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Geegee is right, you're on the right track, G-Mom!
Throw it on the water and see where it will float to! Toss it in the wind and see where it flies! Throw it in the mailbox and see where it is delivered!
Okay, okay, I'm out of BAD METAPHORS!
You are on the right track - it just needs expanding!
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gardenmom32210
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quote: Throw it on the water and see where it will float to! Toss it in the wind and see where it flies! Throw it in the mailbox and see where it is delivered!
G-Mom
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This puzzle is a tough one; perhaps that's why so few guesses are being ventured.
If no one posts further guesses by tomorrow, I'll post the answer along with a new puzzle.
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He realizes it came from his wallet and that the rest of his money has blown away
* * * * Shani May the wind always be at your back and your keel in the water Plants: 1248 | From: Brampton, ON, Canada | Registered: Jun 2004
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That would work, Shani. But let's assume the money was not found in any of his current possessions.
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gardenmom32210
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Did the man get robbed and all he has left to his name is the $20?
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The man probably found a $20 bill with my picture on it instead of Jackson. One look at the picture and he went into shock...heh heh heh...the shock caused the depression.
The real truth is, I don't have the answer yet.
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Amor est vitae essentia. Love is the essence of life. Plants: 932 | From: Northern California, Zone 9b | Registered: Jul 2003
| Seeded: 172.197.190.4
My guess: He finds it in the suit jacket he's wearing which he took out of his closet that morning, but he knows he didn't have 20 bucks in his jacket, so he realizes he must be wearing another man's jacket, and his wife must be having an affair. Okay, that may be a little far-fetched.....
* * * * Plants: 1044 | From: Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Sep 2004
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ROFL! I love all those answers better than the "real" one!
Okay, here's a clue:
It has to do with the man's profession and a tracking method.
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hehe i like the mob one, but i want to expand on the counterfeit one that not only is he counterfeiter but in the process of exchanging fake money foe real money he's only got fake money back.
* * * * Shani May the wind always be at your back and your keel in the water Plants: 1248 | From: Brampton, ON, Canada | Registered: Jun 2004
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He, he, he, these answers are really GREAT!
Another clue:
The money is real and the denomination is irrelevant.
No one is after the man and he is NOT involved with any illegal activity.
My earlier clue, especially the part about the tracking method, is RELEVANT.
There is a reason he did NOT want to find the money...why?
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IS the man a police officer, who has put a tiny tracking device on the bill in hopes of chatching someone else only he filndds the bill which means he's lost the crook?
* * * * Shani May the wind always be at your back and your keel in the water Plants: 1248 | From: Brampton, ON, Canada | Registered: Jun 2004
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Good try, Shani, but nope!
There are no criminals or illegal activities involved in the answer and the money itself is a tracking method.
The answer lies in what is being tracked. And how?
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I'm stumped. Papito, where are you on this one?!
This doesn't have anything to do with Monopoly again, does it?
* * * * Plants: 1044 | From: Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Sep 2004
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No, Geegee, not Monopoly.
This is a tough one, guys, so I'll add one more clue. I won't be around until tonight so if no one has posted the correct answer would you like me to post it along with a new puzzle or try to add more clues until it's solved?
Today's clue: The man is a published author.
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papito is scratching his head and pulling his hair...
Suppose the man is a collector of valuable coins and paper money.
The man probably possessed an old US bill worth millions of dollars if it is the only one in existence. He attends big antique shows in every state hoping that he won't find another bill which could devalue his money. Unfortunately he found one just like his and became extremely depressed because of impending monetary loss.
Still scratching his head... now with less hair.
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Amor est vitae essentia. Love is the essence of life. Plants: 932 | From: Northern California, Zone 9b | Registered: Jul 2003
| Seeded: 198.81.26.17
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The money is tracking itself eh? Is it a bill that some one has entered into the Wheres George website and written on so that others can track it there and the man who currently has possesion of it finds it disgraceful to write on money?
Hey, did he find a bill that has his wifes name and phone number on it?
* * * * Shani May the wind always be at your back and your keel in the water Plants: 1248 | From: Brampton, ON, Canada | Registered: Jun 2004
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Hey, Papito, great answer!
I really am enjoying all your answers so much more than the proposed one.
To recap:
A man who is a published author found $20, resulting in depression. The $ is a method of tracking something. What and how is the author tracking? There is no illegal activity involved, no one chasing the man, and nothing unusual about the $20 bill - it's valid currency and has only face value. The denomination is also irrelevant to the puzzle - it could also have been a $5 or $100 bill.
Another clue: The man who found the $20 is the same person who put it where he found it to begin with.
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Okay. The man is a sociologist (or something in behavioral sciences) who has published a paper or thesis that people are inherently greedy or dishonest. To prove his theory, he planted money in a public place, possibly in a wallet, or with something that could identify him, on the assumption that people would find the money and just take it. Because he found the money exactly where he left it, untouched by anyone, his theory is proven wrong and he is ruined professionally.
Oh, Geez, I have no clue! It can't be that!
* * * * Plants: 1044 | From: Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Sep 2004
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What about wind patterns? Is that what he's tracking?
* * * * Plants: 1044 | From: Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Sep 2004
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Geegee, he isn't tracking windpatterns but your other guess was warmer.
He isn't a sociologist - just an author.
quote: he planted money
quote: on the assumption that people would find the money and just take it.
Hmm...the chill is going out of the air!
Why would he want someone to take the money he planted?
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gardenmom32210
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He put the money in a book he had written,when he saw the money still there he knew noone had bought or read his book? Borrowed it from the library or purchased it at a book store?
* * * * Plants: 1044 | From: Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Sep 2004
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That's it, G-Mom! The author placed $20 in a library book (which he wrote) and when he checked it out again some time later, the money was still there, so he assumed the book hadn't been read and became depressed.
Good for you for getting it - it was a tough one!
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Thats GRRRREAT!!! I must share this with my friends, one question at a time of course
* * * * Shani May the wind always be at your back and your keel in the water Plants: 1248 | From: Brampton, ON, Canada | Registered: Jun 2004
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Okay, here's a new one:
A college class is given 1 hour to complete a final exam. The best students studied for weeks and used the entire hour. The class clown, who didn't study at all, finished in less than a minute, and received the highest grade in the class.
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the teacher is a professor who has repeatedly stressed that theory is empty until instantiated in action.
The exam consisted of one question: "What is courage?"
Many students write and quote numerous philosophers and works studied in class on their essays.
The class clown read the question, and wrote "This" and turned it in to the professor
:This" being the "action" he got the highest grade in the class.
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Hot da#@, Sunnydaze, that's good. If that isn't the right answer, then it ought to be!
* * * * Plants: 1044 | From: Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Sep 2004
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Wow, Belinda...that's it! Great job!!!
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Cricket
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A man comes in a store; the clerk says: Four will cost you $3, Ten will cost you $6, Two-Hundred will cost $9. What is the man buying?
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At first I thought it might be rolls of pennies, with a 1$ surcharge, but the two hundred blew that theory out of the water.
Maybe it's stationery? A single sheet is 75 cents, 10 or more, they're 60 cents, or if you need a lot, you can buy a box of a hundred for 4.50 each?
Or is it a bookie, giving odds? (Dunno if that makes sense, never been to a bookie.)
* * * * Plants: 1044 | From: Van Nuys, CA | Registered: Sep 2004
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gardenmom32210
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Is he having copies made?
G-Mom
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Cricket
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Good guesses, Geegee and G-Mom, but nope!
I'll try to come up with some hints but for now, the only thing I can tell you is the man is buying something you wouldn't usually need very often, unless maybe you're a nomad.
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oh wait!! I've heard this one before....let me think.
House numbers!! he's buying house numbers Right?
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