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Ding, dong, bell,
Pussy’s in the well.
Who put her in?
Little Johnny Green.
Who pulled her out?
Little Tommy Stout.
What a naughty boy was that,
To try to drown poor pussy cat,
Who ne’er did him any harm,
But killed all the mice in the farmer's barn

Cerberus

Uh, thanks!

Sonic The Hedgehog

you learn something new everyday..

Cerberus

So is this bell at the same location all the time?

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Robusto you made me pause for a sec due to confusion.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Yes, well...no.

Cerberus

2:36 AM

On the shipwreck?

Robusto

@SonicTheHedgehog — You better pause for confusion. It's the smart move.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Yes then no.

Cerberus

On something that can float on water?

A raft?

Sonic The Hedgehog

Did the man fix it on to something?

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Uh, maybe?

@SonicTheHedgehog Yes.

Cerberus

2:37 AM

Did the bell come from the ship?

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Yes.

Sonic The Hedgehog

He relied on water, he was on an island..

Did he move it?

@Cerberus Yes.

To the land?

2:39 AM

Yes.

Sonic The Hedgehog

Awkward Silence.

Cerberus

Hmm.

Kitḫ

shifts uncomfortably

Sonic The Hedgehog

did the water come from nature?

Cerberus

The question is, how does the bell indicate water?

Kitḫ

2:40 AM

Didn't you get it already?

Sonic The Hedgehog

or from the ship?

Cerberus

Good question.

Kitḫ

@SonicTheHedgehog Yes.

@SonicTheHedgehog No.

Cerberus

I really have no idea yet.

Sonic The Hedgehog

He fixed it to the location of water!

Kitḫ

2:41 AM

Yes!

Cerberus

Oh! He had found it, but was afraid he couldn't find it back!

I see.

Sonic The Hedgehog

Well, even fi wind kept moving, he wouldn't be able to survive long without water...

Cerberus

That is ingenious.

Kitḫ

He marked the location of the only drinkable water on the island.

Sonic The Hedgehog

How long did he survive without water?

Kitḫ

2:43 AM

I don't know. A week?

Cerberus

He should have marked it with some tangible track!

Sonic The Hedgehog

Ok, my turn.

Kitḫ

@Cerberus Yeah, I know right?

OK, go @Sonic!

Cerberus

But good one.

Yeah, go!

Sonic The Hedgehog

grins evilly

Cerberus

2:43 AM

BRB

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Robusto, you have to join in too.

well, unless you don't want to..

I'll wait until Cerb comes back.

Join in what?

My riddle.

What riddle?

They aren't riddles, really.

Sonic The Hedgehog

2:45 AM

I give you what happened, then you need to figure out why.

Kitḫ

They are mysteries.

Robusto

Oh. Minute mysteries.

So shoot. What's the first one?

Cerberus

Back!

Kitḫ

Minute mysteries! That's it!

Robusto

Link it.

Kitḫ

2:46 AM

No, no. That's no fun.

Cerberus

Hmm I don't know what they are called in Dutch. Just riddles, probably.

Sonic The Hedgehog

A man was dressed queerly, lying on the ground. Beside him, a large rock was on the ground.

What happened?

Cerberus

I once played a game with cards, where each card had such a riddle on it, and people had to guess.

Kitḫ

Queerly?

Cerberus

Hawt.

@SonicTheHedgehog Is he dead?

Kitḫ

2:47 AM

Ah. I see.

Sonic The Hedgehog

No, sorry, got confused for a minute.

reread the mystery.

Kitḫ

When you say queerly, you mean "in an unusual fashion"?

Cerberus

We did. Now it has "on the ground" twice.

Better.

So is he dead?

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Kit yes.

Robusto

A man rowed his boat to a dock and tied it to the pier. He tied his dog's leash to one of the pier pylons and went into the tavern. He came back 12 hours later to find his dog was dead. What happened?

Sonic The Hedgehog

2:49 AM

@Cerb no.

Kitḫ

@Robusto The dog drowned.

Cerberus

@Robusto One at a time!

Robusto

No.

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Robusto its my turn. pouts

Robusto

Dog didn't drown.

Cerberus

2:49 AM

@SonicTheHedgehog Is he asleep?

Robusto

Well, you should have thought of a funner mystery.

Cerberus

Shut up.

You're next.

Sonic The Hedgehog

Ha Ha.

Cerberus

Unconscious?

Awake?

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Cerb guess you can say unconscious.

Kitḫ

2:50 AM

A mannequin?

Sonic The Hedgehog

More like knocked out cold really.

@Kit he was alive.

So no.

Kitḫ

Was he hit by the rock?

Cerberus

That is unconscious.

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Kit yes, but that was not the cause of his state.

Robusto

Every day when a man comes home to his high-rise apartment. He lives on the 26th floor, and when he has company he usually rides all the way up. When he's alone, he takes the elevator up to the 13th floor and walks the rest of the way up. When he comes down he always takes the elevator all the way. What's the reason for this strange behavior?

Cerberus

2:51 AM

Did someone knock him out?

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Cerb no.

Kitḫ

@Robusto He's a midget. Now shh.

Cerberus

@Robusto I know this one, and wait for your turn!

Sonic The Hedgehog

@Kit was that a question?

Cerberus