{"id":6257,"date":"2013-05-29T00:01:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T05:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=6257"},"modified":"2013-05-28T17:05:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T22:05:43","slug":"riddles-the-big-reveal-to-this-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=6257","title":{"rendered":"Riddles&#8230; the big reveal to this one&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Riddles&#8230; Think you&#8217;ve come up with the answer to this one?<\/h2>\n<p>Oh the conundrum of solving riddles. They can be easy to solve or drive you mad trying to come up with the answer.<\/p>\n<p>You have a few more days to ponder your answers to my riddle. <strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-large; color: #0000ff;\">June 1st<\/span><\/strong> is when the answer will be revealed. So for those of you who haven&#8217;t come up with the solution, here are the clues again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who already knows the answer, please don&#8217;t spoil it for those who haven&#8217;t seen this yet are still puzzling over the answer&#8230;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Clue #1<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/83\/Rannes_Public_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_288424.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Allan [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Clue #2<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4rvpublishingcatalog.com\/robertson-king.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5203\" alt=\"a shadow in the past cover 500x773\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/a-shadow-in-the-past-cover-500x773-194x300.jpg\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/a-shadow-in-the-past-cover-500x773-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/a-shadow-in-the-past-cover-500x773.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and finally&#8230;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Clue #3<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5822\" alt=\"Aug 2013 calendar page\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Aug-2013-calendar-page-300x209.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Aug-2013-calendar-page-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Aug-2013-calendar-page-429x300.jpg 429w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Aug-2013-calendar-page.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So there you have it. Three things that have something in common. An old building, my book cover and a calendar leaf. Any ideas what these three things have in common?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Leave a comment stating what you think the answer is. I&#8217;ll be interested to see you answers. And those of you who already know? Please, don&#8217;t spoil it for those who are still scratching their heads trying to figure it out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And if you&#8217;re not in to solving riddles&#8230; well at least sit back and enjoy the theories as they come in. It should be great fun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riddles&#8230; Think you&#8217;ve come up with the answer to this one? Oh the conundrum of solving riddles. They can be easy to solve or drive you mad trying to come up with the answer. You have a few more days to ponder your answers to my riddle. 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