| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16139 Registered: 4-2010 |
A man died at the stroke of midnight on New Year's. How? True story, HAM | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 126 Registered: 9-2011 |
Firearms involved? Alcohol? Both? | ||
| Tardigradeparty (Tardigradeparty)
New member Username: Tardigradeparty Post Number: 127 Registered: 9-2011 |
Derp, my bad on the bold tags. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16140 Registered: 4-2010 |
Firearms involved? No Alcohol? Yes Both? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1645 Registered: 9-2010 |
Midnight his time zone time? Stroke = exactly midnight? Or did he have a stroke at midnight and die from it? Was he in times square at the ball drop? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1952 Registered: 6-2008 |
Was he suffering from alcohol withdrawal? Did some sudden flash of light trigger a seizure? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16141 Registered: 4-2010 |
Midnight his time zone time? Yes Stroke = exactly midnight? Yes Or did he have a stroke at midnight and die from it? No, but clever thought Was he in times square at the ball drop? No Was he suffering from alcohol withdrawal? No Did some sudden flash of light trigger a seizure? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2550 Registered: 2-2011 |
did he do something exactly on the stroke of midnight which resulted in his death? like take a swig of some drink? open a champagne bottle? grapes relevant? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1276 Registered: 1-2011 |
Was he indoors when he died? If yes: at home? at friends' place? in the restaurant? at the other party? Was he at an outdoor party? Is the exact type of alcohol relevant? Did he eat anything relevant? Did he drink the relevant alcohol? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1212 Registered: 7-2010 |
Darwin Awards relevant? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4690 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he die from: heat? Cold? Suffocation? Strangulation? Poison? Blood loss? Impact? Explosion? Fall? Collision? Organ failure? Disease? Infection? Fireworks involved? Fire involved? Could he have died from the same cause at any other time? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16144 Registered: 4-2010 |
did he do something exactly on the stroke of midnight which resulted in his death? Yes like take a swig of some drink? open a champagne bottle? Neither grapes relevant? No Was he indoors when he died? No If yes: at home? at friends' place? in the restaurant? at the other party? Was he at an outdoor party? No Is the exact type of alcohol relevant? See below Did he eat anything relevant? No Did he drink the relevant alcohol? BLOOPER: Alcohol was not involved. I assumed because of the stupidity of the man's death, alcohol was involved, but I just checked and it apparently wasn't. Darwin Awards relevant? Yes Did he die from: heat? Cold? Suffocation? Strangulation? Poison? Blood loss? Impact? Explosion? Fall? It was either this or something you didn't mention Collision? Organ failure? Disease? Infection? Fireworks involved? No Fire involved? No Could he have died from the same cause at any other time? Yes | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1306 Registered: 1-2011 |
Did the man use any relevant object? Are other people relevant? Was he outdoors when he died? Were other people with him when he died? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16147 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the man use any relevant object? Yes, svv of "use" Are other people relevant? No Was he outdoors when he died? Yes Were other people with him when he died? Yope | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2458 Registered: 12-2010 |
Other people were yopishly with him... was he on the phone? Was he driving? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16149 Registered: 4-2010 |
Other people were yopishly with him... was he on the phone? No Was he driving? No | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1886 Registered: 9-2009 |
Fireworks relevant? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2589 Registered: 2-2011 |
were other people watching him? was a rope involved? a parachute? did he "fall" off a building? a bridge? a cliff? out of an aeroplane? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16150 Registered: 4-2010 |
Fireworks relevant? No were other people watching him? Yes was a rope involved? a parachute? Neither did he "fall" off a building? a bridge? a cliff? out of an aeroplane? None of these | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1655 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did he attempt to drop himself like he was the ball at Times Square then promptly plunge to his death? Or did he attempt to slowly lower himself to the ground, then snap his neck when he hit and fell at precisely minight? Ball drop relevant? Dick Clark's Rocking Eve? Other traditional Midnight on New Year's Relevant? Is the country relevant? If so, [LTPF List of Countries]? What about the time zone? If so, [LTPF List of Time Zones]? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16154 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he attempt to drop himself like he was the ball at Times Square then promptly plunge to his death? No Or did he attempt to slowly lower himself to the ground, then snap his neck when he hit and fell at precisely midnight? No Ball drop relevant? No Dick Clark's Rocking Eve? No Other traditional Midnight on New Year's Relevant? I don't know what happens at midnight in this city Is the country relevant? Not really If so, [LTPF List of Countries]? What about the time zone? Not really If so, [LTPF List of Time Zones]? It happened in Las Vegas, NV, USA. And as we all know, what happens in Vegas stays on the Internet. HINT: Determine the other possible cause of death. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2595 Registered: 2-2011 |
so it was either a fall or something else? did he fall onto something? into something? under something? did he get squished? did something pierce his body? did he drown? did he die of organ failure? was he performing a stunt? was he diving from a great height into a bucket of water? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1222 Registered: 7-2010 |
There was a Darwin Award article of a guy falling from the lamppost that he had climbed on during a New Year's eve celebration, if I remember that correctly. Something like that? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16157 Registered: 4-2010 |
There was a Darwin Award article of a guy falling from the lamppost that he had climbed on during a New Year's eve celebration, if I remember that correctly. Something like that? Something exactly like that. **********SPOILER********** (1 January 2000, Nevada) 26-year-old Tod made a place for himself in history by being the first person to die celebrating the millennium. Minutes before midnight, the Stanford graduate climbed to the top of a street light in front of the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and waved to the enthusiastic revellers below. At midnight he slipped and, in an effort to break his fall, grabbed the wires that were supplying the electricity to the street light. Suddenly he was conducting more than a cheering crowd. A camera caught his foolhardy climb and subsequent headfirst plunge to the concrete below. It has not yet been determined whether he died from electrocution or from the 30-foot fall, but either way, he deserves the first Darwin Award of the new millennium! Footnote: Tod was a Stanford graduate working at a Silicon Valley startup scheduled to go public in the summer. He stood to make a substantial profit with his options, until they were voided by his untimely death. Clearly, a sterling academic pedigree is no indication of common sense. Before leaving to Vegas, one friend said, "People are going to be doing crazy things. Be careful." Tod replied, "You know I won't." Friends pondering his death said, "He thought he was invincible." "He used to climb the Golden Gate Bridge." "He would never do something stupid." Staci watched "all the media about Tod's daring act of stupidity" and says, "what is even more Darwin is that other spectators climbed on to traffic lights to get a better view of the deceased. Monkey see, monkey do." Nice guesswork Potato, as well as the rest of you. More puzzles when I can think of them. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2597 Registered: 2-2011 |
nice one Balin! | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1224 Registered: 7-2010 |
Urgh, this death was so stupid that I actually remembered the article xD Nice puzzle, Balin! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16179 Registered: 4-2010 |
Thanks -- that's one of my favorite Darwin Award winners. |
