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Get the riddle right post a new one make sure its hard.
Ok ill start it off...
A man is found dead surrounded by 53 bicycles what happend ?
You can ask yes or no questions.
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There is a riddle game here (http://www.bfmracing.net/forums/index.php?topic=108.2250)
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The other riddle thread doesn't allow these types of riddles (Lateral Thinking Puzzles I think they're called), where you have to ask questions to get to the answer.
So... um.. guy had a heart attack in a bike shop?
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The other riddle thread doesn't allow these types of riddles (Lateral Thinking Puzzles I think they're called), where you have to ask questions to get to the answer.
So... um.. guy had a heart attack in a bike shop?
nope
Remember Yes or no questions.
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Ahhh, 5 minuet mysteries or something like that? Love that game...
Did he inhale or digest something inside the bike shop that led to his death?
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He was cheating at poker (or some other card game), hence the 53 bicycles (bicycle being a brand of cards) and not 52 and got shot...or somehting similar.
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We have a winner! I knew I'd heard this one before, couldn't remember it, but that's it Booyah. Nice one.
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Your Go Booyah!
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Ok, I'll start with an easy one that I am sure someone has heard before.
A gentlemen goes into work very early every morning works long hours and goes home with the afternoon rush hour. His office is on the 80th floor of a very tall office building downtown. Every morning without fail he takes the elevator up to the 40th floor gets out and walks up the stairs the rest of the way to his 80th floor office. Every afternoon he takes the elevator from his office all the way down to the lobby and goes home. Why?
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he's.... a midget?
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You might want to explain your answer for those that have not heard it before...but you are right my man.
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he can only reach up to the "40" floor button, so while going up, he can only go halfway. (Although he could always use a stool :P) I'll post my riddle when I can think of it.
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i told you that 1 bowser :P
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Heehee, I remember when you asked me that one on xfire awhile ago :XD: Lets see...
A man is found dead out in the sun in a puddle, what happened?
This on requires some yes/no questions and is quite hard. ;D
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is the water melted ice?
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ehh... well... I guess it kinda is "ice" of types. Its a melted-icey-something :P
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was he inside the ice, then it melted and he was left inside a puddle of water?
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Buried in an avalanche that eventually thawed in summer?
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nope to both
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Hit and run by an ice cream truck?
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LOL partly correct
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Chocked on an icecream (/some other form of frozen beverage/food item)?
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you mean "eaten?" if so, yes
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Is the puddle related directly to the food which he was eating? (Meaning that it was the food or part of the food rather than an accompanying beverage.)
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yes
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was he in the desert?
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nope
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Was the food poisoned?
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yes :D Well done!
The full and correct answer was that he ate a poisoned popsickle and died, and the popsickle melted. Yur up Saes! ;D
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Sorry that it took so long for me to post again. (I was looking for / trying to think of one... and failed :P )
Since I don't have one, someone else please post one :)
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Sid Shady was working for a large construction company that was very concerned about employee theft. Someone tipped company security that Shady was the man to watch. Each night, he passed through security with a wheelbarrow full of scrap lumber, discarded electrical wires, and chunks of concrete. The security guards checked the contents daily, but could find nothing of value. What was Shady stealing?
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wheelbarrows?
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Yup. Yur up.
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dunno if we can write our own riddles or not
but here we go:
you are in jail, infront of you are two doors, one leeds to freedom the other leads to death
each door is guarded by a man, one man ALWAYS lies and the other ALWAYS tells the truth
but you don't know which one
you are given ONE question to give to ONE of the men
what is the only question you can ask to assure you will know which is the door to safety?
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<.< all u have to ask is which way does the other goblin say to go
but its my turn anyway :P
let me see if I can remember this one...
This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you would think nothing was wrong with it and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why? Study it, think about it, and you may find out. Try to do it without coaching. If you work at it for a bit it will dawn on you. So jump to it and try your skill at figuring it out. Good luck and don't blow your cool!
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theres no letter E in it at all
that or there is a lot of letter Us in it
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yea u got it! there is no letter "e" in that whole paragraph. (letter "e" is most used letter in the alphabet which is not used at all in the paragraph :P)
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Hmmm. ok hers a little 5 min mistery sorta thing
Back in the 1800s a man was running from the law. He had seemed to loose them. Then, He found an Mountain man in his cabin near a lake. He stashed his horse and asked the mountain man to hide him so he cut him a 6 foot hallow bamboo pole and told him to hide in the lake ( using the bamboo to breath). So the law men came by and after a hefty scan of teh property AND THE LAKE let him be. So they ran on by. So the mountain man came to fech the guy outof teh lake. When he did he was dead.
Why?
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the guy was 6 foot under water soo: i would imagine the water pressure that deep would mean he could not expand his lungs enough to create the forces required to pul air through a very thin bamboo that was 6 foot long fast enough to keep him alive while the police did their extensive search?
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The air in the mountains contains less oxygen. -nods- Hence, many people pass out when they climb a mountain too fast. So, if he's running from the law, he's obviously not been anywhere too long (no time to acclimate) and he died from not being able to get enough air? Maybe? xD
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i think superman got it
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Six feet of any kind of pipe is too long for someone to expel all the carbon dioxide they'd exhale, and it would build up in the tube/pipe/bamboo(reed) and they would suffocate to death from re-breathing their own CO2 instead of O2.
QED
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YEP U GOT IT!!
The pole was so long that he could push the Carbon Dioxide, so he just kept breathing it in instead of Oxygen and died.
The other ones were very good answers though. Some I wouln'd think of. Definatly some crittical thinking.
In 7th grade English, when we had spare time, we would read these 5 min mysteries and this one is the only one I remember ;D
ok ur up Mr. Mxysjaidljf;adlj what ever
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'Sounds more like an old Encyclopedia Brown to me.... ;D
You really don't mean for us to post Lateral Thinking Puzzles, do you?
The back-and-forth with the questions would get tedious real fast! (That or I'd just be a race to see who knew that one and posted first, which is not mental challenge.... ::) )
K then, a "hard riddle," or a mystery, I guess:
"The Deadly Safe House"
Despite the cold, Officer Alex Morelli was sweating heavily as he stood in the front hall of the dingy safe house, waiting for a superior to show up and take charge of the strangled body on the floor. Morelli himself had been in charge of the body while it was alive and that, of course, was the reason for Morelli's sweat.
For two days, he'd been one of the guards assigned to Jake Fishel, a harmless accountant who'd been unlucky enough to witness a mob hit. The D.A. had begged Fischel to testify and vowed he would be kept safe from the long arm of the Popov crime family. Officer Morelli had stayed with Fischel, working 12-hour shifts and actually growing to like the meek, mousy witness. And now this.
The doorbell startled Morelli and he opened up to admit Captain Cromwell, a whirlwind in a rumpled suit that flapped in the frigid breeze.
Cromwell stared down at the corpse. "Why was he left alone?"
"I got a call from your office," Morelli stammered, pulling out his two-way radio as if it proved something. "I was ordered back to the stationhouse. They said another guard would take over. It was half an hour before I got wise and got back here."
"Just because it came on the right frequency, you didn't think to question it? The Popovs have connections, you idiot. They own people." The captain sighed. "Who all had keys?"
"I had the only set. I told Fischel not to open up for anyone. When I closed the door, it locked behind me, then I heard him throw the deadbolt. You know him, Captain. He wasn't a reckless guy."
Cromwell knelt by the body. "Strangled from behind. Probably a wire. Who would Fischel open the door for? Who knew he was here? It's time we got answers."
The captain grabbed his overcoat from a hook and led the way to his car. Morelli grabbed his own coat and followed.
The first lead came from the safe house's phone records. Just the previous night, the victim had sneaked a call to Luther Dross, his brother-in-law. "My wife's in intensive care," Luther told the officers when they visited him at his locksmith shop across town. "Jake and her were real close. Jake was worried and wanted the latest news about her condition. We talked for maybe five minutes. He knew it was against the rules and he never told me where he was."
The captain pulled a notepad and pen from his coat. "Where were you today around two?"
"Is that the time of death?" Luther asked weakly. "I was installing locks in a new apartment complex on Prospect Road. Some of the workmen must have seen me. I came back here to clean up before going to the hospital. Can I go now?"
Officer Morelli came up with the case's second lead. Four months ago, he remembered using this same safe house to protect Buddy Banks, a mob informer. When the D.A. was trying to convince Fischel to testify, he brought in Buddy to calm the accountant's nerves and tell him how safe protective custody could be. "Buddy knew where the safe house was. He had mob connections. And Fischel knew him, so he might have opened the door."
Banks had moved 20 miles away and changed his name. Cromwell and Morelli tracked him down to a phone company where he worked as a directory assistance operator. Cromwell showed his badge and had the former informer sent out on a break. He told him the news.
"Wow," Banks said and looked sick to his stomach. "I feel terrible. If I hadn't talked him into testifying, he'd still be alive."
"Did Fischel make contact with you?"
"No, I swear. I only saw him that once in the D.A.'s office. And I had no way of knowing they'd send him to that safe house."
"You could have found out."
"Look, I've cut my ties to that whole world. I work 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day, and I'm straight as an arrow."
Cromwell and Morelli drove the 20 miles back to the city, turning everything over in their minds. "The killer always makes a mistake," the captain mumbled.
"Yes," Morelli agreed.
They both stayed silent for the rest of the drive.
Who killed Jake Fischel? What is your evidence?
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I don't know if I'm right, but I hope you try to figure it out first... Highlight below for my guess.
It was Captain Cromwell. He came in in just a rumpled suit, but grabbed his coat on the way out. He must have been there before (like when he was killing that guy!) and forgot it.
I feel like a detective! :P That was fun.
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wow....that is really hard!! Im going to think on it though. :interesti
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I don't know if I'm right, but I hope you try to figure it out first... Highlight below for my guess.
[Guess deleted from this quote because I can't remember the colour for quote backgrounds XD]
I feel like a detective! :P That was fun.
Wow... had to cave and look, hadn't noticed that at all!
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I don't know if I'm right, but I hope you try to figure it out first... Highlight below for my guess.
I feel like a detective! :P That was fun.
I've come to the same conclusion, just a bit later than yours. xD
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Yep! You got it spot on, JD!!!
GJ!
(Interestingly, on the site where they host these things and you have to select your answer to see the correct answer, only 10% of those answering got it correct! Congrat's on being in that 10%, JANE!)
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(Interestingly, on the site where they host these things and you have to select your answer to see the correct answer, only 10% of those answering got it correct! Congrat's on being in that 10%, JANE!)
Here I am thinking Jane is one in a million, and she's only one in ten!
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(This has probably been done in the forums somewhere... Anyway, begin riddle! :P)
This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary, you'd think nothing was wrong with it. Actually, nothing IS wrong with it. But it is not as ordinary as you might think. If you think about it for a bit, you will find out why it is truly so unusual. So what is it? What is so unordinary about this paragraph?
Already been done, new riddle HERE (http://www.bfmracing.net/forums/index.php?topic=33357.msg255468#msg255468)!
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it repeats constantly
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Perhaps, but that is not the answer. :P
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Someone posted this'n a couple of pages back, I think... Last page, in fact. You may want a new one ::)
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indeed, it was poste in this very thread.
(just for fun. :winkgrin:)
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Lol, riddle noob!
BRB
Okay, back.
A man leaves a motel room, goes to his car, honks the horn, and returns. Why?
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was he honking his horn at someone?
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1. The people in the next room were making too much noise so he honked at them.
2. His wife had said "honey, I forget what our car horn sounds like. Be a dear and go honk it for me?"
3. He went out for something, came back and forgot which room?
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Odin: Yes
Kiwi: 1) No
2) No
3) Yes, how did he know which room was his
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1. someone else in his room heard him honking and came out
2. everyone else in all the other rooms opened their doors and yelled at him and his room was the one no one came out of
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1) No
2) We'll give you that one!
He went out to his car for something, realized he forgot which room was his, and honked the horn. A lot of lights turned on in rooms, except for his own - his wife is deaf. :P
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omg, never would have come up with that exact answer.
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A man was found dead in his library. His forehead was resting on the keys of his tape recorder; a pool of blood lay on the desk beside him. From the door, the detective could see that the man's right hand covered the gun and that a bullet had entered his right temple.
The detective removed the tape recorder from under the man's head and pressed the play button.
A voice said, "I am not going to go on with a long winded farewell. I'm tired of life and all its anguish. I'll see you on the other side, wherever that maybe."
There was a gunshot and the sound of his head hitting the tape recorder keys, followed by a click indicating the recorder had been shut off.
The detective was certain that someone else had imitaded the man's voice and made this recording to sound like a suicide.
Why does he suspect murder???
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He couldn't shut off the recorder if he was dead, therefor, the man was murdered.
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No. his head may have hit the buttons and shut it off
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There was a gunshot and the sound of his head hitting the tape recorder keys, followed by a click indicating the recorder had been shut off.
was it b/c if his head swicthed off the recording you wouldnt hear the thud of his head followed by a click, you might not even hear the thud at all?
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Well that was what I thought too, but no that's not the answer unfortunately. But yeah, good guess.
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1.is it b/c the gun should have flown out of his hand?
2. the gun wouldnt have landed with his hand covering?
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1. nope
2. nope
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golly gee i give
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Did he fire the gun, and if he did, was he forced to?
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Possibly, but the answer doesn't depend on it. I believe you can get the answer to this one from the information in the story, without asking questions, and you'll probably know you got it once you figure it out. Kinda like the one JANE guessed with the captain grabbing his coat off the hook.
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guessing here but was it because he heard the tape recorder shut off and dead people cant shut things off
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No, that's pretty much what Bowser said. His head could have hit the buttons and shut it off. Possibly.
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The detective did not rewind the tape at all, he just pressed play. There is no way a dead man could have
rewound the tape himself. The man who murdered him rewound the tape after he killed him.
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lol nice i was sure it would be bout the gun or how his head hit the recorder. GJ
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Woot, we have a winner!
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If he could've turned it off by hitting his head on it, he could've easily have just pressed the rewind button instead. I know that an old tape recorder that we had would instantly stop doing whatever, and then rewind. After it was done the button would "unclick" and it'd look like it was just sitting there. Although the chances of it happening are somewhat unlikely, but just as possible as him hitting the stop button. -shrugs- Either way, nice job Mith!
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we should rename the game the "murder mystery" or Mind-boggling crime" game... It's awesome to read tho.
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Yay I feel smart! :neckbeard: Alright, here is one I'm sure some of you have heard before.
It's the only one I could think of off the top of my head.
Your in a two story house on the 2nd floor. There are 3 light switches upstairs and each one
turns on an individual light downstairs. You need to figure out which light goes to which switch, but
you can only go downstairs and back up once. How do you figure out which switch goes to
which light?
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You don't need to go back upstairs. ;D
You turn on one light. Let it sit for about ten minuets.
Turn on one of the other lights and go downstairs.
The one you flipped first will be hot, but the one you flipped second won't be yet,, and the third one isn't even on. So 1 switch was connected to the hot bulb, one to the on-but-not-hot bulb, and one to the bulb that wasn't on. As long as you remember which switch you flipped, its simple deduction. ;D
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Yep, got that quick! Your go Bowser.
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yay!
This one may be a bit tricky.
A man called someone from a phone booth. He then exited the phone booth, went home, and murdered his wife. Why?
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he was an assassin and had to kill his wife?
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The man was out shopping or on lunch or whatever, he called his wife from the phone booth and a random man answered. Blinded by rage, he returned home and killled his wife
;D
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Dang Fraggle, that was quick :P Your go. ;D
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Ok new tittle guys Super Hard Riddles Game is now......
Minute Mysteries Game!
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wow! i got it right? ok, gimme a minute
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ok, Riddle me this!
A horse is tied to a 15 ft. rope and there is a bail of hay 25 ft. away from him. Yet the horse is able to eat from the bail of hay. How is this possible?
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well... the horse just walks up to the bail of hay :P u never said he was tied down to something :D
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Awwww, you got it!
NJ odin. your go.
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There were no hits, most of the pitches were either too low or too high, and none of the players on either side knew the score. Yet the stands were full and the crowd cheered with exitement. How can this be?
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Heh, I know this one. -nods- But I don't know of any riddles. It's some sort of symphony or something like that. -nods- Someone else want to take the next mystery?
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maybe a school concert?
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its the guest opening picther......like Obama or someone.
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yea it was the first band concert and nobody could recognise the SCORE (music score) Id say kiwi was the closest.
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-nods- Me too Odin, me too. = ) I suppose you're up Key? xD
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This one is short and simple. What happened?
He couldn't find a chair, so he died
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he fainted and hit his head causing a hemorrhage in the brain
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Finaly one I've heard before.......He's a Lion tamer
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Yep!
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A man was found murdered one Sunday morning.
His wife immediately called the police.
The police questioned the wife and staff and was given these alibis:
The Wife said she was in bed reading a book.
The Cook claimed she cooking breakfast.
The Gardener claimed he was planting seeds.
The Maid claimed she was getting the mail.
The Butler claimed he was polishing the silver.
The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know?
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Since I've got to go, Kiwi is going to monitor the answer to my riddle ok? I have PM'd him the answer.
TY
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You can't arrest the murdered. :P The maid did it because there's no mail on Sunday.
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On behalf of Liam....errr...*consults notes*.... correct!
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:XD: So QUICK!! LOL TY kiwi, it turns out my riddle was so easy to solve i coulda told them if they are correct myself. GJ Racr ur turn. :LOL:
Nite all.
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Alright.
What is broken every time it's spoken?
Edit: Lol, this was my three hundredth post.
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broken? :XD:
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Silence! That's a regular riddle, btw. :P
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Yep, JANE got it.
And I don't know any riddles so I had to look one up.
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Hans and Fritz are German spies during World War II. They try to enter America, posing as returning tourists. Hans is immediately arrested.
How did they know?
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His name is clearly German.
QUESTION TIME!
Did Hans do anything suspicious on the way to America or in the airport?
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Did Hans do anything suspicious on the way to America or in the airport?
Obviously he did, it's why he was arrested.
:P
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Did they have a camera? I'm thinkings spies might have one, but they wouldn't have taken any pictures yet. So that would be suspicious.
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Nope, a camera had nothing to do with it.
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if they were RETURNING tourists then they would need all the documents of being american citizens, which they would not have, having never been in america before, and hence were arested?
gabble gabble gabble lol, far guess but hopefully got it lol
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good guess, but not it.
i'll give a hint after I wake up today :P
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when they enter they have to fill out a personal information form, including date of birth. The german way of writing this is d/m/y and the american way is m/d/y
say fritz wrote 6/6/29 - its the same both ways so he was fine
say hans wrote 28/2/28 - months dont go that high so they know he isnt an american returning and was arrested
;D
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What a precise answer, well done Haunted!
Give us a mystery we might solve in one minute. :P
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how on earth did you guess that... :undecided:
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lol laggin :P
heres mine:
A man is lying awake in bed. He makes a phone call, says nothing, and goes to sleep. Why?
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ummm was he at a hotel? if so...lets say.... the person in the next room is like playing his music or his TV so loud that he can't sleep. he calls him, goes to sleep b4 he can start playing/tv louder?
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i'll give it to you ;D nice 1 :winkgrin:
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really? wow!
Stanley praised the opportunities America provided immigrants. "When I came to this country," he said, "I knew only two words of English, but that didn't stop me from making my fortune." What does Stanley do and what were the two words of English that he knew?
Might want to ask yes or no ?'s lol
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money please? :LOL:
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A1: He's a robber / "Hands up!"?
A2: He's a street peddler / "Spare change?"
:winkgrin:
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a1 :P. yer go mxy!
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Rofl@ A2.
I don't know of any panhandler's that have made a fortune. xD
Edit: After a Pm from Mxy, I now do. xD
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ROFL @ * !
Okay, time for a doozy/loong one!:
"Tony, look at this!" Moose Perkins gestured to a story in the newspaper he'd found on his stool when they'd arrived at the diner.
Tony gave his partner a withering glaze. "I'm trying to drink my coffee."
Moose persisted, saying "You gotta look at it right now," as he slid the newspaper in front of his partner's nose. The two of them were seated at the counter, spinning away the hours trying to come up with another way to scam a living. They were willing to do almost anything, as long as it didn't involve honest work.
Tony knocked the paper away from his face. "Leave me alone, will you? Give me a little peace and quiet so I can think."
"I'm telling you, there's something you should see. Hurry up, I don't want to blow this."
Tony grabbed the paper out of Moose's hand and pointed to the date across the top. "This thing is already a day old. What happened yesterday that I need to know about today?"
"Just read it, will you?" Tony sighed, then read aloud, "'Local Policewoman named Police Officer of the Year.' Why should I care about this lady? We're crooks, remember? Unless they gave this cop a cash award, I'm not interested."
Moose stabbed his finger at the story beside it. "Not that one, this one."
Tony read, "'Big Winner in the PowerBall.' So somebody else made a killing, and all I got for my forty bucks was waste paper. Does that mean you have to rub it in?"
"Keep your voice down. Now look at the woman down the counter reading that newspaper. Doesn't she look familiar?"
Tony looked from the woman to the newspaper photograph and then back again. "I can't believe it. You're right, it's her." The woman signaled the waitress for her check.
Moose whispered urgently, "Let's go after her. We can hold her up and take whatever she's got on her."
Tony put a hand on Moose's shoulder. Softly, he said, "Wait a second, I've got a better idea. Instead of strong-arming her like we usually do, why don't we follow this lady back to her apartment? I wonder how much cash she's got back at her place?"
Moose read from the paper, "It says here she got her first check yesterday, $168,000 a year after taxes. She's going to get that every year for the next twenty years."
"I'm not worried about the future, I want to get my hands on some of the money she's got right now." Tony frowned. "You know, she's not going to be carrying that kind of dough around this neighborhood."
"No, but I guarantee you she's got a chunk of it in cash somewhere close by, I know I would have."
Tony took the last sip from his coffee cup, then slid a quarter under the saucer. "Let's follow her home and see what we can find."
"I'm right behind you."
Tony and Moose walked out into the crisp morning air toward the kiosk where the new millionaire had just finished reading a section of the newspaper she'd bought. After folding it under her arm, the woman smiled smugly, then started walking down the street. She was so preoccupied with what she'd seen in the paper that she didn't even notice the two men following her.
As she ducked into a small apartment building nearby, Moose said, "Geez, I wonder how long she's going to hang around this neighborhood now that she's loaded?"
"That's why we have to get her now. I'll bet she'll be gone in a week, and we'll lose our chance at all that money."
Tony gave the woman a second to get inside, then slipped in the door behind her.
Inside the vestibule, he held a hand up to Moose, then whispered, "Stay here. I'll be right back."
Moose stood just inside the doorway and waited for his partner to return. Thirty seconds later, Tony came back.
He said, "We're in luck, she lives on the first floor. I saw the apartment she went into. We've got her cold, Moose. Come on, let's go."
As they stood outside the door to 1C, Moose said, "What are we going to do, force our way inside?" The big man studied the jamb for a second, then said, "I bet I could kick the door in."
"I've got a better idea that won't attract so much attention. We're going to do this with finesse. You watch the door, I'll be right back. I saw a vendor across the street."
Two minutes later, Tony walked back into the building carrying a large bouquet of flowers in his arms.
"What are you doing with those flowers?"
"Just watch a master at work. When I make my move, I want you to stand to one side, then follow me in once my foot's in the door."
Moose reluctantly agreed, stepping out of the way so he was out of sight.
Tony rang the doorbell as he held the bouquet up in front of the peephole.
From inside, a woman's voice called out, "Yes, who is it?"
"Hurley's Florist, Ma'am. Delivery for you."
"I didn't order any flowers."
"Listen, you want the flowers or not? All it says here is 'Congratulations.'"
"How nice. I'll be right out."
Tony tensed in the hallway waiting for the door to open. When he heard the chain slip away from the lock and saw the door open, he jammed his gun into the doorway and said, "Step away from the door, Lady. This is a hold-up." Moose was one step behind him.
As Tony followed his gun inside, he found the woman pointing a shotgun at his chest. She had the angle on them both. Tony saw that they didn't have a chance.
She commanded, "Drop your guns."
Both men did as they were told.
How did the woman know?
Rating: V-hard!
Hint if you REALLY have to go there...:
Right after the men did as told, the woman smiled broadly and said "That explains why you two followed me home. I knew you were both up to no good. I guess you didn't read the afternoon edition of the paper, did you?"
Fin
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The woman was the police officer, and it was a sting operation? The police planted the paper, and then of course the paper was later told that the "winner" didn't actually win. The police expected that the men wouldn't look at the late edition before they made their move, and sure enough, the criminals didn't. thus they showed up and were caught.
even if i'm wrong i'm proud of the answer lawl. ;D
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I think you got it in one Bowser :)
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The woman was the police officer, and it was a sting operation? The police planted the paper, and then of course the paper was later told that the "winner" didn't actually win. The police expected that the men wouldn't look at the late edition before they made their move, and sure enough, the criminals didn't. thus they showed up and were caught.
even if i'm wrong i'm proud of the answer lawl. ;D
1/3 credit (divided by 10 because the hint was used.... ::) :winkgrin: ) to Bowser: She was a policewoman alright. But it was NOT a sting.
(And you can still be proud, Bowser! d_b )
Figuring out why the afternoon paper mattered and how she knew IS the hard part, tho!
So this one still stands open....
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Did she win the lottery?
and *cough* I didn't *cough* use the hint *cough*
Well, not MUCH of it anyways. :ssh: :siderofl:
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I get the impression that the late edition corrected a mistake. Not like either story was "breaking news". So a mistake in the lottery story?
I don't get it.
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My bet is that there was a misprint in the paper, which often occurs. They accidentally mixed up the pictures of the two women. The lady that was the police officer "won the lottery" and the woman that won the lottery "was the police officer." Heh, I "won a scholarship." this past May.... -kinda did earn it but turned it down- But that was long before the paper ever posted anything about it.
Edit: After the paper caught their mistake they switched the pictures back, and probably put a little thing in saying that it was corrected and just reposted the stories. -nods- I know that many papers will often use the same stories two or sometimes even three days in a row. Especially on Saturday and Sunday editions (Mostly the only things that change on them are the Sports section.)
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Wow, Kiwi. You got it alright, BUT!...
SuperGuy there got it SO SPOT ON that I'll have to give it to him!
GJ! Soupee!!!
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I didn't get it! I was on the right track, but I didn't even consider the photos. :doh: I'm in awe of Suprman. Actually Bowser too - he had a great answer.
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xD Ty Mxy. -loved Bowser's answer more- Very creative. Umm, I'm not sure of any mysteries, so I'll try to find one on the net. If I can't, then I'd like to pass it on to Bowser within the next 24 hours. -really just likes to try to figure out the answers- xP
Edit: I found one. No googling! -glares- Now.... -posts-
A man was to be sentenced, and at the sentencing the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free. What did the man say?
Hint, if you must: The judge doesn't like to contradict his word.
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He said "you will sentence me to 6 years in prison"
If that's true, then the judge has said he'd get 4.
If it's false then the judege said he'd get 6, which makes it true.
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I see that you've found the Key to the treasure chest. = ) Perhaps too easy? Oh well. -liked it when he was reading it- You're up Key!
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Mxy is driving and comes up to a railroad crossing. The barrier arms are almost down, but he can't stop. He goes right through the crossing without incident. How is this possible?
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He's driving the train.
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He's driving the train.
id say so but even if he wasn't there is like a 1 min wait between when the arms go down and when the train goes past
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Mxy is driving and comes up to a railroad crossing. The barrier arms are almost down, but he can't stop. He goes right through the crossing without incident. How is this possible?
'Cuz he's an IMP FROM THE FIFTH DIMENSION!!!
DUH! :doh:
:LOL:
:winkgrin:
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"Almost down" is a relative term, Leo. It could mean halfway, or a couple degrees from parallel to the ground. If the arms were nearly parallel to the road, then if Mxy were to drive through he'd have to break the arms, which would be considered an incident. Jane's answer is the only answer that is definite.
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JANE is correct!
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id say so but even if he wasn't there is like a 1 min wait between when the arms go down and when the train goes past
New South Wales is weird. Myabe that's why we have so many cars get hit by trains, normally we only wait for 20-30 seconds, depending if it is a freight or passenger train.
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Nj Janie! -wonders what's next- xD
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JANE has computer issues. If anyone wants to post a new one I'm sure she won't mind.
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I'll do it! BTW, it's hilarious how morbid these mysteries can be. This one is the funniest I've seen yet, I hope it hasn't been done already:
There is a man standing next to a box. Seven people walk in, look in the box, nod to each other and then the man, and walk out.
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was the something in the box... important (to them)?
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Was Snow White in the box? If so, that's explains the 7 people.
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Going with what Kiwi said...Snow White has died in a horrible car accident and is lying in her cask. Her Prince Charming has come to rescue her but isn't quite sure what to do. The Dwarves come in, and, seeing his hesitance, nod at him and each other in the hope that he will kiss her and she will come back to life by breaking the spell. The prince charming does this, and Snow White does indeed come back to life, as a result the dwarves walk out while the others have an intimate moment.
On the way out, it was sad to note that all 7 dwarves were hit by a passing train, and as much as Mr. Prince Charming kissed them, he was unable to bring them back to life.
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Odin: There was indeed something important to them in the box, they had to be sure it was actually there.
Kiwi: It has nothing to do with fairy tales.
Hydra: :hug: No.
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Darn. I'll think of something!
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hmmm... well... I think they are at a doctor's office or something like that. And they come in to see what's in the box... like a baby or something. Or maybe a body part from sergery :P. But I have no idea why they would check in just to see if the baby/body part was safe or ummm, succesfully removed???? lol unless they made a deal somewhere else about it.
Me thinks I'm wrong lol.
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Is it a normal box, like cardboard box or similar?
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Is it a normal box, like cardboard box or similar?
Yeah. This one seems to be waaaay out there, so I think we'd better start asking questions rather than guessing....
So here's my first set of "Lateral-Thinking" style Yes/No questions:
Mxy01) Is there something of the man's in the box?
Mxy02) Do the seven people know the man for any reason?
Mxy03) Do all of the seven men PLUS the man know each other for some reason?
Mxy04) Is there a particular reason that they nod instead of speaking?
Mxy05) Is the box larger than a breadbox?
Enough for now...
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Odin: You clearly know it, please answer.
Kiwi: 'Tis a normal box, for general storage.
Mxy01) Yes.
Mxy02) Yes.
Mxy03) Yes.
Mxy04) No, just confirmation.
Mxy05) No.
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yaaay :neckbeard: :neckbeard: :neckbeard: :neckbeard: im so glad my thred got so popular!
The seven people were part of a gang and they made a deal with the man and he was going to give them gold
and they came to get it.
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yaaay :neckbeard: :neckbeard: :neckbeard: :neckbeard: im so glad my thred got so popular!
The seven people were part of a gang and they made a deal with the man and he was going to give them gold
and they came to get it.
That's very plausible!
Probably why I'm assuming it's also incorrect :P ;D.
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I know it? Honesty it was just an educated guess based on reasoning. one guy in a room was the doctor with the baby. So they all came in to check on the baby (family members) and they nodded because she had some problem giving birth before and this was a normal baby or something to that extent... then nod to the doctor as a way of saying thank u.
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I see. My bad! You were very close, I don't think they'll get closer.
hmmm... well... I think they are at a doctor's office or something like that. And they come in to see what's in the box... like a baby or something. Or maybe a body part from sergery :P. But I have no idea why they would check in just to see if the baby/body part was safe or ummm, succesfully removed???? lol unless they made a deal somewhere else about it.
Me thinks I'm wrong lol.
Eight people were stranded on a deserted island with no food. One was a doctor. They agreed that they would cut off one of their hands for food. The doctor would keep his hands to perform the surgery but, if rescued, he would have to have his hand removed after. They were rescued and the other seven people all met up to be sure the doctor cut off his hand. The hand was in a box, confirmed removed.
Whatcha got for us, Odin?
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Wow.
Ya, I don't know how much closer I was going to get on that one! :embarrassing:
You cudda let us squirm for another good week, methinks tho, JD.... ;D
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wow... that is different lol.
Believe me or not but It took me a lot of patience and quite a few hairs off my head... but I finally solved Einstien's riddle... I think lol. If u want to try it for my riddle go ahead and attempt it. http://www.southernct.edu/~fields/alumni_puz/EinsteinsRiddle/
Otherwise: There once was an evil wizard. He took 3 woman from their homes and turned them into rose bushes that looked exactly alike. He put them in his garden. One of the woman had a husband and children and begged the wizard to let her see them. He agreed. At night, he brought the woman to her house. In the morning he came and took her home. One day the husband decided to go rescue her. So he snuck into the wizard's garden. He looked and looked at the 3 identical rose bushes trying to figure out which could be his wife. Suddenly, he knew the answer and he took his wife home. How did he know which rose bush was his wife?
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It was the one that was nagging him.
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no lol :siderofl:
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Well, if the wife could talk to the Wizard to say she had a wife and children, surely she could talk to her husband to say "I'M YOUR WIFE YOU NUMBSKULL PICK ME!"
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She was the one that was most-recently replanted.
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but maybe he couldn't hear her and only the wizard could :o But if she was freshly put back the night before she would not have dew on her. So mxy got it...again.
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;D
A man walks into an establishment and sits down at the bar. The bartender pulls out a gun. The man says, "Thanks," and leaves.
What just happened?
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I love that one. I think he also asks the bartender for a glass of water.
If you know it let others guess first
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I also know this one. I shall let another answer it.
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I'll save you the wait: it is NOT "that one!"
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I love how Mxy just automatically knows which one we're thinking about. xD
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I love how Mxy just automatically knows which one we're thinking about. xD
>hic<
ESPECIALLY >hic< YOU, Soupee! :muah:
>hic<
>hic<
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He asked for a good scare.
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He asked for a good scare.
ROFL! Pretty random, that, don't you think?
Why would he do that??
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Sigh, I'll play, but this is the last time and only because it's not "that one"!
Q: Was the bartender angry?
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Sigh, I'll play, but this is the last time and only because it's not "that one"!
Q: Was the bartender angry?
No/not relevant
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He asked for a good scare.
ROFL! Pretty random, that, don't you think?
Why would he do that??
cause he bought resedent evil 5 and was hoping for a good scare and got disapointed...
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Was it a gun as in the type that shoots bullets?
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Was it a gun as in the type that shoots bullets?
SUPERB question, KIWI!
Yes!
;D
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Does he give the man the gun?
Cop goes into a bar, has a drink, leaves his gun behind and goes back and bartender gives it to him.
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Did he know the bartender previously before walking in?
Did he notice someone in the place that he wanted to think he was being held up?
Was he trying to buy/see a gun that the bartender owned?
Did the man leave with the gun?
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[...]
Did he know the bartender previously before walking in? Irrelevant
Did he notice someone in the place that he wanted to think he was being held up? No
Was he trying to buy/see a gun that the bartender owned? No
Did the man leave with the gun? Yes
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Does he give the man the gun? YES
Cop goes into a bar, has a drink, leaves his gun behind and goes back and bartender gives it to him.
Close enough for me!
It's the Old West, and he's a patron at a saloon in Tombstone while under the protection of the Earps - where guns had to be checked at the bar upon entry! He forgot his gun and went back, sat down at the bar and asked for it back!
Yur go, Kiwi!
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I was thinking he had too many, and forgot the gun, but anyway, good one Mxy. Did you make that one up?
A womand tells some children to do something. All of them ignore her except one who obeys. She tells him to go off and sit away from the other children. He is very frustrated and storms off.
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... She was obviously being sarcastic, and one of the children decided to be "smart" and see if they could get away with it using the excuse," But you told me to!" -has seen this happen with his brothers when he was younger... nods-
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Good guess, but no.
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xD Oh well. My mom did that all the time. Not the best idea I suppose.... v.v
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I was thinking he had too many, and forgot the gun, but anyway, good one Mxy. Did you make that one up?
Yup! TY!
A womand tells some children to do something. All of them ignore her except one who obeys. She tells him to go off and sit away from the other children. He is very frustrated and storms off.
I'm thinking that she told them to turn something in - like a book - which they were NOT supposed to have, which the one kid DID have, so the one kid thus "got caught in the act" in front of everyone else.
?
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Clever guess, but nope, sorry.
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She tells him to go off and sit away from the other children..
That be my guess
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They're playing musical chairs, and when the music stops they all sit down and this child missed out on the last chair so he has to be excluded from the game until it is finished.
This could be any number of things.
1) Are they playing a game?
2) Are they having a competition?
3) Are they doing an exercise? ie. People with two syllables in their surname go over here, people with 3 go over here, things like that)
4) Did the boy do something wrong and thats why he obeyed?
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Hydra is very close
1) Are they playing a game? Yes
2) Are they having a competition? Yes, well a game
3) Are they doing an exercise? ie. People with two syllables in their surname go over here, people with 3 go over here, things like that) No
4) Did the boy do something wrong and thats why he obeyed? Well kind of...
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Oh!
Simon Says! ;D :siderofl:
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Yes!
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Oh!
Simon Says! ;D :siderofl:
. . . WHAT?
Simon Says. . . WHAT?!?!
I'm sitting here at my keyboard (nearly) frozen, waiting to hear what Simon SAID so I know what to do NEXT!!!
(GJ, Hydro!)
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Lol Mxy, and thanks :)
A man was found dead underneath a collapsed, metallic bridge that spanned a small river. There is a walkway on either side of the river going under the bridge also, so that pedestrians can cross under the bridge.
Please help the police identify the cause of his death, and why he died like this.
No, you can't Google the answer :muah:
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Did something too heavy go over the bridge?
Or something like a boat crash into it?
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Was there a heavy rain that flooded the river?
Is the man under everything, bridge AND walkway?
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I will give straight yes/no answers to your questions.
Kiwi
No, nothing too heavy went over it.
Yes, something crashed into it.
Jane
No, there was no rain.
No, the man is not under the bridge and the walkway.
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Urgg! I am not a lateral thinker.
So is the bridge not over the river?
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The bridge is most definitely over the river.
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All right, how can a man be "found dead underneath a collapsed, metallic bridge" but not "under the bridge and the walkway" when "The bridge is most definitely over the river"?
Is there a tangle of metallic bridge rubble (I guess you'd call it rubble) in the river with a dead man under it, also in the river?
Things piled up like this:
Bridge
Walkway
Corpse
River
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Jane, he's under the bridge, but the walkway is also under the bridge so unless he's underground he can't be under the bridge AND the walkway!
I'll answer that bit for you. The bridge is collapsed, but the walkway is still there, unaffected, along the sides of the river.
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If he was in the river when the walkway AND the bridge collapsed, he would be under both. Is he sandwiched between the walkway and the bridge?
Is the walkway still intact? I thought it was running under the bridge?
Don't make me draw a picture.
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B
W A L R K W A Y
R I I V E R
R I D V E R
R I G V E R
W A L E K W A Y
!
The bridge collapsed onto the river and walkway below. The man was also collapsed on by the bridge (or so it seems - he was found underneath it!) - so now we must figure out how he died :)
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But how do the pedestrians get across the river? Moving on, that wasn't my question!
Oh! They're not crossing the river on the walkway, they're crossing under the bridge, still staying on that side of the river. Why didn't you just say that? :P I thought the walkway ran parallel to the bridge...
Anyway, is whatever crashed into the bridge still there?
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Nope, whatever crashed into the bridge is long gone.
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Summary
-Something crashed into the bridge, but is no longer there.
-The bridge collapsed and the man is underneath.
That's all we know so far =/
I will tell you now that this is a complex one and you will need to ask LOTS of questions ;D
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Mxy01) Did a vehicle of some kind hit the bridge? (boat, truck, balloon, etc.)
Mxy02) Was the man on (either of the) the walkway(s) at any time?
Mxy03) Was the man TETHERED ("attached") to the bridge in any way/for any reason?
Mxy04) Did the man jump from the bridge (prior to it collapsing?) (Oh! Wait!:)
Mxy05) WAS THE BRIDGE COLLAPSED BEFORE THE MAN GOT THERE?
Mxy06) Does this have anything at all to do with the air speed of a coconut-laden swallow?
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Mxy06) Does this have anything at all to do with the air speed of a coconut-laden swallow?
Mxy Mxy Mxy...
You forgot to tell us.
IS IT AN AFRICAN...
OR EUROPEAN SWALLOW We're discussing here. :siderofl: :siderofl:
[on topic] Was the man's death caused by another person? [/on topic]
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Mxy
1) No.
2) Yep.
3) Ok. I'll say the answer is "no", but I'll give away that he was in some way touching the bridge.
4) Nope.
5) Great question, I was waiting for it. Still, the answer is no.
6) What? An African or European swallow?
Bowser
1) Nope!
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Was the man there to demolish the bridge and things went bad on him?
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Nope.
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Is the river frozen?
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Nope.
Oh y'all are asking the wrong questions. I'll give a clue.
His death had nothing to do with the bridge collapsing.
That was just a statement to put you all off...:XD:
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the bridge was blown up ie a bomb he was finding cover and it blew up killed him and made the bridge collapse
and if that wrong
was the bridge radio active?? ::)
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I get it now! An African swallow, who was illegally imported since they're non-migratory, landed on the bridge with a string tied around his leg which was attached to a coconut (he was also grabbing it by the husk). Anyway, he managed to break the string and then dropped the coconut on the bridge in order to crack it in two halves. Unfortunately, someone had switched and disguised a holy hand grenade with the coconut. Upon contact with the bridge, it exploded and caused the bridge to collapse on the man who was underneath it retrofitting the thing because it was in such bad shape. = )
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Was the man working near the bridge when he died?
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I get it now! An African swallow, who was illegally imported since they're non-migratory, landed on the bridge with a string tied around his leg which was attached to a coconut (he was also grabbing it by the husk). Anyway, he managed to break the string and then dropped the coconut on the bridge in order to crack it in two halves. Unfortunately, someone had switched and disguised a holy hand grenade with the coconut. Upon contact with the bridge, it exploded and caused the bridge to collapse on the man who was underneath it retrofitting the thing because it was in such bad shape. = )
Not possible b/c the swallow did not count to 3 which is necessary for the holyness of the holyhand grenade to work.
LOL there should be a Monty Pyhton corner in the forums :LOL:
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No no and no, he was just passing by.
I guess I'll give it to you tonight because people have seemed to lose interest.
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Is he in or under the water?
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Well I guess he's now in the water because he got squashed into it by the falling bridge.
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But he wasn't killed by the bridge collapsing. So he died of some other cause, then afterwards the bridge collapsed and squashed him into the water.
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Correct.
What was the cause of his death, and what caused the cause of his death?
That's the question :P
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Is the cause of his death something the police would be interested in, like murder?
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was he poisoned?
or have any illness before he want under the bridge ?
was there a gun involved ?
or any explosives ?
was this man working ?
was he tired ?
was he short or tall?
was he old ?
did he go to the bridge for a reason ?
was the bridge made of any toxic metals ?
was the bridge filled with any sort of toxic gas
or was it oxygen deficient
did this man like classical music
or punk rock
did he ever cook
:evil:
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Jane - Good question - no :)
Leo
Not poisoned with no illness.
No gun
No explosives
Not working
Not tired
Medium
Average age
Nope just for a walk
Nope non-toxic
Nope no gas
There was plenty of oxygen
Classical music is for prettyboys this guy had 14 tattoos
Nah punk rock is for punks he had tattoos but not a moehawk
He cooked when his wife was cheating on him.
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ok
did he have a heart attack
was there any cake ??
did he know he was going to die
did he like halo
was there a knife involved
was it hot or cold
was he eating
:interesting:
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Has he been dead for a very long time?
Has the bridge been collapsed for a very long time?
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Did the man's reaction to the bridge collapsing cause his death?
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Did the bridge collapse due to
- explosion
- force of nature like flood/ice/earthquake, tornado
- some sort of accident
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LEO
YES! HE HAD A HEART ATTACK! WOOOOO!
The rest of those questions were irrelevant, except NO he did not know he was going to die. Good question, that one.
Now how did this happen? Why did he have a heart attack?
Kiwi
No and no to both of those.
The bridge INDEED DID collapse due to some force of nature!
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Leo!!!!! xD
He had a heart attack due to the the fact that he was so afraid of the bridge collapsing. The bridge collapsed due to an earthquake. Seeing as how the bridge was metallic it most likely gave off some kind of noise due to the vibrations. Very few other natural disasters will cause a bridge to collapse. (Wind? Not unless it's some kind of Hurricane.... Water.... self explanatory... Fire? Really... maybe...)
Edit: You said that he was touching the bridge. Lightning.... The bridge was struck by lightning when he was touching it. That's what caused the heart attack that killed him. If it was storming then he might have been trying to take cover from the rain which appeared out of nowhere when he was on his daily walk.
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Edit: You said that he was touching the bridge. Lightning.... The bridge was struck by lightning when he was touching it. That's what caused the heart attack that killed him. If it was storming then he might have been trying to take cover from the rain which appeared out of nowhere when he was on his daily walk.
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DING DING DING!!!! CORRECT!!!!
The bridge is collapsed because a Tsunami hit it. /Random bogus information to put you off/
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Give it to Leo. I wanna see what he's going post. xD
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why was there a tsunami in the river?
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The river was obviously in a rather populated city, otherwise there wouldn't be a walkway underneath a bridge. xD So, the city could be on the coast and hence the tsunami would make sense. Plus, many tsunamis are caused by underwater earthquakes. = )
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Well, the tsunami didn't come from the river it just took out the whole area is what I was implying.
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-nods- That's generally what tsunamis do. That's their "thing".
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woot thanks super!!
Detective Superman had just wrapped up a case in the upper town district of icefields and since he was in the area he decided to stop by and pay his friend Dr. Hydra a visit at the museum. Dr. Hydra was the director in charge at the museum and had been so for the past five years. By all accounts, he was doing a fantastic job.
When Superman arrived at his friend's office, he saw that he was in the middle of looking over some résumés.
"I'm looking to hire a new tour guide to help with a new ancient Chinese exhibit that's due to arrive next week" said Dr. Hydra. "I expect that this exhibit will attract hundreds of visitors and to tell you the truth, I'm a little worried that I may not be able to find a suitable guide to help with the attraction."
Detective Superman decided to sit down and assist his comrade sort through the large stack of resumes. They were near the end of the pile when Dr. Hydra pointed out a resume to Superman that he felt might be from a suitable candidate.
Typed on a plain sheet of white paper was the resume of a man whose name was Leo The Lion . Under his qualifications he had a few relevant jobs listed with all the required references but it wasn't the job history that caught Dr. Hydra's attention. Rather, under the heading of hobbies and interests, leo had listed that he was very much interested in the Chinese culture and had been studying their language, alphabet, geography, religions, history, and customs for close to ten years. The resume then went on to list other desirable traits and details that would be of some benefit to the position.
"I think we may have found our candidate," said Dr. Hydra. "With his previous job experience and his extensive background knowledge of the Chinese culture, I doubt I will be able to find anyone else that is more suited for the task. I think I'll give him a call and see if we can meet this afternoon."
"I'd hold off on phoning him just yet if I were you. There's something off about his resume that leads me to believe that he is not being totally honest about his qualifications."
What mistake did Leo make in his resume?
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He wrote that he had studied their alphabet which the Chinese do not technically have one? (not really sure)
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What happened to all the other posts? This had already been answered and a new one already posted.
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Never mind, I knew what happened.
MXY can you please post your riddle again?
Btw, Nateo, you are correct.
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Never mind, I knew what happened.
MXY can you please post your riddle again?
Btw, Nateo, you are correct.
LOL
Okay, here it is AGAIN! (GL, Kiwi! :winkgrin: )
Sergeant Douglas Morson and Officer Angella Stout of the Hillshire Police were seated Wednesday morning at the Dobson kitchen table. David Herbert Dobson, professor emeritus of history at Dartmouth, finished pouring coffee and sat down.
"Perhaps, professor, you could describe the letter again," said the burly Morson.
"As I have told you, sergeant," Dobson replied, frowning, "the letter was written and signed by President Lincoln in 1863. Its recipient was John Hacker, a Shakespearean authority of the day with whom Lincoln conducted a brief correspondence. You will find the text in Basler's Collected Works of Lincoln. A writer from Americana magazine visited my home last year and profiled the letter, including its location.
"As you know, my basement is nicely fixed up," he continued. "Until last week, the framed letter hung on my basement wall, just outside the door to the small bathroom. When I went down last Friday morning, I discovered that someone had removed the back of the frame, taken the letter, and inserted as a laughable substitute a wrinkled copy of the handwritten Gettysburg Address."
"And you owned the letter for how long?" asked Morson.
"Nine years. I finally decided to donate it to Baker Library at Dartmouth, and was going to hand it over in three weeks. I never got around to having it insured."
Morson glanced at Stout, who nodded almost imperceptibly.
"Your basement had three visitors last week, professor," said Stout. "John Healy of Carney Furnaces came on Tuesday afternoon to clean your furnace. He has been with the company about five months. Ken Cantwell, who has been with the town water department for many years, stopped by on Wednesday afternoon to read your meter, as he does every four months. On Thursday morning, the tank of the toilet down there overflowed, and your wife called in Russell McNutt, a local plumber."
"That's right. I was away at a conference all day Thursday."
"McNutt was tried for petty theft six years ago, but acquitted," noted Morson. "Were any prints were found on the frame, Angella?"
"No, sarge. And no one has tried to sell the letter."
"It couldn't be sold!" exclaimed Dobson. "It was too well known. The theft must have been arranged by a private collector. My pending donation to the library was common knowledge in Dartmouth and Lincoln circles."
"I see." Morson frowned in thought. "Well, there were no signs of forced entry. You always keep your house locked, professor? And you and Mrs. Dobson had no other visitors last week?"
"Correct on both points," Dobson replied sadly.
"Does anyone else have a key to your house?"
"No."
"Any particular reason why you had your furnace cleaned now?"
"Well, I've had it done every two to three years, whenever it occurs to me. There are eight or nine companies around here that clean furnaces. I can never remember which one I last used, so I just picked one at random. We made the appointment about two weeks ago."
"Professor," said Stout, "I understand that these men did their work downstairs without supervision. Is that right?"
"Yes. Doris or I just showed them the stairs and let them do their jobs. I didn't have occasion to go down there from Tuesday morning until Friday."
Morson smiled.
"Angella, have any of the three shown a previous interest in historical documents or artifacts?" he asked.
Stout smiled too. "Not a trace, sarge."
"Very well." Morson pushed back his chair and stood up. "Thank you, professor. I think I know whom we need to question further to get this resolved."
Whom did Sgt. Morson suspect of involvement in the theft?
Why did he suspect them?
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It has to be the meter reader.
He's the only one that can be predicted to visit the house!
ie. Any person who hired someone to steal the document couldn't have predicted the need for a plumber of furnace cleaner, but the meter reader comes periodically.
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o.o my post has disappeared... = /
Not cool.
Anyway, my hypothesis was that the wife received a call from someone who wanted to buy it, decided that she could benefit from it and then messed up the toilet so that she could hire the plumber to steal it for her while she was "busy" doing other stuff.
My supporting evidence:
The fact that Herbert (Formerly Hubert Herbert Hudson xD) was donating it to the library was "common knowledge in Dartmouth and Lincoln circles."
"The framed letter hung on my basement wall, just outside the door to the small bathroom."
The fact that the wife called in the plumber.
The assumption that the plumber would be wearing gloves to fix the toilet, I know I would... Hence the lack of prints.
Also, the fact the plumber was called in on a Thursday morning when the Professor hadn't been down there since Tuesday to use it. = )
And.... the fact that the letter was replaced by a wrinkled up Gettysburg Address replica/copy... the wife, who saw the letter, took enough notice to wrinkle up the substitute (which I imagine the letter was wrinkled as well) and then replaced it with a very handy Gettysburg Address which was probably just lying around the house.
Edit: My other evidence that would make it less likely that the others would have stolen it would be that the meter reader would've had plenty of opportunities to steal it before. The guys cleaning the furnace were picked at random.
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It has to be the meter reader.
He's the only one that can be predicted to visit the house!
ie. Any person who hired someone to steal the document couldn't have predicted the need for a plumber of furnace cleaner.
Well, Kiwi was REAL close on his (now long-gone!) previous post, but the nod goes to Hydra for getting the answer spot-on!
GJ! Hydro!
(Sry Soupee! ::) )
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v.v -needs to think less?-
xD Nice job Hydra. = )
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Alright, here goes another one of my made up fantasy deaths!
Sergeant Paul Kouriopolous sat on the chair in front of the owner of the house, nodding thoughtfully with a pen in lodged above his ear. The owner was still pretty shaken up after what he had discovered - a dead body in his bathroom. This just didn't happen in Albertown! No one ever even ran a red light, let alone committed a horrendous murder.
"Okay," Paul said breaking the deathly silence. "Run me through it again."
"Well," said Nathan and shifted uncomfortably in his chair. "I got home from work at around eight, as usual for a Thursday night. I walked in and turned the light on in the lounge before heading over to the bench where I had left a box of tissues earlier. I had a bit of a chill and reached for a tissue to blow my nose, and I noticed that the box and tissues were stained blood-red. I immediately ran out to go and throw up in the bathroom, which is where I saw the dead body." He said all this very quickly, as though he wanted to remove it from his memory forever.
"Can anybody verify your wherabouts for the entire day?" Paul asked. "Just a mandatory routine check" he assured Nathan, when he saw the shock on his face.
"My boss was at work all day with me, and also dropped me home in his ute." He pointed to the cast on his arm. "I can't drive you see, so he offered to give me lifts until it heals."
Paul nodded. "One more question. Do you know the deceased?"
Nathan answered quickly. "No, I've never seen him before."
"Thank you," Paul said calmly. "You are free to go. We will contact you if we have any further questions."
Nathan got up and left the room silently, still with an anxious look on his face. Paul knew that something didn't quite add up. There were no signs of forced entry, and the deceased had died due to an enormous amount of head trauma. There was blood all over the bathroom.
Paul got up and drove to the house to check out the crime scene. Nathan wasn't allowed back until tomorrow. He went back into the bathroom where she fell and died, and he noticed that some of her shirt had ripped off on a loose screw on the cupboard. He studied it closely, and realised it was the pocket of some sort of uniform of a cleaning company.
He rang the cleaning company and had a long conversation with the manager. Satisfied, he put the receiver down and ordered the arrest of Nathan and eventually he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
How had this happened?
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Paul nodded. "One more question. Do you know the deceased?"
Nathan answered quickly. "No, I've never seen him before."
and
Paul got up and drove to the house to check out the crime scene. Nathan wasn't allowed back until tomorrow. He went back into the bathroom where she fell and died, and he noticed that some of her shirt had ripped off on a loose screw on the cupboard.[...]
Dunno the answer yet, but the fact that Nathan thought the deceased was a MAN instead of a woman is pretty-good proof that - if he killed her - he didn't know who she was....
(Unless upon arriving home he found this unknown (hired, not-the-usual cleaning) person in his bathroom, grabbed the (pretty-darned heavy?!?) tissue box and beaned her with it thinking it to be a robber or some such....)
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(Unless upon arriving home he found this unknown (hired, not-the-usual cleaning) person in his bathroom
Yes
grabbed the (pretty-darned heavy?!?) tissue box and beaned her with it
Noo
thinking it to be a robber or some such....)
Yes!
Now just figure out how he killed her! :XD:
(The him/her thing was a great pickup, but actually a typo LOL)
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He clubbed her with his encasted arm?
(I liked it being a stone/masonry tissue box, though! ;D )
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Haha, you got it all correct, Mxy. Well done buddy, great job :).
The tissue box as a deadly weapon? Maybe next time :muah:
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The tissue box as a deadly weapon? Maybe next time :muah:
Dunno about the ones that you have, but we have a metal one here that could DEFINITELY cave in a skull! (It's pewter, and weighs like almost two pounds...)
Anyway! . . . GAH! Another one already?!?! (I should've kept my fingers quiet.... ::) :winkgrin: )
There had never been a murder at Wallaby Lodge, so Chief Anders was inclined to use the form labeled "Accident Report."
It was going to be fairly easy to write. A vacationing couple named Frisby had gone rowing on Lake Wallaby, and only one had come back. But then, the owner of the Lodge, Mrs. Burley, had taken the Chief aside and said the 'M' word.
"What makes you think that?" Anders said, raising his left eyebrow.
"Well, I don't know for sure that he drowned her," Mrs. Burley said. "But there's something peculiar about that man."
"Describe him."
"I can do that in one word-- cheap! I mean cheap like you wouldn't believe! His wife told me that this was their first vacation in 20 years."
Anders, unimpressed, lowered his eyebrow.
"But there's more." Mrs. Burley said. "He wouldn't rent a car at the airport. They hitchhiked all the way to the Lodge! They took a single room, and his wife slept on the sofa. He even carried his own bags upstairs so he wouldn't have to tip the bellboy."
The Chief still wasn't too impressed, but he decided to speak to Frisby.
"Sure, I know the value of a dollar," he said. "But my wife was tighter than me. Her father left her a trust fund of almost half a million, and she wouldn't let me touch a dime."
The eyebrow went up again.
"Does the money go to you now?" he asked.
"Sure," Frisby said blandly. "Why shouldn't it? Excuse me. I have to see Mrs. Burley."
Later, the Chief learned that Frisby had asked the Lodge owner for a refund for his foreshortened stay.
"You see what I mean?" Mrs. Burley said. "Isn't there some way you can prove that man drowned his wife?"
"There weren't any witnesses," the Chief said thoughtfully. "But maybe there's another way."
He thumbed through the phone book for the number of the airline. When his call was placed, he listened in satisfaction to the answer he received. Then he went upstairs and placed Frisby under arrest.
Why did the Chief call the airline?
What did he learn that made him arrest Frisby?
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When he bought the tickets he only paid for one ticket to return. My "assumption" is that he bought it way in advance to save money, and he was counting on leaving early. xD
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He bought the wife a one way ticket?
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Exactly. Maybe I should make my answers a bit more crystal clear. v.v
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lol beat me by 40 seconds
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If we're right give it to Key. -ish bad at giving good mysteries to solve- xD
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If we're right give it to Key. -ish bad at giving good mysteries to solve- xD
Soupee's correct!
...So Kiwi's up next!
:siderofl:
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A woman buys a new pair of shoes, wears them to work, and dies as a result.
Explain.
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And that's how she learned to not wear last season's fashions.
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lol, no.
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They were high heels and as she walked over a glass bridge the heel cracked the glass and she fell through and died.
Fixed typo...
Thanks :P
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I have a really far fetched theory that I shall not share. xD No it doesn't involve aliens... although....
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Please make this distinction for me: Is it important that the shoes were new, or that they were "different?"
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That question isn't a yes/no!
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Nice guess Hydra, but not what I'm looking for.
Mxy, I guess the answer is that they were different.
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Mxy, I guess the answer is that they were different.
Okay! Now we're getting somewhere!
Mxy01) Did some aspect of their being different cause her death?
If "Yes" was the cause their having different:
Mxy02) Color?
Mxy03) Shoe size? (According to normal shoe sizing metrics)
Mxy04) Shoe height?
Mxy05) Shoe "bling?" (E.g. fancy bow caused her to trip....)
Mxy06) Shoes laced versus not? (or v-v)
Mxy07) (Different-)SIZED shoes? (Including NOT wearing one or the other?)
Mxy08) Material?
Mxy09) Shoe WEIGHT?!?!
P.S. I asked it that way to avoid two separate Y/N questions that would've appeared to be redundant....
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Mxy01) Yes
Mxy02) Color? No
Mxy03) Shoe size? No
Mxy04) Shoe height? Yes
Mxy05) Shoe "bling?" No
Mxy06) Shoes laced versus not? No
Mxy07) (Different-)SIZED shoes? No
Mxy08) Material? No
Mxy09) Shoe WEIGHT?!?! No
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Did the height of the heel play a part? that was my instinctive first guess but I can't even start to form that into an answer to the mystery.
~Fragg
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Yes I believe it did.
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ok assuming the job she works at is the most important aspect here...
WHERE DOES SHE WORK :P
1. does she work at a place where people have fun?
2. does she work at a medical place?
3. does she work at sea?
4. does she have a regular job?
5. is it traditionally a man's job???
6. is there anything about her that is different from other people?
7. how are u doing? :P
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1. does she work at a place where people have fun? Odd question, but yes
2. does she work at a medical place? No
3. does she work at sea? No
4. does she have a regular job? No
5. is it traditionally a man's job? Probably not, no, why do you ask?
6. is there anything about her that is different from other people? I don't think so
7. how are u doing? I am fine, thanks
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Did the heel cause her to trip?
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was she so high up that she had no more oxogen and died?
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That's very high heels.
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as for "5" I was just trying to narrow it down more.
I think that she was raised up enough that something either hit her/run into or...hit her head like if she was doing that apple thing with a bow and arrow. and the heels made her higher than usuall so they shooter missed... but its at a place where people have fun?!?!? like a carnival or medieval festival???
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Hydra: Did the heel cause her to trip? No
Gun Haver: Was she so high up that she had no more oxogen and died? Lol, no.
Hydra: That's very high heels. Yes
ODiN: Hmmmm... The answer is that she worked at a circus and the knife thrower hit her because she was taller than usual. Not sure how you jumped to that conclusion, that it was in a place where ppl have fun and the apple and bow/arrow thing, just from the clue that someone died because their shoes were new, but your turn I guess.
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HOW THE HECK?!?!
Um, good one, Norseman! :neckbeard: (?!? ::) )
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well I was thinking of a job that would be dangerous if u were a little bit taller. Then I played a game called apple shooter and thought it might be the reason. Anywho...
Although Gwen's parents often were not happy with her use of foul language, they were powerless to stop her from using it in front of them and their friends. why?
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Because Gwen was a parrot.
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lawl... good answer but not what I'm looking for.
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I was going to say parrot too!
Does foul mean profanity in this case? Not like a foul in sports and she's a referee.
Or she's deaf and using sign language?
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Tourette's syndrome? :-\ ::)
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She's a therapist and uses some hardcore negative reinforcement.
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Does foul mean profanity in this case? Not like a foul in sports and she's a referee.
Foul doesn't mean profanity and yes, she is a referee. GO KIWI!
(related joke: why did the chicken cross the basketball court? because it heard the referee calling fouls xD)
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Oops, sorry, my turn. I'll try to come up with one tomorrow, but if anyone else has a good one, go ahead and post it.
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Two men are found dead in a cabin on a mountain. There has been a fire, but that's not how they died.
Explain.
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Were there any weapons present?
Did they know each other?
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Was the cabin still standing when the bodies were found?
Was there snow on the mountain?
Was anyone alive found in the cabin or on the mountain?
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Were there any weapons present? No
Did they know each other? Could be, not relevant
Was the cabin still standing when the bodies were found? No
Was there snow on the mountain? No
Was anyone alive found in the cabin or on the mountain? No
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Was the cabin destroyed by natural causes? No
Did the men die of natural causes? No
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Were they mauled by a rabid mountain badger? Yes, but that was not the cause of their death
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Did one of them live there? Nope
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Well then what were they doing up there?! They deserve to be dead. I hate riddles. Lol
Were they killed in the cabin? Yes
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Were they paid by a third party to be there for... some reason? No
Did they cause the fire? No
Did one die before the other? They died at the same time
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Did they die of smoke inhalation due to the deliberately lit fire? No, and I wouldn't say the fire was deliberately lit.
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Did they die of a heart attack/stroke? No
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Were they murdered? No
Were their deaths an accident? Yes
Does the fire have anything to do with their deaths? Related, but they did not die because of the fire
You said the cabin was not standing when they were found, but they were found in the cabin. Were they found under cabin rubble? They were found in the cabin rubble
If so, was the the cabin collapsing the cause of their deaths? Related, but they did not die directly from the cabin collapsing
Were they happy when they died? Doubt it.
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Woot, finished paper for English... now... back to this...
Were they wearing shoes when they died? Yes
If so, what color? Black and Red
What type as well? Nike Air Jordans
None of which is relevant :LOL:
Edit: Psht! Maybe not to you.... From what I gather they like basketball, obvious fans of Michael and the Chicago Bulls. This helps me to predict that they might be in Illinois, which means that they're most likely in the Appalachian Mountains. Psht... not relevant...
Double Edit!: They were crushed by falling rocks? Painful. = / The rocks probably crushed something that exploded and set the place on fire.
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they were driving a car No
the car smashed into a cabin No
they died on impact Well, yes
the cabin burst into flames Probably yes.
hows that?
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died on impact eh?
hmm
sky diving gone horribly wrong? :siderofl: Getting warm-ish
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Was any form of vehicle/transportation involved? Yes
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if yes to hydras question, were the two in a plane when it crashed into the cabin, causing both thier deaths and starting the fire? Yes!
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Oh, thank you Tails!
They were in the cabin of a plane, which crashed into the mountainside! They "died on impact" :siderofl:. Exactly!
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ha awsome ur up hydra
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Were they in a Scandinavian country? Oh wait, nvm.
But that was kind of easy! I feel like a dope. Oh, Minute Mysteries Game.
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A man was found dead in a crevasse in Antarctica.
How did he die?
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He fell into a crevasse.
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Died on impact.
Or starved to death.
Or he fell out of his sled and the reindeer flew off without him.
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He fell into a crevasse.
+1
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No to all so far...
He fell into a crevasse.
+1
Original.
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Was he dead before he ended up in the cravasse?
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Yes.
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Was his death due to the environment?
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Due to the freezing climate, I assume you mean? If that is what you meant, the answer is no.
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Was he a caveman and died of old age and was found 20,000 years later? No
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He was mauled savagely by an antartic bear? Yes, but not before his death.
Or was he waling through a blizzard and fell in there and died on impact? No
or did he fall in and die on impact at nightime? No, he did not die on impact.
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Was he in the crevasse when he died? No
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Did he end up in the crevasse within a short period of time (days) of dying? Yes
Was he intentionally put in the crevasse by someone else? No
If so was it a sort of burial? No
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Penguins! It's the penguins man....
Was he murdered? Yes
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Were you joking about the bear, or was he really mauled by a bear after his death? Not joking
If so, is the mauling by the bear relevant to this at all? Nope!
Did he know the person(s) who murdered him? Irrelevant
Was he found within a short time (days or weeks) of dying and being placed in the crevasse? Underterminable due to freezing
Was he living in Antartica as a researcher or scientist? No
Or an explorer of some kind? No
Or in the military? Yes
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Was he on a submarine? No
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Was the crevasse there when he died? Yes
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Is his being in the crevasse due to some sort of glacial shifting? Irrelevant
Is his being in the crevasse and being dead related at all? Well, it helps you understand the area they were in but it doesn't have anything to do with his death.
Can I call it a crevice from now on? Crevaaaahhhhs is so frou-frou. No! Spell it right.
Was his death due to the environment?
Due to the freezing climate, I assume you mean? If that is what you meant, the answer is no.
What if that's not what I meant...? Well TECHNICALLY yes, but LEGALLY no.
Was he murdered before he was in Antarctica and his corpse deposited there? Nope
Was there a fight to the death? Maybe, I dunno!
Was he aware he was about to die before he died (not death by poisoned blow dart to the left buttock, for example)? Oh, definitely.
Was he killed by a poisoned blow dart? He had one in his left buttock but it was a dud.
Was he murdered by someone in the military? Yep
Was anyone else found with him? The creature that mawled him froze to death.
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Was he in a military aircraft? Yes
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Was the military person that killed him an enemy? No
Or were they from the same country? Yes
Did he die in the aircraft? No
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Was he in the aircraft after he was dead? No
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So he I guess arrived in Antartica via military aircraft? Yes
But otherwise, the aircraft isn't relevant? The aircraft IS relevant.
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Would his death be attributed to a lack of oxygen? Yes, actually!!!!
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Ok, I've compiled all this data and I believe I have come up with a reasonable answer. Two men left an American air force base with a private sector researcher named chuck. Chuck's name is irrelevant making chuck irrelevant. The flight is commissioned by the U.S. government to discover proof of global warming. The two men, and berry (The researcher formally known as chuck (It was changed to berry because berry is 10% more relevant that chuck (and 10% of 0 is 0))) begin their long flight towards Antarctica. When they enter airspace over Antarctica, Berry requests that they land so that he may take samples of the ground below. Unfortunately for the poor men above, the polar bears inhabiting the ground below are waiting in little snow bunkers they built to attack the men. When the plane finally landed the bears jumped from their positions only to acquire a mean case of brain freeze (Antarctica is cold, and yes, bears get brain freeze from being in cold climates) causing them to forget what they were doing. However, one bear, Penelope (a name atleast 50% more relevant then Berry) had extra fur around her face due to horrible fashion advice and was able to bear (lol at bear) the cold climate. Penelope hid in the large plane while the men took samples and made a snowman. Once the plane lifted off back into the air Penelope attacked Berry who screamed horribly. However, the two military men did not heed the screams because both Berry and Penelope are irrelevant. After Berry's demise, one of the military men went to get coffee, slipped on the snow samples they brought on board and fell out of the loosely secured door. Luckily, he had brought his parachute and waited for a safe moment to open it. When he reached 1000 feet above ground he opened his parachute only to find that it too, was irrelevant. While falling he swallowed a bug which caused him to choke to death, landing in the crevaaaaaahhhhhhs where he was mauled by Penelope's friend, Penelopenguin.
Yes. Clearly. :doh:
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:hug:
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I want to take a stab at an answer so badly, but I don't think I know enough quite yet...
= / Patience..... v.v
Was Chuck/Berry in a fighter jet or some kind of cargo plane? (I know it's not yes/no, but it only has two options so c'mon... pls? xD) A non-fighter jet military plane.
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Dude, Miser already guessed it.
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Seriously, it's not as difficult was the suggestion Miser posted. I thought this would be gone after about an hour lol.
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Just stating some facts here....
So he was in a military aircraft, nothing fancy, and a fellow soldier(w/e) murdered him. He died due to a lack of oxygen and was found in a crevasse in Antarctica... Hrm..... my guess is that he knew something that someone didn't want him to know, so they had a "buddy" of his take him out and just kind of push him out of the plane. The "buddy" choked the guy to death before pushing him out of the plane, just in case he might survive the fall (which is highly unlikely but still possible). In the struggle he was hit with a blow dart, which was a dud, and after being pushed out of the plane he landed on a steep slope which he slid down. He finally landed at the mouth of a cave, at which point a "bear" (who aren't native to Antarctica) mauled him and kind of flung his body into a "crevasse." Unfortunately for the bear, his paw got stuck on the soldier's harness, which he happened to wear 24/7, and was dragged down into the "crevasse" as well where he froze. -nods- End of story. xD
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Just stating some facts here....
So he was in a military aircraft, nothing fancy, and a fellow soldier(w/e) murdered him. He died due to a lack of oxygen and was found in a crevasse in Antarctica... Hrm..... my guess is that he knew something that someone didn't want him to know, so they had a "buddy" of his take him out and just kind of push him out of the plane. The "buddy" choked the guy to death before pushing him out of the plane, just in case he might survive the fall (which is highly unlikely but still possible). In the struggle he was hit with a blow dart, which was a dud, and after being pushed out of the plane he landed on a steep slope which he slid down. He finally landed at the mouth of a cave, at which point a "bear" (who aren't native to Antarctica) mauled him and kind of flung his body into a "crevasse." Unfortunately for the bear, his paw got stuck on the soldier's harness, which he happened to wear 24/7, and was dragged down into the "crevasse" as well where he froze. -nods- End of story. xD
What about penelopenguin!?
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Pretty close, Suprman :P
I'll give it to you with the answer.
There were 3 men in an enemy spy aircraft flying VERY high over Antarctica. One was the pilot. The other two had a disagreement in the back and, unbeknownst to the pilot, had a bit of a scuffle. The door opened and one of the men was pushed out. Due to the height and freezing temperatures there was little oxygen and he died. He then landed in Antarcitca, in a crevasse, and got mauled by a bear. The end!
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Ah, I was thinking that the lack of oxygen would be due to altitude, but since it wasn't a fighter jet kind of thing I didn't think that they would be "VERY" high. -nods- Now that I understand they're spies it does make sense. xD Woot for the mauling at the end. = )
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You forgot the dart.
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Why were they spying over Antarctica?
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Most likely spying on the "scientific research" of another government. Gathering intel on what the other person is doing kind of stuff, at least that's what I'd guess. xD
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They were getting ideas about deep ice drilling.
The dart has been in his cheek for about 16 years, he keeps it there as a memento.
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Superman told me to post for him so here it is...
Two men were driving down the highway when the see a red sports car drive off the edge
when they went to check it out they found that the driver had flung out of the windshield and was dead the car had blood all over
exspecialy the car seat one man said "If only he had worn a seat belt." Then the other man said "No this was a murder!"
HOW WAS IT A MURDER?
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Well, there was blood on the seat.
If the guy had been flung from the car due to not wearing a seatbelt, he would have left only a minimal amount of blood in the actual vehicle as he smashed through the windscreen.
Therefore, we can only surmise that the man had been bleeding for possibly quite a while before the car went over the edge.
Murder is the most likely explanation.
~CSI_Fraggle
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Well, there was blood on the seat.
If the guy had been flung from the car due to not wearing a seatbelt, he would have left only a minimal amount of blood in the actual vehicle as he smashed through the windscreen.
Therefore, we can only surmise that the man had been bleeding for possibly quite a while before the car went over the edge.
Murder is the most likely explanation.
~CSI_Fraggle
Correct!
GO FRAGGLE!!!!!
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OK, here we goes!
"ONLY THE THIEF SURVIVED" Explain!
~Fraggleses
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A man plans to rob a bank, he sneaks into the bank at night and notices a camera facing the vault. He opens a panel near the camera and finds a bunch of cords. Not being a bright thief he decides to cut all of the cords including a gas line and triggering a silent alarm. He hurries to the vault and cracks it with surgical precision. Unfortunately, once he entered the vault, it closed behind him, locking him in. The bank manager and police show up a few minutes later. Once inside, one of the police men lights a match and the entire building goes up in flames. The next morning, the only part of the bank remaining is the vault with the thief inside.
meh?
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I'm assuming "Only the theif survived" is a headline and we have to guess the story?
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Miser-It's good, but it's not right
Hydra-Yuppers. I have no idea what i'm doing so that's the kind of thing I went for.
Yes/No questions are welcome.
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Did the number of deaths in the incident exceed 10?
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Was the thief a person/human?
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Miser - No, it didn't
Kiw - Yes.
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Did the thief succeed in stealing anything?
Did the thief's success/failure save him/her?
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Did the incident that caused the deaths involve natural occurrences? (Fire, tornado's, floods, etc.)
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Supe-Yes he did & yes the sucess saved his life
Miser-There was a natural occurrence, but not a natural disaster as such.
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Did this occur in space? xD
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No supe, it was on good ol' terra firma.
~~*HINT*~~ Our scene is set in a generic, typical peasant village.
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Did he steal food during a famine?
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Nice guess Miser, but not quite.
He stole food, but no famine.
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He Stole ALL the food and all the other people died.
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Another nice guess. not quite though.
~2nd Hint* The deaths were not from Lack of food..........
Give up yet? :)
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There is no giving up Frags, this could go on for days! Now do you see what you've gotten yourself into?
Was he some kind of hero, like Robin Hood, stealing from the rich, etc?
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Perhaps, a... Zombie appocalypse, the thief, stole anything worth stealing in order to survive, as he forsaw the zombie invasion, through an enlightening dream, making him paranoid, until it did happen so he was prepared?
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For some reason I have the feeling that everyone was invited to some event (probably all fugitives or something of the like). At this dinner/supper of sorts all the food was poisoned excluding that of the person who poisoned the food/ordered the food to be poisoned. Our thief stole that person's food and ate it instead of his own, perhaps switching his with the non-poisoned food. Thus, when everyone but our thief ate their food they died. -nods-
Lesson learned: Never eat/drink something someone offers you unless they eat/drink the exact same thing (be sanitary of course).
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I was going to ask if poison was involved too, but I couldn't think how it would involve the thief.
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Superman got it almost exactly.
Our peasant thief was actually quite young. He stole some food from the village store and when his parents found out they sent him to bed with no supper.
Subsequently, the whole family sat down for their evening repast which had included a variety of freshly picked wild mushrooms. Unfortunately, the meal contained many poisonous ones and, due to this taking place pre-medicine, the whole family died. excepting of course, our little thief.
Yer-Up Supe!
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For some reason I have the feeling that everyone was invited to some event (probably all fugitives or something of the like). At this dinner/supper of sorts all the food was poisoned excluding that of the person who poisoned the food/ordered the food to be poisoned. Our thief stole that person's food and ate it instead of his own, perhaps switching his with the non-poisoned food. Thus, when everyone but our thief ate their food they died. -nods-
Superman got it almost exactly.
Our peasant thief was actually quite young. He stole some food from the village store and when his parents found out they sent him to bed with no supper.
Subsequently, the whole family sat down for their evening repast which had included a variety of freshly picked wild mushrooms. Unfortunately, the meal contained many poisonous ones and, due to this taking place pre-medicine, the whole family died. excepting of course, our little thief.
Yer-Up Supe!
O.o How are those close? xD -shrugs- Ionno, I'll try to create something if I can't find something I like.
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Close enough Supe. just filled in some minute details.
~Fragg
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Two men are talking. P1 says to the other, "The land of the free." P2 responds, "The home of the brave." P1 then says, "The terror of flight." P2 quickly responds, "The gloom of the grave." Authorities then arrest P2.
Why?
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Questions are welcomed. Yes/no of course. xD
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Are they spies?
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They? No.
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They? Huh? What? Was P2 a spy then?
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v.v Yes.
Kiwi's got it! WTG
The story is that P1 is actually wondering if P2 is a spy, and therefore he begins to quote the American national anthem. He begins with the land of the free, home of the brave line. P2 obviously knows the home of the brave line, as most people would. P1 then begins a random, very obscure line that the almost every American wouldn't know, but a spy would because it was thought they would memorize the entire thing in case anyone questioned them. P2 obviously responded by finishing the line and yeah....
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I didn't get that part at all. I just figured it sounded like those phrases that spies say to each other. Never heard of the "gloom of the grave"
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A young woman is whisked away to a far off land, where she kills the first person she meets. Then she teams up with three others to kill again
Explain
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Is she in the military? No
Did she intentionally kill? No
Is she a person or like a hurricane or something? No
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Does she work for a secret service/special operations? No
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"Is she a person or like a hurricane or something? No"
Lol, bad yes/no question.
Is she human? Yes
Is she a doctor? No
Were the people going to die anyway? No
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This probably isn't right but....
A young woman goes to another country and she kills the first person she meets by infecting them with a disease native in her country. Then, she "teams up" with some doctors who help her body "Kill" the disease.
Oh, and her name is pirate lady, shes from pirate land, and she had pirate flu.
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Nice guess. But nope.
:(
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"Is she a person or like a hurricane or something? No"
Lol, bad yes/no question.
Jane????? :winkgrin: :P
Did she use a weapon to kill the people? Not a conventional weapon.
When she 'teamed up with others to kill again', did they actually kill someone else? Yes
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Is she a scientist? No
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(Not a conventional weapon, lol, don't get me started :P)
Was she/they aware she/they had killed? Yes, in both cases, although both were accidental!
Did she plan to meet the other three people? No
Was she kidnapped ("whisked away to a far off land")? She was not, yet she did not go willingly.
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its wizard of oz dorthy landed on top of the bad person with her house and teamed up with lion scarecrow and tin man and killed the other bad person easy. ;D
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:neckbeard:
Epic gunhaver, just epic.
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its wizard of oz dorthy landed on top of the bad person with her house and teamed up with lion scarecrow and tin man and killed the other bad person easy. ;D
That's awesome! It it's not the answer, it should be.
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Curse you GunHavr, you and your little dog too!
:winkgrin:
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Noooooooooooo not my little dog run dog run :laugh: no its not funny RUN!!! :LOL:
Officer swarts was walking down the street and he saw a another man running out of the local ZOO and
swarts said "Hey wheres the fire?" and the other man said "Im a janitor an the zoo and i heard George the Girrafe screaming
and got up to investigate and the George was DEAD and my boss was dead in front of the cage too so i was running to get the police."
HELP SWARTS DECIDE, WAS THIS Truth OR LIE!!!!!!!
If Truth explain why same for lie
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Lie, the janitor always had it out for the giraffe. George the Giraffe was always messy and spilled his food everywhere when he ate and the janitor had to clean it up. One day, he decided it was enough. He did away with the giraffe during the animal parade when no guests were around but he had forgotten about his boss who often took walks around the zoo during this time. The janitor hid behind the cage as the boss ran towards it in disbelief, that is when the janitor struck. The janitor soon realized he had committed murder and ran out of the zoo and stumbled into Officer swarts. The janitor told the officer a lie about finding the bodies and running for the police. However, the officer didn't realize that if he had indeed found the body, he would have used a phone because it is a much faster way of contacting the police.
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I can't compete with Miser, but I would guess that giraffes cannot scream.
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Miser..........Wow
Kiwi............100% Correct!!!!!!!!
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uhh kiwi?
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:scrim:
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He's on vacation, you're going to need a longer stick....
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Or.... we could just pass it down till it gets to him. = )
:scrim:
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I'll just take his turn. :P
Joe died. Bob was shot. What happened?
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Joe was holding Bob hostage and also trying to wrestle a gun out of Bob's hand. Bob's girlfriend was nearby and Bob was protecting her from Joe. Bob shot himself through the chest in order to save his girlfriend and the bullet passed through his body and into Joe's heart, killing him instantly. Bob was shot, but he didn't die.
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If Joe had control over bob, he would most likely have him slightly bent over so that his arms could not reach him easily. This would put bobs upper chest around the shoulder near joe's heart. Bob must have shot himself directly below the right shoulder which then hit Joe's heart.
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That was exciting! Wrong, but a good read. ;D
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hey weren't just two entirely separate incidents that had nothing in common whatever?
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Nope, if the first didn't happen, the second wouldn't have.
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Joe smith, a simple man from a simple life set out for town to settle some of the debt he owned to the bank. He had taken out a loan for another 100 acres of farmland and the bank didn't want to wait till next harvest for the money. He had dipped into his savings and had collected just enough to keep the bank off his back for at least another season. He looked in the rear view mirror of his truck, peering at the box full of all his buisness documents, his life in a box. He leaned to the left, bringing his eight year old son into view. The young boy was looking out the window, this was his first time into the city. It was a long drive for him but he was too excited to pass it up. Once he looked up he met his father's eyes in the mirror, he let out a big smile and covered his eyes, it was a game he often played with his mother. The father would have smiled back but his eyes were drawn to the road, there was a car broken down by the side of the road, the driver was looking under the hood. Joe pulled over and turned back to his son.
"Were only a few miles from the city, I'm going to see if this guy needs help, you stay tight ok?" His son nodded back at him. Joe approached the car and asked the man what the problem was. The man turned and identified himself as bob, after a short description Joe stuck his head under the hood. Something sharp touched the back of his neck, his hair stood on end.
"My car is fine, I'm more interested in your wallet", Bob whispered. Joe could only think of his son, once Bob saw him he would have ever reason to take him as well, he had to do something. Joe tried to turn and grab the object but he wasn't fast enough.
Bob searched his body, found a wallet with a large wad of cash. He snickered and closed the hood of the car, turned to stash the body and saw a young boy standing by the truck. His eyes were weeping, his cheeks puffed and red, his hands shook as he aimed his fathers pistol at the man who took his father away from him.
Bob made a lunge at the boy but like his previous victim, he was too slow.
Joe died and Bob was shot.
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Bob was just a very tall man. :P
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Lol Miser, where did you come from? And while it's an excellent guess... You're wrong. :P
Hydra = irrelevant. His post, not himself. :P :P
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-takes his gloves off and tosses them at Bob- I challenge you to a duel!
Anyway, my theory is that Joe and Bob are doing just that, having a duel.
Bob was the faster shot and managed to kill Joe. Joe, being a fast shot but not so great with aim managed to hit Bob.
And if that's not right.... I have a question.
Did it happen in the same order you posted it Jane? Joe dying and then Bob getting shot or does it matter?
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They're not in a dual.
And your question: Yes, in that order, and it does matter.
;D
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was joe sick
was bob breaking the law
Did bob and joe know each other
If Joe had been shot would bob have died ?
If bob was shot before joe died would he still die?
Did bob have big or small feet
Did joe have blue eyes?
Was bob young or old
was Joe old or young
Did joe have a loofah
did bob want joes Loofah
was there something that joe had that bob wanted
Was there any cake?
and can i have some?
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Lol, Jane said "dual".
:embarrassing:
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was joe sick Yes
was bob breaking the law No
Did bob and joe know each other Irrelevant
If Joe had been shot would bob have died ? No
If bob was shot before joe died would he still die? Yes
Did bob have big or small feet Yes
Did joe have blue eyes? No
Was bob young or old Yes
was Joe old or young Yes
Did joe have a loofah No
did bob want joes Loofah No
was there something that joe had that bob wanted No
Was there any cake? Yes
and can i have some? No
Lol, Jane said "dual".
:embarrassing:
:giggle:
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Joe the scientist had a Fatal & contagious Virus Him and His lap technician bob had been working on a cure Thay found a cure but unfortunately Joe had died Bob who had contracted the virus while working on the cure used the antiviral shot. Joe died and bob was shot
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Joe was holding a gun while on his death-bed having just caught sweating sickness (a disease that actually doesn't exist any more having burnt itself out in the late 1600's), pointing it at Joe, and passed away. In the usual rigor mortis type thing the hand holding the gun squeezed the trigger.
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Alternatively, Joe and Bob were prisoners-of-war about to be executed, only Joe luckily passed away beforehand from some nasty illness or other. Bob, surviving this disease, lived long enough to face the punishment.
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Kiwi got it on Vent. There were lots of questions but it was Kiwi who asked the right one: What he shot out of a cannon? Yes he was!
Joe died, he was sick, poor Joe. He couldn't go to work, where he was circus performer, the guy who gets shot out of a cannon. As it's the circus and the show must go on, Bob was his replacement and was shot out of the cannon instead.
oh me!
ur up kiw
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I guessed this one on vent.
Joe was a circus performer who died. Bob replaced him, and was shot out of a cannon.
Here's mine. Explain this:
Bonnie died in the Appalachian Mountains, while Fiona died at sea. Everyone was much happier with Fiona's death. Why?
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No-one liked Fiona?? No one particularly liked either of them to be honest
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Did one kill the other? No
Did they die at about the same time, like within a few days of each other? No
Did people hate Fiona for some reason? See above. No hate, but no love for either of them
Was Bonnie a hero? No
Was either death an accident? No
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I guessed this one on vent.
Joe was a circus performer who died. Bob replaced him, and was shot out of a cannon.
Here's mine. Explain this:
Bonnie died in the Appalachian Mountains, while Fiona died at sea. Everyone was much happier with Fiona's death. Why?
No smell? No, but ;D
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Did they die at about the same time, like within a few days of each other? No
>.> Were there deaths related No
did thay know one and other No
ok
Fiona died at see on a cruse around the world She died Near Hawaii and every one got to go on a nice sunny trip. Bonnie was just dragged down from the mountain
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Were they human? No!
Were their deaths more than a few years apart? Not relevant, but I'd say not
Did they kill anyone? Fiona did not. Bonnie perhaps.
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>.> is Fiona a fish ?
(http://www.uwec.edu/Biology/bioclub/Images/fish%20animation.gif)
and Bonnie a bear?
(http://www.animationbuddy.com/Animation/Animals/Bears_and_Pandas/funky_bear.gif)
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No and No.
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Was Bonnie the last of her kind? No
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Because Fiona died at sea no damage was done by her where as bonnie ran aground and did major structural damage.
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Structural damage to what?
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Structural damage to what?
buildings.
Are they hurricanes?
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They are!
(everyone else smacks their heads and groans)
Your go.
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A lady fell down and crushed a man killing him instantly.Everyone was sad. Why?
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Is the lady a Building?
Is the man well known?
Is the man a Pet?
Is the lady a person?
Do thay know one and other
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Because a lady fell down and crushed a man, killing him instantly.
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Is the lady a Building?yes
Is the man well known? no
Is the man a Pet?no
Is the lady a person?no
Do thay know one and other no
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So I guess mine is a no... It seemed logical. :P
And if they're not sad that a man died, are they sad because the female building was old and important?
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So I guess mine is a no... It seemed logical. :P
And if they're not sad that a man died, are they sad because the female building was old and important?yes
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Was it the Sphinx!
Killing a tourist?
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Was it the Sphinx!no
Killing a tourist?no
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I got it on vent :p Lady liberty fell on the man who was attacking her
A lady Was sent on a trip with the intention of death. Why??
to make it easy Il give it to you if you can work out who she was :P
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:P
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Was the death her death?
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Was the death her death?
Yes
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she was exiled? No
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Was the lady a person? No
Did she know she was going to die? No
Did she willingly and knowingly go on this trip? She would have willingly gone but not knowingly
Was she going to die anyway, without this trip?Eventually id imagine
Or did the trip kill her? The trip killed her
Was she alive when she started the trip? yes
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Was she a ship? Nope
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hmm
A tip to who she was :P
This lady was the first to do the thing she did
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Amelia Earheart?
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Nope she not a person
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Was she that rocket that crashed into the moon?
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No but your getting closer :p
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Was she a living thing?
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Yes!
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Is it um... Laika, the first dog to, hrmm, be sent into orbital space, to test, like, the effects of orbital space on living creatures?
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Is it um... Laika, the first dog to, hrmm, be sent into orbital space, to test, like, the effects of orbital space on living creatures?
Like Umm Yes?
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o.o Laika? Never heard of her.
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Jane?!?!?!?!
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New mystery?
What happened to Jane? :P
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Sam ran over himself. What happened?
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He ran over himself.
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Indeed! How'd that happen?
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He hosts a convention every year called "over himself". So he literally ran over himself.
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He had a dog named "himself". And one day he was backing out of the driveway...
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No to Miser, no to Kiwi.
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everyone joined the same channel together?
everybody commented at the same time?
what happened to anna?
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I wasn't even sure you were replying to the right thread! :P
So no, that's wrong.
Here:
Is Sam dead? No.
Now you guys go.
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I Sam making a list?
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No, he's not making a list.
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Is he checking it twice?
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Ho, ho, no! :P
Sam asked his son John to run over to the store to get some milk. John was busy with whatever and said he would in a few hours. Sam needed the milk now and asked again: "Would you please run over to the store to get some milk, it'll take five minutes?" John replied, 'I said I would in a few hours!" This led to an argument with John refusing to go get the milk now. Sam finally gave up. "Fine, you good fer nothin, lazy..." He really needed the milk from the store, so he ran over himself and got it.
Hardy harr, someone else can go.
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That was terrible :siderofl:
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:mad:
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Ok
A man is dead in a puddle of blood and water on the floor of a locked room. how??
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Sounds to me like he slipped and hit his head pretty hard... >.>
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Was the puddle originally ice?
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no super
And yes - kiwi
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first he was murdered in some way that made him bleed. he was then frozen into a block of ice, and put into a locked room. the ice then melted along with his blood to make a puddle of water and blood.
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He's in a locked room. So he killed himself? With ice? Either accidentally, or like stabbed himself with an icicle..
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He like stabbed himself with an icicle..
Your Up
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Ok, couldn't find one, so made one up.
On Friday night, LEO went to work, and everyone laughed at him.
On Saturday, he went to work and died. No one was laughing this time.
Explain.
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Am i a clown?
am i in a circus
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In real life, or in my made-up mystery? :P
heh heh
No, neither one.
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am i a person ?
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Yes.
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a comedian ;D
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Yes! If a comedian "bombs" and no one is laughing they say they've "died" on the stage.
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am i a person ?
Umm.... -doesn't answer that one- I think he should know by now....
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I have a back, arms and legs, but I am not living. What am I? ;D
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Are you a chair?
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It's actually armchair but your close enough ;D
Your turn Fate
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We go up and down, round and round. We are here and there, everywhere but you will never see us there.
What are we?
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An Atom?
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I come back after weeks away and see that we're no longer doing Minute Mysteries here, rather riddles? (For which there is already a thread...)
To get us back on track, how about next up posts a mystery in response to their correct answer?
:neckbeard:
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An Atom?
No, but since you at least gave it a try go ahead. I'll save this one for the riddle game.
Otherwise Mxy is going to have a heart attack!!!
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There is a man laying dead in a field, with a green package near him. How did he die?
Yes or no questions
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There is a man laying dead in a field, with a green package near him. How did he die?
Yes or no questions
Too bad his parachute didn't open (and is lying next to him....)
Prolly army surplus!
FYI: This is a Lateral Thinking Puzzle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_thinking_puzzle)....
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o.O not even 24 hours your go Mxieeeeey
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[Thought I did this one before, but couldn't find it, so... if you saw it before, play dumb! :winkgrin: ]
The Dead Detective
"Pretty fancy for a P.I.'s office," Sergeant Drumand commented. "Hay did all right since leaving the force."
"Until now," said Lieutenant Molly Malone. She took in the plush furnishings, the huge oak desk, and the expensive artwork adorning the walls. But the effect was ruined by Harvey Hay's crumpled form bloodying the carpet beneath the window. The summer morning sun poured through the single, open window. It was warm, but the room felt cold with death.
Molly studied the dead private eye one more time. "Looks like the killer smashed in his skull from behind."
"Yeah," Drumand agreed. "And that bloody hammer beside him is what did the job."
"Probably. It might also be what was used to stun Patrolman Grove. Let's go out to the waiting room and see what Grove can tell us."
Policeman Artie Grove gingerly pressed an ice bag to the lump on the back of his skull. "I'd stopped at the café across the road for a cup of coffee. When I came out, I heard a loud cry. It seemed to have come from this building, so I hurried over and pounded on the door. No one answered, but I noticed the door wasn't quite latched, so I gave it a push. The door to the inner office wasn't closed, and across the room...Well, you know what I saw."
"We do," Molly said. "But that's not the end of your story."
Grove frowned and shifted his big frame in the chair. "No, I guess it isn't. I did a dumb thing. Without thinking, I started toward him. A shadow fell over my shoulder, but before I could swing around...." He lifted the ice from his skull, wincing.
"So you didn't get even a glimpse at the perp.," Sergeant Drumand scowled.
"'Fraid not. I blacked out for a couple minutes. Next thing I knew Hay's secretary was standing over me screaming."
Molly glanced at Drumand. "I think it's time we question the secretary. Meanwhile, Grove, have one of those paramedics take another look at your head."
Marie Fallon wiped her eyes with a red handkerchief. "Harvey asked me to marry him. Just yesterday. And now--" She twisted the handkerchief with her nail-bitten fingers.
"Did Mr. Hay usually arrive at the office before you?" Molly asked gently.
The petite woman nodded. "Harvey liked to come in early--even when he wasn't busy."
"Then business was slow at the moment?"
"Yes. Nothing he was working on could have led to this." She sobbed softly.
"Maybe it ties in with a past case?" Drumand suggested. "He must've made some enemies in his profession."
"I suppose. Harvey didn't give me all the details when he worked on a case. He only told me what he thought was safe for me know."
"We'd like to look through his files, Ms. Fallon."
"Of course. Whatever. You know, that window wasn't open when I pulled up."
"It wasn't?" Molly glance out the window to the photographer's studio across the parking lot. "What door did you use to come in this morning?"
"There's only one--on the other side of the building."
"Thanks. Uh, one more thing. The weapon--"
"Was it that hammer? If so, it wasn't Harvey's. But I saw Jim Cassey using one like it yesterday out in front of his store."
"Jim Cassey?"
"Yes. He owns that photo place. He and Harvey didn't get along at all."
Molly and Drumand went to question Cassey.
"I don't know what you think I can tell you," Cassey complained.
"Then you know why we're here?"
"Sure. When I saw the cop cars and ambulance I popped outside to check what was happening."
"I understand you were repairing something with a hammer yesterday."
"Yeah. An awning. So what?"
"May I see the hammer, please."
"Can't. Forgot to bring it inside. I was just looking for it now, but…*expletive*! You're not saying my hammer was used--"
"Sure looks that way, Mr. Cassey."
"Well, it wasn't me. Though Hay's getting murdered doesn't surprise me. I developed a few pictures for him when he first started up. Bad stuff. Told him to take his business elsewhere. How he could follow people around and pry into their lives like he did...What a sleazeball!"
"Anyone could have done it," Drumand said, as he and Molly returned to the murder scene. "Anyone could have picked up that hammer and killed Hay." He motioned toward the open window. "If the window was closed, like Ms. Fallon said, then she must've driven up while the killer was still inside. This was the escape route."
Molly nodded, frowning, then stared at Drumand as he bent over the bloody mark on the carpet. "Of course! Why didn't I see it before. Sergeant, I think I know who the killer is."
Who does Lt. Molly Malone suspect?
Patrolman Grove
Marie Fallon
Jim Cassey
Someone Else?
What gave them away?
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The body was under a window, but the cop says as he walked over to the body a shadow fell over his shoulder. That couldn't be right if he's walking towards the window?
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The body was under a window, but the cop says as he walked over to the body a shadow fell over his shoulder. That couldn't be right if he's walking towards the window?
Close enough, brown-covered-green-inside one!
It was, indeed Patrolman Grove....
The Explanation
When Drumand moved toward the bloodstained carpeting, Molly noticed his shadow and saw the truth. Grove said his assailant's shadow fell over his shoulder as he approached Hay's body, but that wasn't possible. The morning sun coming in the window would throw all shadows behind a person, not in front of him.
Yur up, Kiwi!
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Old Mr Smith was found dead in his study by Mr Jones. Mr Jones recounted his dismal discovery to the police.
"I was walking by Mr Smith's house when I thought I would just pop in for a visit. I noticed his study light was on and I decided to peek in from the outside to see if he was in there. There was frost on the window, so I had to wipe it away to see inside. That is when I saw his body. So I kicked in the front door to confirm my suspicions of foul play. I called the police immediately afterward."
The officer immediately arrested Mr Jones for the murder of Mr Smith. How did he know Mr Jones was lying?
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The only clue I see is that if the window was frosted, how could he know that Mr. Smith had his reading light on?
Wait, frost develops on the warmer side of the window, therefore he couldn't have wiped away the frost because it would've been on the inside of the house.
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:yesyes:
Got it in one.
Your go.
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I was just going to say "Dr. Lightman was watching the conversation"
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Psst, Goalie, your turn :P
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Psst, Goalie, your turn :P
Still.
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Goalie has 3 days...
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Psst! It's been your turn on minute mysteries for 3 months ;)
Sent a PM ;)
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Some one can take the riddle.
GH
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We seriously need to get this thing started back up. It was so much fun in the past. I don't care that I never figured them out in time, I was just happy to be thinking! xD
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Your wish is, er, fulfilled!:
The Witness
"Maybe this is my lucky day," the Las Vegas detective said as he gazed down at the strangled corpse. "It certainly wasn't hers." Even from this distance, he could see the welts around the victim's neck. She was lying face down, but the hand marks were clear on her pale skin, the outline of two thumbs pointing down toward her bare shoulders. The unlucky corpse, still in her bright circus outfit, was hidden behind a dumpster, right by the stage entrance to the Big Top Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
The detective's luck had been in the form of rain. A rare storm had hit Southern Nevada just the night before, capturing a set of muddy footprints not far from the corpse. They were suspiciously similar to those left by the pointy boots of Howsie Kye, the midget ringmaster and producer.
"It poured heavy last night," Howsie testified. "Starting around two a.m. This morning I came early, to check for leaks. That's when I found the body." Howsie's show, Vegas Variety, was a popular attraction, a permanent circus playing in a tent-shaped theater behind the casino. "We're like a family," he moaned. "Frieda Cummings was our star acrobat. A beautiful, fun-loving woman. Why would anyone kill her?"
Before approaching the body, the officer checked the wet ground again and saw another set of footprints, size 20, at least. "Was Frieda friendly with any of your clowns?"
It didn't take long to track the prints to Smiley Cummings, the head clown and Frieda's sour, dry-eyed husband. "I kept telling her. 'You play with men the way you do and you're asking for trouble.' I guess someone finally took her flirting seriously."
"Was your wife having an affair?" the detective asked bluntly.
Smiley laughed. "Frieda wasn't interested in sex. She only wanted to be wanted. You don't know how many frustrated men learned that the hard way."
Frieda's acrobat partner confirmed her "fun-loving" reputation. "As far as I know, it was all just flirting," Rudolph said kindly. "Frieda was with me last night after the show. We were in the main tent, practicing a new trick. We finished up around one a.m. Then I guess she went home. She and Smiley live just a short walk from here."
But Smiley said she never arrived. "When she didn't come home, I went looking. I walked back in the rain and knocked on the stage door. I must have come within a few feet of her body -- if she was even dead by then."
The detective returned to the stage door, studying the corpse and the two sets of footprints. "It seems pretty clear who did it."
Whodunit?
Howsie Kye
Smiley Cummings
Rudolph
Not Sure
What clue gave you that answer?
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I dont really know lol
i say it was rudolph
the thumb markings being visible in a face down position and pointing down to her shoulders seems like it happened during some type of acrobatic maneuver. if it was a normal murder, the thumbs would be either two ways:
- in front, which means the detective cant see them while the body is face-down
- in the back but pointing upwards
also the muddy footprints push me to think it was rudolph: they finished practice at 1 am and it started raining at 2 am. Rudolph couldn't have left any footprints, beacuse he left the corpse there around an hour before the rain, which means no mud and only two sets of footprints (howsie's and smiley's).
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am i right or wrong?
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I wanted to wait a few days to let any other chime in, but ...
You're correct, Tona!
...Which means now YOU get to post one! :winkgrin:
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Great :P now an easy one, hope more people will post about this one :keke: and nobody died!!! finally...
Summertime in the southwest is hot. Often, the days are filled with blazing dry heat in July and August, after the humidity of early summer ends around the Fourth of July holiday.
And so it was on a hot August afternoon when a group of friends met with the intention of going swimming. It had been decided that morning that Tim McNair and his girlfriend, Linda Sheldon, would join their friends at David Kelly’s home before heading to one of their community’s neighborhood pools. As there were six of them, it was determined that at least two cars would be needed to travel the three miles to the pool. It would be a birthday celebration, as Tim’s birthday was the next day.
First, they would have lunch at the Kelly home. David and his girlfriend, Nancy, Larry Roberts and Donna Allen were at the Kelly home when Tim and Linda arrived just after noon. It was already 93 degrees outside and getting hotter.
Tim drove an early 1980s model compact car that was noisy but ran smoothly and offered dependable transportation. When Tim parked in front of the Kelly home, he and Linda could feel the heat of the hot asphalt beneath their feet, even through their thin sandals. As they approached the front door, Mrs. Kelly, David’s mother, greeted them warmly as she invited them into her home.
Smiling, she said, “Hi Linda. Hello Tim. Are you ready for sandwiches and iced tea?”
“You bet!” Tim replied, with enthusiasm.
“Yes ma’am,” offered Linda.
“Glad to have you here,” answered Mrs. Kelly. “You will have to excuse the house being a bit uncomfortable. The air conditioner isn’t working properly.”
The newcomers joined the others at the kitchen table. As they were the last to arrive, they were also the last to finish eating. While Tim wolfed down his peanut butter sandwich and drank his iced tea, Larry and Donna excused themselves to go change into pool clothes. After visiting with Tim and Linda for a few minutes, David and Nancy excused themselves for the same reason.
Linda and Tim spent the next few minutes finishing lunch and visiting with Mrs. Kelly. Mrs. Kelly was a wonderful lady who had a very nice way with young people. As they visited, Tim heard noises coming from outside the kitchen. Though, he didn’t think anything of it, as he knew his friends would be preparing to leave for the pool.
A few minutes later, Tim and Linda left the kitchen for the living room. Donna and Nancy were sitting on the sofa. You got this sentence correct Donna wore a two-piece bathing suit with a towel wrapped around her and a pair of dirty sneakers. Nancy was dressed in a similar swimsuit and sat next to her with an insulated case of soft drinks by her bare feet. Larry and David were nowhere in sight. Tim asked where they were.
“Getting ready for the pool, I guess,” said Donna.
Tim felt that something was not quite right, but couldn’t put his finger on it. This time, he asked Nancy if she knew where they were. She replied, simply, “I don’t know.”
Just then, David and Larry walked in the front door. Tim was startled, as he assumed they were in the back bedrooms changing. Larry had on a t-shirt and swim trunks. You got this sentence correct David looked a bit silly -- he was already wearing goggles and walking awkwardly in bulky flippers.
“Tim asked, "Where have you guys been?”
“Outside,” answered David, “I had to rinse off my flippers.” Tim saw they were still damp. Larry offered, “I went outside with him.” Tim noticed Larry wore a brand new white t-shirt and commented on how fresh it looked. “Yes, it’s new. I just took it out of the package when I changed clothes – look, it still has package wrinkles in it.”
Tim still sensed something out of the ordinary. However, he didn’t say anything except, “Well, is everyone ready to go?”
His friends looked at each other sheepishly and answered in unison, “Yes.”
Walking outside, Tim soon realized why he felt as he did, and why his friends were acting so strange.
His car was missing! A light bulb went off in his head when he realized his friends had pulled a birthday trick on him. He was not angry or unduly surprised. After all, he was known for the pranks he pulled on his friends. He expected this playful revenge. Looking at them, he said, calmly, “You stole my car.”
“Yes, but only one of us took it. Can you figure out who it was?” asked David.
Tim laughed, “Well, I know you have a spare key so it would be easy for any of you to drive it away. But – I didn’t hear it start up when I finished lunch. I’m betting one of you pushed it out of sight. It’s a small, lightweight car and I’m sure one of you simply rolled it downhill and around the block.”
“Could be,” said Larry, cryptically.
“So, which one of us moved your car?” asked Nancy.
Donna chimed in, “Figure it out fast. I’m ready to go swimming!”
Tim looked at her and said, “It looks like you are ready for swimming, and I know who moved my car.”
Who is guilty?
David Kelly
Donna Allen
Larry Roberts
Nancy Lee
What clue(s) gave u the answer?
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David was in flippers.
Larry's shirt was, indeed too fresh for having been on him while pushing a car.
Nancy was in bare feet.
...Donna had on sneakers and was coolly dressed!
Hence Donna moved the car.
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told you, an easy and good ending mystery ;D
Your turn MrMxy...daljhslfhsdhl whatever :P
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Reminds me when my friend moved my other friend's car from the school parking lot at lunch.... My other friend didn't realize that a joke was being pulled on him, principal got involved, cops got involved, and my friend got a 3 day "vacation" as he called it from school. It was still funny though. v.v
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Heeeeeeyyy theeeeere. Im gonna sneak this in here and see if anyone can get it.
Your weekend hunting trip ends quite suddenly when you stumble across a body lying in a small pile of leaves and blood. After calling it in the police I.D. the body as Brad Mills, a New York City car salesmen. The Detective who arrives assumes that he was killed in a hunting accident. You, however, smell foul play. You can tell by the autopsy that the bullet entered just below the hip and buried it self in the heart. You say to the detective, "Good sir, I'm afraid this man was murdered" "Really?" the Detective said skeptically "And what made you come to this conclusion." "Well." You respond "He was wearing orange for starters" "Orange?!?!" Shouted the Detective "You say he was murdered because of his fashion choice!!" You chuckle at the Detectives naivety and say "No sir. That was for starters. People don't get shot in the heart by accident."
Looking into his recent records you discover that Mills had rented a cabin with his friend, Wyatt Johnston, not to far from where you found the body. He's brought in for questioning and you sneak in and talk to him first. "Okay! I panicked and ran because I knew you wouldn't believe me! Me and Bradly go out.. went out every year to that same cabin and we were getting good at it, bringing back a nice bear every year. This year we decided to try this new spot down where the salmon jump the stream. I would go up hill and shoot the bear he would stalk. So I'm sitting in my perch on this hill about 40 feet away and I see Brad stalking this bear and he radios me to take the shot. But I didn't take the wind into full account because I'm not used to shooting so far away so it his the near by stream and the bear turns to Brad and charges and before he could react the bear swipes his shotgun out of his hand. So i decide to fire again but when I do the bear stands up and the bullet hit Brad and he toppled down bleeding. I knew he was gonna die... and I would have too if I hadn't have run back to the cabin... So that's it the whole truth..." You grin and look at Wyatt and deliver your verdict..
Which Is......? and why!
Hope this kickstarts my fun little game forum.
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My gut feeling is that if a bear was given much time next to a dead body the body would not be easily identified afterwards...
Also what sort of friend is Wyatt? He must have had another shot ready?
Finally, from 40 feet away a bullet hitting the hip of a man presumably standing (since he toppled down only after the shot) would not travel upwards to the heart.
I'm not sure on the relevance of the orange but I think Wyatt's telling a pack of lies. So guilty of murder.
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Well that didn't take long at all... (I knew it was too easy)
Give it a go three60!!
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