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he drew another line through it, making one line into two shorter ones
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| he drew another line through it, making one line into two shorter ones |
That's one way to look at it, but when you think about it, it would earase part of the original line in order to make room for the new one.
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Could he just cover up part of the line?
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| Could he just cover up part of the line? |
I thought about that, but it didn't feel right. It wasn't the answer that was given.
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| Posted: May 20, 2008 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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I thought covering it up would smudge the chalk...thus erasing it
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| Arabella wrote: |
| I thought covering it up would smudge the chalk...thus erasing it |
Not of it's jut hidden from view... I mean, putting a sheet over it gently wouldnt erase it...
ok, it can't be erased, but it gets shorter...
What if you walked away from it... it would look shorter....
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What if you walked away from it... it would look shorter.... |
That was the answer that I came up with! It wasn't the answer given in the riddle, though.
I love seeing the though-processes of people when they are looking at riddles.
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does he just cross part of it out?
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if drawing a line across it would "erase" it, so would that
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| does he just cross part of it out? |
Nope . . . Think of it in terms of not necessarily making the line itself shorter.
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did he draw a longer line next to it...so it was shorter than the other one?
and I don't get the second thing you posted...what are we looking for?
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Did they make themselves taller? lol, they stood on something! But I already said they stood futher back... hmmmm....
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did he draw a longer line next to it...so it was shorter than the other one?
and I don't get the second thing you posted...what are we looking for? |
That is the correct answer!
The second one is really, really, easy. It just doesn't ask the question, "what am I?"
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Ireland?
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Exactly! I knew the answer with the first line. I figured that I would post it anyway.
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oooh, I didn't get the queston either, btu What Am I ? Yeah, limerick, Shannon and ruled by two Marys gave it away, lol.
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Bright as diamonds
Loud as thunder
Never still
A thing of wonder
What am I?
What phrase is represented below?
Nothing - No + Some
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Bright as diamonds
Loud as thunder
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Two answers... lightning or a waterfall. Both fit for this one, lol. Actually... thunder is a sound.. so the proper answer should be, loud as lightning... I've always hated this one because I'm too easily confused, lol.
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What phrase is represented below?
Nothing - No + Some |
Something?
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silly ginnay, its thingsome 
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Nosome?
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no, the no went away
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well, it says No + SOme if you tyrn the equation around... then it would be Some + No - Nothing. Now the answer would be....SOmeNo... then take away nothing.
SEE? I'm very easily confused. Stupid Ravenclaws, always confusing me. 
Still think it's something, lol
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its nothing-no= thing + some = thingsome
you're just flipping it around to suit your purposes! you you....FLIPPER!
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Bright as diamonds
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Two answers... lightning or a waterfall. Both fit for this one, lol. Actually... thunder is a sound.. so the proper answer should be, loud as lightning... I've always hated this one because I'm too easily confused, lol.
Lightning doesn't make a sound. Thunder does, and it just happens to go hand-in-hand with thunder. So lightning doesn't work for this one.
A waterfall happens to be correct, though.
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well, it says No + SOme if you tyrn the equation around... then it would be Some + No - Nothing. Now the answer would be....SOmeNo... then take away nothing.
SEE? I'm very easily confused. Stupid Ravenclaws, always confusing me.
Still think it's something, lol |
God, you did EXACTLY what the popular phrase you're supposed to come up with says. It's quite funny, actually. It reminds me of that game where your given a bunch of sounds, and the make a phrase of sentence, but because of the way that you are seeing them on the paper they make no sense. However, all of the people listening are hearing the thing that you're trying to figure out. What is that game called?
Anyway, I just wanted to mention that you are on the right track. Just pull it together into a popular phrase.
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| Posted: May 21, 2008 12:49 am Post subject: |
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something out of nothing?
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