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December 15th, 2004 at 06:21 AM
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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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#106637
December 15th, 2004 at 10:29 PM
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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?
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December 15th, 2004 at 11:24 PM
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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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December 15th, 2004 at 11:24 PM
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Hey Geegeeburr,
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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December 16th, 2004 at 09:23 AM
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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?
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December 16th, 2004 at 09:25 AM
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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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December 16th, 2004 at 09:42 AM
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December 16th, 2004 at 09:49 AM
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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!
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#106644
December 16th, 2004 at 09:50 AM
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What about wind patterns? Is that what he's tracking?
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December 16th, 2004 at 10:07 AM
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Geegee, he isn't tracking windpatterns but your other guess was warmer. He isn't a sociologist - just an author. 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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#106646
December 16th, 2004 at 05:15 PM
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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? G-Mom
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#106647
December 16th, 2004 at 10:16 PM
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Oh! That HAS to be it, G-mom! Good job!
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December 17th, 2004 at 03:44 AM
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That's it, G-Mom! <img border="0" alt="[clappy]" title="" src="graemlins/clappy.gif" /> 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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#106649
December 17th, 2004 at 07:39 AM
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December 17th, 2004 at 08:59 AM
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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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#106651
December 17th, 2004 at 02:38 PM
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the class is a philosophy class
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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#106652
December 17th, 2004 at 07:16 PM
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Hot da#@, Sunnydaze, that's good. If that isn't the right answer, then it ought to be!
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#106653
December 18th, 2004 at 02:56 AM
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Wow, Belinda...that's it! Great job!!!
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December 18th, 2004 at 05:48 AM
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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 $9. What is the man buying?
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#106655
December 18th, 2004 at 06:45 AM
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is it the price of shipping items from a store?
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December 18th, 2004 at 10:09 AM
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Good guess, Miss Jamie, but nope!
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#106657
December 19th, 2004 at 07:25 AM
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At first I thought it might be rolls of pennies, with a 1$ 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.)
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#106658
December 19th, 2004 at 02:38 PM
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Is he having copies made? G-Mom
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December 20th, 2004 at 09:25 AM
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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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#106660
December 20th, 2004 at 03:57 PM
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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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