Competitors, please check in.
I’m here.
I’m SwimmingRiddles. Hit it.
Well, hello, SwimmingRiddles. What big hands you have, Grandmother! 
Seriously, can I join in? I can beat these punks any day of the week!
PUNKS?!???!?
Listen, you tulip kissin’ girlyman, you can join, but the wager only stands for me and SR.
And I’m gonna kick your windmill lovin’ ass, chief.
Alrighty! So the games are about to begin? Did I hear the rules right the other day that anyone can play, but the contest is to see who between FS and SR gets more, understanding that neither of them may get some of these if we happen to get the answer first?
Oh… and where’s the betting window?
–I am Soren Kierkegaard.–
“People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.”
It’s all right with me. So far as I recall, the vision was never that it be just the two of them; others were specificaly contemplated.
However, I would like to have the real SwimmingRiddles here before starting.
We could do another warm-up puzzle… of course, last time we tried this, the board crashed.
A man is born in 1963 and dies in 1998 at the age of 61.
How come?
Are both years on the Gregorian Calendar?
I know. I know. Should I post the answer, ask leading questions, or just shut up?
inconceivable? i don’t think that word means what you think it does
Coldfire asks:
Are both years on the Gregorian Calendar?
YOUR QUESTION ASSUMES FACTS NOT IN EVIDENCE. I CAN’T ANSWER IT YES OR NO - “HAVE YOU STOPPED BEATING YOUR WIFE?”
If you already know the answer, you should recuse yourself and not play the round.
- Rick
are 1963 and 1998 years?
are the numbers 1963 and 1998 part of an address?
The numerals are the numbers of his hospital rooms?
Do both numbers refer to years?
Is one or both an address number, perhaps?
A room number in a hospital?
Ignorant since 1972
I.M.Kierkegaard asks:
are 1963 and 1998 years?
NO
are the numbers 1963 and 1998 part of an address?
IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING
DAMMIT.
Was the guy able to time-travel?
Flypsyde wins the penny candy:
The numerals are the numbers of his hospital rooms?
DING DING DING DING! A penny candy for Flypsyde.
Well done.
One more warm-up, and then, if she isn’t along, we’ll have to reschedule.
A man pushes his car up to the front of a hotel, leaves it there, and tells the owner he’s completely broke. Amazingly, the hotelier is thrilled at the news.
How come?
Are they playing monopoly?
–I am Soren Kierkegaard.–
“People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.”
I.M.Kierkegaard asks: Are they playing monopoly?
sigh
Good thing these only cost a penny. Well done.