# Flypsde & SwimmingRiddles, Round One **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2000, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538 "2000-04-04T13:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/1 "2000-04-04T13:58:00Z")
Competitors, please check in. ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/2 "2000-04-04T14:00:00Z")
I’m here. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/3 "2000-04-04T14:01:00Z")
I’m SwimmingRiddles. Hit it. ---
**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, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/4 "2000-04-04T14:02:00Z")
Well, hello, SwimmingRiddles. What big hands you have, Grandmother! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/5 "2000-04-04T14:03:00Z")
Seriously, can I join in? I can beat these punks any day of the week! ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/6 "2000-04-04T14:05:00Z")
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. ---
**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, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/7 "2000-04-04T14:05:00Z")
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.” ---
**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, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/8 "2000-04-04T14:06:00Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/9 "2000-04-04T14:08:00Z")
Are both years on the Gregorian Calendar? ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/10 "2000-04-04T14:09:00Z")
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 ---
**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, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/11 "2000-04-04T14:10:00Z")
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?” ---
**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, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/12 "2000-04-04T14:11:00Z")
If you already know the answer, you should recuse yourself and not play the round. - Rick ---
**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, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/13 "2000-04-04T14:13:00Z")
are 1963 and 1998 years? are the numbers 1963 and 1998 part of an address? ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/14 "2000-04-04T14:13:00Z")
The numerals are the numbers of his hospital rooms? ---
**Author:** ![aschrott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@aschrott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aschrott)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/15 "2000-04-04T14:14:00Z")
Do both numbers refer to years? Is one or both an address number, perhaps? A room number in a hospital? * * * Ignorant since 1972 ---
**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, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/16 "2000-04-04T14:14:00Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/17 "2000-04-04T14:14:00Z")
DAMMIT. Was the guy able to time-travel? ---
**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, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/18 "2000-04-04T14:17:00Z")
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? ---
**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, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/19 "2000-04-04T14:18:00Z")
Are they playing monopoly? * * * –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 4, 2000, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/20 "2000-04-04T14:18:00Z")
I.M.Kierkegaard asks: Are they playing monopoly? _sigh_ Good thing these only cost a penny. Well done. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538.md?page=2)