Brandonb

Tales are told of our heroic plights Decades ago we reached new heights As of late our stories are bleak Because all we've done is help you sleep Who are we?

I still say the ground is not water... It could be 12ft.

The answer is obvious

I have a few guesses that may fit.

Lol, I missed the math part completely. I was thinking that if you stretch out time (24hrs in a day) then the middle would be noon... time for tea (in Britain) yeah, I missed all the key words... I'll think math next time.

2) Do you posses any scars? 3) I believe once one is aware of their own intelligence, then it is no longer artificial.

B=5 S=10 Y=any number less than 26 and not the same as B,S, or V V=2 or B=5 S=10 Y=any number less than 26 and not the same as B,S, or V V=2 or B=5 S=15 Y=any number less than 26 and not the same as B,S, or V V=3

B*S*Y(divided by V)(divided by Y)=25 There are a couple different answers, unless all the letters must equal different numbers. (eq. if not, B=25, S=1, Y=1, V=1). So first I'll assume that they need to be different numbers. Next I will assume the equation is meant to be written (B*S*Y)/(V)/(Y)=25. Then I'll assume that the fraction used to produce 25 is reduced as much as possible. Then I'll assume that it is known that the values of B and S are interchangeable. Then I'll assume that the letters represent positive whole integers. If so then, even after narrowing it down so much... the answer is...

hmm, is the answer some form of speech?

I mean, really? That answer was the first thing in my head, but I dismissed it because the OP was so EPIC, yet that answer.... just so painfully anticlimactic. lol

was that really the answer?

case in point, the options are running very very thin now.

Yep, I'm glad someone finally made some sort of guess. Do you think you could have gotten it if I hadn't given the matrix (the last hint)?

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You're right, it's not typical. Typical speech for those matters refer to someone's future presence in a present tense. The only way that could be logical is that the reference is to someone on the roster. I know, I also ran track myself (actually field events). I was always "in" the discus event and "in" the poll vault event, though they would often occur at the same time, so I would have to choose between them and never actually be in one of them. (I know I know, only one race can occur at a time, but you also see this when runners are rostered to participate in field events). Either way, all that argument does is reinforce that 1st and 2nd could not have been participating in the race when the OP was stated. If you view the word "in" as someone on the roster, then the OP is impossible (same as if 1st and 2nd hadn't run at all, or if 1st and 2nd had dropped out mid-race). Leaving you with the only relevant definition of "in" which is "participating" or "currently and actively engaged in the race". The logic wasn't flawed, but the context that most people assumed was that the word "in" meant on the roster, which is obviously impossible given the guidelines of the OP.

First, understand that the most temperature sensitive part of your body, is your skin (duh). It is you skins' job to act as a one way insulator (Keeping the warmth in and all other varying temps out). Your skin does not have a thermostat that you can set, all it knows is relative external temperatures (not internal). It has very little to do with your core temp. So when your used to a cooler climate, your skin gets used to it. So when you enter into 98.6 degree heat, your skins feels much warmer than what it is accustomed to, so it reacts accordingly. Likewise, if you lived in 105 degree heat on a normal basis (ie didn't even have AC in your house) then you would not likely feel hot in 98.6 degrees. That was a little drawn out I know. But it's all about skin being sensitive mainly to external temps and what it defines as normal external temperatures... At least that what I think anyway.

Oops, it's #2 not #3 (there is no #3). The Race #2

No, you could (with relative though not absolute certainty) name everyone who is going to be in the race. Basically you could read a roster, but you couldn't say who is in the race, only who could be.