# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/121 "2000-04-05T05:01:00Z")
BECAUSE HE DIED ON THE TITANIC! ---
**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, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/122 "2000-04-05T05:04:00Z")
I guess I failed to make clear what I thought “competition rules” should be. My bad. When we’re playing for fun, it’s enough that a person gets most of the way there, so that it’s obvious s/he’s got most ofthe answer. But in order to win a competition, I want the person to answer every relevant aspect of the puzzle in a single post - in other words, to _unambiguously_ solve the puzzle. I am inclined to call this one a tie, cut the cigar in half, and do another one, now that the expectations are clear. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![Eissclam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/2acd7d/32.png) [@Eissclam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eissclam)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/123 "2000-04-05T05:04:00Z")
Hey folks: I know its all for fun, but that was lame. I thought you guys were good at this stuff 🙂 Now _impress_ us! Eissclam. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/124 "2000-04-05T05:05:00Z")
The police have not been called because the Titanic drowned in international waters and no police force has jurisdiction there (Interpol didn’t exist yet.) ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/125 "2000-04-05T05:06:00Z")
bite me, newbie. Hey, Rick, how about a point system? For every YES!! you guess, a certain pointage is awarded? ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/126 "2000-04-05T05:08:00Z")
Dandy by me, Brick. Fire away. ---
**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, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/127 "2000-04-05T05:08:00Z")
So, to be crystal clear, a winning post might say: It was an un-named man who was rich who refused to evacuate the Titanic without his jewels. The police wouldn’t have been called, since it’s a maritime disaster. He drowned. See? I am sorry; I’ve played these in competition before and assumed, foolishly, that everyone sort of knew competition rules. My error. - Rick ---
**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, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/128 "2000-04-05T05:12:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by SwimmingRiddles: > \*\*bite me, newbie. > > Hey, Rick, how about a point system? For every YES!! you guess, a certain pointage is awarded?\*\* _sigh_ No, too arbitrary. I would control the game too much. Let’s just stick with winner (complete solution) takes all. OK: An elderly woman peers out of her apartment to see a man standing in the parking lot near her car. For three days, the man is there every time she looks. She finally calls the authorities, but before they arrive, he has vanished, leaving a single clue behind: his hat. How come? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/129 "2000-04-05T05:13:00Z")
It’s a snowman. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/130 "2000-04-05T05:14:00Z")
Is the man a statue? Is the man a scarecrow? Is the man a live representative of species Homo Sapiens? Is the window actually a virtual window, run under the Windows operating system? ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/131 "2000-04-05T05:14:00Z")
Okay, is the interval of 3 days important? ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/132 "2000-04-05T05:15:00Z")
He was a snowman that finally melted. * * * We went right out there and refused to do accoustical versions of the electrical songs that we had refused to record in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/133 "2000-04-05T05:16:00Z")
Dammit, Finagle swoops in again! ---
**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, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/134 "2000-04-05T05:17:00Z")
sonova bitch Yes, Finagle. Cigar to you. Sheesh. I thought that was tough. A young boy is trapped on an island. People know he’s stuck there, but make no plans to help him. Finally, he decides to walk back home. How come? ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/135 "2000-04-05T05:17:00Z")
No fair, I was getting lunch. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/136 "2000-04-05T05:19:00Z")
Is this a make believe island? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/137 "2000-04-05T05:19:00Z")
Is it a traffic island? ---
**Author:** ![JoeBlank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@JoeBlank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeBlank)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/138 "2000-04-05T05:19:00Z")
Is the island only created at high tide, but is not an island at low tide? If so, they make no effor to save him because they know he can walk home soon, and when the tide goes down he does so. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/139 "2000-04-05T05:20:00Z")
the tide went down. see kidnapping, R.L. Stevenson ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538/140 "2000-04-05T05:20:00Z")
Is he on an island in a street? How about one of those Faux islands in a fountain? (a la Beavis and Butthead) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flypsde-swimmingriddles-round-one/15538.md?page=8)