Your top 5 greatest mystery unsolved

[Kash$]

1.Did the Alcatraz men survived there escape?
2.Shroud Of Turin
3.The Somerton Man
4.Db Cooper
5.Area 51

[Tom]

6. Where the hell are my car keys this morning?

[Kash$]

6. Where the hell are my car keys this morning?

:lol::lol::lol:

[DJofSD]

7. Where is that remote?

[Kash$]

7. Where is that remote?

:lol::lol::lol:

When is my Anniversary?

[JustRalph]

9. what the hell meds are they giving Goren ?

[DJofSD]

9. what the hell meds are they giving Goren ?
Did you look next to the car keys and the remote?

[Marshall Bennett]

10. Why am I looking at this thread? :confused:

[thaskalos]

11. What is happening to my hair? Is it falling out...or is it falling in, and coming out of my nose and my ears?

[Robert Fischer]

12. Women

[PhantomOnTour]

Malaysia Air flight 370...where the f**k is that plane man?

[Kash$]

Materiality

[Dave Schwartz]

9. what the hell meds are they giving Goren ?

Speaking of Goren, ol' Vinnie looked pretty good in Jurassic World. He's trimmed off a few pounds added some muscle, and looks about 10 years younger.

[jballscalls]

1. Lindbergh baby
2. Jimmy Hoffa
3. Loch Ness
4. The popularity of Dave Matthews
5. Where is that damn plane?

[Tom]

14. Car 54 where are you? (oo, oo!)

[Dave Schwartz]

Tom,

Gunther, is that you?

:lol: :lol:


That show should go down in history simply because Gunther Toody was probably the greatest name ever invented for TV.

[Rookies]

How did East Tennesse State ever blow that $200 ML Parlay for $25k in the 2nd half, leading by 17? :bang:

[_______]

1.Did the Alcatraz men survived there escape?
2.Shroud Of Turin
3.The Somerton Man
4.Db Cooper
5.Area 51

1) Since there are only two possible answers and people vastly underestimate the difficulty of living a new life with a new identity, I'm going with "No".

2) Radiocarbon dating places it as originating between 1200-1350. The only criticism I've seen of that study is that the shroud was given a 150 year range while all the control objects were dated specifically. Obviously a single object can't be partially one age and partially another. But given that the oldest possible age is still 1200 years too young, we know what it's not.

3) Never heard of this. Sounds like a good read.

4) They have found decomposed notes from the ransom in the forest. For this and the same reason cited in #1, the likely answer is a sad one for D.B.

5) The Air Force tests its newest aircraft there. What else would it be?

[zico20]

1 jack the ripper

2 Roanoke Colony disappearance

3 Lost city of Atlantis

4 The Patomskiy crater

5 The Voynich Manuscript

Honorable Mention would be the Zodiac Letters

[Inner Dirt]

1. Zodiac Killer
2. D.B. Cooper

Those are the ones I think of the most, really don't have a 3-5. Living in California and in elementary school during his killing spree the Zodiac was on a lot of people's minds and all over the papers.

[JustRalph]

2 Roanoke Colony disappearance



We're still around.......after a merger with the Indians

[lamboguy]

the boston strangler

friends of Eddie Coyle

[Robert Goren]

What happened to Rachel Alexandra when she turned four.

[Hoofless_Wonder]

- Who really assassinated JFK? RFK? MLK?
- Where's Amelia Earhart?
- Why did the Minnesota Vikings trade 10 years of a decent team for Hershel Walker?
- Why does Old Milwaukee taste better out of the can than the bottle?

[Tom]

- Who really assassinated JFK? RFK? MLK? After all, it was you and me
- Where's Amelia Earhart? She was found alive and flew back home on Malaysian Flight 370
- Why does Old Milwaukee taste better out of the can than the bottle? It doesn't!

[thaskalos]

-- What does Tom do for a living...and it allows him so much time to post here? :)

[iceknight]

Red October

[DJofSD]

Where exactly is Jimmy Hoffa and how did he die?

[Kash$]

-- What does Tom do for a living...and it allows him so much time to post here? :)

Priceless :lol:

[Marshall Bennett]

-- What does Tom do for a living...and it allows him so much time to post here? :)
If his work involves the use of a computer, it wouldn't be difficult.
Better question is, why does it matter? :)

[cj's dad]

Greatest unsolved mystery:

How to fold a fitted bed sheet.

[DJofSD]

Chicken or egg?

[TJDave]

How to fold a fitted bed sheet.


Mystery solved:

http://www.marthastewart.com/857014/how-fold-fitted-sheet#857014

[DJofSD]

Mystery solved:

http://www.marthastewart.com/857014/how-fold-fitted-sheet#857014
Damn, I guess I don't have any more excuses for not doing it the correct way any more.

[Tom]

Chicken or egg?

Go to Denny's and order Coq au vin and an omelet.

[DJofSD]

Go to Denny's and order Coq au vin and an omelet.
Denny's? I can't remember the last time I ate there. Looks like they updated their menu.

[Kash$]

Mena Connection when Clinton was Governor of Arkansas

[TJDave]

Damn, I guess I don't have any more excuses for not doing it the correct way any more.

It takes practice but women are impressed...Which might come in handy. ;)

[reckless]

. . . to me is: What is the reason Richie Allen is not in baseball's Hall of Fame?

[OntheRail]

2) Radiocarbon dating places it as originating between 1200-1350. The only criticism I've seen of that study is that the shroud was given a 150 year range while all the control objects were dated specifically. Obviously a single object can't be partially one age and partially another. But given that the oldest possible age is still 1200 years too young, we know what it's not.



Not so sure on the C14 testing... the Shroud was in a fire and repaired and different points. It's a true Supernatural Mystery of how it came into being. And can not be reproduced in this day and age.

Shroud of Turin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin)

[classhandicapper]

Why I waste time discussing economics and politics on message boards when I already know the country is on the path to doom and I'm probably going to be forced to leave at the very moment I am too old to deal with shit like that.

[PhantomOnTour]

Mena Connection when Clinton was Governor of Arkansas
Arrrrgh!!!

Nearly a perfect thread (36 clean posts) and someone just had to go political.
I guess when you got it bad, you got it bad

[Kash$]

Arrrrgh!!!

Nearly a perfect thread (36 clean posts) and someone just had to go political.
I guess when you got it bad, you got it bad

Apologize didnt not mean to offend anyone

[PhantomOnTour]

Apologize didnt not mean to offend anyone
I ain't mad at ya' :lol:

[fast4522]

https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2015/06/communism-in-jarretts-family/

[DJofSD]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mystery-600-dogs-jump-haunted-5941044

Mystery as 600 dogs jump from 'haunted suicide bridge' leaving many dead

[Kash$]

Mystery

Trainers clipping at 60%

[zico20]

I know some people mentioned him in this thread, so here is the latest. The FBI has officially given up on finding DB Cooper. I guess that mystery will be forever.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/12/fbi-no-longer-actively-investigating-db-cooper-case.html

[barn32]

1. God
2. Gravity
3. Infinity
4. Space
5. The Pyramids

[mostpost]

-- What does Tom do for a living...and it allows him so much time to post here? :)
According to his profile, he is a quality manager. I can only hope he is better at managing the quality of his companies products than he is at managing the quality of his posts.

[OntheRail]

Where exactly is Jimmy Hoffa and how did he die?
Shot and fed to a herd of pigs on a farm in Ohio.

[MutuelClerk]

Why did Michael Jordan ( the phony) suddenly play baseball?

[OntheRail]

Originally Posted by Kash$
1.Did the Alcatraz men survived there escape?
2.Shroud Of Turin
3.The Somerton Man
4.Db Cooper
5.Area 51


1) Since there are only two possible answers and people vastly underestimate the difficulty of living a new life with a new identity, I'm going with "No".

2) Radiocarbon dating places it as originating between 1200-1350. The only criticism I've seen of that study is that the shroud was given a 150 year range while all the control objects were dated specifically. Obviously a single object can't be partially one age and partially another. But given that the oldest possible age is still 1200 years too young, we know what it's not.

3) Never heard of this. Sounds like a good read.

4) They have found decomposed notes from the ransom in the forest. For this and the same reason cited in #1, the likely answer is a sad one for D.B.

5) The Air Force tests its newest aircraft there. What else would it be?

1) The Anglin Brothers relocated to Australia.

2) It's wondrous. The Shroud was in a fire... in 1532. And before that all illumination was by flame.... so carbon contamination would be an issue from day 1.

3) Agree...

4) Could of made it... but broke limb and not able to cart all the cash out.

5) .... it's the Government can't trust em'

[OntheRail]

Extraterrestrials

[kingfin66]

Why did Michael Jordan ( the phony) suddenly play baseball?

Are you alluding to the rumor that he agreed to a suspension for gambling and that it was administered in a way that would allow he and the NBA to save face and not have a negative financial impact on both he and the league? If so, I always thought that to be a plausible story with the notable exception that his retirement coincided with a life changing event (the murder of his father).

[NorCalGreg]

. . . to me is: What is the reason Richie Allen is not in baseball's Hall of Fame?

I don't really remember Richie...I may have caught the tail-end of his career, so since you mentioned him I looked him up on wikipedia.

Very interesting career, he had. I can certainly see why you or anyone would wonder why he's not in the Hall. He once hit a homerun completely out of Connie Mack Stadium...was also a part of the Philly team that lead the league by 6 1/2 games with 12 to go, and LOST the pennant.

BTW.....I did catch the tail end of his career....but not Ritchie Allen's---Dick Allen's--that's why I didn't know the name at first. He came over and played at Oakland at the end of his days... as Dick Allen.

[reckless]

I don't really remember Richie...I may have caught the tail-end of his career, so since you mentioned him I looked him up on wikipedia.

Very interesting career, he had. I can certainly see why you or anyone would wonder why he's not in the Hall. He once hit a homerun completely out of Connie Mack Stadium...was also a part of the Philly team that lead the league by 6 1/2 games with 12 to go, and LOST the pennant.

BTW.....I did catch the tail end of his career....but not Ritchie Allen's---Dick Allen's--that's why I didn't know the name at first. He came over and played at Oakland at the end of his days... as Dick Allen.

Yeah, Greg, I often show my hand without even knowing it -- this time by calling Richie Allen Richie and not Dick Allen -- and that is a real sign of ... getting old, very old.

His brother, Hank, also an ex-major league ballplayer, trained horses on the Maryland circuit for years with some modest success and did have a horse good enough to run in the Preakness in the late 80s. I think Wayne Barnett rode the horse and it was the year Sunday Silence beat Easy Goer, 1989?

One last note if anyone is interested.... quick: name me John Velasquez's very first jockey's agent? Yes, correct! It was Richie (or Dick) Allen! You can go to the bank on that too.

[Fred]

At least we solved this age old puzzle

I went out last night to a costume party dressed as a chicken and I met a girl who was dressed as an egg. One thing led to another, and a life long question was answered................
It was the chicken.

[Marshall Bennett]

Extraterrestrials
There aren't any...mystery solved. :)

[Tom]

Magnets.

[reckless]

Shot and fed to a herd of pigs on a farm in Ohio.

You mean Jimmy Hoffa's remains aren't in a jar of Hellman's Mayonaise that's buried in the end zone at Giants Stadium? :eek:

[ronsmac]

1.Did the Alcatraz men survived there escape?
2.Shroud Of Turin
3.The Somerton Man
4.Db Cooper
5.Area 51I have about a thousand but here's my top five.
1. Right wing nuts. Do they really believe some of the things they say? 2. Left wing nuts. Do they really believe some of the things they say? 3. Old people. Why the hell do you go to bed at 7pm and get up at 5am? My neighbors drive me crazy with that, and why are old people so angry all of the time? 4.People who claim to have seen Ufo's. Get the hell out of here. 5 Ancient religions.

[lamboguy]

i only have 1, was Albert Desalvo the real Boston Strangler?

[Tom]

He's a rider at Belmont.

[johnhannibalsmith]

Why the term 'people of color' is the height of enlightened racial euphemism and 'colored people' is the height of archaic racism.

[Tom]

Especially when you consider Black is the ABSENCE of color.

[Marshall Bennett]

Why the term 'people of color' is the height of enlightened racial euphemism and 'colored people' is the height of archaic racism.
Every 10 years or so they come up with another description of what they are. Colored people was once appropriate and how they wanted to be referred as.
Negro, Afro-Americans, and African Americans are a few others.
Just make sure if you're white that you are up to date and choose the right one. :)

[reckless]

i only have 1, was Albert Desalvo the real Boston Strangler?

At the height of the Boston Strangler hysteria and before he was captured, an old NYC sports writer wrote:

"The Boston Police are having a hard time finding where the Boston Strangler is hiding. I suggest they look in the jockey's room at Suffolk Downs."

Funny then, funny now.

[zico20]

I know some people mentioned him in this thread, so here is the latest. The FBI has officially given up on finding DB Cooper. I guess that mystery will be forever.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/07/12/fbi-no-longer-actively-investigating-db-cooper-case.html

It looks like I spoke to soon. We may have finally cracked the case of DB Cooper. The guy is supposedly alive and well in San Diego.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/08/self-styled-sleuths-sue-fbi-for-db-cooper-files.html

[RunForTheRoses]

Especially when you consider Black is the ABSENCE of color.

Both of you can kiss my Pink Ass!

[Red Knave]

3 ... and why are old people so angry all of the time?
That one is simple. It's because everything hurts or it's stiff so it might hurt if I move it. And if it's not hurt or stiff, I bet it's going to be ...
Now we're retired, we have a lot of time to worry about stuff like that. ;)

[barahona44]

That one is simple. It's because everything hurts or it's stiff so it might hurt if I move it. And if it's not hurt or stiff, I bet it's going to be ...
Now we're retired, we have a lot of time to worry about stuff like that. ;)
And plenty of old men are angry that one part of their anatomy is NOT stiff anymore. :)

[PICSIX]

At least we solved this age old puzzle

I went out last night to a costume party dressed as a chicken and I met a girl who was dressed as an egg. One thing led to another, and a life long question was answered................
It was the chicken.
LMAO :lol:

[azeri98]

1.Why is the sky blue?
2. Was the immaculate reception a catch?
3.Why is American football called football when they rarely kick?
4.In golf why is a birdie called a birdie?
5. in tennis why is a 0 score considered "love"?

[barahona44]

Why do we say we feel "below par" when we are not feeling good,when in golf, below par is a positive attribute?

[lamboguy]

At the height of the Boston Strangler hysteria and before he was captured, an old NYC sports writer wrote:

"The Boston Police are having a hard time finding where the Boston Strangler is hiding. I suggest they look in the jockey's room at Suffolk Downs."

Funny then, funny now.that is what jockey Norman Mercier's nickname was

[_______]

1.Why is the sky blue?
2. Was the immaculate reception a catch?
3.Why is American football called football when they rarely kick?
4.In golf why is a birdie called a birdie?
5. in tennis why is a 0 score considered "love"?

1) Because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light. At sunrise and sunset, we see red and orange colors because the blue light has been scattered out and away from the line of sight. So long as the sun is visible, the sky will appear blue. As the angle becomes more oblique, this effect is lessened and you see more of the red and orange wavelengths.

2) If the ball touched Jack Tatum, yes. I don't think the replay is clear. It could have. Or maybe it didn't. Under today's rules, it's unquestionably a reception because there is no need for an intervening touch by a defensive player. Under the rules at the time...oh who cares. What's important is that the Raiders LOST and Pittsburgh WON. Justice was served.

3)Because of it's ancient relation to rugby. I don't think it's a very satisfying answer either but I spent a lot of time on the first two answers and still have two more to go. So that's all I'm willing invest here.

4) Because in the early 20th Century America, "bird" was slang for anything excellent. 23 skidoo kiddo. "Eagle" and "Albatross" are rare and rarer "birds"

5) From the French word "l'oeuf" which means egg. Which is shaped like a zero. Who knew there was an aviary connection between golf and tennis?

[Actor]

-- What does Tom do for a living...and it allows him so much time to post here? :)My guess, just a guess mind you, is that he's a retired civil servant.

[Actor]

Why do we say we feel "below par" when we are not feeling good,when in golf, below par is a positive attribute?Read Andrew Beyer. Par means average.

[Inner Dirt]

Why do we say we feel "below par" when we are not feeling good,when in golf, below par is a positive attribute?

Pretty simple, unlike many games in golf the lower the score the better. Also par in golf is the score an average professional should shoot, not the average weekend hacker. I know that wasn't a serious question,ha,ha.

[jk3521]

You're asking a bunch of mostly losing horse players about unsolved mysteries ? :D

[Actor]

That one is simple. It's because everything hurts or it's stiff so it might hurt if I move it. And if it's not hurt or stiff, I bet it's going to be ...
Now we're retired, we have a lot of time to worry about stuff like that. ;)Because it's not stiff and medical science charges me a bundle to make it stiff and it's not covered by insurance. :bang:

[Actor]

Could Man o' War have beaten Secretariat?
Who was Jack the Ripper?
Who staged the Piltdown Man hoax?
Were Butch and Sundance really killed in Bolivia?
What happened to Ambrose Bierce?

[PaceAdvantage]

You're asking a bunch of mostly losing horse players about unsolved mysteries ? :DThis is one of the better replies I've read in a while! :ThmbUp:

[_______]

Could Man o' War have beaten Secretariat?
Who was Jack the Ripper?
Who staged the Piltdown Man hoax?
Were Butch and Sundance really killed in Bolivia?
What happened to Ambrose Bierce?


Just taking on #1 here.

In human athletic endeavors, I don't think anyone can seriously doubt that today's athletes have better conditioning, nutrition, and "medical advice" than those from earlier in history. It's the reason why records continue to be set.

My assumption is that in any sport that doesn't involve judges, later generations are better than prior.

Hall of Fame NFL offensive players in the 60's wouldn't make the cut today facing 300 lb offensive linemen that move like linebackers of their era and 250 lb linebackers that move like Seabisquit.

I don't think Man 'O War could have been entered in an allowance race on the undercard of the 73 Derby.

[Steve 'StatMan']

-- What does Tom do for a living...and it allows him so much time to post here? :)

Yes, and are they hiring?

[VigorsTheGrey]

1. How does a guy like Obama appear out of nowhere and get to be president?
2. How does somebody like Hillary get to be President?
3. How come the American people don't just revolt instead of voting for Hillary or the Donald?
4. How come God doesn't just appear on Dancing with the Stars?
5. Who will be the Donalds' dancing partner when he appears on Dancing with the Stars, in lieu of God appearring?

[MutuelClerk]

1.Why is the sky blue?
2. Was the immaculate reception a catch?
3.Why is American football called football when they rarely kick?
4.In golf why is a birdie called a birdie?
5. in tennis why is a 0 score considered "love"?

Number 2. Still haunts me to this day. Justice was not served. The refs were cowards and ran off the field.

[azeri98]

Number 2. Still haunts me to this day. Justice was not served. The refs were cowards and ran off the field.
Me too as you can see by my avatar