# Alright, I'm here. Let's get this thing going... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2000, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898 "2000-04-13T13:42:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/41 "2000-04-13T15:51:00Z")
Tickled and fatally distracted? ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/42 "2000-04-13T15:51:00Z")
Did the man die of a heart attack? (why didn’t we ask that earlier? We’re slipping…) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/43 "2000-04-13T15:55:00Z")
Was he being tickled by the feather, and in his spastic tickle-seizure impale himself on a protuberance of sorts? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/44 "2000-04-13T15:59:00Z")
Finagle asks: Tickled and fatally distracted? IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING SwimmingRiddles asks: Did the man die of a heart attack? NO (why didn’t we ask that earlier? We’re slipping…) YES 🙂 Connor asks: Was he being tickled by the feather, and in his spastic tickle-seizure impale himself on a protuberance of sorts? IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/45 "2000-04-13T16:00:00Z")
Was he a sword swallower? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/46 "2000-04-13T16:01:00Z")
Was the man hiding and did the laugh/sneeze caused by the tickle cause him to be run through by some person or animal? ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/47 "2000-04-13T16:01:00Z")
Is the victim a famous person? Is the murderer? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/48 "2000-04-13T16:02:00Z")
Oh yuck. What images _that_ conjures up. > [@](#): > > Originally posted by Connor: > **Was he a sword swallower?** ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/49 "2000-04-13T16:05:00Z")
If he’s not a sword swallower, he should be. * * * Sala, can’t you count?!? I said NO camels! That’s FIVE camels! ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/50 "2000-04-13T16:07:00Z")
Was the man in a duel? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/51 "2000-04-13T16:08:00Z")
Connor asks: Was he a sword swallower? Bingo! A small bag of M&M’s to Connor. He was a sword swallor, practicing his art with a sharp sword, when his murderer stole up and tickled him, causing him to lose his iron control - with disastrous results. Very good! For the folks that asked for no death: Ed asks his wife about the bathroom floor. She insists there’s a puddle of water there. He steps into their bathroom and looks around, but finds the floor completely dry. He returns to his wife and tells her he understands. How come? ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/52 "2000-04-13T16:11:00Z")
Was his wife blind, and standing instead iin the shower? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/53 "2000-04-13T16:11:00Z")
Flypsyde asks: Was his wife blind, and standing instead iin the shower? NO ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/54 "2000-04-13T16:12:00Z")
Wait a minute, I don’t get it. Nobody died? I’m confused. Ouch, my head hurt. I WANT A BODY! ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/55 "2000-04-13T16:15:00Z")
Do Ed and his wife have a pet? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/56 "2000-04-13T16:17:00Z")
Flypsyde asks: Do Ed and his wife have a pet? NO ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/57 "2000-04-13T16:18:00Z")
Did someone spill some rubbing alcohol or acetone (nail polish remover), that would dry fast but leave an odor that the man would recognize (or at least an empty bottle). ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/58 "2000-04-13T16:19:00Z")
Finagle asks: Did someone spill some rubbing alcohol or acetone (nail polish remover), that would dry fast but leave an odor that the man would recognize (or at least an empty bottle). NO ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/59 "2000-04-13T16:21:00Z")
Just to make sure – the bathroom that the wife was insisting was flooded is the same as the one the man went into? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/60 "2000-04-13T16:22:00Z")
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