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(Message started by: Iceman on Apr 25^th, 2007, 7:22am)

Title: Notice
Post by Iceman on Apr 25^th, 2007, 7:22am

Tom notices that the floor is entirely dry, and thinks to himself that John might be significantly longer in a lot of pain. Why? ???

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Sir Col on Apr 25^th, 2007, 12:52pm

John is a dog with a severe urinary tract infection meaning he cannot urinate. Unfortunately after being left alone for a day in the back yard the entirely dry ground suggests that it'll take a lot longer for the antibiotics to do the job and he'll be significantly longer in a lot of pain.

or

Tom is the foreman and realising that John still hasn't got around to varnishing the wooden floor in the foyer entrance - it's entirely dry - means he must still be outside painting the the render. With John being the only painter on the crew and his bad back it looks like he'll be significantly longer in a lot of pain.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on Apr 26^th, 2007, 3:55am

John is a man, but he isn't the foreman.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by denis on Apr 30^th, 2007, 11:50am

John does the free skate of his life in the Olympics figure skating competition so that after the skate, he kisses the ice and gets his tongue stuck on the cold dry surface. The ice workers scramble to get warm water to melt the ice around his mouth. When Tom returns from the food consession, he notices that the ice surface is still dry and hence, John is still stuck to the ice and in pain.

Finally, the ice workers arrive to the rescue and free his erstwhile stuck tongue.

Moral of the story: Take the advice of the pros:

"I may be French-Canadian but there was no tongue in that kiss on the ice." said David Pelletier, after 2002 Olympic pairs free skate in Salt Lake which gave him and Salé the silver and was later upgraded to Gold.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on Apr 30^th, 2007, 11:53am

Unfortunately, ice has no role in this riddle. :'( But thanks for thinking of me. ;)

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Archae on May 3^rd, 2007, 1:55pm

Anything to do with surgery?

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 3^rd, 2007, 1:56pm

Surgery? No.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Grimbal on May 4^th, 2007, 12:34am

John is a farmer.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 4^th, 2007, 7:02am

Nope.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Grimbal on May 4^th, 2007, 7:11am

John is a worm.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 4^th, 2007, 7:12am

Nah. Maybe bookworm. Doesn't matter.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Grimbal on May 4^th, 2007, 7:19am

Watching the sky with binoculars, Tom notices that John jumped from the plane and forgot his parachute.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 4^th, 2007, 8:15am

No. There is a perfectly logical explanation. I think. :-[ ;)

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Slartibartfast on May 4^th, 2007, 3:39pm

Tom and John are deserted on an island and Tom notices that the stream, which was their only source of fresh water, has dried up.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 4^th, 2007, 3:43pm

So why is John in pain and not Tom?

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Death on May 4^th, 2007, 3:45pm

Tom is a camel.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 4^th, 2007, 4:13pm

Nope.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Uncle Crimbo on May 9^th, 2007, 8:44pm

[hide]Tom is wearing shoes while John is barefoot and they are standing on a metal slide or something and it is being heated by the sun[/hide]

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 10^th, 2007, 7:01am

Negative. ;)

Title: Re: Notice
Post by fatball on May 10^th, 2007, 12:07pm

[hide]John is a goldfish newly bought by Tom who put it inside the car in a bag with small amount of water. Tom went on to purchase other stuff and left John stay in the car at 120F. Tom saw a pile of water on the floor outside the supermarket but after the purchase, the floor was already dry. He thus thought John must be suffering badly or was even dead in the car.[/hide]

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 10^th, 2007, 12:44pm

No. 8)

Title: Re: Notice
Post by ima1trkpny on May 17^th, 2007, 3:15pm

John is [hide]going into labor but his water hasn't broken yet[/hide] :D

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 17^th, 2007, 3:56pm

Good idea except for the fact that John is a man. ;)

Title: Re: Notice
Post by ima1trkpny on May 17^th, 2007, 6:50pm

physically or chromosonally??? ;)

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 18^th, 2007, 10:27am

What is the difference?

Title: Re: Notice
Post by ima1trkpny on May 18^th, 2007, 11:26pm

chromosonally he was born a man, only physically-had a gender change

Title: Re: Notice
Post by sxiz on May 20^th, 2007, 3:45pm

Then he wouldn't be able to get pregnant.

Though, he could have that rare testostorone defect where his sex chromosomes are XY, but he doesn't produce much testostorone and so he has a woman's body.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by ima1trkpny on May 21^st, 2007, 5:49pm

oh trust me LOL... it can happen. it is entirely possible to give a man changing to a woman's gender the equipment also... there are numerous possible ways to end up with something that can be termed "male" while leaving it with the ability to carry a fetus to term... however this is obviously not the answer he wants... so i will move on to other possibilities however much i like this one ;)

Title: Re: Notice
Post by ima1trkpny on May 21^st, 2007, 5:53pm

[hide]John has been wrapped in wet leather rawhide (some of which had spilled on the floor) by a bad guy and since the water is now gone from the floor, John is being squeezed to death slowly and painfully as the rawhide dries[/hide]

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Grimbal on May 22^nd, 2007, 2:52am

John really needs to go. If he didn't control himself, the floor would be wet but the urge would go away. But John has a strong will. The floor is dry so the pain must be great.
Of course, it is Tom who is occupying the toilet, just to see how long John can make it.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 22^nd, 2007, 7:54am

on 05/21/07 at 17:53:23, ima1trkpny wrote:

I hadn't this in mind.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by ima1trkpny on May 22^nd, 2007, 9:34am

:( darn... i thought you would like that one since it fits in with most of your crazy (but awesome!) movie scenario riddles (that one comes from The Adventures of Brisco Country Jr. which I used to watch as a kid)... i will have to spend some more time on this... any other clues???

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Product on May 23^rd, 2007, 9:48am

Tom is standing on the floor of an inground pool and has noticed that it is dry. That leaves no water for John, who has just jumped from a diving board, to land in. Being a tall diving board, it will put him in quite a lot of pain.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by denis on May 23^rd, 2007, 3:08pm

Tom and John are at the dry-docks working on a riddle which asks to paint the bottom of a boat using least amount of red paint. A accident occurs that gets Tom pinned under a heavy piece of equipment that John cannot lift by himself.

When the tide will arrive, it will relieve Tom of the burden since the equipment is made of wood and floats in the water.

The water is now just about level with the dry dock floor and some waves pass over and get the floor wet. Just a few more feet to reach Tom and the equipment.

John went out to get help and could not find any. When he returns he notices the floor is entirely dry and concludes that the tide went out (not in) so John will suffer for another 12 hours.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 23^rd, 2007, 3:41pm

on 05/23/07 at 09:48:03, Product wrote:

A fine try. Not the official answer though.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Grimbal on May 24^th, 2007, 4:05am

Tom is in the shower. He just opened the tap, but there still is no water. Tom hasn't washed for a week, but what can he do? John will have to suffer.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 24^th, 2007, 7:49am

No.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Product on May 24^th, 2007, 12:22pm

Tom and John are neighbors in the same apartment complex. There is a fire in John's room, and John is in it, presumably burning. Tom runs into the hall, hits the fire alarm, and goes back into his room. He notices that the floor is dry, meaning the sprinklers have not gone off and that John will be in a lot of pain, burning, for a long time.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Grimbal on May 24^th, 2007, 2:27pm

John is the rain man. He has been dancing for 3 days, his feet hurt, and he swore he wouldn't stop before the rain pours down.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 24^th, 2007, 3:20pm

No to both.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Grimbal on May 25^th, 2007, 12:51am

John painted himself in a corner.

He is waiting for the paint to dry.

Tom realizes that the paint is dry but is so shiny that it looks wet. He understands that John is so dumb that he is likely to wait a long, long time.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Grimbal on May 25^th, 2007, 5:49am

Let's try yes/no questions.

Does it happen outside?

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 26^th, 2007, 8:51am

on 05/25/07 at 05:49:07, Grimbal wrote:

Does it happen outside?

No.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Grimbal on May 27^th, 2007, 5:38am

Does John have a job to do?

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 27^th, 2007, 7:37am

Not John.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by ima1trkpny on May 27^th, 2007, 1:57pm

what was the rating of the movie this happened in?

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 27^th, 2007, 2:29pm

Not bad.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Grimbal on May 27^th, 2007, 5:00pm

Did Tom have a job to do?

Title: Re: Notice
Post by JiNbOtAk on May 27^th, 2007, 7:54pm

Is John wounded ?

Title: Re: Notice
Post by thecow135 on May 27^th, 2007, 9:11pm

on 05/27/07 at 17:00:07, Grimbal wrote:

Did Tom have a job to do?

i think so.. he said not john which implies yes tom

Title: Re: Notice
Post by fonzie on May 28^th, 2007, 1:03am

Tom is standing outside a sauna/steam room and realises that John has not left the sauna room for quite a while (presumably he fell asleep in it). Otherwise the floor outside the sauna would be wet from the steam.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 28^th, 2007, 9:21am

on 05/27/07 at 17:00:07, Grimbal wrote:

Did Tom have a job to do?

He sure did.

on 05/27/07 at 19:54:31, JiNbOtAk wrote:

Is John wounded ?

Not really, but I think that you are finally getting somewhere. ;)

on 05/28/07 at 01:03:00, fonzie wrote:

Nope.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Grimbal on May 28^th, 2007, 10:13am

Does the dry ground prevent Tom from doing his job?

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 28^th, 2007, 11:04am

......well.. If you mean to do his job properly, then probably yes, :-/ :-* even though [hide]they are not alone[/hide]. ;)

Title: Re: Notice
Post by JiNbOtAk on May 28^th, 2007, 9:28pm

Is John supposed to be wounded ? Like maybe during a torture session ? :o

Or maybe during an operation ?

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 29^th, 2007, 7:22am

on 05/28/07 at 21:28:26, JiNbOtAk wrote:

Is John supposed to be wounded ? Like maybe during a torture session ? :o

It looks to me that it is getting warm now.. ;)

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Grimbal on May 29^th, 2007, 8:41am

on 05/29/07 at 07:22:12, Iceman wrote:

It looks to me that it is getting warm now.. ;)

Are you melting? ;D

John is buried to the neck in the ground. When the ground is dry, there are more ants.

There were things like that in old westerns.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 29^th, 2007, 9:15am

They are not outside.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Archae on May 29^th, 2007, 10:56am

Chinese water torture?

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Kaspar on May 29^th, 2007, 2:58pm

Right, let's give this one a go.

Tom and John are both construction workers. Tom has just laid the concrete for a new floor and left it to dry. John hasn't realised and slips on the concrete, breaks his ankle and passes out with the pain. When he comes to, his screams of pain bring Tom running. Tom notices that the floor is entirely dry, and thinks to himself that John might be significantly longer in a lot of pain - he will have to be broken out of the set concrete before his ankle can be treated.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by JiNbOtAk on May 29^th, 2007, 6:52pm

Casino Royale

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 29^th, 2007, 9:42pm

on 05/29/07 at 14:58:00, Kaspar wrote:

Good try.

And forget about the 'significantly' part. I'm not sure if that is the appropriate word. So he thinks to himself that John might be longer in a lot of pain.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by fonzie on May 30^th, 2007, 1:45am

Tom is a torturer. He has John on the rack. When he comes to the torture chamber and sees that John has not ripped in two (so the floor would be dry) he realises that John will be "longer" (length-wise) and in a lot of pain.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Kaspar on May 30^th, 2007, 6:45pm

Quote:

My God, that's horrible! Unless of course it's the right answer, in which case it's ingenious :) It does explain the "longer" though.

Iceman - "significantly" isn't important then. Is "entirely" really entirely? If the floor was just a little bit wet would things be different? Is this floor even in the same place as John?

I'm a bit annoyed at myself for being so intrigued by this one: I only came here to check an answer for one of the standard ones on the main page!

Title: Re: Notice
Post by JiNbOtAk on May 30^th, 2007, 7:03pm

John is impaled to a wall. The stick impaling him strikes right at his artery, which is why he is in excruciating pain, while at the same time not bleeding. Tom noticed this, and know that to save John, he need to pull out the stick, thus letting John bleed, and wetting the floor.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Grimbal on May 31^st, 2007, 12:54am

Is Tom a torturer?

Is Tom a surgeon?

Is Tom collecting debts?

Title: Re: Notice
Post by BNC on May 31^st, 2007, 1:48am

Maybe Tom is about to execute John using a primitive form of an electric chair, using conductence to the floor for the kill. Since the floor is not wet, it is less conductive, and higher current must be used for a longer time.

[edit]added "not" before "wet"[/edit]

Title: Re: Notice
Post by JiNbOtAk on May 31^st, 2007, 3:11am

on 05/31/07 at 01:48:56, BNC wrote:

Maybe Tom is about to execute John using a primitive form of an electric chair, using conductence to the floor for the kill. Since the floor is wet, it is less conductive, and higher current must be used for a longer time.

Ahh..Green Mile. Although if I remember correctly, it was a sponge to the head.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by BNC on May 31^st, 2007, 4:18am

on 05/31/07 at 03:11:52, JiNbOtAk wrote:

Ahh..Green Mile. Although if I remember correctly, it was a sponge to the head.

I wouldn't know (didn't see it). :-[

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 31^st, 2007, 6:07am

BNC got it.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Iceman on May 31^st, 2007, 6:08am

on 05/31/07 at 03:11:52, JiNbOtAk wrote:

Ahh..Green Mile. Although if I remember correctly, it was a sponge to the head.

Yes.

Title: Re: Notice
Post by ima1trkpny on May 31^st, 2007, 12:58pm

yeah... I never saw it either... looks good though!

Title: Re: Notice
Post by JiNbOtAk on May 31^st, 2007, 6:21pm

[quote author=BNC link=board=riddles_whathappened;num=1177510944;start=50#68 date=05/31/07 at 04:18:22]

I wouldn't know (didn't see it). :-[/quote]

What ?? Seriously BNC, you've got to see it, at least once.

BTW, nice one in solving the riddle..

Title: Re: Notice
Post by Sameer on Jun 4^th, 2007, 8:53am

That reminds me of a very recent story (maybe I read on CNN) but they had to try for like 10 times in trying to execute a man.... now that is painful...

Title: Re: Notice
Post by JiNbOtAk on Jun 6^th, 2007, 6:21pm

on 06/04/07 at 08:53:09, Sameer wrote:

That reminds me of a very recent story (maybe I read on CNN) but they had to try for like 10 times in trying to execute a man.... now that is painful...

You would think they would have an SOP for something like that..