Dan/Art:
If you take the 2nd sentence at its meaning
then the 3rd word is "3". The third sentence
refers back to the 2nd and in that case
the 3rd word in that sentence is "3". and
not language.
Tom Wagner
67 MGB
72 TR 6
-----Original Message-----
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
To: Dan Dwelley <ddwelley@UU.NET>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 3:15 PM
Subject: RE: no LBC content
>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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