SYM Riddle Thread

Brynn · Post by **Brynn** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:39 am

[QUOTE=Ravager]A rich man's son was kidnapped. The ransom note told him to bring a valuable diamond to a phone booth in the middle of a public park. Plainclothes police officers surrounded the park, intending to follow the criminal or his messenger. The rich man arrived at the phone booth and followed instructions but the police were powerless to prevent the diamond from leaving the park and reaching the crafty villain. What did he do?[/QUOTE]
The police must have surrounded another park

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:39 am

No, they were all at the right park

Brynn · Post by **Brynn** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:44 am

Clearly, the criminal didn't turn up in person but gave instructions to the rich man through the phone.

But it's still not the complete answer...

Brynn · Post by **Brynn** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:45 am

Or he dig a tunnel underground to the phone booth, and instructed the rich man to drop the diamond in there... or something...

Any hints?

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:45 am

Keep on going... this isn't the easiest or most obvious of riddles

But then I do get a bit fed up of them being solved in five minutes flat

LOL! No tunneling... good guess.

Brynn · Post by **Brynn** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:50 am

[QUOTE=Ravager]But then I do get a bit fed up of them being solved in five minutes flat

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Well in my case it'll take at least a day

No hints at all?

--> Did the rich man take the diamond out of the park or the criminal? <--

dj_venom · Post by **dj_venom** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:51 am

Ok, lol, this time it's a couple (two) of answers:

Perhaps his job was to pick up phone booths in trucks and take them out of parks.
And I tried to make it funny, but it's also a serious answer.

Along the same lines, the phone was damaged and being removed.

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:52 am

[QUOTE=Brynn]Well in my case it'll take at least a day

No hints at all?

--> Did the rich man take the diamond out of the park or the criminal? <--[/QUOTE]

Here's a big clue for you: Neither took the diamond out. But the diamond still ended up in the hands of the criminal

Not the right answer, dj

Brynn · Post by **Brynn** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:02 am

[QUOTE=Ravager]Here's a big clue for you: Neither took the diamond out. But the diamond still ended up in the hands of the criminal

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I really have no clue then!

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:05 am

Another clue:

The police could see the diamond leaving the park (or at least how it was leaving) but were powerless to interfere.

Hope that helps a bit.

Lestat · Post by **Lestat** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:06 am

For the park diamond riddle: does it involve a homing pigeon

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:07 am

That's it. Well done Lestat.

This is a true story from Taiwan. When the rich man reached the phone booth he found a carrier pigeon in a cage. It had a message attached telling the man to put the diamond in a small bag which was around the pigeon's neck and to release the bird.
When the man did this the police were powerless to follow the bird as it returned across the city to its owner.

It was a good riddle.

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:09 am

And another one, to keep you all going:

If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?

Brynn · Post by **Brynn** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:26 am

Good, I like it

Lestat did you figure it by yourself?

--> 1000? This is too easy, there must be a trick... Spell out numbers? Well, if it means writing them down you would never get to "A" since you write numbers with numbers, obviously... <--

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:28 am

It is that simple. Thought I'd try to trick people after the last one.

dj_venom · Post by **dj_venom** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:30 am

Damn, I was away and missed that riddle, I knew it. As for the homing pigeon, well, I knew that one too

Anyway, I'm ready now.

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:32 am

[QUOTE=dj_venom]Damn, I was away and missed that riddle, I knew it. As for the homing pigeon, well, I knew that one too

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Of course you did.

Okay, one more, before I try to get some lunch...

Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly; and every time she went through a gap, a bit of her tail she left in a trap.

What is she?

Lestat · Post by **Lestat** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:38 am

[QUOTE=Brynn]Good, I like it

Lestat did you figure it by yourself?[/QUOTE]
*beaming* Yep. (I was typing the answer while Ravager was typing his hint of the previous post).

@ Ravager: needle & thread?

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:41 am

*sigh* Correct again. No fish & chips lunch for me.. the place was closed

Here's another:

What does no man want, yet no man want to lose?

Brynn · Post by **Brynn** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:46 am

[QUOTE=Ravager] What does no man want, yet no man want to lose?[/QUOTE]
--> I know this one! A wife!

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