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Okay, here's a puzzle, one which I personally found difficult. Try and figure out what the next line of this series is. If people can't get the next line within a reasonable length of time, I'll post it again, with the next line, to make it easier to figure out.
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PS If you've seen this problem before, let people try to figure it out first.
-------------------- "Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
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Okay, I won't online again until tomorrow, so I'll give you more to go on.
1 11 21 1211
-------------------- "Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
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No, that's not it, Red Admiral. Here's the next line.
1 11 21 1211 1231
-------------------- "Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
-------------------- "I was surprised by the matter-of-factness of Kafka's narration, and the subtle humor present as a result." (Sizer 2005)
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Nope, I'm afraid not. BTW, I just realised what angle Red Admiral was taking. I'll just add that you can take any single line at face value and get the next by applying a rule.
-------------------- "Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
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-------------------- "Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
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Well, the next line's gonna be six digits, and have a four in it...
-------------------- "This is why you people think I'm so unknowable. You don't listen!" - God, "God, the Devil and Bob"
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Nope, but don't be afraid to guess, lads, the worst that's going to happen is that you're going to be wrong. Here's the thing again, with the next line.
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The symmetry in the last line doesn't have any particular significance.
-------------------- "Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
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I don't know if anyone is still trying this but here's the next line anyway:
1 11 21 1211 1231 131221 132231 232221
I suppose I'd better give a clue, although this will probably give it away completely: Read each line out loud.
-------------------- "Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
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Yep, well done Frank! I'll say no more, in case anyone else still wants to figure it out for themselves.
-------------------- "Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
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Yes, I actually hadn't noticed that before.
There is also another similar type of series, where you write the numbers in the order that they appear, as opposed to counting up the number of occurances of each number and putting the highest first. It goes like this:
-------------------- "Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
The Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
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