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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
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Manifest Destiny
« on: Feb 1st, 2007, 1:37pm » |
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This one should move along quickly. I've added some extra information that makes it somewhat repetitive and hopefully easier.
My home sweet home, not mine from the start,
I took from my mother who captured one part.
A document signed, I took the West.
One third for me, a doctor the rest.
Dislike the fifth of letters for me.
To gain my attention exclaim, "Hey T!"
I realize I've put a bunch of riddles up at once, which I don't normally do, but I have a reason for doing this. They are of various difficulties. Hopefully this will provide some fun for those who are not interested in the more difficult ones (which not many seem to be).
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Re: Manifest Destiny
« Reply #1 on: Feb 2nd, 2007, 4:37am » |
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Does this have to do with anything historical?
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
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Re: Manifest Destiny
« Reply #2 on: Feb 2nd, 2007, 7:17am » |
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Some parts of the riddle happened in the past. 
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Re: Manifest Destiny
« Reply #3 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 10:28am » |
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Haiti - History of Haiti
My home sweet home, not mine from the start, -Hispaniola was first owned by Spaniards, discovered by Columbus.
I took from my mother who captured one part. -The Spaniards cede the western third of Hispaniola to the French crown.
A document signed, I took the West. -Treaty of Ryswick.
One third for me, a doctor the rest. -François Duvalier, aka "Papa Doc"
Dislike the fifth of letters for me. -I don't get this one.
To gain my attention exclaim, "Hey T!" -Haiti
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Re: Manifest Destiny
« Reply #4 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 10:32am » |
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on Feb 4th, 2007, 10:28am, Locke64 wrote:| PS: How do I make the link color match the hide box color? |
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Use the hidetags in between the url tags, rather than around them.
[hide]blah blah blah [/hide][url=http://blah.com][hide]link[/hide][/ url][hide] blah blah blah[/hide]
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Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB
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Re: Manifest Destiny
« Reply #5 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 10:41am » |
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on Feb 4th, 2007, 10:32am, towr wrote:
Use the hidetags in between the url tags, rather than around them.
[hide]blah blah blah [/hide][url=http://blah.com][hide]link[/hide][/ url][hide] blah blah blah[/hide]
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Ok, thanks!
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Re: Manifest Destiny
« Reply #6 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 11:51am » |
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Correct, Locke. But the fourth and fifth lines are not deciphered correctly. Can anyone figure them out?
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Re: Manifest Destiny
« Reply #7 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 1:06pm » |
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Well, I assume that the fifth line is a homophonic interpretation of the name: "Hate E".
The 4th is probably something from the history of Haiti, but I don't know that well enough to say - since you shot down Papa Doc (and if he's out, Baby Doc is too).
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Re: Manifest Destiny
« Reply #8 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 1:14pm » |
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Papa Doc and Baby Doc were definitely important figures in Haitian history, but the line "One third for me, a doctor the rest" would suggest a different answer.
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Re: Manifest Destiny
« Reply #9 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 3:09pm » |
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Of course. "the rest" would have to refer to the Dominican Republic, not Haiti. And as far as I know, the Duvaliers had nothing to do with the Dominican Republic.
But I'm afraid I'm even less well-versed in the history of the Dominican Republic than I am in that of Haiti. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, St. Dominic's brother was a doctor (or at least, tended to the sick), but I can't find any mention of the same about Dominic himself (admittedly, I only scanned it).
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Re: Manifest Destiny
« Reply #10 on: Feb 4th, 2007, 8:07pm » |
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Dominican Republic, D. R. 
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Re: Manifest Destiny
« Reply #11 on: Feb 6th, 2007, 6:28pm » |
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GROAN! 
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Re: Manifest Destiny
« Reply #12 on: Feb 7th, 2007, 7:23pm » |
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Icarus, are you hungry?
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