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The police is chasing an armed masked man, because he just robbed a smaller bank. Suddenly the police cars stop, because they approached a thicker forest, but the fugitive continues, since he is driving a motorcycle. This got him some advantage, but the forest became steep and thicker, so he left his motorcycle behind. Not knowing much about local geography, he continues ahead, leaving the forest, running on a plain. Upon entering a huge field of wheat, he notices a group of armed officers on foot behind him, quite distant though. At one moment, he almost fell in a chasm, dropping his gun in the lake, which lay in the bottom. He remembered someone who lives in one of several rather secluded houses, about a mile away from this field. He told him that the lake is the only way out of it, considering the direction opposite to the approaching police. He then became more desperate, looking at his bag full of money, alone in the field, but not for long since police is steadily approaching the field. He thinks of holding on to the straw by staying low, playing hide and seek in the wheat, when they enter the field. He knew it would get dark in about an hour, but the police, who were consistent and had flashlights too, would most probably find him by then. Jumping in the lake seamed like a better idea to him, but the chasm is rather high, so the fall would most probably kill him. But then he thinks of something, which gets him of the hook, so he gets away with the bag full of money. Have fun.
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #1 on: Oct 8th, 2006, 10:46am » |
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I would say he leaves the empty bag nearby so the police can assume he fell down the chasm.
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #2 on: Oct 8th, 2006, 12:52pm » |
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He bribes the policemen.
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #3 on: Oct 9th, 2006, 3:32pm » |
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on Oct 8th, 2006, 10:46am, cchris wrote:| I would say he leaves the empty bag nearby so the police can assume he fell down the chasm. |
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I think he wants to keep all the money. Maybe he could throw his clothing or shoes instead.
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Grmbal's answer made me laugh. As for Maverick's and cchris's answers, they are not good enough. Just because policemen eat doughnuts, it doesn't mean they are dumb. 
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #5 on: Oct 10th, 2006, 9:04am » |
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He removes his clothes and leaves it such that it appears he has jumped into the lake and then he continues onto the field towards the house??
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But why would he take most of his clothes off? The fall would probably kill him anyway. Not bad though, but I do not think caps would buy it. We need something concise here, or at least, something better. 
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #7 on: Oct 11th, 2006, 7:06am » |
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Another idea:
As it happens, he is always carrying a fishing rod everywhere he goes. So he just sits down on his precious bag and starts fishing. When the police arrives, he points at the opposite direction and innocently says "He went that way.".
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #8 on: Oct 18th, 2006, 1:49am » |
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How did iceman turn into a guest?
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« Reply #9 on: Oct 18th, 2006, 5:36am » |
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on Oct 18th, 2006, 1:49am, Roy wrote:| How did iceman turn into a guest? |
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Odd.. Perhaps something broke when the server was down, and he got dropped from the userbase.
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #10 on: Oct 18th, 2006, 6:20am » |
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I got dropped from the userbase? This is great man. Thanks a lot. I wrote riddles for you.. I was member on this forum for two years. About two weeks ago, I became uberpuzzler, and now I am nothing here? I do not even have my nick no more? I try to log in, and it says, there is no such user name. I am not an alien no more? I mean nothing here? Towr, I want you to tell me the truth: did you, or did you not, kicked me from this forum? Perhaps Icarus, or William did? My Windows ME is full of bugs, gets on my nerves, and maybe ME is responsible, but don't you lie to me.. I think you owe me a good explanation after two year of being a member here. So tell me, what do I do from now on? Do I register again under the same name 'alien'? Maybe you dislike my former nick, so do I stay plumberry now? You tell me, towr, Icarus, and maybe William who visits rarely lately, what do I do? Do I say goodbye, and never come back? Do I register again, becoming a newbie? If this was an honest mistake, if this had nothing to do with any of you, then the computer broke my heart. But if computer is not responsible, be it the above server, or my questionable Windows ME, then one of you broke my heart. Either way, only you can fix my heart, by giving me back my nick, by giving me back my uberpuzzler status. So you tell me, towr, you tell me what to do. What do I do? Am I a newbie to you, after posting a lot of riddles? I didn't check, and I can't because I am not a member here no more, but perhaps I was the one who posted the most riddles? Am I a ghost now? Is my entire existence on this forum being erased, for no reason? Is this your answer to two of my newest riddles, and the answer being 'get lost', for both of them? If you want me to leave, I will leave. I know when I am not wanted. But if you want me to stay, you tell me, right now, what do I do? What do I do? What would you do? What do I do?
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #11 on: Oct 18th, 2006, 6:46am » |
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Iceman/alien/plumberry, it was undobtedly due to the server problems which have had this forum offline since Thursday. See the OCF blog (as in ocf.berkeley.edu which hosts this forum) for a technical description of the problems, including the casue of some "minor" resulting data loss. It would appear that your esteemed login was an unfortunate victim of a random disk failure. 
I don't know if anything can be done to recover your Uberpuzzler status -- short of creating another 600 posts -- but it would truely be a shame to lose your unique style from this forum.
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #12 on: Oct 18th, 2006, 7:48am » |
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At least someone loves me.  I mean, likes me. You don't love me, do you? When someone says 'love', I don't think of a woman. This is normal, so I am not gay. First they kick me from the forum, and then they say they love me. What kind of a way is that? Say you love me  before I get kicked form the forum. Don't wait so long, while things go wrong, I'll be there, where I belong..
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #13 on: Oct 18th, 2006, 9:14am » |
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First off, no one wants you gone. As far as I know, what occured is due to a computer malfunction on the server. My best guess is part of the database got corrupted.
I will email William to see if he can fix it, but unfortunately there's a chance it may not be repairable.
If William isn't able to restore your userdata, then you could register your name again. But unfortunately your post-count would also start at 0 again. However, you shouldn't think for a moment that we would see you and treat you as 'only' a newbie, just because you don't have 'uberpuzzler' under your name. We don't need a server to tell us that you are. And I hope you know us well enough to know that's true.
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #14 on: Oct 18th, 2006, 9:34am » |
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Hmm.. looking at the OCF blog, it may be a while till William gets the mail I sent, because I only have his OCF adress, and the mail there is still being queued (the mail-delivery system is down untill they're sure everything works)
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #15 on: Oct 18th, 2006, 10:09am » |
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hmm these plumberries making me hungry... 
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« Reply #16 on: Oct 18th, 2006, 11:09am » |
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From what I remember when I first started on the forum and was looking over the old threads, one discussion which came up was over the so-called status of posters, and whether it was a true reflection on the individual as to how good a riddler that person is. Incidentally, I believe that was the thread that caused Icarus to choose his signature.
Simply put, this forum tends to recognise the quality of the poster, rather than the post-count attached to the name. All the post-count reflects is how long you have been an active member of the community, something that all the regulars here already know you to be and can vouch for. I would hope that you are not shallow enough to be put off contributing to this forum simply due to not having the post-count you had worked for, even though I do appreciate that it is still a loss, as I know I certainly will not consider the posts you make any less valuable.
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #17 on: Oct 18th, 2006, 1:08pm » |
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on Oct 18th, 2006, 9:14am, towr wrote:| .........And I hope you know us well enough to know that's true. |
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I know that's true. But when I saw my nick all in white, doubt made a nest in my mind. This was probably because I am not optimistic person by nature. Has nothing to do with you. You got to admit it, though, it does sound a bit suspicious that my nick became white, and nobody else's. If your nick becomes white, you will probably take it pretty well only if you are white earthling. I myself am green, and alien, so you will encounter my plasma gun if Iceman becomes white too. I am not kidding. I will zap you with my plasma gun 99 times, even though this particular gun can destroy entire city if you use it once.
Keep in mind one thing though: my nick will not be alien no more, rather the latest one, Iceman. And yes, I would have left the name plumberry if it didn't sound gay. So you are lucky that I am quite manly, even though I am not a man. Yes, there is no way I will register for the 2nd time as alien. No sir. Like it or not, you and me are stuck with the nick Iceman. The only way I will revert to nick alien, is if William restores my uberpuzzler status. But, let's drop this subject for now, and get back to riddles.
on Oct 18th, 2006, 6:46am, SMQ wrote:...but it would truely be a shame to lose your unique style from this forum.
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Thanks SMQ. I remember posting several rather bad riddles about a year ago, but you are absolutely right about the rest of them, because I do have unique style, which is getting better and better. So wherever there is a good riddle, that is where I will be. Wherever there is a hard riddle, particularly in the hard section, that is where I wont be. Wherever there is a yellow nick that may become white, I'll be there. Whenever server is out of order so you become newbie even though you were uberpuzzler, I'll be there. You cannot get rid of me, earthling riddlers, no matter what you do. You can reset my posts to zero, but I will return. You may say that I am gay, which will truly hurt me, but I will return and zap you with my plasma gun, to show you that I am a manly alien. Yes sir, I am here to stay, for better or worse, and I like the worse part better, since I can take the blow like a man, I mean, like an alien, and stay tall. Still, I will not post anything for about four days, because I am still a bit mad at you. You may call this silence silence of the lambs, silence behind the moon, or alien's uber silence. See you on Sunday, and have a good night.
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #18 on: Oct 18th, 2006, 1:19pm » |
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Yes Iceman, you are unique even though you took the plumberries from me..
Anyways, all this discussion "diverted" us from the true purpose of this thread which gave me a brilliant clue...
He finds a big rock and throws into lake toe create a huge splash, while he hides in the field. The policeman think he jumped into lake and stop and don't search the field. Diverting tactics indeed....
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #19 on: Oct 22nd, 2006, 6:17am » |
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on Oct 11th, 2006, 7:06am, Grimbal wrote:Another idea:
As it happens, he is always carrying a fishing rod everywhere he goes. So he just sits down on his precious bag and starts fishing. When the police arrives, he points at the opposite direction and innocently says "He went that way.". |
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Funny idea. Alas, he didn't have a fishing rod, or any other object on him that I didn't mention. He had his gun though, but so did the police.
on Oct 18th, 2006, 1:19pm, Sameer wrote:| Yes Iceman, you are unique even though you took the plumberries from me.. |
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Sameer, plumberry is a delicacy on Mars, but I assure you that you wont like it, because it is about three times bitter than lemon. Aliens have a different palate. It is half fruit half berry, like the name suggests, bred by an alien scientist, who was insane and liked plums. One day he created a plumberry, by crossing plums and bitter berries.
on Oct 18th, 2006, 1:19pm, Sameer wrote:
He finds a big rock and throws into lake toe create a huge splash, while he hides in the field. The policeman think he jumped into lake and stop and don't search the field. Diverting tactics indeed.... |
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This answer looks to me like the best answer so far, even though it belongs to the category of not so good answers. As for the splash, the policeman might think it is landslide, not manslide. 
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #20 on: Oct 22nd, 2006, 6:20am » |
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| hidden: | | Tricky. Maybe he could throw the rock, then start firing his gun. The police would think he had jumped in and the gunshots would confirm it: they would think another policeman had seen him and was firing at him. Its just another version of the diverting one though... |
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #21 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 6:58am » |
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Not bad. But not the answer I'm looking for.
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #22 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 9:55am » |
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ok another shot He throws the bag of money in the water which will sink at the bottom. Since he has no money, the police has no proof he stole it. He can claim he is going to visit his friend that lives in one of those secluded houses a mile down the field. He goes there, gets on the lake on a boat travels back and gets the money that is hiding at the bottom.
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #23 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 10:33am » |
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I like the answer, but wouldn't the money get wet and be pretty much useless? Unless it was in a waterproof bag, in which case he might jump and use the bag as a cusion to hit the ground/water, and then dive under, then escape later.
Only reason your answer wouldn't work is that the police saw him running and know he robbed the bank, plus he was evading officers so he'd be arrested for that at minimum.
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Re: Catcher in the wheat
« Reply #24 on: Oct 24th, 2006, 1:27pm » |
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It could be in a country where money is made of plastic instead of paper.
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