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[TheBronzePickle]

Physics, why must you be so weird?
Anyway, now that Zdravko's all turned around, we no longer have the reference point of the station. What do we do now? Look for our alien bullies and try to break their ship or whatever open with the screwdriver?

[Il Palazzo]

Once he's rotated(and he could figure out how much to rotate to be facing roughly 180deg away from the station by e.g.counting how many screwdriver or arm rotations he needs to rotate by 90deg etc.), he could use Merchant's of Menace method of using the air stream released from his pressurized suit to give himself some propulsion. Then plugging the hole with his hand(should be doable) and rotating back to see where he's going. Then it's just a matter of adjusting his course with controled releases of air as needed.
He should get back to the station safely this way.

I'm not sure if I have explained myself clearly enough though.

[Max White]

My solution was more fun though.

[Pnx]

I am the ghost of what you are seeing.
More than that, yet less.
A shadow of conception.
Perhaps one day you will find me.
But if you did, you would never know.
What am I?

This riddle is slightly futzy.

[Solifuge]

I'm not sure... but a memory?

[Heliman]

You are...

...

Nothing!


EDIT:

Oh, I just thought up a riddle!

Some kiss me.
Some give me the cold shoulder.
Some turn their back on me.
I hold the helpless.
I hold the lifeless.

What am I?

[Heliman]

sry, doublepost

[Gunner-Chan]

Heh. A stretcher?

[Max White]

Dirt?

[Kogut]

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[Leafsnail]

(apologies in advance for poor quality scans - going through a black and white photocopier then a home scanner is not the way to get quality images)

So, background: the maths department in my school downloaded a "Christmas quiz" to give to us as a silly lesson at the end of term.  The idea is that the pictures correspond to some kind of Christmas theme (usually phonetically).  Some of the easier examples which we got the answers to:

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(the tick was added by me and is not part of the riddle)

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(well, I guess it's easy if you recognise the guy)

However, there's one image on the quiz that noone's ever managed to get.  Including the maths department.  And attempts to search for the riddle/ phrase online have turned up nothing.  So... with them appealing to help from students, I'd like to ask your help in solving it.  It doesn't matter if you find the right google search term or puzzle it out yourself, it would be great to know the answer .

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Note that the cross through the bicycle, the baubles and the area under the graph should be red.  And also that it's the first day of each month along the bottom.

[Necro910]

This is the sphinx's riddle, you may have heard it before:

What animal has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?

[Il Palazzo]

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Note that the cross through the bicycle, the baubles and the area under the graph should be red.  And also that it's the first day of each month along the bottom.

Damnit, that is evil.

Here's my take:
"Don't you dare driving the bicycle we gave you last Christmas onto spikes even before the Summer starts".

[Tlc2011]

This is the sphinx's riddle, you may have heard it before:

What animal has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?

It is man.

When a man is a baby/toddler [for some time], he walks on four legs. When he is a child/teenager/adult, he walks on his own two legs, without the aid of his arms. Finally, when he is an elder...Well, some use canes.

I got the Greek Myths book, so i know that riddle better then you.

[Orangebottle]

I am the beginning of eternity and the end of time.

Try that on for size.