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Nan O'fith
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New Take on an Old Riddle by Nan O'fith

July 4th, 2007 12:29 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: And so the Sphinx asked, "What has 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and 3 at night?" Most people know the answer. Document 3 seperate items or animals, one with 4 legs, one with 2 legs, and one with 3 legs at the appropriate times of day--none of which can be a human being.

This would've been much easier if travel websites let you set the minimum number of stops instead of the maximum but for some reason there isn't a market for that. I chose September 20th because it was a weekday far away from any holidays so I figured there'd be more flights available.

What has 4 legs in the morning? With the help of timezones, the following trip from Macon, GA to San Diego...
FourLegsInTheMorning.GIF
2 legs in the afternoon: Brisbane to Canberra
TwoLegsInTheAfternoon.gif
3 legs at night? Amsterdam to Thessaloniki (On November 5th to make sure it was night)
ThreeLegsAtNight.gif

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FourLegsInTheMorning.GIF
TwoLegsInTheAfternoon.gif
ThreeLegsAtNight.gif

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Actually…
posted by Blue on July 4th, 2007 8:55 PM

When flying/traveling the globe the shortest path between two points is an arc!

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posted by anna one on July 4th, 2007 10:53 PM

oh Pepper, lay off- you never would have thought of legs of flights either...

I like it!

Thinking…
posted by Blue on July 4th, 2007 11:35 PM

Thinking is not my style…
I was just pointing out an interesting let little known fact.
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