Riddles

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Was there only one other person in the balloon?
Was this person male or female?
Was the other person trying to harm the woman?
Did she jump from a very high altitude? (say over 50 feet)
Did the woman jump to escape the other person in the balloon?

So, to recap.  A woman is up in a balloon, naked, with another person.  The woman chooses to jump, and then dies as a result of the fall.  She is clutching a broken stick in her hand that is pretty small.

Is any of that incorrect?

yes
male
no
yes
no
no

[Firemeboy]

Was the male naked?
Is this riddle moving into PG-13 territory?
Did the woman plan on jumping when she first got into the balloon?
Did the man jump?
Is the wooden stick just a wooden stick, or does it serve some other purpose.
Are there markings on the stick?
Is it man made (or carved or altered by man)?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Was the male naked?
Is this riddle moving into PG-13 territory?
Did the woman plan on jumping when she first got into the balloon?
Did the man jump?
Is the wooden stick just a wooden stick, or does it serve some other purpose.
Are there markings on the stick?
Is it man made (or carved or altered by man)?

no
I'm not sure I understand the question
no
no
the latter
sorta
the stick you mean? yes.

[Firemeboy]

Did the stick used to be attached to the ballon (or balloon carriage)?  
Or something in the balloon?
Did she bring the stick with her on the way to the balloon ride?
Did she enter the balloon naked?

I have to admit, I'm getting nothing.

[Firemeboy]

Was the stick a match?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Did the stick used to be attached to the ballon (or balloon carriage)?  
Or something in the balloon?
Did she bring the stick with her on the way to the balloon ride?
Did she enter the balloon naked?
Was the stick a match?

no
no
yes
no
yes

[Firemeboy]

So, we have a fully clothed female, who enters a hot air baloon with a male.  The next thing we know she is naked and jumps from the balloon on her own free will.  The balloon does not crash.

Was the woman in danger before she jumped out of the balloon?
I'm assuming that since the woman is naked, she does not have a parachute on?
Is the match unused?
Was she trying to light the burner on the hot air balloon?
Did she take off her clothes to lighten the load of the balloon?
Did the woman think they were still on the ground when she jumped?
Did the woman know she would die when she jumped?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Was the woman in danger before she jumped out of the balloon?
I'm assuming that since the woman is naked, she does not have a parachute on?
Is the match unused?
Was she trying to light the burner on the hot air balloon?
Did she take off her clothes to lighten the load of the balloon?
Did the woman think they were still on the ground when she jumped?
Did the woman know she would die when she jumped?

yes
no, she does not
yes
no
yes
no
yes

[Firemeboy]

Ok, I'm guessing the balloon was going down.  She tries to light the burner, but the match is 'broken' (possibly wet?)and won't light.  She took off her clothes to help lighten the load.  She loves the male in the balloon, so to save him she sacrifices herself by jumping.

If that is not the whole story...

Is it raining?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

it's not. You've got the information about the match wrong. note the answer to the question about whether she was trying to light the burner.

[Firemeboy]

Is the matchstick broken in half?
Would the match light if somebody else struck it?
Is it important that the field in which she lies is 'muddy'?
Are the fields around her also muddy?
Did she break the match?
Did the man break the match?

You mentioned that the woman was in danger before she jumped.  Did that danger stemp from the balloon crashing?
Is the male in the balloon related to her?  Does she love him?  
Was she trying to light something on fire before she jumped?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Is the matchstick broken in half?
Would the match light if somebody else struck it?
Is it important that the field in which she lies is 'muddy'?
Are the fields around her also muddy?
Did she break the match?
Did the man break the match?
You mentioned that the woman was in danger before she jumped.  Did that danger stemp from the balloon crashing?
Is the male in the balloon related to her?  Does she love him?  
Was she trying to light something on fire before she jumped?

yes
yes, if they had the right end, obviously.
not as to why she died.
yes
no
yes
yes
yes yes
no

[Firemeboy]

Is the man still alive?
Was the man trying to light something?  
Was he trying to light the burner?
Was there a second match?  
And she drew the 'short straw' (or match as the case may be)

[Firemeboy]

Ok, the balloon is going down.  Somebody has to jump.  The man takes two matches, breaks one, and then the woman chooses the short match.  She is the one who has to jump.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

there, you've got it