Mirage74

Yes, but that doesn't completely solve it. This is going to be quick.

Carlotta

Was he a bicycle repairman or salesman?

Mirage74

No

Gonnachange

The bicycles in question are a deck of Bicycle brand playing cards. He was in a game and was caught cheating, hence the extra card, and his fellow players killed him.

LBrain

Was the man wearing a scarf?


awe, you're no fun gonnachange, scoldings to the clue droppers

Mirage74

This is it. Was hoping this would stump yall as long as it stumped me when I first heard it. Anyway, good job Gonnachange.

Good weekend everyone. Oh, and I'll take one of those hotdogs to go...

anattaboy

He cheated at solitaire and god smote him. (Of course this was pre-microsoft when one used paper-like "cards" and I hear-tell some decks had bicycles emblazoned on them). Having lost 18 games straight, dude was getting a bit anxious. Not a cheater by nature (more of a recluse actually), dude said eff-it and borrowed an ace from another deck and as soon as it hit the formica it was dude-no-more. Moral? eff-it is a deadly game.

Gonnachange

I must have gotten lucky because I'm only okay with riddles and I don't play cards so I'm not sure where the leap came from.

Thanks for the original post.

Fly N Buy

Yum!!!

Mirage74

I can remember asking:

Was he run over by the bicycles?
Did he steal the bicycles?
Was he buying a bicycle?

Ha ha, anyway, I've actually got another one, but it's fairly common. I'll hold off till later. Besides, all our brains are probably fried from all this heavy thinking.

jaynie04

I am kind of jealous that you figured out a way to use smote in a thread.

Fly N Buy

Here ya go Mirage!

jaynie04

This guy who was killed didn't by any chance have a father who was King did he?

Soberpotamus

Good one, Jaynie

LBrain

new puzzle posted in cafe central ===> Winner gets a fly dog

anattaboy

Geesh, late again!

Turtle82

I'm sooo hungry for one of the LDs now!

53 digits to 8... I figure he 8 himself to death.

Posted by: Turtle82

PurpleKnight

Can the bicycles be rode, as in actually real bicycles??

EDIT - already solved above!!

MesaMan

There once was a Brainiac Dude
Solved Riddles that others eschewed
His answer, quite haute
Was surely not rote
Left others all screwed and Tattooed

Burma Shave

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