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    Oooh, I remeber one from chemistry class. This was an extra-credit question on my fundamentals of chem in college. "5 points will be rewarded to thee, if thou can make sense of this one, two, and three"

    Cite one two-worded palindrome that can accurately describe the three-way relationship in the atomic particles of the non-metalic portion in table salt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zephik View Post
    jd, you are really good at riddles. Just thought I'd let you know. lol



    1. He was in his office when he wrote it and if he left his office before warming the hearts of the lynch mob outside, they were going to kill him, so he was forced to stay in his office and write something that would save his life. ?

    2. The shockwave from the bowl as it hit the floor caused an electromagnetic disruption in the part of their brains that tells them to breathe.

    I, on the other hand, am not.


    Nope and nope. I'll give you a hint on them.

    1) there was no poison in the bowl

    2) the answer is a historical fact.

    EDIT: BTW- It's only fair to warn you that misdirection is my specialty.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jdbnsn View Post
    EDIT: BTW- It's only fair to warn you that misdirection is my specialty.
    Like we didn't know this already...

    =p



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    :p
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    1. People generally liked him and he was a good politician.

    2. God cast Level 7 Smite.

    I win!

    lol okay, I'm done.
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    BTW- +rep to anyone who can solve the above riddles, two of them are quite difficult and one is medium. As for the chem question, I'll give credit to a solid explaination without solving the palindrome (because on the test I couldn't get it either, I suck at palindromes).
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    Julius and Aromea are the most unobvious of the stack, it's a forensic puzzle, but you have to ask yuorself the most fundamental questions about the scene.
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    So was the mouth that can't chew right or wrong?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jdbnsn View Post
    So was the mouth that can't chew right or wrong?
    Triple post!

    lol I suppose you got it right. The answer is a river. or a stream. or anything else that has a mouth but can't chew for that matter.

    Okay, I've heard that this one is supposed to be pretty hard. Lets see how long it takes "the riddler" to solve this one. lol

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    Can you guess the riddle?
    People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.

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    The death one: it was just their time?

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