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(Message started by: Roy42 on Jul 8^th, 2006, 10:01pm)

Title: Escape artist
Post by Roy42 on Jul 8^th, 2006, 10:01pm

A prison in the middle of a large lake wakes one morning to find that a prisoner has escaped leaving a broken shoelace as evidence. The prisoner could not swim and it was about a mile back to shore. How has he done it?

P.S since i am a newbie, sorry if my puzzles are really easy or if they've been posted by another already ;D ;D

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by Roy42 on Jul 9^th, 2006, 4:37am

I won't be online untill about 14 July, im going on another camp and will hopefully get some new puzzles to post bye! ;D :D ;) :) 8)

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by towr on Jul 10^th, 2006, 12:51am

It might have been a really shallow lake.. Of course that totally disregards the shoelace.

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by graphia on Jul 10^th, 2006, 1:12am

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079116/

Yes? No? :P

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by Grimbal on Jul 10^th, 2006, 2:48am

Or possibly [hide] he was rescued by a giant on a flying bike. [/hide]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241527/

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by alien on Jul 10^th, 2006, 3:55pm

[hide]It was winter and the lake was frozen. You mentioned the 'broken' shoelace, and
I think you can snap a shoelace like a twig if it is frozen enough. But why would anyone want do that?[/hide] ;)

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by jess on Jul 11^th, 2006, 7:09pm

[hide]well, alien, i think you're right, but maybe he broke his shoelace because he wanted to let the people know he was gone. Afterall, he is an escape ARTIST, and the definition of an escape artist is "a performer who entertains by escaping from confinement" so i guess the shoelace was kindof like his trademark[/hide]

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by evergreena3 on Jul 11^th, 2006, 11:51pm

I like the idea of the lake [hide]being frozen[/hide].
The broken shoelace could be [hide]left from when he was putting on his ice skates (don't worry about how he got them), and had to put his old laces into them[/hide].

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by Lozboz on Jul 12^th, 2006, 1:01am

The[hide] frozen lake[/hide] thing is better than my idea but I first thought; [hide] wouldn't the prison have bridges or boats docked for transport of food and stuff? [/hide] As for the shoelace, i disreguarded it completely. (sorry!)

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by Roy42 on Jul 13^th, 2006, 2:18am

My answer agrees with alien; he skated off to his freedom on ice skates, one of which had a broken shoelace from the cold ;)

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by Grimbal on Jul 13^th, 2006, 4:48am

I would say the broken shoelace is there only as a hint that he changed shoes. I don't think a shoelace can break from the cold when it is reasonably cold.

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by Roy42 on Jul 13^th, 2006, 5:09am

Yeah, but what, it's just gonna break spontaniously for the purpose of this riddle? ::)

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by Lozboz on Jul 13^th, 2006, 6:12am

Perhaps he[hide]skated ova the shoe lace and cut it.[/hide]

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by Grimbal on Jul 13^th, 2006, 6:15am

The whole prison is there only for the purpose of the riddle. IMHO. :o

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by alien on Jul 13^th, 2006, 7:20am

Believe it or not, this is my first riddle that I almost solved (ice skates, damn!) But then again, after poison and fixture riddle, I have ice on my mind all the time. From now on you can call me................ Iceman. 8)

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Jul 13^th, 2006, 1:31pm

Only if you call me Maverick. ;)

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by alien on Jul 13^th, 2006, 1:59pm

Done! From now on, I call you Maverick. ;) And don't you call me alien either. Call me...........Iceman. 8)

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by Roy on Jul 13^th, 2006, 2:09pm

Yeah, like the Drivers and pedestrians puzzle, the guy is only gay because the puzzle demands it.

So now i shall call you iceman.... yeah, iceman, okayiceman, iceman, iceman, iceman, iceman, iceman, iceman, iceman, iceman, annoying isn't it iceman >:( okay, i think i'm done (puff...puff)

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by Grimbal on Jul 14^th, 2006, 2:12am

on 07/13/06 at 07:20:46, alien wrote:

From now on you can call me................ Iceman. 8)

Shouldn't it be Icealien?

Title: Re: Escape artist
Post by alien on Jul 14^th, 2006, 10:03am

I played with puff-puff toy when I was a kid. I still do. :P

Not a bad point Grimbal, but water is associated more to humans, since our bodies consist of significantly less water. Also, aliens are green humanoid specie, rather similar to humans, so instinctively you could call as "men" and "women", even though most of us are bisexuals. The rest of us are born as males or females. But the main reason is of esthetic nature, since Iceman sounds better than Icealien.