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Old 13-December-2007, 05:55 PM
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What creatures goes on four in the morn, two at noon, and three at night?
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Old 13-December-2007, 06:02 PM
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What creatures goes on four in the morn, two at noon, and three at night?
I know a few people who go on at four in the morning.
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I've seen some people on four at night. Usually near a porcelain convenience.
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Human.

We crawl as babies. Walk in our middle years. Likely use a cane in old age.
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Old 13-December-2007, 06:08 PM
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What creatures goes on four in the morn, two at noon, and three at night?
Old one - man. Infant on four limbs, man on two, old man with cane at three. I believe the riddle was first told by the Sphinx.
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Old one - man. Infant on four limbs, man on two, old man with cane at three. I believe the riddle was first told by the Sphinx.
Oh you know the game I'm playing?
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Let me try. A busy CEO: A 747 in the morning, an A-320 in the afternoon and a MD-11 at night...
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Met me try. A busy CEO: A 747 in the morning, an A-320 in the afternoon and a MD-11 at night...
Someone from Finnair.
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Who drives a four-wheeler in the morning, a motorcycle at noon, and a tricycle at night?
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Let me try. A busy CEO: A 747 in the morning, an A-320 in the afternoon and a MD-11 at night...
Flies from the U.S. to Europe in the morning. Flies back in the afternoon. Makes shipments overnight.
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A man in a midlife crisis.

If you recieved in an E-mail the numbers "1-2-03" and the lyrics "Sweet dreams of flying machines in pieces on the ground.", what would this be a reference to?
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Let me try. A busy CEO: A 747 in the morning, an A-320 in the afternoon and a MD-11 at night...
You counting engines, or main landing gear legs? Both work!
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If you recieved in an E-mail the numbers "1-2-03" and the lyrics "Sweet dreams of flying machines in pieces on the ground.", what would this be a reference to?
A James Taylor song?
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A man in a midlife crisis.
That's a better answer than anything I came up with.
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If you recieved in an E-mail the numbers "1-2-03" and the lyrics "Sweet dreams of flying machines in pieces on the ground.", what would this be a reference to?
Columbia's last flight.
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I've seen some people on four at night.
So have I, especially in college. Will never forget the phrase "I can't find up!"
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What creatures goes on four in the morn, two at noon, and three at night?
is it some sort of radio announcer?
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Correct.
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it's not Adrian Chiles,


is it 777geek?


they were moaning about him being on all the time, on the digital spy forum.
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Mornington Crescent!
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