The puddle is the melted lolly, and the sticks are what it was frozen on.
A man is found dead in an alley, lying in a red puddle, with two crossed sticks beside his head. What happened?
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The red puddle isn’t blood.
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He ate a poisoned ice lolly
Source: Jed’s list of situation puzzles, No. 1.81, credited to Peter R. Olpe