Sorry Hovis. He wants less light.

I really like yours hovis. Took some figuring to get that one. Very clever.

he moved the window down to floor level??

hovis' is driving me batty

Stranger did he adjust his monitor to reduce light?

Moved away from window to reduce light penetration?

Put sunglasses on?

Did he switch off monitor, put a rock through his window and sat in a corner for 5 hours thinking how he could reduce light, cos i am grrrr.

Stranger its a cool crossword answer, man lefty will never get it lol.

Lefty look at the clue from beginning to end.
Clue: HIJKLMNO

Answer: _ _ _ _ _ (5 letters)

yah, it's not happenin.
I knew the bear was white...
wait...
H to O...h2o...water?

whooo Lefty is Right lol

yay!

now lets crack that window (where's the Egg when you need him?)

LHW - ignore that "hint" i gave you. not applicable, bogus, not true. To all others: was not a valid clue, and if i repeated it, it would only serve to confuse. Sorry, lefty

you mean the hint i coerced out of you while playing poker?
how about a proper hint then?

Or unban Lynnie :D. I neeeeeed her!

A poker player had a sitting room with only one window in it - a square window, three feet high and three feet wide. Now, he had weak eyes from staring at his monitor, and the window gave too much light, so.....he sent for the builder and told him to alter it, so as to give half the light. Only, he was to keep it square and keep it three feet high and three feet wide. How did he do it?

Did he just move the window so the light didn't go into it?

@Aceful

what gets wetter as it drys?

Towel :)

DarkStranger ref Window: Built a brick mullion in centre that was 1ft 6 inches across and 3 ft high. Thus reducing light input by half?

Hovis, of course that is a valid solution, however, in the gist of the riddle it is not the answer. But you are so close my friend, so close, yet so far away. You are on the right track however, just apply it differently

what on earth is a mullion?

It's more powerful than God.
It's more evil than the devil.
The poor have it.
The rich need it.
If you eat it, you'll die.
What am I ?

it has to be " nothing"

This thread had its moment...then it died, hehe.

LOL johncess. Hovis, you asked if he built a 1.5 X 1.5 ft window on the outside of the existing 3 X 3 ft window. Was that right?

Or a 1.5 ft high ledge in front of the window?

Or he closed one of the shutters?

lefthandwoman

Is it Bird's custard?

@ Darkstranger

What's your answer to the riddle???

alright! I forgot about this thread :)
The great Lynnie and BT were both right;-p
Now where is that strange, strange dark man?