# Three Minute Mysteries Part III **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379 "2000-03-29T19:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/41 "2000-03-29T19:29:00Z")
Okay, dead, standing, newspaper-wrapped chunk of something indirectly the cause of death. Right so far? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2000, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/42 "2000-03-29T19:30:00Z")
_Was a fish wrapped in the newspaper?_ Yes. _If so, was it alive?_ No. _Did it eat him? (ala piranha)_ No. _Was the man Superman, and was the package Kryptonite?_ No. _Did Swimmingriddles just get another cigar?_ No. ---
**Author:** ![MtnMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MtnMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MtnMan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/43 "2000-03-29T19:30:00Z")
Is the fact that he’s standing relevant? ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/44 "2000-03-29T19:31:00Z")
Did the fish have some kind of disease that caused the man to die? ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/45 "2000-03-29T19:31:00Z")
Was it a pufferfish? ---
**Author:** ![MtnMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MtnMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MtnMan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/46 "2000-03-29T19:31:00Z")
Was the fish poisonous? Did the man have any allergies? ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/47 "2000-03-29T19:32:00Z")
What kind of fish is it? * * * TMR LETS RIDE THIS SAUCER FULL OF SupErlovE INTO OUR FORTOLD UTOPIAN MILLENIUM… ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/48 "2000-03-29T19:32:00Z")
Was it a Scorpian fish? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/49 "2000-03-29T19:32:00Z")
The man was allergic to that type of fish, and broke the windows flailing around for air? * * * New and Improved Enright3 ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/50 "2000-03-29T19:33:00Z")
Were there any holes/openings in the newspaper? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/51 "2000-03-29T19:34:00Z")
_Is the fact that he’s standing relevant?_ No. _Did the fish have some kind of disease that caused the man to die?_ No. _Was it a pufferfish?_ No. _Was the fish poisonous?_ No. _Did the man have any allergies?_ No. _What kind of fish is it?_ Species is irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/52 "2000-03-29T19:35:00Z")
Hmm. The man was eating fish and chips, choked, and broke the windows flailing his arms? * * * TMR LETS RIDE THIS SAUCER FULL OF SupErlovE INTO OUR FORTOLD UTOPIAN MILLENIUM… ---
**Author:** ![MtnMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MtnMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MtnMan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/53 "2000-03-29T19:35:00Z")
Was the man killed by a roving group of PETA supporters that wanted to liberate the fish? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/54 "2000-03-29T19:36:00Z")
Ohh, good one. Was the fish Raw? ~cooked? Was the man eating the fish? Did the man buy the fish? Did the man bring the fish into the phone booth with him? Did the fish kill the man? * * * New and Improved Enright3 ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/55 "2000-03-29T19:36:00Z")
Did the man break the windows himself while dying in order to escape? ~ in order to get air? ---
**Author:** ![MtnMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MtnMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MtnMan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/56 "2000-03-29T19:37:00Z")
Are the broken windows an essential part of the equation? Did the broken windows have anything to do with the death? Is the man bloody? ---
**Author:** ![MtnMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MtnMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MtnMan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/57 "2000-03-29T19:39:00Z")
Could the man have died the same way in another confined area (say an elevator)? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2000, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/58 "2000-03-29T19:41:00Z")
Whoa Nellie! Not so fast! My lunch break is almost over and I have idiots at work trying to bother me. _Is the fact that he’s standing relevant?_ No. _Did the fish have some kind of disease that caused the man to die?_ No. _Was the fish poisonous?_ No. _Did the man have any allergies?_ No. _What kind of fish is it?_ Species is irrelevant. _Were there any holes/openings in the newspaper?_ No. _The man was eating fish and chips, choked, and broke the windows flailing his arms?_ No. _Was the man killed by a roving group of PETA supporters that wanted to liberate the fish?_ No. _Was the fish Raw?_ Yes. _Was the man eating the fish?_ No. _Did the man buy the fish?_ No. _Did the man bring the fish into the phone booth with him?_ Yes. _Did the fish kill the man?_ No. _Did the man break the windows himself while dying in order to escape?_ No. _~ in order to get air?_ No. _Are the broken windows an essential part of the equation?_ Yes. _Did the broken windows have anything to do with the death?_ Yes. _Is the man bloody?_ Yes. ---
**Author:** ![MtnMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MtnMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MtnMan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/59 "2000-03-29T19:42:00Z")
Do you realize that if you’ve left and don’t keep playing this game until someone solves it, my entire afternoon is shot? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-part-iii/15379/60 "2000-03-29T19:42:00Z")
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