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(Message started by: aero_guy on Apr 10^th, 2003, 4:29am)

Title: I start with four.
Post by aero_guy on Apr 10^th, 2003, 4:29am

I start with four. Cut one off, three will fall, and 5 will remain. What am I?

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by cho on Apr 10^th, 2003, 7:39am

It burns me up that I didn't get this one sooner.

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by maryl on Apr 10^th, 2003, 1:32pm

I don't think this is the answer but I was thinking of four walls and a roof. Oh well, just a thought.

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by Speaker on Apr 22^nd, 2003, 6:25pm

I thought cho had cornered the market on answers, but I don't get his answer this time...

Maybe I'm just... L-7

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by cho on Apr 22^nd, 2003, 7:28pm

We're even, cuz I have no idea what L-7 means. It was a poor hint, and I'm not sure my answer is what aero was thinking of but if you think food, you're getting warmer. My guess: big hint [hide] a four letter word, minus "one"=5 [/hide}

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by cho on Apr 22^nd, 2003, 7:31pm

Oops, I can run, but apparently I can't hide (or type).

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by Speaker on Apr 22^nd, 2003, 11:50pm

I wasn't thinking about food...

except to eat three square meals a day...

L7 is just something kids when I was a kid used to call kids that weren't groovey...

You probably need to have attended my elementary school to have heard L7 used... ::)

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by cho on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 6:25am

If you'd ever eaten at my house, you'd know why "burnt" was the first word that came to my mind from the riddle.

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by wowbagger on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 7:05am

on 04/23/03 at 06:25:58, cho wrote:

If you'd ever eaten at my house, you'd know why "burnt" was the first word that came to my mind from the riddle.

Do you cook yourself? ;)

The best answer I've come up with so far is related to Miami, but I'm a bit uncomfortable with the falling part.

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by aero_guy on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 11:37am

Speaker got it. His first post gives the answer away.

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by wowbagger on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 11:44am

on 04/23/03 at 11:37:53, aero_guy wrote:

Speaker got it. His first post gives the answer away.

I still don't get it. :(
I suppose the part of Speaker's post that gives it away is:
[hide] L-7 (interpreting L as a roman numeral)[/hide]

I can see how "four" and "three" relate, but what about the "5"?

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by maryl on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 12:22pm

on 04/22/03 at 18:25:39, Speaker wrote:

I thought cho had cornered the market on answers, but I don't get his answer this time...

Maybe I'm just... L-7

This doesn't have anything to do with a certain game, does it?

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by aero_guy on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 12:39pm

L-7 = red herring

There are really two parts to this riddle. The first is, what am I? The second is, "What is the thing you are cutting off, dropping to the ground, and remaining?"

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by cho on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 1:54pm

So there's another perfectly good answer of mine that's completely wrong. And I thought [hide]oven[/hide] fit perfectly. Four letters, get rid of "one", three letters fall leaving 5.

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by harpanet on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 2:45pm

I must admit I got the 'correct' answer before I finished reading the question, but your answer, Cho, is very ingenious. If that had been the one aero_guy wanted, no way would I have got it. Your brain is wired up in a very intriguing manner. :)

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by maryl on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 2:53pm

I second that.

Title: Re: I start with four.
Post by aero_guy on Apr 23^rd, 2003, 3:18pm

I was wondering what the answer you had come up with was cho. Interesting way of working backwords.