Is the boy alone?
Is his age relevant?
I ask not what you can do for me, but what you can do for me right now.
Are the strings on “snowshoes”?
–I am Soren Kierkegaard.–
“People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.”
Connor asks: Is the boy alone?
YES
Is his age relevant?
NO
I.M.Kierkegaard asks: Are the strings on “snowshoes”?
NO, BUT…
Are the strings shoelaces on ice skates?
Does ice have anything to do with anything?
SwimmingRiddles asks: Are the strings shoelaces on ice skates?
YES!!
Does ice have anything to do with anything?
YES!!
The boy was on an island surrounded by frozen water (ice)… he tied the strings on his ice skates and skated to safety.
–I am Soren Kierkegaard.–
“People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.”
I.M.Kierkegaard asks: The boy was on an island surrounded by frozen water (ice)… he tied the strings on his ice skates and skated to safety.
YES!
Nice going to I.M., and alose to SwimmingRiddles, who cracked the ice part, so to speak. 
Strawberry Lifesavers for both of you.
Hmm… still no Flypsyde.
One more? This next is not a warm-up, by the way… but you guys are knocking the warm-ups out of the park, so here’s a tougher one.
A man was walking down a road when a stone lodged itself between his foot and his sandal. He leaned against a pole and, with his head down to watch, he shook his foot to dislodge the stone. Another man came along and tackled the first man, knocking him to the ground.
How come?
Did the man tackle him for leaning on the pole?
Could it have been a totem pole?
Or other culturally significant pole?
Is this a literary/cinematic referance?
Is this a historical referance?
Does the geographical location matter?
Does the class of Sandal Man matter?
Connor asks: Did the man tackle him for leaning on the pole?
NO
Could it have been a totem pole?
NO
Or other culturally significant pole?
NO
SwimmingRiddles asks: Is this a literary/cinematic referance?
NO
Is this a historical referance?
NO
Does the geographical location matter?
NO
Does the class of Sandal Man matter?
I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION
'Nuther newbie joining the fray…
Was the man standing in traffic?
Does this scene take place in modern times?
Did the pole belong to Sandal Man?
Should the word pole be capitalized? If so, with the reference to the “first man” independant of the tackler, the solution should be obvious. Did the tackler believe he was defending the Pole?
Were they playing some sort of “football in sandals” game?
–I am Soren Kierkegaard.–
“People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.”
malaka asks: 'Nuther newbie joining the fray…
WELCOME!
Was the man standing in traffic?
NO
SwimmingRiddles asks: Does this scene take place in modern times?
YES!
Did the pole belong to Sandal Man?
NO
Mentor and Liar asks: Should the word pole be capitalized?
NO
If so, with the reference to the “first man” independant of the tackler, the solution should be obvious. Did the tackler believe he was defending the Pole?
NO
I.M.Kierkegaard asks: Were they playing some sort of “football in sandals” game?
NO
I don’t know what kind of football you play, mentor, but I hope you don’t wear sandals.
does electricity come into play?
what is essential is invisible to the eye -the fox
Kilgore Trout asks: does electricity come into play?
IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING
Was it a traffic light pole and did the guy tackling him knock him down to keep him from getting hit by a car?
Hey - I tried…