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  1. 10-19-2006, 07:47 PM #1
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    Riddle

    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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    Re: Riddle

    Quote Originally Posted by Iceaxe
    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?


    The shortcut is a lot easier: second star to the right, then straight on.
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    Re: Riddle

    Quote Originally Posted by tanya

    The shortcut is a lot easier: second star to the right, then straight on.
    Neverland?
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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
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceaxe
    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

    A rough mile or about a mile
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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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    Re: Riddle

    Quote Originally Posted by Sombeech
    Quote Originally Posted by tanya

    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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    Damn Sombeech.... you are a lot smarter then you look
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceaxe
    Damn Sombeech.... you are a lot smarter then you look
    What do you mean?
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    That photo is NOT sexy!!!!

    Where is that one I love







    PS... 2 words appear twice
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    Quote Originally Posted by tanya
    That photo is NOT sexy!!!!
    Then I'm afraid this relationship isn't going to work.
    Quote Originally Posted by tanya

    PS... 2 words appear twice
    What do you mean?
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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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    This is my guess.
    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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    50 hundreds???
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceaxe
    50 hundreds???

    I already gave you the answer
    By Bo Beck and Tanya Milligan:
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    Quote Originally Posted by tanya
    I already gave you the answer
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    Quote Originally Posted by tanya
    Quote Originally Posted by Iceaxe
    50 hundreds???

    I already gave you the answer
    I think tanya's giving us a riddle of her own.
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    A rough mile or about a mile <-----
    By Bo Beck and Tanya Milligan:
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    Quote Originally Posted by tanya
    A rough mile or about a mile <-----
    Ahhh, I see what yer gettin' at.

    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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    But the answer must be in "hundreds of feet".
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