THE POTATO"S RIDDLE OF THE WEEK #2

[couch potato]

ok. This is a tough one, so don't expect it to come easy at all.

RIDDLE: A ROPE BREAKS, A BELL RINGS, A MAN DIES.

yes, that is the riddle. no, I didn't miss something this one took me a day or two to figure out myself, bit I did it. It's tough.

AND REMEMBER, ASK AS MANY YES OR NO QUESTIONS AS YOU CAN!! THATS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!

[AllGamer]

sounds like a guy was ringing the Bell then the cord snaps and the guy gets killed by the falling Bell

[bushmaster]

1.75. A rope breaks. A bell rings. A man dies. (KH)

1.75 answer: A blind man enjoys walking near a cliff, and uses the sound of a buoy to gauge his distance from the edge. One day the buoy's anchor rope breaks, allowing the buoy to drift away from the shore, and the man walks over the edge of the cliff.

1.75a. Variant: A bell rings. A man dies. A bell rings.

1.75a answer: A blind swimmer sets an alarm clock to tell him when and what direction to go to shore. The first bell is a buoy, which he mistakenly swims to, getting tired and drowning. Then the alarm clock goes off. In other variations, the first bell is a ship's bell, and/or the second bell is a hand-bell rung by a friend on shore at a pre-arranged time.

1.75a variant answer: The man falls off a belltower, pulling the bell-cord (perhaps he was climbing a steeple while hanging onto the rope), and dies. The second bell is one rung at his funeral. Could also be a variant on #1.75 (as suggested by Mike Neergaard): the bell-cord breaks when he falls (and there's no second bell involved).

1.75a variant answer: The man is a boxer. The first bell signals the start of a round; the second is either the end of the round or a funeral bell after he dies during the match. Could also be a variant on #1.75 (as suggested by Mike Neergaard): a boxing match in which the top rope breaks, tumbling a boxer to the floor (and he dies of a concussion).

1.75b. Variant: The wind stopped blowing and the man died.

1.75b answer: The sole survivor of a shipwreck reached a desert isle. Unfortunately, he was blind. Luckily, there was a freshwater spring on the island, and he rigged the ship's bell (which had drifted to the island also) at the spring's location. The bell rang in the wind, directing him to water. When he was becalmed for a week, he could not find water again, and so he died of thirst. (from Peter R. Olpe)

1.75c. Variant: The music stopped and the man died.

1.75c answer: Same as #1.75a, but the blind swimmer kept a portable transistor radio on the beach instead of a bell. When the batteries gave out, he got lost and drowned. (from Joe Kincaid) (See also #1.31a, #1.59, and #1.70a.)

[omega31]

You cheated, too, bushmaster?

[muchmark]

Google is our friend.

[AllGamer]

Originally posted by omega31
You cheated, too, bushmaster?

you cheated too?
then
who cheated first?

[couch potato]

ok. I'm not posting riddles anymore, since everyone just cheats. thats no fun. i had some great ones too.

[omega31]

Well, I didn't post because I didn't want to ruin it for those who didn't cheat.

[couch potato]

Originally posted by omega31
Well, I didn't post because I didn't want to ruin it for those who didn't cheat.

thankyou I'm glad to hear that. but unfortunately, there will be some that still just want to ruin it for everybody

[AllGamer]

I didn't cheat

[bushmaster]

Hey this is the digital informatuin age waddya expect?

[gracey]

A word I know six letters it contains. Subtract just one and twelve is what remains

[NJEnviroguy]

Originally posted by gracey
A word I know six letters it contains. Subtract just one and twelve is what remains

twelve

I think that's it.

[Sixpac]

THIS THREAD SUCKS

[couch potato]

Originally posted by Sixpac
THIS THREAD SUCKS

Thankyou Sixpac, but, no, thats not the answer. the answer is near the top of the page