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hmm, a relationship between the 日 mentioned in the first part of the 谜语 and the number 108.....the distance between the sun and the earth divided by t... Read more

108 pressure points or ?referring to 18 karate kata Read more

108 is a sacred number in Buddhism....108 sacred questions ...108 prayer beads [?strangulation weapon...blackout...the sun won't appear if this lurkin... Read more

I'm struck by the similarity 旭's 九【xujiu] has to 小尤[xiaoyou]...both in character and sound Read more

of course the rising sun may not appear because of the thick plume from the explosion before dawn blocking the sun Read more

乘..can mean climb...xiaoyou's climb to the top, or is there something concrete blackcat intends to climb? Read more

this 不出 also precedes 十八乘六, in other words it precedes 一百零八 ..in other words if 一 doesn't appear in 一百零八 we get 白【white, opposite of black]零八 if... Read more

18x6 also made me think that before dawn the joint would be surrounded every 20degrees by heimao or one of his cronies holding a 6 shooter revolver. Read more

那，这个谜语： “旭 日 不出 ， 十八 乘 六 。” 。。有什么意思？ 当然 “十八 乘 六”是： 一百零八 ， 呵呵 ”旭 日 不出“ 。。如果 旭的日不出。。。给... Read more

well Kimiik, for me, that may be part of the attraction. :-) Read more