# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/101 "2000-04-14T05:04:00Z")
Mojo asks: Had the puddle the wife found frozen by the time he checked it? NO Was it an unheated bathroom? NO Bricker asks: Did Ed expect to find water in the bathroom? NO Did Ed ask his wife any other questions? YES Did Ed know what was going on before he went in the bathroom? NO Did Ed’s wife know what was going on the whole time? YES Was there ever a puddle of water in their bathroom? NO Is a dead body involved in this puzzle? YES, IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING. ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/102 "2000-04-14T05:06:00Z")
Did the wife slip, fall, embarrass herself and try to blame the incident on a nonexistent puddle of water? ---
**Author:** ![Axel\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Axel\_Wheeler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Axel_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/103 "2000-04-14T05:09:00Z")
Was the puddle the wife saw: In the sink? In the tub/shower? In/on some object not normally found in bathrooms? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/104 "2000-04-14T05:09:00Z")
Connor asks: Did he ask her “Why did you leave the window open in the bathroom?!? Its 30 below out there, no wonder you fell on your ass, that huge puddle has frozen over!”? NO John Corrado asks: Let us call the bathroom that the wife insisted had a puddle on the floor Bathroom A; and the bathroom that Ed checked Bathroom B. Was there ever really a puddle on the floor of Bathroom A? NO Did Ed think his wife was talking about Bathroom B when she was talking about the puddle? YES Is Bathroom A the same as Bathroom B? NO!! Are Bathroom A and Bathroom B connected or adjoined in any way (above one another, below one another, etc.) NO!! Did it matter to Ed whether there was a puddle on the floor of Bathroom A? NO Finagle asks: Are they building a house? NO tymp asks: Did the wife slip, fall, embarrass herself and try to blame the incident on a nonexistent puddle of water? NO ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/105 "2000-04-14T05:09:00Z")
Was Ed’s wife trying to kill him? Did Ed’s wife expect Ed to check ‘their’ bathroom (the one with the hypothetical puddle)? Did Ed figure out what his wife’s nefarious plan was because there was no puddle in the bathroom he checked? * * * JMCJ “Y’know, I would invite y’all to go feltch a dead goat, but that would be abuse of a perfectly good dead goat and an insult to all those who engage in that practice for fun.” -weirddave, set to maximum flame ---
**Author:** ![Axel\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Axel\_Wheeler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Axel_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/106 "2000-04-14T05:11:00Z")
Was the wife referring to a bathroom in a work of fiction? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/107 "2000-04-14T05:12:00Z")
John Corrado asks: Was Ed’s wife trying to kill him? NO Did Ed’s wife expect Ed to check ‘their’ bathroom (the one with the hypothetical puddle)? NO Did Ed figure out what his wife’s nefarious plan was because there was no puddle in the bathroom he checked? NO Axel Wheeler asks: Was the wife referring to a bathroom in a work of fiction? YES!! IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING ---
**Author:** ![Axel\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Axel\_Wheeler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Axel_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/108 "2000-04-14T05:15:00Z")
Was the wife trying to inform Ed about the status of a television program or movie? But was he actually trying to inquire about their real bathroom, and she misunderstood? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/109 "2000-04-14T05:16:00Z")
Axel Wheeler asks: Was the wife trying to inform Ed about the status of a television program or movie? NO, BUT… But was he actually trying to inquire about their real bathroom, and she misunderstood? NO ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/110 "2000-04-14T05:16:00Z")
Was the wife referring to a bathroom in a work of fiction he’s writing where a person was somehow killed in a bathroom in a manner that involved a puddle of water (he falls, whatever) and as she’s explaining it, he walks into the bathroom to look to see if it would make sense the way she’s explaining it. Long shot, I know…why do I even try? ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/111 "2000-04-14T05:17:00Z")
Are Ed and his wife in a work of fiction? Is this a book? Is this a TV show? Is this a movie? ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/112 "2000-04-14T05:18:00Z")
Hey gang…I’m back from lunch. Is the man talking to his wife on the phone? (different locations - different bathrooms) ---
**Author:** ![Axel\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Axel\_Wheeler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Axel_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/113 "2000-04-14T05:18:00Z")
Is she referring to a puddle of blood? Is she referring to a news item? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/114 "2000-04-14T05:20:00Z")
Is Ed a detective investigating the murder of a man who was hung in his bathroom with a strange an unexplained puddle of water on the floor, and when he’s home discussing the case with his wife, his wife talks about the three-minute-mystery she just solved that involves a man committing suicide by hanging by standing upon a block of ice so it looks like murder because there was nothing to stand upon, and Ed goes off to check their bathroom in order to visualize whether that would have been possible in the case, and realizes that the murder he’s been investigating was actually a suicide? Now _there’s_ a long shot. * * * JMCJ “Y’know, I would invite y’all to go feltch a dead goat, but that would be abuse of a perfectly good dead goat and an insult to all those who engage in that practice for fun.” -weirddave, set to maximum flame ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/115 "2000-04-14T05:21:00Z")
But I like it John! Good tune, and you can dance to it. I give it a 92! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/116 "2000-04-14T05:21:00Z")
Missy2U asks: Was the wife referring to a bathroom in a work of fiction he’s writing where a person was somehow killed in a bathroom in a manner that involved a puddle of water (he falls, whatever) and as she’s explaining it, he walks into the bathroom to look to see if it would make sense the way she’s explaining it. ACTUALLY. ALMOST YES. LET ME SEE IF I CAN HELP. Was the wife referring to a bathroom in a work of fiction YES he’s writing NO where a person was somehow killed in a bathroom in a manner that involved a puddle of water (he falls, whatever) and as she’s explaining it, he walks into the bathroom to look to see if it would make sense the way she’s explaining it. YES!!! SwimmingRiddles asks: Are Ed and his wife in a work of fiction? NO Is this a book? NO Is this a TV show? NO Is this a movie? NO malaka asks: Hey gang…I’m back from lunch. Is the man talking to his wife on the phone? NO (different locations - different bathrooms) NO Axel Wheeler asks: Is she referring to a puddle of blood? NO Is she referring to a news item? NO ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/117 "2000-04-14T05:23:00Z")
John Corrado asks: Is Ed a detective NO investigating the murder of a man who was hung in his bathroom with a strange an unexplained puddle of water on the floor, YES!! and when he’s home discussing the case with his wife, his wife talks about the three-minute-mystery YES!! she just solved NO that involves a man committing suicide by hanging by standing upon a block of ice so it looks like murder because there was nothing to stand upon, and Ed goes off to check their bathroom in order to visualize whether that would have been possible in the case, YES!! and realizes that the murder he’s been investigating was actually a suicide? SORTA ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/118 "2000-04-14T05:27:00Z")
My God. I was actually close. Okay: Did a friend or Ed’s commit suicide with this ice cube method? Did a relative of Ed’s commit suicide with this ice cube method? Does Ed plan to commit suicide with this ice cube method? Does Ed plan to murder his wife and set it up so that it looks like she committed suicide with the ice cube method? * * * JMCJ “Y’know, I would invite y’all to go feltch a dead goat, but that would be abuse of a perfectly good dead goat and an insult to all those who engage in that practice for fun.” -weirddave, set to maximum flame ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/119 "2000-04-14T05:27:00Z")
Bricker asks: Does Ed ask his wife lots of other questions? YES Does she answer them? YES ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898/120 "2000-04-14T05:28:00Z")
John Corrado asks: My God. I was actually close. YES! Did a friend or Ed’s commit suicide with this ice cube method? NO Did a relative of Ed’s commit suicide with this ice cube method? NO Does Ed plan to commit suicide with this ice cube method? NO Does Ed plan to murder his wife and set it up so that it looks like she committed suicide with the ice cube method? NO [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alright-im-here-lets-get-this-thing-going/15898.md?page=7)