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Puzzle No. 19
26199 Started conversation May 22, 1999
A person... well, kinda. When young, you crawl, when older, you walk, and when old - you walk with a walking stick.
This puzzle is used by the Sphinx in one of Terry Pratchett's books, except it takes the form 'What has four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening.' Of course Rhincewind takes him to task over the metaphorical aspect, and manages to escape with his life... I can't for the life of me remember which book it's in though.
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CrunchyFrog Posted May 24, 1999
This puzzle is originally slightly older than 'the Discworld' as it reportedly was first used by the sphinx of Thebes, Greece (Ancient Greece, that is).
Puzzle No. 19
26199 Posted May 24, 1999
Yeah, I guessed it would be a historical reference of some kind (no, I did - really) - still can't work out what book it's in though.
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Jan^ Posted May 31, 1999
This IS the Riddle of the Sphynx. And the morning, noon, evening rendition is the right one, but I couldn't remember it at the time. 
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Mar 2, 2000
The book was Pyramids and I don't think it was Rincewind, hang on let me just check that..........nope, not Rincewind. It was Teppic when his camel Youbastard did that whole fractal splitting of the space-time thingy.
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Mar 2, 2000
ferpectly all right.
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Puzzle No. 19
- 1: 26199 (May 22, 1999)
- 2: CrunchyFrog (May 24, 1999)
- 3: 26199 (May 24, 1999)
- 4: Jan^ (May 31, 1999)
- 5: 26199 (Jun 1, 1999)
- 6: Jan^ (Jun 1, 1999)
- 7: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Mar 2, 2000)
- 8: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Mar 2, 2000)
- 9: 26199 (Mar 2, 2000)
- 10: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Mar 2, 2000)
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