# 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:** 6
**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, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/101 "2000-04-04T16:46:00Z")
Finagle asks: His oxygen ran out while he was pillaging a shipwreck? NO SwimmingRiddles asks: Was the room in a tent? 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, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/102 "2000-04-04T16:47:00Z")
Okay, is this in a hotel? ---
**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, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/103 "2000-04-04T16:47:00Z")
Was the room on a train? Was the room on a boat? Was the room on something that travels? ---
**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, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/104 "2000-04-04T16:48:00Z")
JimB asks: Is the chandelier electric? YES Did the man die in the room? YES Is the room a tomb of some sort? ONLY METAPHORICALLY. Flypsyde asks: Dammit, Finagle got it, I think. 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, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/105 "2000-04-04T16:49:00Z")
Flypsyde asks: Okay, is this in a hotel? NO SwimmingRiddles asks: Was the room on a train? NO Was the room on a boat? YES!! Was the room on something that travels? 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, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/106 "2000-04-04T16:50:00Z")
Was the man electrocuted? ---
**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, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/107 "2000-04-04T16:51:00Z")
Is the boat underwater? ---
**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, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/108 "2000-04-04T16:52:00Z")
SwimmingRiddles asks: Was the man electrocuted? NO Is the boat underwater? YES!!! ---
**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, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/109 "2000-04-04T16:52:00Z")
Wait! The man drowned when the ship went down? ---
**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, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/110 "2000-04-04T16:52:00Z")
He went down with the ship in the first place? ---
**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, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/111 "2000-04-04T16:52:00Z")
Did the man die on the Titanic? Was the man JP Morgan? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/112 "2000-04-04T16:53:00Z")
Did the man drown? Did the boat sink? Does the gold & jewery belong to the man? (did we cover that?) ---
**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, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/113 "2000-04-04T16:54:00Z")
Was the man trying to remove the loot from the boat? Did the man die when the boat went down? Was the man a diver? ---
**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, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/114 "2000-04-04T16:55:00Z")
Flypsyde: Wait! The man drowned when the ship went down? YES!! Finagle asks: He went down with the ship in the first place? YES SwimmingRiddles asks: Did the man die on the Titanic? YES Was the man JP Morgan? NO (not a historical figure, remember?) ---
**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, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/115 "2000-04-04T16:56:00Z")
Is the identity of the man important? ---
**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, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/116 "2000-04-04T16:57:00Z")
JimB asks: Did the man drown? YES Did the boat sink? YES Does the gold & jewery belong to the man? (did we cover that?) YES, and YES SwimmingRiddles asks: Was the man trying to remove the loot from the boat? YES Did the man die when the boat went down? YES Was the man a diver? 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, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/117 "2000-04-04T16:58:00Z")
Was the man one of the characters in the movie? ---
**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, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/118 "2000-04-04T16:59:00Z")
Well, if the man went down on the Titanic, the police wouldn’t have been called, since it’s a maritime disaster. He drowned. Are you looking for more than this? ---
**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, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/119 "2000-04-04T16:59:00Z")
It was an un-named man who was rich who refused to evacuate the Titanic without his jewels. Do I win? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/120 "2000-04-05T05:00:00Z")
SwimmingRiddles asks: Is the identity of the man important? NO “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?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538.md?page=7)