Riddle Me This
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008My mother shared a riddle with me that has been on my mind for a few weeks. It’s simple, but interesting . . . at least to me.
When is 99 more than 100?
LUCUBRATION?
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
I have been having fun going through many of the archived hunts I never logged. Who cares if they can’t be logged online? I have my own site. I can add the log to the database. The LTPS matter little.
So I came across this little puzzle from Shirley and John. Whenever I think of One of These Things Is Not Like the Other, I have flashbacks to the Mad Batter and Meryl doing an X-rated version of the song that just cracked me up.
I thought it was a fairly straightforward puzzle and then e-mailed my answers. They left TC.com in early February distraught with the abandonment of the site, yet were more than happy to confirm that I was wrong in my answer.
Perplexed I checked things over and re-adjusted my answer. Still wrong. Third time was the charm, I suppose.
This puzzle demonstrates some issues with puzzlemaking. If there is not one clear answer, then something needs to be provided or else it is a crap shoot. Each of my answers were sound, just not what had been decided on by the creators.
Anyhow, the target I am posting is of the Shoemaker Holly. It fits category #4.
Thanks for the fun!
Toads want a distraction
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
39.287367 -74.987867
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Troubled Toads
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
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Fun with Toads
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
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