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wu :: forums    riddles    what happened (Moderators: towr, Icarus, Grimbal, ThudnBlunder, SMQ, Eigenray, william wu)    A man is dead in a desert... « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1 2 3  4 Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: A man is dead in a desert...  (Read 2680 times) flamingdragon Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 671 A man is dead in a desert...   « on: Dec 7th, 2006, 9:36pm » Quote Modify A man is dead in a desert with a rock lying beside him. There are no footprints leading to or away from him, nor have any been covered over. How did he die? IP Logged "The fool doth think he is wise, yet the wise man knoweth himself to be a fool" "He who commands the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, commands the past." Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #1 on: Dec 7th, 2006, 11:21pm » Quote Modify presumably a broken neck, or internal complications. IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. Laudie Newbie     Posts: 25 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #2 on: Dec 7th, 2006, 11:59pm » Quote Modify He fell off of a cliff and a rock broke his fall. IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #3 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 1:07am » Quote Modify Not by land and not by sea, so he must have come by air.. If there was also a trail of clothes leading up to him, it'd be a very wellknown riddle.. « Last Edit: Dec 8th, 2006, 1:11am by towr » IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #4 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 5:18am » Quote Modify Deserts can be quite rocky.  You can go and leave without leaving footprints.   There can be tracks of a bicycle arriving there and tracks of a heavy tank running over the guy and his bicycle.   There can be a high rope running over the spot. IP Logged cchris Senior Riddler     Posts: 470 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #5 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 7:34am » Quote Modify Diabetes. IP Logged Initiate: My wife ate two hamburgers, initiate a bag of potato chips. flamingdragon Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 671 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #6 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 2:27pm » Quote Modify No to all. IP Logged "The fool doth think he is wise, yet the wise man knoweth himself to be a fool" "He who commands the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, commands the past." unsoundlogic Newbie     Posts: 2 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #7 on: Dec 8th, 2006, 4:02pm » Quote Modify He fell off a plane, and landed on a rock. IP Logged cchris Senior Riddler     Posts: 470 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #8 on: Dec 9th, 2006, 1:38am » Quote Modify He got too stoned. What a terrible joke. IP Logged Initiate: My wife ate two hamburgers, initiate a bag of potato chips. raven Senior Riddler "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"   ~M. Hatter     Gender: Posts: 560 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #9 on: Dec 9th, 2006, 3:53pm » Quote Modify "Fetche la vache!"   ...mooooo   Catapult, of course... IP Logged flamingdragon Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 671 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #10 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 9:50pm » Quote Modify lol, all wrong. IP Logged "The fool doth think he is wise, yet the wise man knoweth himself to be a fool" "He who commands the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, commands the past." Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #11 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 4:52am » Quote Modify An archæological discovery? IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #12 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 4:59am » Quote Modify Rock Hudson?? IP Logged flamingdragon Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 671 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #13 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 9:05am » Quote Modify Neither. IP Logged "The fool doth think he is wise, yet the wise man knoweth himself to be a fool" "He who commands the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, commands the past." alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #14 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 9:21am » Quote Modify on Dec 7th, 2006, 9:36pm, flamingdragon wrote: There are no footprints leading to or away from him.. This really does not have to be important because of the wind. Is it important?   IP Logged flamingdragon Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 671 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #15 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 9:25am » Quote Modify Yes, it is important.   Assume that there is no wind.   IP Logged "The fool doth think he is wise, yet the wise man knoweth himself to be a fool" "He who commands the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, commands the past." alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #16 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 9:34am » Quote Modify He is at the beginning of the desert, not in the middle of the desert.   IP Logged flamingdragon Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 671 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #17 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 9:44am » Quote Modify He is in the middle.   BTW about the wind u don't have to pretend it doesn't exist as in the original riddle I posted it says none have been covered over.   IP Logged "The fool doth think he is wise, yet the wise man knoweth himself to be a fool" "He who commands the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, commands the past." cchris Senior Riddler     Posts: 470 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #18 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 11:45am » Quote Modify Wind doesn't actually sweep footprints away, it just covers them with sand.     Let's see...he got there by some mode of transportation (airplane, helicopter, etc) I'm guessing? Or it could've been a car, as that leads tracks, not footprints. IP Logged Initiate: My wife ate two hamburgers, initiate a bag of potato chips. flamingdragon Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 671 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #19 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 11:47am » Quote Modify He did not get there by any of those modes of transportation. IP Logged "The fool doth think he is wise, yet the wise man knoweth himself to be a fool" "He who commands the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, commands the past." cchris Senior Riddler     Posts: 470 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #20 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 11:48am » Quote Modify Was it that darn time machine? IP Logged Initiate: My wife ate two hamburgers, initiate a bag of potato chips. flamingdragon Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 671 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #21 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 11:49am » Quote Modify lol, no, it was not that rediculous time machine. IP Logged "The fool doth think he is wise, yet the wise man knoweth himself to be a fool" "He who commands the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, commands the past." cchris Senior Riddler     Posts: 470 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #22 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 11:53am » Quote Modify So no form of transportation....   Wasn't a mummy, was he? IP Logged Initiate: My wife ate two hamburgers, initiate a bag of potato chips. flamingdragon Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 671 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #23 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 12:10pm » Quote Modify Mummywasee was not a mummy. IP Logged "The fool doth think he is wise, yet the wise man knoweth himself to be a fool" "He who commands the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, commands the past." alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: A man is dead in a desert...   « Reply #24 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 12:29pm » Quote Modify on Dec 11th, 2006, 11:48am, cchris wrote: Was it that darn time machine?   on Dec 11th, 2006, 11:49am, flamingdragon wrote: lol, no, it was not that rediculous time machine. What does that mean??   If someone mentions time machine once more I will leave and never come back. I am not kidding.       Now where did I put my Icecalibur.. it has to be here somewhere.. 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