# If he had seen the sawdust, he wouldn't have died **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477 "2002-08-12T03:34:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/1 "2002-08-12T03:34:03Z")
BRAINTEASER!!! Ok, here’s how it works: 1. If you know the answer, don’t spoil it for everyone 2. Ask me a question to which I can answer yes or no (or to save time you can ask an either or question (is he tall or short? for example) and I’ll answer which one, because you’d learn that from two yes or no questions anyway If he had seen the sawdust, he wouldn’t have died How did he die? ---
**Author:** ![p\_cific\_812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@p\_cific\_812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/p_cific_812)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/2 "2002-08-12T03:52:59Z")
Ummm, did he live in a parallel universe where sawdust particles left unattended can coalesce into some sort of man-eating sawdust creature? ('Cause that would totally suck-- especially if he were allergic…) ---
**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/3 "2002-08-12T03:54:09Z")
lol yeah it would but um…no ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/4 "2002-08-12T04:05:26Z")
Pinocchio plays grab ass with a Lumberjill? ---
**Author:** ![p\_cific\_812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@p\_cific\_812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/p_cific_812)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/5 "2002-08-12T04:09:38Z")
Damn, I always get these wrong. I think I’ll go sit in my grain elevator and ponder this one for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/6 "2002-08-12T04:13:52Z")
nonono!!! lol any real questions??? pacific…just ask any old thing and then you might get somewhere 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/7 "2002-08-12T04:13:52Z")
Did he have a match? ---
**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/8 "2002-08-12T04:15:09Z")
nope ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/9 "2002-08-12T04:20:46Z")
If you are serious about this type of puzzle, go to [www.lateralpuzzles.com](http://www.lateralpuzzles.com) Just don’t expect to come back anytime soon. Very addictive. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/10 "2002-08-12T04:23:22Z")
Yikes! Where did the rest of that go? Here’s my question: Would he have had to look down to see the sawdust, or up? ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/11 "2002-08-12T04:23:55Z")
Is alcohol involved in any way? ---
**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/12 "2002-08-12T04:25:54Z")
down no ---
**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/13 "2002-08-12T04:27:17Z")
thanks danalan! going there now 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/14 "2002-08-12T04:46:14Z")
Possible spoiler (wish I knew how to do that inverse text thing). So, sawdust on the floor, and he died because he didn’t notice it. Was the floor sawn partially through, so that it collapsed under him? ---
**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/15 "2002-08-12T04:46:58Z")
no ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/16 "2002-08-12T04:56:13Z")
Did he not know there were termites, and the house fell on him? (On second thought, that seems really far-fetched, so if I’m actually right, no one will be more surprised than I.) ---
**Author:** ![Osakadave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@Osakadave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osakadave)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/17 "2002-08-12T05:04:45Z")
Does he work in a sawmill? ---
**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/18 "2002-08-12T05:05:05Z")
lol that would we cool, but no 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/19 "2002-08-12T05:05:18Z")
Was he blind? ---
**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477/20 "2002-08-12T05:06:22Z")
no to both job is a good tack though [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-he-had-seen-the-sawdust-he-wouldnt-have-died/123477.md?page=2)