# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/41 "2000-04-04T15:45:00Z")
sneaky? MOI? Nope. It’s just that this week is an audit week at work, so if I don’t get my crap done, I get yelled at. And as much as my on-line pride is worth to me, not getting yelled at is worth a LOT more. Tell you what, I’ll e-mail you my work e-mail address, and we can do it that way? ---
**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, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/42 "2000-04-04T15:58:00Z")
OK, let’s get ready to rumble. A man is lying dead in a room. Near him, a large pile of gold and jewels is strewn across the floor. A chandelier attached to the ceiling is directly over the body, and the one large window is open. The police, amazingly enough, have not been called, nor will they be. How come? ---
**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, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/43 "2000-04-04T16:00:00Z")
Alright! Was the man murdered? Did he commit suicide? Were the riches insrumental in his death? ---
**Author:** ![JoeBlank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@JoeBlank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeBlank)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/44 "2000-04-04T16:00:00Z")
The man’s funeral? ---
**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, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/45 "2000-04-04T16:01:00Z")
Was the man murdered? NO Did he commit suicide? NO Were the riches insrumental in his death? NO ---
**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, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/46 "2000-04-04T16:01:00Z")
Is the man a mummy? ---
**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, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/47 "2000-04-04T16:02:00Z")
JoeBlank asks: The man’s funeral? I TAKE THIS TO MEAN, “DOES THE PUZZLE DESCRIBE THE MAN’S FUNERAL?” NO ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/48 "2000-04-04T16:02:00Z")
Is this a literary/fictional death? Do the jewels belong to the man? Was the man attempting to steal anything? ---
**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, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/49 "2000-04-04T16:03:00Z")
Flypsyde asks: Is the man a mummy? NO. BUT HE IS A DADDY. 🙂 SORRY. JUST ‘NO’. ---
**Author:** ![JoeBlank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@JoeBlank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeBlank)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/50 "2000-04-04T16:05:00Z")
Is it Stalin? ---
**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, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/51 "2000-04-04T16:05:00Z")
SwimmingRiddles asks: Is this a literary/fictional death? NO Do the jewels belong to the man? YES (OR THEY DID WHEN HE WAS ALIVE) Was the man attempting to steal anything? NO ---
**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, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/52 "2000-04-04T16:06:00Z")
JoeBlank asks: Is it Stalin? NO ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/53 "2000-04-04T16:07:00Z")
Was any other person instrumental in the man’s death? Is there any apparentent cause of death? ---
**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, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/54 "2000-04-04T16:08:00Z")
Wait-are we answering why he died, or why the police weren’t called? ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/55 "2000-04-04T16:09:00Z")
Is this a historical figure? ---
**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, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/56 "2000-04-04T16:10:00Z")
SwimmingRiddles asks: Was any other person instrumental in the man’s death? NO Is there any apparentent cause of death? YES Flypsyde asks: Wait-are we answering why he died, or why the police weren’t called? YES ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/57 "2000-04-04T16:11:00Z")
Was the man killed by a fall? Was the man killed by being impaled? Was the man killed by a heart attack? ---
**Author:** ![JoeBlank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@JoeBlank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeBlank)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/58 "2000-04-04T16:12:00Z")
Does it matter that I should have said is it Lenin? ---
**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, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/59 "2000-04-04T16:12:00Z")
Yikes… you go away for a second to do some actual work and everything starts going gangbusters around here. ## Is the position of the chandelier important? Is it important that the window is open? Is the room in a house? Are we trying to answer why he died? Are we trying to answer why the police haven’t been called? –I am Soren Kierkegaard.– “People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.” ---
**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, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/60 "2000-04-04T16:13:00Z")
Did the man enter through the window? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538.md?page=4)