# Excuse me, Bricker and SwimmingRiddles... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491 "2000-03-29T19:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/21 "2000-04-03T16:37:00Z")
I AM THE GREATEST! Where is everyone else? ---
**Author:** ![I.M.Kierkegaard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea5d25/32.png) [@I.M.Kierkegaard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.M.Kierkegaard)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/22 "2000-04-03T16:42:00Z")
I haven’t missed any of this have I? I saw above that the actual challenge wasn’t going to begin until this afternoon… but it looked like some “warm ups” were forthcoming… have I missed them? (placing a small wager on Swimming Riddles to win the challenge) * * * –I am Soren Kierkegaard.– “People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.” ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/23 "2000-04-03T16:43:00Z")
OK. If Flypsyde is here… ? - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/24 "2000-04-03T16:45:00Z")
If not, we can do a warm-up. The famous shoot-out at the OK Corral, in Tombstone, Arizona, happened on Thursday. A man rode into Tombstone on Friday, stayed three days, and left on Friday. How come? ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/25 "2000-04-03T16:47:00Z")
Horse’s name was friday? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/26 "2000-04-03T16:49:00Z")
His horse was named Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/27 "2000-04-03T16:50:00Z")
That was a quick warm-up! Yes, indeed, smug. 🙂 Another? I dropped a sugar cube into my coffee this morning, waited two minutes, then lifted it out - completely intact. How come? ---
**Author:** ![I.M.Kierkegaard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea5d25/32.png) [@I.M.Kierkegaard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.M.Kierkegaard)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/28 "2000-04-03T16:51:00Z")
Ahh… the old horse named Friday trick… * * * –I am Soren Kierkegaard.– “People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.” ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/29 "2000-04-03T16:51:00Z")
Hehehehe, Bricker. I know this one 😉 I’m looking forward to this face-off. Anyone placing any wagers? * * * “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank “Mom, he’s a neo Nazi! He’s a doctor also? Well…” - WallyM7 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/30 "2000-04-03T16:53:00Z")
Warm-ups are easier, in general – no cigars for the winners, although I might have some penny candy around somewhere… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/31 "2000-04-03T16:53:00Z")
Coffee was unbrewed? (dry) ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/32 "2000-04-03T16:57:00Z")
And a penny candy for Random! All right, perhaps I need to dial it up a bit. This is a bit trickier, so pay close attention. Imagine we’re all sitting around the room and listening to me give this puzzle. I tell you, “A woman opens an envelope… and dies.” How come? ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/33 "2000-04-04T05:02:00Z")
dies or dyes? ---
**Author:** ![I.M.Kierkegaard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ea5d25/32.png) [@I.M.Kierkegaard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.M.Kierkegaard)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/34 "2000-04-04T05:03:00Z")
Is it important that we are all sitting? Is it important that we are all in the same room? Was there anything in the envelope? Did the woman die as a result of anything in the envelope? * * * –I am Soren Kierkegaard.– “People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.” ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/35 "2000-04-04T05:05:00Z")
Shock from the internet bill? ok ok - wild stab Seeing how we are _imagining_ you tell us this, anything is possible in one’s imagination. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/36 "2000-04-04T05:08:00Z")
Random asks: dies or dyes? _sigh_ Dyes. Very good. Another penny candy for random. Hmmm. We don’t seem to have either of our main contestants here. ¿Uno mas? A dead man lies on the ground, near a pile of bricks and a dead bug on top of a book. How come? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/37 "2000-04-04T05:14:00Z")
Is it my imagination, or is the baord deadly slow? I fear a MPSIMS crash coming… ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/38 "2000-04-04T05:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Bricker: > \*\* > A dead man lies on the ground, near a pile of bricks and a dead bug on top of a book. > > How come?\*\* Immensely poor building construction? ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/39 "2000-04-04T05:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Bricker: > \*\*Is it my imagination, or is the baord deadly slow? > > I fear a MPSIMS crash coming…\*\* Agree. Also, that last one was great, and the only reason I got it was because of the hint that the answer had something to do with something that sounded different than it read. If the question was presented verbally, it would have been much harder. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excuse-me-bricker-and-swimmingriddles/15491/40 "2000-04-04T05:28:00Z")
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