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hsdrop said:
ok mmmm the world's big menagerie without a single living thing
 
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wolram said:
If no one else is going to pose a riddle i will post this one.
This angelic statue is 66ft tall and 177ft wide, where is it?

the angel of the north
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The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Sir Antony Gormley, located near Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England.
 
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hsdrop said:
ok mmmm the world's big menagerie without a single living thing
would you guys like another clue??
 
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OCR said:
nope but good guess throw hehehe ok time for a clue
it also the world's oldest and it is in the southern hemisphere and you guys are not thinking big anuf
 
hsdrop said:
still no guesses guys? are we still playing?

We are still here, your riddle is tough.
 
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In the interest of narrowing the field...are we talking about a geographical region, say a desert ?
 
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1oldman2 said:
In the interest of narrowing the field...are we talking about a geographical region, say a desert ?
yes and in shair that will give it away too lol
 
ok last clue it's the biggest sketch pad in the world
 
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hsdrop said:
ok last clue it's the biggest sketch pad in the world
Now I'm thinking Antarctica, that's a pretty much blank slate... and it is a very dry desert, yup I'm going to try Antarctica and see how close I get with that guess.
 
1oldman2 said:
Now I'm thinking Antarctica, that's a pretty much blank slate... and it is a very dry desert, yup I'm going to try Antarctica and see how close I get with that guess.
nop it not quite that big lol
 
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hsdrop said:
nop it not quite that big lol
*goes back to pondering the clues* :headbang:
 
1oldman2 said:
*goes back to pondering the clues* :headbang:
and just to give you an extra one it is man made
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
The Milky Way?
No, but close.
 
No Andromeda, No Milky way.
 
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tionis said:
No Andromeda, No Milky way.
ill ask again is it attached to the ground/earth??
 
Either at one time would be interesting, this adds a new (not necessarily bad) dimension to the game. :smile:
 
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would you like another clue from me
 
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it was made somewhere between 500 bc/500 ad but no one knows for sheir
 
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tionis said:
This one should be easy:

I drift in the silence
feeling, touching heaven
flying over the world.
- Perseids Meteor Shower
Perseid-meteor-shower-2013.jpg
 
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ok I'm going to live a big clue for tonight hehe some thought this place was for an air strip for U.F.O. lol
 
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hsdrop said:
ok I'm going to live a big clue for tonight hehe some thought this place was for an air strip for U.F.O. lol
Okay then! "What are the Nazca plains" o_O
 
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