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Post by brillo69 on Mar 11, 2004 4:18:04 GMT
AL, I hope you don't expect a fully detailed description from me, not my syle I'm afraid.
I'm sure he died because of the heat, and the clothes he was wearing had something to do with this. More later.... Also, unless the room had been flooded by the sink/toilet I'm sure that there's a block of ice involved here. I'm trying to remember this.
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Post by madscientist on Mar 11, 2004 20:02:29 GMT
The pool of water was a block of ice. He hung from the light fitting until the ice had melted and then let go.... MM
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Post by Al Truest on Mar 11, 2004 23:09:51 GMT
The pool of water was a block of ice. He hung from the light fitting until the ice had melted and then let go.... MM Remember this is a variation. How could a man six feet tall climb onto a block of ice big enough to reach a twelve foot ceiling. It would take more than 24 hrs for a block that size to melt. And how could he hang himself and then let go after he's dead? You'll recall, he is 'lying' in a shallow pool of water.
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Post by brillo69 on Mar 11, 2004 23:14:33 GMT
Thing is, what would he be doing with an ice cube that would be approximately 6 foot high anyway. That's got to be a bloody large whiskey and coke.
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Post by Al Truest on Mar 11, 2004 23:30:41 GMT
Some of the clothing or accessories have a role in the death - but he did not die of heat prostration.
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Post by brillo69 on Mar 11, 2004 23:38:59 GMT
I had a feeling about the clothing.Why else would you give a detailed description about his dress sense?
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Post by Al Truest on Mar 11, 2004 23:51:12 GMT
Just 'cos I've asked questions does not mean there have not been some near misses. However this has nothing to do with plumbing or flooding.
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Post by brillo69 on Mar 11, 2004 23:59:21 GMT
Maybe he had a weak bladder?
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Post by Al Truest on Mar 12, 2004 1:07:25 GMT
I'll put you out of your misery. As I said, this is a modified logic riddle. I've added details and a story to make it more difficult and interesting:
The owner of a block ice company returns to to his abandoned warehouse. He's been drinking. Still dressed in his formal clothes from his bankruptcy hearing, he enters an ice storage locker. The compressors are shut down. It has been in the 80 degree range all day. He sits on one of the last 40 one foot square blocks of ice that have begun to melt. He takes a long sip from the last of the cheap whiskey in his flask. 'If only I had bought some ice crushing equipment'......
Looking up at the light fixture he begins to spiral into a funk. He pad locks the door and proceeds to stack the melting ice into a makeshift stairway. His docksiders allow him to scale to the within inches of the ceiling. His silk ascot is then tied into a knot just under his chin. He hooks the fixture through the back of the scarf. After a deep breathe, he kicks away the top block of ice. He kicks and tugs as the throws of death over take him.
The dead weight of his body slowly causes the fixture to bend. The smooth silk of the ascot slips off the hook, causing him to drop. The remaining blocks of ice break his fall. Upon impact the ice block stairway is scattered about the room to melt. He is found 24 hours later in a pool of melted ice - also known as water. ;D
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Post by brillo69 on Mar 12, 2004 1:26:32 GMT
It would have helped if I knew what an ascot was. Still I was close. I mean there WAS ice involved, and there WAS whiskey involved.
Ok AT now you can have a go at mine that I posted earlier.
Make 1O 1O 1O read nine fifty with one stroke (remember you have an imaginary pen.)
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Post by Al Truest on Mar 12, 2004 1:30:57 GMT
It would have helped if I knew what an ascot was. Still I was close. I mean there WAS ice involved, and there WAS whiskey involved. Ok AT now you can have a go at mine that I posted earlier. Make 1O 1O 1O read nine fifty with one stroke (remember you have an imaginary pen.) An ascot is a scarf wore by 'dandy' men. You know, you can look sh!t up. The whiskey had nothing to do with the clues. I've seen this riddle of your's before. I'll try to remember it.
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Post by brillo69 on Mar 12, 2004 23:44:36 GMT
The deadline for the current 'Boggler' will be 13/03/04 @ 2am GMT.
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Post by brillo69 on Mar 13, 2004 2:00:32 GMT
To make 1O 1O 1O read nine fifty with one stroke, if done correctly should look like this:
1O TO 1O (Ten to Ten/9.50). Easy really.
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Post by brillo69 on Apr 22, 2004 4:03:01 GMT
What was unusual about Stephen Wyman’s engagement in 1993?
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