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"The Message"

"This message has been sent by many" *
"This message contains hope for the sender" *
"This message gives immediate joy to the sender" *
"This message gives expectation to the sender" *

Who is the message sent to

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Clue one: The message is a letter

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hint: i am a physical 'thing'
I will take a shot at it Turtle.....Is the answer "A Casket"

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"The Message"

"This message has been sent by many" *
"This message contains hope for the sender" *
"This message gives immediate joy to the sender" *
"This message gives expectation to the sender" *

Who is the message sent to

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Clue one: The message is a letter
Clue two: Children
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a letter to that mythological being who dons a beard, red suit and lives in a really cool place?
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Quote:
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can be the source of your delight or your death.
i am not what people see in me.
i can portend the future or hide the present.

what am i?
hint: i am a physical 'thing'
I will take a shot at it Turtle.....Is the answer "A Casket"

William ))
Not a casket. "source of your death" phrase indicates it can kill you.

Further hint: it can kill you from afar without you ever seeing or hearing it, or it can kill you up close & personal and all you can see or hear is it.


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a letter to that mythological being who dons a beard, red suit and lives in a really cool place?
"The Message"

"This message has been sent by many" *
"This message contains hope for the sender" *
"This message gives immediate joy to the sender" *
"This message gives expectation to the sender" *

Who is the message sent to

William ))

Clue one: The message is a letter
Clue two: Children

"YIPEEEE!!!! Santa Claus he is Ms. Pamela and the letters will be sent again this
year from children with hope and joy of receiving their wishes. Imagination
is a wonderful thing that adults lose. I imagine myself the most wonderful
man in the world, now to just get close to that.

William ))

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Not a casket. "source of your death" phrase indicates it can kill you.

Originally Posted by Tribble
can be the source of your delight or your death.
i am not what people see in me.
i can portend the future or hide the present.

what am i?
hint: i am a physical 'thing'

Further hint: it can kill you from afar without you ever seeing or hearing it, or it can kill you up close & personal and all you can see or hear is it.
Another shot.....Is the answer a bullet ?? or a missal

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"One in every community"

"This man has no joy" *
"This man needs something wonderful to happen in his life" *
"This man can not be bothered with friends" *
"If you give this man a gift, he won't even smile" *

Who is he ???

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riddle me this:

i can be the source of your delight or your death.
i am not what people see in me.
i can portend the future or hide the present.

what am i?
Another shot Turtle.....Is the answer "A letter with anthrax on it in an envelope" ????

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"The way out"

"Babe Ruth is locked inside a cabin and can not get out" *
"The windows and doors are non breakable and he is locked in tight" *
"The phone lines are down and he can not call for help" *
"Then he thinks of a way and gets out" *

How does he get out ???

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