with the Colorado running through the Grand Canyon. As the river runs 5 miles, it's only 1 mile in a straight line. Then, it gets closer to standing still in Lake Mead?
So, the answer is the depth of the Grand Canyon?
Either that, or the Snake River, but I can't think of the Snake River standing still really (in the form of a well known lake). This is why I think it's the Colorado, as it eventually dries up. |
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tanya
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:32 pm Post subject: Re: Riddle |
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Sombeech wrote: tanya wrote:
The shortcut is a lot easier: second star to the right, then straight on.
Neverland?
Depends on how far it is to Peter Pan? |
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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Damn Sombeech.... you are a lot smarter then you look :lol8: |
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Sombeech
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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Iceaxe wrote: Damn Sombeech.... you are a lot smarter then you look :lol8:
What do you mean?
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tanya
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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That photo is NOT sexy!!!! :ne_nau:
Where is that one I love :nod:
PS... 2 words appear twice |
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Sombeech
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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tanya wrote: That photo is NOT sexy!!!! :ne_nau:
Then I'm afraid this relationship isn't going to work.
tanya wrote:
PS... 2 words appear twice
What do you mean? |
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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmmm.... the answer must be in:
How high, in hundreds of feet?
That is how it's printed in the contest book. There are 5280 feet in a mile. make any sense? |
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Sombeech
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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This is my guess.
Quote: The Colorado River flows along the bottom of the canyon, 5000 feet/1524 m below the rim.
Source here:
http://www.nps.gov/archive/grca/grandcanyon/south-rim/ |
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Iceaxe
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| 50 hundreds??? |
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tanya
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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Iceaxe wrote: 50 hundreds???
I already gave you the answer :nod: |
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