Ok Dan here is the re post.
On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Dan Dwelley wrote:
> Art,
> You actually have the riddle phrased wrong.
>
> For some reason, my posts never make it to everyone on the list...only those
> that I directly reply to...so if you would post this for me, it would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Dan Dwelley
> 77 Midget
>
> The actual phrasing is as follows:
>
> Angry and hungry are two words that end in '-gry'. There are three words in
> the English language. What is the third word? Everyone knows what it
> means and everyone uses it every day. Look closely and I have already given
> you the third word. What is it?
>
> The answer is 'language'. The key sentences are the second and third. If you
> just read those two, the answer is obvious. The first sentence is a ruse to
> throw you off.
> 'Language' is the only answer that fits the hints that follow those two
> sentence.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Art Pfenninger
> Sent: Friday, February 12, 1999 11:58 AM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: no LBC content
>
>
>
> Does anyone know the answer to this?
>
> There are 3 words in the English language that end in 'gry'. One is angry
> and the other is hungry. Everyone knows what the third one means and what
> it stands for. Everyone uses them everyday. And if you listened carefully.
> I have given you the third word. What is it? ------gry.
> ...Art
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