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kookastar
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posted April 15, 2007 09:14 PM |
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new page...
Riddle
Kooka flipped the tent flap open and surveyed the scene.
On the floor, in the centre of the tent, a man lay dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
In the corner of the tent was a small cot.
A package of cigarettes and an empty whiskey bottle lay on the bedside table next to the kerosene lamp.
The only other items Kooka found at the scene were 6 small circular wooden disks under the cot, the man's personal effects, and a variety of scrapbooks and news clippings.
She found the last items strange as the suicide victim was completely illiterate.
What was the reason for the suicide?
Was it related to whatever-it-was-before being sawed into those wooden discs?
YES! 
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dschingi
Famous Hero
the guy with the dragon golem
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posted April 15, 2007 11:07 PM |
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Were the wooden discs part of a staff or a stick before they were cut?
Did the man need it for his job (to entertain people)?
Was it used to perform acrobatic stunts?
Did the man perform acrobatic stunts?
Was the man being deceived by more than one person?
Was it that person(s) who cut the discs?
Did that person(s) work in the circus as well?
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Binabik
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posted April 16, 2007 01:36 AM |
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Edited by Binabik at 02:11, 16 Apr 2007.
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I want to find out more about the thing the disks are made from.
Were the disks less than 1cm think?
Were the disks approx 1cm think?
Were the disks more than 1cm think?
Was the object rod shaped? (close to same diameter the whole length)
Was the object straight?
Was it a cane or walking stick?
After the disks were cut, was there any of the original object left over?
If there was anything left over, was the portion used for the disks more than half of the original object?
(Of course there will be follow up questions to this. So you could save a lot of yes/no questions by telling me how long the thing was. Because I WILL figure out the length this way)
If the disks had not been cut, would the reason for killing himself no longer exist?
The original object was his, but not cut by him. Was the cutting of the disks meant to be malicious or harmfull to him?
Was the cutting of the disks intentional?
Was there some sort of prank or practical joke involved?
Were the disks related to him being a midget?
Did he kill himself BECAUSE the disks were cut?
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kookastar
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posted April 16, 2007 09:07 AM |
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Were the wooden discs part of a staff or a stick before they were cut?
- see bini's answer
Did the man need it for his job (to entertain people)?
he needed it but not to entertain
Was it used to perform acrobatic stunts?
no
Did the man perform acrobatic stunts?
no
Was the man being deceived by more than one person?
irrelevant
Was it that person(s) who cut the discs?
yes
Did that person(s) work in the circus as well?
irrelevant {the bad guy's motivation is irrelevant}
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kookastar
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posted April 16, 2007 09:10 AM |
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Was it a cane or walking stick?
YES!
After the disks were cut, was there any of the original object left over?
yes
If there was anything left over, was the portion used for the disks more than half of the original object?
no- there was more than half of the walking stick left
If the disks had not been cut, would the reason for killing himself no longer exist?
yes - the cutting of the stick motivated the suicide
The original object was his, but not cut by him. Was the cutting of the disks meant to be malicious or harmfull to him?
yes
Was the cutting of the disks intentional?
yes
Was there some sort of prank or practical joke involved?
the motivation for the cutting of the stick is irrelevant
Were the disks related to him being a midget?
yes!
Did he kill himself BECAUSE the disks were cut?
yes
WHY?
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Binabik
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Legendary Hero
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posted April 16, 2007 09:26 AM |
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Can I have another glass of red while thinking about it?
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kookastar
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posted April 16, 2007 09:30 AM |
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Can I have another glass of red while thinking about it?
YES!!!
But only if you sing the llama song 
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Binabik
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posted April 16, 2007 09:36 AM |
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Edited by Binabik at 09:36, 16 Apr 2007.
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*clears throat and nods to the conductor*
here's a llama
there's a llama
and another little llama
fuzzy llama
funny llama
llama llama
duck
llama llama
cheesecake
llama
tablet
brick
potato
llama
llama llama
mushroom
llama
llama llama
duck
i was once a treehouse
i lived in a cake
but i never saw the way
the orange slayed the rake
i was only three years dead
but it told a tale
and now listen, little child
to the safety rail
did you ever see a llama
kiss a llama
on the llama
llama's llama
tastes of llama
llama llama
duck
half a llama
twice the llama
not a llama
farmer
llama
llama in a car
alarm a llama
llama
duck
is THIS how it's told now?
is it all so old?
is it made of lemon juice?
doorknob
ankle
cold
now my song is getting thin
i've run out of luck
time for me to retire now
and become a duck
llama song
(best when drinking)
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friendofgunnar
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able to speed up time
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posted April 16, 2007 09:39 AM |
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did somebody continuously slice the bottom off the midgets walking stick, leading him to believe that he was growing, leading him to believe that eventually he would lose employment at the circus, and because he was illiterate (and unable to find a living somewhere else) he would have no way to make a living, thus leading him to kill himself out of futility?
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friendofgunnar
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able to speed up time
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posted April 16, 2007 09:41 AM |
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btw binabik, you realize that you've been subliminally programmed by the government to become an assassin because of listening to that song right?
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Binabik
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posted April 16, 2007 09:45 AM |
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*pauses from cleaning his gun*
What? An assassin? Me? Never.
Cutting the cane to seem like he was getting taller was the direction I was heading. But I can't quite put the pieces together. (pun not intended)
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kookastar
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posted April 16, 2007 09:48 AM |
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BOYAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!
hmmmmmmmmm
there is one more piece of information though...
What was he so renowned for that his growing could have ended it all?
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Binabik
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posted April 16, 2007 09:53 AM |
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He was a midget and his performance depended on him being short.
The only motivation I can think of is that his competitor did it. Either that or he was so popular someone got jealous.
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kookastar
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Legendary Hero
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posted April 16, 2007 10:00 AM |
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Have one more guess each and then I think this riddle can be put to bed
Do you want another? Does someone else want to be the riddle master? I have a whole box full here, but don't want to be a hog
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Binabik
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Legendary Hero
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posted April 16, 2007 10:04 AM |
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Shortest man in the world?
Go ahead and hog. My sister read this thread and has some for me from another forum, but I don't have them yet. Or she might join and post them herself. (I suspect she's been lurking for a long time spying on big brother)
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kookastar
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posted April 16, 2007 10:08 AM |
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YES!!!!!
That was great
you guys are awesome 
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Binabik
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posted April 16, 2007 10:11 AM |
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Yay us!!
FOG said it first. Congrats!!!
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friendofgunnar
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able to speed up time
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posted April 16, 2007 10:13 AM |
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hahahah
I kept thinking that he was small enough to fit in a cannon or somesuch nonsense
good job bini
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alcibiades
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Undefeatable Hero
of Gold Dragons
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posted April 16, 2007 10:20 AM |
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Wow, impressive work there guys! Personally, I was completely lost about this.
Nice riddle Kooka!
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Binabik
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posted April 16, 2007 10:30 AM |
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team work
*high five*
un otro, un otro
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