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Post by mrpoirot on Jul 17, 2019 15:03:09 GMT -5
As promised, here are my theories with regards to stanza 4. Like before, I have borrowed the title from an Agatha Christie book for this thread. Enjoy! But before I dwell into the details about the stanza and my findings I just want to show an image that is vital to my solution... The $1000 bill shown above is from the 1918-series (still valid tender) and it is unique in that it has the "$" symbol on its back side. Only four bills have had that over the years I think. The format in the text below is as follows: Next to the stanza I will list options for what I think the stanza is telling us. This might be one or more options as I have yet to narrow things down. I then put a line from the stanza followed by some explanations as to what I think is going on (the lines starting with "-"). Again, this is what I think and I might we way off... Stanza 4: Thousand Dollars / 1000 Dollars ============================== The next plus two is found - plus two might be a reference to the game UNO and the "draw two card" (two words to follow I assume) Astride a treasure on its own - In the title to this treasure hunt Spare no expense, search everywhere - Grand (stately), the dollar sign (wildcard) Beside a bird that’s rarely thrown - The $1000 dollar bill from 1918 has a big eagle on the back with $1000 on each side (see above). - In frisbee golf (disc golf) you can throw an eagle (two under par) which is difficult - www.discgolfnow.com/what-is-an-eagle-in-disc-golf/
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Post by susb8383 on Jul 17, 2019 15:16:05 GMT -5
I'm not understanding the connection between Uno and the $1000 bill.
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Post by mrpoirot on Jul 17, 2019 15:19:26 GMT -5
UNO->Draw two. Thus, this stanza yields 2 words (cards). Lukas never said that all clues have to point to the same word. I think this +2 as well as the tricky one are hints for us rather than direct links. Again, my theories only.
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Post by susb8383 on Jul 22, 2019 16:11:24 GMT -5
This is an interesting theory. When I first read the stanza, I was also looking at currency (from 'expense' in the line 'spare no expense.')
But I'm not seeing how the $1,000 bill has something that 'sits astride a treasure.' Or actually if the takeaway is 998 (1000 less 2), it would mean that 1,000 is sitting astride a treasure.
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Post by susb8383 on Jul 22, 2019 16:13:23 GMT -5
I had been trying to find a bill with an albatross on it. I was thinking more metaphorically: an albatross being something weighing you down that it's hard to get rid of (is rarely thrown [off]).
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Post by susb8383 on Jul 23, 2019 18:46:01 GMT -5
You know, albatross works after all. I read through a list of disc golf terms. An albatross is also something you throw and its even rarer than an eagle. And i did find one piece of currency with an albatross. Its wings are stretched across the bill which could mean astride, its an antarctica 5 dollar bill. Theres also a new zealand 5dollar gold coin with an albatross.
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Post by mrpoirot on Jul 23, 2019 19:24:09 GMT -5
Great find! Along these lines, have a look at the web page for the city of Hart in Michigan... scroll down a tiny bit and what do you see in the lower right??? Link: cityofhart.org/Answer: This... I am sure it is a coincidence but... this is odd indeed! Perhaps we will solve this soon!
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