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Anyone love Conundrums like I do?

Wow that got long. I didn't read any of it, but I thought it was time for a new thread.



Sorry.

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cheers.jay

*slaps Jesta* idiot, we were going for 200 posts.

jestah what have you done?
we wanted at least solve the last problem in the other thread...

quote: I didn't read any of it.
Maybe you should have?

[This message has been edited by GRUMBLE (edited 01-28-2002).]

No, don't read it!! you'll wind up as tormented as the rest of us

~We're not here for long, we're here for fun~

I wanna know the solution! *whines*

well, bug's riddle still has me stuffed, so i thought i would bring my little riddles back for my own amusement.

riddle b1:
what is it that no man wants, yet no man wants to lose?
this is NOT 'his wife', or 'responsibility'.

riddle b2:
a man lies dead next to a rock.
explain.
the rock is NOT his tombstone, although i like that answer.

riddle b3 (apparently true):
a man lies dead, in the forest, in a wetsuit.
explain.
Nimraw solved this one correctly:

quote:

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The scuba diver was accidently scooped up by the water container of a chopper fighting a fire in the woods.

Release water over fire in forest-> scubadiver falls to his death.

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so, one down, two to go (plus bugs!)


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Damnit, can't you unclose the thread? We were going for 200! Thats not cool man.

So should we continue here or there?

Well if it is impossible to unclose a thread then lets continue here.

The other one's open so I continued it there. BTW, that's pretty cool about your dad being an entomologist and Blade Runner is another favorite of mine

hey, lets keep the new ones here! that old thread is all buggs now... its to big for any other conundrums... k?


The man was tied to a rock and thrown in a larg body of water.

for the man one... A wife does not quite fit it... neither does hair... hmmm...

Maybe the rock fell off a cliff and *bam*.

New ones here. Good idea, Izzy. I've got some more for you all.

the man does not look injured.
the rock never touched him.

<edit> two really REALLY easy ones:

riddle b4:
when you say my name, i disappear. what am i?

riddle b5:
the more i dry, the wetter i get. what am i?

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[This message has been edited by bunchapixels (edited 01-29-2002).]

Riddle b5 - a towel?

~We're not here for long, we're here for fun~

b4: Silence.

Emps

b4 and b5 correct...
that leaves b1 and b2.


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Whoops, the other thread got locked again

i'll unlock it agian if you prefer Bugs? just thought having 2 threads running seemed a bit odd?.. specially s this thread seems to have taken off....

let me know K?

~vp~ We would like to keep the first one open until we solve the conundrum that started there. After it's solved we should lock it up. We're doing all the new ones in this thread.

It is unusual but everyone participating in the other one was kind of excited about hitting 200 in one thread

Thanks for keeping things tidy

okey dokes.. np Bugs ~Vp~

b2:

It could be a very large rock that he fell down from and died...
Could he be a mountaineer?

b1:
an MS OS?

Some questions for b2 off the top of my head:
Is the rock larger than the man?
Was the man close enough to the rock to have touched it?
Is discovering the location of importance to solving this one?

Is it something like, He was trapped in a cave with a rock over the enterance?

b1:
no, not an MS OS.


b2:
rock smaller than the man.
man close enough to rock to touch it.
location not important.
he is not a mountaineer.
the rock didn't block a cave.


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Wow I am so happy we finished bug's riddle, thanks emps~!

That was sweet, now we've got to figure out some of buncha's. I thought for sure I knew the answer to the man and the rock one but now I realize I don't, hmm.... the man wasn't Goliath was he?

r2:
no, the man wasn't goliath.
nice try.

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early man's perception of the moon .. sounds crazy but worth a shot...


*s iL


".. Silence : the most deafening sound of them all."

Is the 'rock' a diamond or other precious stone?

~We're not here for long, we're here for fun~

Well I'm glad I got the answer especially as I became one of the suspects to the potential murder at one point!! And I'm also glad we didn't have to kill Bugimus in the end - next time perhaps!!

b1: Did the rock kill the man?
The simplest explanation is a man died and fell near a rock - its not like rocks are rare or anything.

b2: Hair/shaving? This might be due to the fact I have a couple of weeks growth which must go!!

Reading those answers through it looks like solving the previous one has rather sucked the ideas out of my!!

Emps

Here's a mind-blowingly simple yes/no question for b2:
Did the rock kill the man?
Let's not beat around the bush here folks ...

well congrats emps!
finally i can sleep again...

but isnt that kinda suspicious, that A was having the heart attack in exactly that moment?

Coincidence, my dear GRUMBLE, coincidence.

GRUMBLE: It was reaching a point where if I hadn't got it someone else would - or Bugs would have died!!

A was clearly suprised by how successful his hypnosis really was which caused the heart attack - or something!!

Emps

Maybe he was juggling at the time and the exertion killed him

~We're not here for long, we're here for fun~

buncha better get on back here with some answers ... I've broken into the mad scientists' lab. I'm fixin to do some experiments with rocks, but don't want to waste my time if the rock bit was just a red herring ya know!

Hey Emp, could you stand over here on this x I've marked on the floor? Hmmmmm, OK now, the rock was smaller than a man ... hold still Emp ... is your insurance paid up?

On this X here? OK. My insurance? Well I'm not sure now you mention it...

oh, wait, hang on a sec ... up yonder buncha said that the rock never touched the man ... hmmmmm
I guess my question about the rock killing the guy is not really valid then.
<considers throwing rock at Emp anyway, but decides to wait for more information before continuing experiment>

Beekay: Suits me.