Trail Riddles

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Thirty white horses on a red hill.
First they champ,
Then they stamp,
Then they are standing still.

What are "they".

Hint: They are not horses and it's not a hill.
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Teeeeeeeeeth my precious, yesssssss teeeeeethes it issssss....
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You got it B!
I guess there is no point in posting the one about eggs!
I read that book (The Hobbit) when I was a kid and never forgot Gollum's cave and the riddles.

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A man lays on the ground dead with his backpack unopened. What happened?
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Allyn wrote:A man lays on the ground dead with his backpack unopened. What happened?
He forgot to take his blood-pressure medication (which was in the unopened pack) and died of an aneurysm.
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Allyn wrote:A man lays on the ground dead with his backpack unopened. What happened?
Chute didn't open.
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A man lays on the ground dead with his backpack unopened. What happened?
Missed his ride to the Sierra and dropped dead from a broken heart!

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rayfound wrote:
Allyn wrote:A man lays on the ground dead with his backpack unopened. What happened?
Chute didn't open.

Yup. Parachute failed to open.

But I did like BSquared's answer! Kind of like me!
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Allyn wrote: Yup. Parachute failed to open.

But I did like BSquared's answer! Kind of like me!
I always speak from the heart.
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Steve and Mary are found dead on the kitchen floor. The floor is wet and there's broken glass all around them. The kitchen window is open.

Who are Steve and Mary and how did they die?
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