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(Message started by: Iceman on Jul 15th, 2007, 10:59am)
Title: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 15th, 2007, 10:59am
All that Timothy had with him was a needle and suture. He got wounded, and because of the breeze, he wasn't able to patch up his wound properly. What happened?  
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Aurora on Jul 15th, 2007, 11:34am
Maybe the breeze was blowing dirt or dust into the wound and he knew he couldn’t patch it up if there was anything inside it?
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by denis on Jul 15th, 2007, 12:32pm
He got wounded on one hand and could not thread the suture into the needle using both hands. By using one hand he can hang the suture onto a low tree branch and then push the needle hole through the end of the suture but the breeze made the suture jump around too much.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 15th, 2007, 1:19pm
No to both.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by denis on Jul 15th, 2007, 2:59pm
Maybe he was on a boat? The wind was causing waves that made the boat heave.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Jul 15th, 2007, 3:50pm
Perhaps the only fabric he had was the sail on his boat.  Had there been no breeze, he might have used the sail.  Since there was a breeze he decided to leave the sail up and attempt to make land before fixing himself up.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 15th, 2007, 5:52pm
No boats.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by denis on Jul 15th, 2007, 9:09pm
Perhaps the wound was on his cheek or forehead. The breeze kept blowing his long hair onto the wound  while we was putting in the stitches.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 15th, 2007, 9:15pm
Not good enough.   ;)
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Grimbal on Jul 16th, 2007, 1:26am
He is windsurfing.  Have you ever tried to put a thread in the hole of a needle while windsurfing?
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 16th, 2007, 1:57am
I thought that I was nuts, but now I see otherwise. Thanks.  :P
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by ima1trkpny on Jul 16th, 2007, 9:10pm
He was hang-gliding and the breeze smashed him into the cliff before he could stitch himself up.  ;D
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 17th, 2007, 5:09am
No.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by denis on Jul 19th, 2007, 8:12am
the "breeze" was a tornado or hurricane.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 19th, 2007, 2:03pm
No.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 20th, 2007, 3:54pm
Some answers are on the right track. In a weird way, the riddle might be solved, :-/but we need an optimal answer here.   ;)
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Sameer on Jul 20th, 2007, 8:01pm
Perhaps he was mountain climbing where he slipped and hurt himself and he was hanging by the rope. Because of breeze he couldn't get a proper holding to stich himself up...
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 21st, 2007, 8:54am
No mountains, but he was relaxing, so he wasn't home.  :P
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Grimbal on Jul 21st, 2007, 3:55pm
His tie got stuck on a wind-powered irrigation system.  Because of the breeze, he is pulled up and down in the water.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 21st, 2007, 5:44pm
No, but one word of your guess has to do with the solution, including breeze, of course.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by FiBsTeR on Jul 21st, 2007, 6:57pm
I'm going to guess it wasn't "irrigation"...
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 22nd, 2007, 5:30am
What does that mean? I don't thins so, then gain, your answer is on the right track as well.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Grimbal on Jul 23rd, 2007, 12:48am
On the right track?  Like a train for instance?  A wind-powered train?
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 23rd, 2007, 7:17am
What?


Perhaps a [hide]nymph[/hide] can assist you..     ;)
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by denis on Jul 23rd, 2007, 7:21am
is there water involved?
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 23rd, 2007, 11:24am
Of course. What you think?
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by denis on Jul 23rd, 2007, 11:40am
Somehow you always manage to leave out something pertinent (e.g. liquids be it flammable or not)  from your riddles... I know I know...it would be too easy if you gave out all the info right off the bat.


OK lets see... He fell off Niagara Falls without a barrel (after all you said only suture and needle). As he was falling, the breeze pushed him slightly just enough to land onto the rocks and made his first wound kind of a non-issue.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 23rd, 2007, 12:59pm
No.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by denis on Jul 23rd, 2007, 7:24pm
The suture was soaked from the cold freezing rain. Temperature was just below 0 degrees centigrade. The breeze and wind was enough to freeze the water on the suture thus rendering the suture inflexible.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 24th, 2007, 7:18am
This is hard for me to say: it wasn't cold.  :'(
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Grimbal on Jul 24th, 2007, 7:22am
On a boat ship in stormy weather (which is just a very strong and violent breeze ...)?
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by denis on Jul 24th, 2007, 9:20am

on 07/24/07 at 07:22:53, Grimbal wrote:
On a boat in stormy weather (which is just a very strong and violent breeze ...)?



on 07/15/07 at 14:59:32, denis wrote:
Maybe he was on a boat? The wind was causing waves that made the boat heave.



on 07/15/07 at 17:52:27, Iceman wrote:
No boats.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Grimbal on Jul 25th, 2007, 1:09pm
ok, post corrected.  :P
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 26th, 2007, 1:50pm
I am going to give a big clue: [hide]Narcissus[/hide].
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by denis on Jul 26th, 2007, 2:12pm
Yep that is a big clue indeed.

The wound is therefore on a place he could not see without a mirror. He has to use something to replace the mirror.... Something that gets affected by the breeze..... As he gazes into the pond or lake, his reflection is distorted by the little waves from the breeze.

Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Iceman on Jul 26th, 2007, 4:48pm
Yes. Well, for some reason I thought that you considered the intended answer before, but you didn't say it because it sounds to simple.  ::)
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Sameer on Jul 26th, 2007, 4:59pm

on 07/26/07 at 16:48:40, Iceman wrote:
because it sounds to simple.  ::)


or too greeky...  ::)
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by denis on Jul 26th, 2007, 5:04pm

on 07/26/07 at 16:48:40, Iceman wrote:
Well, for some reason I thought that you considered the intended answer before.


The thought never crossed my mind until the last clue  :-/
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by JiNbOtAk on Jul 26th, 2007, 6:07pm
Bonus question, where is the wound located, aside from the face, as such he would need a mirror ( or a mirrorlike object ) to sew it up ?  :P


<edited due to Grimby's response>
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Grimbal on Jul 27th, 2007, 12:53am
The forehead, the chin or the ear?

Well, anywhere on the face.
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by Three Hands on Jul 27th, 2007, 6:57am
Maybe pantomime season has struck early this year...::)

[hide]It's behind you![/hide]
Title: Re: Stormy weather
Post by mikedagr8 on Jul 28th, 2007, 7:07am
na, it was on his neck.


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