Excuse me, Bricker and SwimmingRiddles...

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Flypsyde asks:
Did the bug kill the man?
YES

Did the man kill the bug?
NO

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Was the man a paleoentomologist (i.e., did he study ancient bugs)?

Was the book some sort of field guide to bugs?

Did the man die of a heart attack?

Were the bricks from a tomb or monument?

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Was the man allergic to the bug?

Did the bug BITE the man?

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Was the bug an incect?

Was the bug of the computer variety?

Does the kind of book matter?

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Is the bug poisonous?

Is the name of the book significant?

Is the book openned?

Was the man reading the book at the time of his death? (well, just before it)

Did the bug bite the man?

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Flypsyde asks: Was the man a paleoentomologist (i.e., did he study ancient bugs)?
NO

Was the book some sort of field guide to bugs?
IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING, YES.

Did the man die of a heart attack?
NO

Were the bricks from a tomb or monument?
NO

SwimmingRiddles asks: Was the man allergic to the bug?
NO

Did the bug BITE the man?
NO

kbutcher asks: Was the bug an incect?
NO

Was the bug of the computer variety?
NO

Does the kind of book matter?
YES

JimB asks: Is the bug poisonous?
NO

Is the name of the book significant?
YES!

Is the book openned?
YES

Was the man reading the book at the time of his death? (well, just before it)
YES

Did the bug bite the man?
NO

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Was the bug already dead before the man died?

Was he studying the bug?

Was the bug a speciman?

Was the man walking while reading the book?

… sitting?

Does it matter?

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Is this going to turn out to be some lame play on words?

Was the bug a dragonfly?

Is this a common bug?

Is it a ladybug?

I’ve run out of bugs here.

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The bug was not an insect. Was it a living thing?

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Was it a VW Bug?

Was the man a mechanic?

Was he working on a VW Bug, perhaps underneath the car?

I can’t figure out how the bricks figure in…

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JimB asks: Was the bug already dead before the man died?
YES

Was he studying the bug?
NO

Was the bug a speciman?
NO

Was the man walking while reading the book?
NO

… sitting?
NO

Does it matter?
YES

SwimmingRiddles asks: Is this going to turn out to be some lame play on words?
NO.
I would never do one of those “he broke the stick in half, two halves make a whole, and he crawled out the hole” so of puzzles. On the other hand, the baseball puzzle (A man’s afraid to gome home because another man with a mask is waiting for him) capitalizes on the dual meaning of ‘home’. That’s not a lame play on words, as I see it.

Was the bug a dragonfly?
NO

Is this a common bug?
NOT THESE DAYS, NO. IN THE SIXTIES…

Is it a ladybug?
NO

I’ve run out of bugs here.
SORRY.

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Was it a VW Bug?

Was the man a mechanic?

Was he working on a VW Bug, perhaps underneath the car?

I can’t figure out how the bricks figure in…

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Well, guys, I gotta go to class. Face-off tomarrow?

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I’m sure the answer will be up here before my post shows up… durn slow servers.

The guy was working on a VW Bug that had “died”. He had it up on bricks so he could work underneath it. The book is an autorepair manual. The Bug slipped off the bricks, causing his death and landing on top of the book.

Good one, indeed… is the challenge postponed until tomorrow?

–I am Soren Kierkegaard.–
“People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.”

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Sure thing, SR.

Okay, it sure seems as though this is a VW Bug we’re talking about. Were the bricks being used as a makeshift jack? And was the book something like a Chilton’s manual for Bugs?

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I think Kbutcher is on the right track.
Was the book a maintenance manual for VW bugs?

Was the man working on the brakes of a VW and during testing, he was run over and the car crashed into a brick wall?

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I.M.Kierkegaard asks:

The guy was working on a VW Bug that had “died”. He had it up on bricks so he could work underneath it. The book is an autorepair manual. The Bug slipped off the bricks, causing his death and landing on top of the book.

Good one, indeed… is the challenge postponed until tomorrow?

BING BING BING! The last of the penny candies goes to I.M. - well done!!

Yes, it looks like the board’s crash stymied us.

Tomorrow it is…

  • Rick

–I am Soren Kierkegaard.–
“People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.”
Flypsyde
Member
Posts: 691
Registered: Oct 1999
posted 04-03-2000 02:10 PM

Sure thing, SR.
Okay, it sure seems as though this is a VW Bug we’re talking about. Were the bricks being used as a makeshift jack? And was the book something like a Chilton’s manual for Bugs?
JimB
Member
Posts: 338
Registered: Oct 1999
posted 04-03-2000 02:11 PM

I think Kbutcher is on the right track.
Was the book a maintenance manual for VW bugs?
Was the man working on the brakes of a VW and during testing, he was run over and the car crashed into a brick wall?

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It may be a bit unfair to claim victory when the boards were crashing and flip-flopping on the shore like a dead fish… but this is my first such victory, and I’ll savor it nonetheless. Thanks for the candy Bricker.

Oh… and I’m impatiently awaiting tomorrow’s challenge… my money is still on riddles, though judging by my office pool on this year’s NCAA tourney I may not be the wisest gambler out there!

Take care all.

–I am Soren Kierkegaard.–
“People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.”