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by: Mike Terry - Sat, 23 Sep 2023 22:17 UTC

On 23/09/2023 18:58, RichD wrote:
> On September 22, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>> What kind of man doesn't die of old age?
>>> This is on topic, as it utilizes logic, which is foundational to math.
>>
>> A young man.
>
> My agent warned me, this is a very tough room -
>
> Try this one:
> Inept Irving is determined to commit suicide. He goes
> to a cliff edge, ties a noose around his neck, the other
> end around a tree. He loads a gun, drinks arsenic, and
> sets his pants afire.
>
> Clues:
> He dies.
> He isn't killed by hanging, bullet, poison, or fire.
> What happened?
>

Sounds like a job for rec.puzzles! (It's OT for sci.math, despite your valliant attempt at
justifying it... :) )

Mike.

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by: Carl G. - Sat, 23 Sep 2023 23:21 UTC

On 9/23/2023 3:17 PM, Mike Terry wrote:

>> My agent warned me, this is a very tough room -
>>
>> Try this one:
>> Inept Irving is determined to commit suicide. He goes
>> to a cliff edge, ties a noose around his neck, the other
>> end around a tree. He loads a gun, drinks arsenic, and
>> sets his pants afire.
>>
>> Clues:
>> He dies.
>> He isn't killed by hanging, bullet, poison, or fire.
>> What happened?
>>
>
> Sounds like a job for rec.puzzles! (It's OT for sci.math, despite your
> valliant attempt at justifying it... :) )
>
> Mike.
>
>

Is this a "situation puzzle" that is to be solved by asking yes/no
questions, or is all of the necessary information provided?

If it is the latter, I have a guess as to his mode of death after some
spoiler space...

Spoiler space...

He died by being split apart (by "riving", which is an anagram of
"Irving", his name).
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Carl G.

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by: Doc O'Leary , - Sun, 24 Sep 2023 14:36 UTC

For your reference, records indicate that
Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> wrote:

> On 23/09/2023 18:58, RichD wrote:
> > On September 22, FromTheRafters wrote:
> >>> What kind of man doesn't die of old age?
> >>> This is on topic, as it utilizes logic, which is foundational to math.
> >>
> >> A young man.
> >
> > My agent warned me, this is a very tough room -
> >
> > Try this one:
> > Inept Irving is determined to commit suicide. He goes
> > to a cliff edge, ties a noose around his neck, the other
> > end around a tree. He loads a gun, drinks arsenic, and
> > sets his pants afire.
> >
> > Clues:
> > He dies.
> > He isn't killed by hanging, bullet, poison, or fire.
> > What happened?
> >
>
> Sounds like a job for rec.puzzles! (It's OT for sci.math, despite your valliant attempt at
> justifying it... :) )

And yet your forwarding is the only thing that got it past my filter for Google Groups.

Anyway, as to the matter of Irving . . .

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by: Doc O'Leary , - Sun, 24 Sep 2023 14:45 UTC

For your reference, records indicate that
Doc O'Leary , <droleary@2017usenet1.subsume.com> wrote:

> For your reference, records indicate that
> Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> wrote:
>
> > On 23/09/2023 18:58, RichD wrote:
> > > On September 22, FromTheRafters wrote:
> > >>> What kind of man doesn't die of old age?
> > >>> This is on topic, as it utilizes logic, which is foundational to math.
> > >>
> > >> A young man.
> > >
> > > My agent warned me, this is a very tough room -
> > >
> > > Try this one:
> > > Inept Irving is determined to commit suicide. He goes
> > > to a cliff edge, ties a noose around his neck, the other
> > > end around a tree. He loads a gun, drinks arsenic, and
> > > sets his pants afire.
> > >
> > > Clues:
> > > He dies.
> > > He isn't killed by hanging, bullet, poison, or fire.
> > > What happened?
> > >
> >
> > Sounds like a job for rec.puzzles! (It's OT for sci.math, despite your valliant attempt at
> > justifying it... :) )
>
> And yet your forwarding is the only thing that got it past my filter for Google Groups.
>
> Anyway, as to the matter of Irving . . .

Truncated by spoiler space! Let’s try this again. Irving . . .

. . who is inept . . .

. . and tied a noose to his neck . . .

. . and tied the noose to a tree . . .

. . and jumps over the cliff edge to hang himself . . .

. . thus falling to his death.

--
"Also . . . I can kill you with my brain."
River Tam, Trash, Firefly

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by: Jonathan Dushoff - Sun, 24 Sep 2023 20:14 UTC

On Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 6:17:25 PM UTC-4, Mike Terry wrote:
> On 23/09/2023 18:58, RichD wrote:
> > On September 22, FromTheRafters wrote:
> >>> What kind of man doesn't die of old age?
> >>> This is on topic, as it utilizes logic, which is foundational to math..

> >> A young man.

> > My agent warned me, this is a very tough room -

> > Try this one:
> > Inept Irving is determined to commit suicide. He goes
> > to a cliff edge, ties a noose around his neck, the other
> > end around a tree. He loads a gun, drinks arsenic, and
> > sets his pants afire.

> > Clues:
> > He dies.
> > He isn't killed by hanging, bullet, poison, or fire.
> > What happened?

Guess ...

Inept Irving messed up one or both ends of the rope and fell to his death off the cliff.

Jonathan

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by: Blue-Maned_Hawk - Sun, 24 Sep 2023 23:55 UTC

Mike Terry wrote:

> On 23/09/2023 18:58, RichD wrote:
>> Try this one:
>> Inept Irving is determined to commit suicide. He goes to a cliff edge,
>> ties a noose around his neck, the other end around a tree. He loads a
>> gun, drinks arsenic, and sets his pants afire.
>>
>> Clues:
>> He dies.
>> He isn't killed by hanging, bullet, poison, or fire. What happened?
>>
>>
> Sounds like a job for rec.puzzles! (It's OT for sci.math, despite your
> valliant attempt at justifying it... :) )
>
> Mike.

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I've heard chickens can consume arsenic and be perfectly fine, but i don't
know about that one.

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by: Rich D - Fri, 20 Oct 2023 18:01 UTC

Subject	Author
Re: daily puzzle: the logic of aging	Mike Terry
Re: daily puzzle: the logic of aging	Carl G.
Re: daily puzzle: the logic of aging	Doc O'Leary ,
Re: daily puzzle: the logic of aging	Doc O'Leary ,
Re: daily puzzle: the logic of aging	Jonathan Dushoff
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Re: daily puzzle: the logic of aging	Rich D