Stories with holes 2

[Snukes]

At Scher's reassurance that this wasn't too annoying, I shall post another. :) Same rules as before.

A man is lying dead in the middle of a desert. The only other thing in sight is a stick.

[Taliesin]

First, we would like to thank you for dubbing us your favourite person in the forum. Now, here are some questions:

Is the stick a mirage?
Was he killed with a stick?
Did he die into thirst?
Were there any other people near him when he died (say a couple of kilometres)
Is it relevant how the desert is named?
Is his race relevant?
Is this a nowadays man?
Was it a big desert?
Does his death have anything to do with mirages?

[papayahed]

Was he an old man? young man?
Was the stick near him?
Was the man's name Moses?
Was he face up? face down?
Did he have a uniform on? seatbelt?
Was he stick over 3 ft long? under?

[Scheherazade]

Did he die in the desert?
Did he die somewhere else and then brought there?
Did the stick play a role in his death?
Was he murdered?
Did he die of a natural cause?
Is he wearing any clothes?
Is the time of the day relevant?
Is the desert important?
Would he have died somewhere else as well?

[Snukes]

Is the stick a mirage?
Was he killed with a stick?
Did he die into thirst?
Were there any other people near him when he died (say a couple of kilometres)
Is it relevant how the desert is named?
Is his race relevant?
Is this a nowadays man?
Was it a big desert?
Does his death have anything to do with mirages? The stick is not a mirage.
He was not killed with a stick.
He did not die of thirst.
There were people withing a couple of kilometers when he died.
The name of the desert is not relevant.
His race is not relevant.
He is a nowadays man. :)
It was a big-enough desert.
His death is not connected to a mirage.


Was he an old man? young man?
Was the stick near him?
Was the man's name Moses?
Was he face up? face down?
Did he have a uniform on? seatbelt?
Was he stick over 3 ft long? under?His age does not really matter, but he was probably youngish.
The stick was near him.
His name was not Moses. Hehe.
Er... we'll say he was face up. It doesn't really matter though.
He did not have a uniform or a seatbelt on.
The stick was under three feet long.


Did he die in the desert?
Did he die somewhere else and then brought there?
Did the stick play a role in his death?
Was he murdered?
Did he die of a natural cause?
Is he wearing any clothes?
Is the time of the day relevant?
Is the desert important?
Would he have died somewhere else as well?Yes, he died in the desert. Answers your second question as well.
The stick did play a role in his death.
He was not murdered.
He did not die of natural causes.
He is not wearing any clothes. (woo!)
The time of day is not relevant.
Of course the desert is important!
Uhh... the answer to your last question could be yes or no. Depends. I'd skip it for now. :p

[Scheherazade]

Is the fact that he wasn't wearing any clothes relevant to his death?
Did he take his clothes out of necessity?
Did he die because he wasn't wearing any clothes?
Was his death an accident?
Did he fall from an aeroplane?
Did he come to the desert on his own?
Was he travelling in the desert?
Was he working in the desert?
Is it a special kind of stick?
Is it a walking stick?
Was the man blind? (second time lucky? :D)
Is the proximity of the stick relevant to his death?
Were other people or another person involved in his death?

[papayahed]

Was he sunburned?
Did the other people see him?
Where other people around when he died?
Was he wearing clothes when he died?
Did an animal kill him?
Could he have walked out of the desert if he was alive (resonable distance)?

[Taliesin]

Was there an oasis nearby?
Did he commit suicide?
Was it an accident?
Was he a human being?
Does his death matter to someone.(let's exclude his family and friends and lovers)
Is there a war going on?
Does the French Foreign Legion play a role?

[Snukes]

Is the fact that he wasn't wearing any clothes relevant to his death?
Did he take his clothes out of necessity?
Did he die because he wasn't wearing any clothes?
Was his death an accident?
Did he fall from an aeroplane?
Did he come to the desert on his own?
Was he travelling in the desert?
Was he working in the desert?
Is it a special kind of stick?
Is it a walking stick?
Was the man blind? (second time lucky? :D)
Is the proximity of the stick relevant to his death?
Were other people or another person involved in his death?Yes. His clothesless state is relevant to his death.
Yes, he disrobed out of necessity.
No, he did not die because he was naked.
His death was not an accident.
No, he did not fall from an aeroplane. Nor did he fall from an airplane. :D
He did not come to the desert alone.
He was not working in the desert.
Yes, it is a special kind of stick.
No, it is not a walking stick (that'd be a very short walking stick!)
Hehe. No, the man is not blind.
The proximity of the stick is not really relevant, no.
Yes, other people were involved in his death.


Was he sunburned?
Did the other people see him?
Where other people around when he died?
Was he wearing clothes when he died?
Did an animal kill him?
Could he have walked out of the desert if he was alive (resonable distance)?Heh. Probably. Not really relevant, though. ;)
Yes... the other people saw him...
There were kind of other people around when he died...
No, he was not wearing clothes when he died.
No, an animal did not kill him.
No, he could not have walked out of the desert if he was alive.


Was there an oasis nearby?
Did he commit suicide?
Was it an accident?
Was he a human being?
Does his death matter to someone.(let's exclude his family and friends and lovers)
Is there a war going on?
Does the French Foreign Legion play a role?
No, there were no oases nearby.
Yes, he did commit suicide.
Is it possible to commit accidental suicide....?
Yes, he was a human being.
His death very much mattered to someone.
There is no war going on in this story.
Gotta watch out for them crazy Frenchies! :D But no, the French Foreign Legion may be safely ruled out of this story...

(Uh... no insult to those of French descent! I would be unwise to insult myself! :p)

[Taliesin]

Was the man provocated to commit suicide? (in the style of : your wife and lover left you. Now kill yourself for your life has no meaning any more)
Were there any people in the range of 700 metres?
Is the people's nationality important?
Were these people his enemies?
Was the stick a magic stick?
Was the stick originally longer?
Was it an expensive sticK?
Did he disrobe himself?
Is he some sort of religious fanatic?
Would newspapers talk about his death?

[Snukes]

Was the man provocated to commit suicide? (in the style of : your wife and lover left you. Now kill yourself for your life has no meaning any more)
Were there any people in the range of 700 metres?
Is the people's nationality important?
Were these people his enemies?
Was the stick a magic stick?
Was the stick originally longer?
Was it an expensive sticK?
Did he disrobe himself?
Is he some sort of religious fanatic?
Would newspapers talk about his death?He was not provoked to commit suicide in the style you describe.
You put your next question in the past tense, so I'm not quite sure how you intend it. We'll try this: At some point in the story, there were people in range of 700 metres. It's a question worth refining. ;)
Nationality is not important in this case.
The other people in the story are not the dead man's enemies.
The stick was not magic. :p
YES, the stick was originally longer.
The monetary value of the stick on its own merit is not high at all.
Yes, he disrobed himself.
He is not a religious fanatic.
Hehe! Newspapers would always talk about the deaths from Holey stories! They are, by nature, rather intriguing and newsworthy...

[Scheherazade]

Did other people help him to commit suicide?
Did they encourage him to commit suicide?
Is it a wooden stick?
Is the heat in the desert relevant?
Did he come to the desert with the intention of killing himself?
Was he dressed when he came to the desert?
When found, was his body in 'mint' condition?

[Snukes]

I suppose I could do a sum-up, hm?

The man
The man was a human being from a society contemporary to ours.
His race/nationality is not relevant.
His age is not relevant.
His name was not Moses.
He is not blind.
He is not a religious fanatic.
It does not matter if he is face up or face down.
His dead body is not in mint condition.

His State of Disrobe
He is not wearing any clothes.
He was not wearing clothes when he died.
He was wearing clothes when he arrived in the desert.
He undressed himself.
He disrobed out of necessity.
His clothesless state is relevant to his death.
He did not die because he was naked.

His Death
He committed suicide.
You could say the other people helped him do it. They certainly encouraged him.
His death was not an accident.
He was not killed with the stick.
He did not die of thirst.
His death is not connected to a mirage.
He died in the desert.
He did not come to the desert intending to kill himself.
He did not fall from an airplane.
Other people were involved in his death.
There were kind of other people around when he died...
There were people within a couple of kilometers when he died.
The people were probably within 700m.
His death very much mattered to someone.
He was not provoked to commit suicide in the style described by Taliesin.
A newspaper would quite certainly find his death worth writing about.

The Stick
The stick is not a mirage.
The stick was near him, but its proximity is not especially relevant.
The stick was under three feet long.
The stick did play a role in his death.
It is a special kind of stick.
It is a wooden stick.
No, it is not a walking stick.
The stick was not magic.
The stick was originally longer.
It is not an expensive stick.

The Desert
The name of the desert is not relevant, nor is the heat.
It was a big-enough desert.
He could not have walked out of the desert if he was alive.
The time of day is not relevant.
He did not come to the desert alone.
He was not working in the desert.
There were no oases nearby.

Other Stuff...
There is no war going on in this story.
The French Foreign Legion may be safely ruled out of this story...
The other people in the story are not the dead man's enemies.

[Snukes]

Scher - added replies to your questions into the summary. :)

[Scheherazade]

Thank you, Snukes. :)

Did something happen in the desert to make him kill himself?
Did he want to kill himself?
Or did he think that he had to?
Was he intoxicated?
Was the stick broken?
Is it a pole?
Is it a javelin?
Were other people with him until he died?
Did he take his clothes in order to kill himself?
Would he still have died if he hadn't taken his clothes off?
Is his background (e.g. his job) relevant?
Is there a specific reason for others to leave his body in the desert after his death?

[Snukes]

Did something happen in the desert to make him kill himself?
Did he want to kill himself?
Or did he think that he had to?
Was he intoxicated?
Was the stick broken?
Is it a pole?
Is it a javelin?
Were other people with him until he died?
Did he take his clothes in order to kill himself?
Would he still have died if he hadn't taken his clothes off?
Is his background (e.g. his job) relevant?
Is there a specific reason for others to leave his body in the desert after his death?Yes, something happened in the desert that caused him to kill himself.
He did not want to kill himself.
He did think he had to.
He was not intoxicated.
Yes, the stick was broken.
It is not a pole, nor is it a javelin.
Yes, the other people were with him until he died.
He did not take off his clothes in order to kill himself.
Yes, he would have died naked or not.
His background is almost entirely irrelevant. (The one detail that might be useful is still not especially central.)
There is a reason his body was left in the desert, yes.

[papayahed]

Did he die of asphixiation? bludgeoning?
Was it a painful death?
did the stick breaking cause his death?
Did one of the people take/have his clothes?
Do the other people have the other part(s) of the stick?
Was he in the desert for a party? ceremony?

[Scheherazade]

Was his body not in mint condition because of his suicide? I.e., the way he died?
Or did he kill himself because his body was not in mind condition?
Did they leave his body in the desert because it would have been dangerous to others?
Did he 'sacrifice' himself for someone else?
Killed himself to help someone else?
Did he go to the desert willingly?

[Taliesin]

Did the man break the stick?
Did the other people near him break the stick?
Would the stick be special to you?
Did the other people want to leave his body in the desert so noone could find it?
Was he a celebrity?
Did the stick have anything non-wooden with it?
Did the man meet the other people before his death?
Did the meeting with other people influence him to commit suicide?
Was he sane?
Was he temporarily not sane?
Is the reason that the desert is relevant that it is empty and noone comes there?
Is the desert's reason it's heat?
Is the desert's reason some other thing in the desert?

[Snukes]

Did he die of asphixiation? bludgeoning?
Was it a painful death?
did the stick breaking cause his death?
Did one of the people take/have his clothes?
Do the other people have the other part(s) of the stick?
Was he in the desert for a party? ceremony?He did not die of asphixiation or bludgeoning. (Yikes!) Nor did he die because of the stick breaking.
I don't actually know if it was a painful death. :\
No one else has or took his clothes.
YES, the other people have other parts of the stick.
He was not in the desert for a party or a ceremony.


Was his body not in mint condition because of his suicide? I.e., the way he died?
Or did he kill himself because his body was not in mind condition?
Did they leave his body in the desert because it would have been dangerous to others?
Did he 'sacrifice' himself for someone else?
Killed himself to help someone else?
Did he go to the desert willingly?His body was not in mint condition because of the way he died. He was in much better shape before he died. :D
They did not leave his body because it was dangerous for others.
YES, he did sacrifice himself to help someone else.
Yes, he went to the desert willingly.


Did the man break the stick?
Did the other people near him break the stick?
Would the stick be special to you?
Did the other people want to leave his body in the desert so noone could find it?
Was he a celebrity?
Did the stick have anything non-wooden with it?
Did the man meet the other people before his death?
Did the meeting with other people influence him to commit suicide?
Was he sane?
Was he temporarily not sane?
Is the reason that the desert is relevant that it is empty and noone comes there?
Is the desert's reason it's heat?
Is the desert's reason some other thing in the desert?The man may have broken the stick or someone near him may have. Exactly who did is not important.
Would the stick be special to me personally? :p No, it would not.
He was not a celebrity.
The stick was all wood. Nothing non-wooden with it.
Yes, the man met the other people before his death.
*Meeting* these other people did not influence him to commit suicide.
He was sane. The whole way through the story. :)
No, the desert is not relevant because it is empty, nor because it is hot.
But YES, the desert's importance is due to some other thing in the desert.

[papayahed]

Would he consider the people friends? close friends?
Is the location of his clothes important?
Did an animal take his clothes?
Did the other people survive because they have the other pieces of the stick?
Is the # of people relevent?
Would a coroner be able to tell how he died by looking at the man?

[Scheherazade]

Did he killed himself to protect someone from a physical threat?
Is the stick as short as drum sticks?
Did other people around him agree that he should sacrifice himself?
Is sand relevant?
Are any desert animals involved?
Were his clothes destroyed?
Did he give his clothes to someone else?
Is the fact that his body left in the desert relevant?

[Snukes]

Would he consider the people friends? close friends?
Is the location of his clothes important?
Did an animal take his clothes?
Did the other people survive because they have the other pieces of the stick?
Is the # of people relevent?
Would a coroner be able to tell how he died by looking at the man?He would consider them friends yes, but not necessarily close friends.
The location of his clothes could be important. :)
As far as the scope of this stories is concerned, an animal did not take his clothes. :D
YES, the other people survived because they have the other pieces of the stick.
The *exact* number of people is not relevant.
A coroner would know how he died.


Did he killed himself to protect someone from a physical threat?
Is the stick as short as drum sticks?
Did other people around him agree that he should sacrifice himself?
Is sand relevant?
Are any desert animals involved?
Were his clothes destroyed?
Did he give his clothes to someone else?
Is the fact that his body left in the desert relevant?Yes, he did kill himself to protect someone from a physical threat.
The stick is not the same size as drum sticks.....
Yes, the other people agreed he should sacrifice himself.
Sand is not relevant.
No desert animals are involved.
His clothes were not destroyed.
He did not give his clothes to someone else.
The fact that his body is left in the desert is indeed relevant.

[Scheherazade]

Did the 'physical thread' involve another living creature?
Did it involve a natural event?
Did he give say his return seat to someone else?
Was the stick broken into more than two pieces?
Is the thickness of the stick relevant?
Is the location of his clothes relevant?
Did the lack of clothes make his death easier?
Is this stick known with another name in daily life?
Was he chosen to sacrifice himself by others?
Did it have to be him or the death of someone else would have had the same result?
Did he sacrifice himself for one person?
More than one?
Is transportation relevant? (i.e., how they got to the desert?)
Was he the only man in the group?
Was he the oldest?

[papayahed]

Are the other people in a vehicle?
Can they easily get out of the desert?
Did the other people use his clothes to light a fire to signal an airplane to find them in the desert?
Was the man burned?
did he die quickly?
were there rocks nearby?

[Snukes]

Did the 'physical threat' involve another living creature?
Did it involve a natural event?
Did he give say his return seat to someone else?
Was the stick broken into more than two pieces?
Is the thickness of the stick relevant?
Is the location of his clothes relevant?
Did the lack of clothes make his death easier?
Is this stick known with another name in daily life?
Was he chosen to sacrifice himself by others?
Did it have to be him or the death of someone else would have had the same result?
Did he sacrifice himself for one person?
More than one?
Is transportation relevant? (i.e., how they got to the desert?)
Was he the only man in the group?
Was he the oldest?For your first question, I'm going to ask what I *think* you meant: The threat was not a living creature. Nor was it a natural event.
He did not give away a return seat.
Yes, the stick was broken in more than two pieces.
The thickness of the stick might be helpful, but is not directly relevant.
The location of his clothes might also be helpful, but is not directly relevant.
The lack of clothes did not make his death easier.
Uh... I *think* you could say the stick is known by another name...
YES, he was chosen to sacrifice himself.
But YES, the death of someone else would have worked just as well.
He sacrificed himself for more than one person.
YES, transportation to the desert is relevant!
No, he was not the only man in the group.
His age (or relative age) is not important.


Are the other people in a vehicle?
Can they easily get out of the desert?
Did the other people use his clothes to light a fire to signal an airplane to find them in the desert?
Was the man burned?
did he die quickly?
were there rocks nearby?Yes, the other people are in a vehicle.
Yes, they can easily get out of the desert.
Hehe. No, the other people did not toast his clothing to signal an airplane.
The man was not burned.
Yes, he died quickly.
Yes, there were rocks nearby.

[Snukes]

Summuppery time!

The man
The man was a human being from a society contemporary to ours.
His race/nationality is not relevant.
His age (or relative age) is not important.
His background is almost entirely irrelevant.
His name was not Moses.
He is not blind.
He was not intoxicated.
He is not a religious fanatic.
He was sane. The whole way through the story.
He was not a celebrity.
It does not matter if he is face up or face down.
His dead body is not in mint condition, which is a result of the way he died.
The man was not burned.

His State of Disrobe
He is not wearing any clothes.
He was not wearing clothes when he died.
He was wearing clothes when he arrived in the desert.
He undressed himself.
He disrobed out of necessity.
He did not take off his clothes in order to kill himself.
The lack of clothes did not make his death easier.
His clothesless state is relevant to his death.
He did not die because he was naked; he would have died naked or not.
The location of his clothes could be important.
His clothes were not destroyed.
No one else has or took his clothes.
He did not give his clothes to someone else.

The Other People
He did not come to the desert alone.
The man met the other people before his death.
The other people were kind of around when he died (probably within 700m)...
The *exact* number of people is not relevant.
He would consider them friends yes, but not necessarily close friends.
*Meeting* these other people did not influence him to commit suicide.
The other people agreed he should sacrifice himself.
The other people survived because they have the other pieces of the stick.*
The other people are in a vehicle.*
They can easily get out of the desert.

The Desert
It was a big-enough desert - he could not have walked out of the desert if he was alive.
The time of day is not relevant.
He was not working in the desert.
There were no oases nearby.
The name of the desert is not relevant, nor is the heat or emptiness.
The desert's importance is due to some other thing in the desert.*
There were rocks nearby.*
He went to the desert willingly.
He was not in the desert for a party or a ceremony.
Transportation to the desert is relevant!*
There is a reason his body was left in the desert, but it is not because his body was a danger to others.
The fact that his body is left in the desert is indeed relevant.

The Stick
It is a special kind of stick.
It is a wooden stick. Nothing non-wooden with it.
It is not a pole, a javelin, or a walking stick.
The stick was under three feet long.
The stick is not the same size as drum sticks.....
The stick was originally longer.
The stick was broken.*
Yes, the stick was broken in more than two pieces.
The man may have broken the stick or someone near him may have. Exactly who did is not important.
The other people have other parts of the stick.*
The stick was near him, but its proximity is not especially relevant.
The stick did play a role in his death.
The stick was not magic.
It is not an expensive stick.
The thickness of the stick might be helpful, but is not directly relevant.
I *think* you could say the stick is known by another name...

His Death
He died in the desert.
He committed suicide.
His death was not an accident.
Something happened in the desert that caused him to kill himself.
He sacrificed himself to help for more than one person.
He was chosen to sacrifice himself.
But the death of someone else would have worked just as well.*
He killed himself to protect someone from a physical threat.
The threat was not a living creature. Nor was it a natural event.
His death very much mattered to someone.
He did not come to the desert intending to kill himself.
He did not want to kill himself.
He was not killed with the stick.
Nor did he die because of the stick breaking.
He did not die of asphixiation or bludgeoning.
He did not fall from an airplane.
He died quickly.
A coroner would know how he died.
I don't actually know if it was a painful death. Probably...
A newspaper would quite certainly find his death worth writing about.

Other Stuff...
There is no war going on in this story.
The French Foreign Legion may be safely ruled out of this story...
The other people in the story are not the dead man's enemies.

[Snukes]

Whew! That's gotten way long! It's all there... do you see it?? You're very close!!

[Scheherazade]

Were the other people able to get out of the desert because they had the pieces of stick?
Did they come to the desert driving?
Did they come riding camels?
Did they come flying?
Was he chosen by the other because of his certain quality?
Did they lose their transportation in the desert?
Were they 'rescued' from the desert?
Did they come to the desert for a special purpose?
Was it a trip?
Passing through?

[Snukes]

Were the other people able to get out of the desert because they had the pieces of stick?
Did they come to the desert driving?
Did they come riding camels?
Did they come flying?
Was he chosen by the other because of his certain quality?
Did they lose their transportation in the desert?
Were they 'rescued' from the desert?
Did they come to the desert for a special purpose?
Was it a trip?
Passing through?You could say they got out of the desert because they had pieces of the stick, but you should be careful how you interpret that...
They did not drive into the desert, nor riding camels.
They DID fly into the desert!
He was not chosen to die for a certain quality.
They did not lose their transportation.
They were not rescued.
They did not come to the desert for a specific purpose.
Yes, it was a trip. Just passing through.

[Scheherazade]

Did he have a fall?
Did he jump from somewhere?
Did they fly by a plane?
By a airballoon?
By a helicopter?
Are the rocks crucial to his death?

[Bongitybongbong]

Is the stick the cross?
Were the other peole Roman?
Were the people that the man met criminals?
Was the man Jesus?

[Taliesin]

Was a parachoot involved?
Or a deltaplane?
Is the beauty of the desert relevant?
Is the relevant thing in desert a certain thing?
Is it something alive?
Is it an abstract consept?
Did they use the other parts of the stick to mend the vehicle?
Was there anything like: "Who pulls the shortest/longest part of the stick must die."?

[papayahed]

Was there too much weight in the plane and the man drew straws and he had to jump out using his clothes as a parachute?
did the plane land in the desert?

[Scheherazade]

Snukes is not around these days but here is my solution to the story:
Group of people go on a airballoon trip but something goes wrong. So they take their clothes off to get rid of the excess weight. However, this was enough;they need to get rid of one of the passangers. Thus, one of them jumps down;probably landing on the rocks.

I was not sure about the stick but Jay suggested that they might have had a 'shortest/longest straw jumps' draw...

Guess we are all thinking along the same lines but another other scenarios?

[Snukes]

mmm, indeed Scher! You've got almost the pieces. Apologies for running away at the conclusion of things.

You're missing one fact: what went wrong? Otherwise yes: they were in a hot balloon, one person had to jump out to save the others, and they drew sticks to decide who would jump.

Want to keep guessing? :)

[papayahed]

What happened to the clothes?
Why did he have to take off his cloths to jump out of the ballon?
And didn't they know there was too much weight when they started?

[Scheherazade]

what went wrong?

Something? Something went wrong. :D

There was a hole in the balloon?
The heat of the desert damaged it?
They were losing altitude?

Because they were falling down fast, they took their clothes off and threw them down as well?

[Snukes]

Hehe. Yup, you're definitely missing the part of the story that brings it all together. To answer Papaya's last question: No, they didn't know there was too much weight when they left.

Scher, we hope the balloon was whole, but also, there were no holes in the balloon that weren't supposed to be there. ;)

The heat of the desert has nothing to do with it.

They were NOT losing altitude.

[Snukes]

Hint of the day: Taliesin has come closest to the bit'o'information you need to know......

[Snukes]

Uh, next hint, since I didn't actually answer any of the questions up there:

Yes, the rocks are crucial to his death.
No, the "thing" in the desert wasn't alive. Nor was it abstract.

And Papaya - Scher was right. They pitched their clothes to try to get rid of excess weight.

[papayahed]

What kind of cloths were they wearing? The new line by Calvin Klein that uses lead fibers?

ok this is my last guess: they were shooting a porno in the ballon and the man got too close to the edge and fell overboard. Wait, while that explains the nakedness it contradicts a lot of what has been said.

really last guess: they were smuggling jewels out of the country and thy loaded up the ballon with the jewels not realizing all the extra weight would be a problem. They took off their clothes to gain altitude but it wasn't enough and they came close to rocks and hills, when they came close to the rocks the man jumped out landing on the rocks.

[Nightshade]

was it one of those plane/ballon things that has an engine and maybe some wodden controlls? Is that what the stick is. And did this malfunction causing them to spin round and round in circles unless they got higher which would mean loosing weight so they would reach an area of lower pressure? did he then hit the sharp pointy rocks and die of internal bleeding and loosing his guts??

[Snukes]

No Calvin Klein, no pornos, no jewels.

The man didn't land on the rocks, but they did get close to the rocks.

The rocks aren't just rocks. Well... they kind of are (no jewels) but if you think rocks are what I think you think rocks are, that's not right. :D

No motor, no wooden controls, no spinning out of control...

Yikes! You guys are NUTS! ;)

[papayahed]

ohh were the rocks pyramids? did they get close to the pyramids?

oh were they glaciers? Antarctica can be classified as a desert right? or one of the poles can I can't remember which...

[Nightshade]

south pole and antartica is right!
humm are the rocks like the sinking isles in 1001 Arabian nights? ie turtles??
Or are they trolls like on Disc world??

[papayahed]

Snukes!!!! Where are you????

[Snukes]

*gulp*

Oops...

I'm sorry to report that my Fiction Restriction quickly turned into an all-things-on-the-internet-not-related-to-work restriction also as my deadline loomed. But now the looming is mostly done, my dissertation is in the hands of my useless promoter, and I can reenter the world of the living. Or something.

So... since this poor Holey Story is really rather stale by now, how about I finish it up and start a nice fresh one? :D

Once upon a time there was a guy. He belonged to a hot air balloon club. One day, he and a few of his hot air ballooning buddies went up in a nice balloon and soared out over the desert. They were having a fine old time, laughing it up, enjoying life, not paying much attention to the view, when lo! there appeared an approaching cliff. Firing up the torchy-burny thing that air balloons use to rise, they discovered that it would not light. The balloon was going to crash into the cliff. They chucked all their things out of the balloon, including their clothing, but it did not make enough of a difference. Someone would have to jump, or they'd all die like flies on the windshield of life. They broke off pieces of the wicker basket and "drew straws." Our poor dead man got the short stick, and so he jumped. The fall was enough to kill him, but the difference in weight meant the balloon rose safely out of range of the cliff.

Tada!

[To Write Love]

Is the fact that he is in the desert actually relevant?
Did the stick actually play any part in his death?
Is the dead dude Superman and the stick kryptonite?
Were other people involved?
If so, was the stick drawn to see who would be thrown out/abandoned from the group?
If I promise to be your bestest friend, will you tell me the answer? :D

[Beepo]

This is fun :D

Is the man mentally challenged?
Is his nature of gender relevant?(if you know what I mean)
Does the man have a job?
If so does it pay good?

[aleigh42]

Is the size of the stick relevant?
Could the stick be something like... a match?

[aleigh42]

Did the man die from the stick or because of the stick? As in... Did the stick kill him or was it circumstance involving the stick that killed him?

[balehead]

Hope this is right
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Did he die of natural causes?
Was there foul play involved?
Is the man's body beaten or mangled?
Is his age relevant? What is it?