Ok, here is another one and I am not sure if I like this one and it may be to easy to figure out but I will start with this one and go from there.

In the middle of the ocean is a yacht. Several corpses are floating in the water nearby.

OK... and...

OK......and.....

I know, I hate how that is all the info is given too, but you just have to figure out the story.

I'll start...

Is there any damage to the yacht?

I'll start...

Is there any damage to the yacht?

No

Any life rafts visible?

The people on the yacht are responding to, or happened upon, a plane crash, or other accident.

One person who couldn't swim fell in and one person after another jumped in to save him forgetting that they also couldn't swim. Until there was nobody left


Either that or pirates

Any life rafts visible?

No

The people on the yacht are responding to, or happened upon, a plane crash, or other accident.

No

Any people on the yacht?

one person who couldnt swim fell in and one person after another jumped in to save him forgetting that they also couldnt swim. until there was nobody left


either that or pirates

No

How do you quote multiple people at the same time?

Okay, brain hurts... going to bed.

People on the yacht at one time but not anymore.

Goodnight J

Were the bodies floating people who had previously been on the yacht?

Did they voluntarily go in the water? Were they forced into the water? Did they leave the yacht because they feared something on the yacht? Were they in the water to go swimming?

Was there any damage to the bodies? Any visible blood? Had they been shot? Stabbed? Attacked by a shark?

PS - When I want to answer multiple questions, I open another page (another browser), then I hit the quote button, and copy and paste to my original page.

How do you quote multiple people at the same time?

Copy and paste

Were the bodies floating people who had previously been on the yacht? Yes

Did they voluntarily go in the water? Yes

Were they forced into the water? No

Did they leave the yacht because they feared something on the yacht? No

Were they in the water to go swimming? Yes

Was there any damage to the bodies? Any visible blood? Had they been shot? Stabbed? Attacked by a shark? No

PS - When I want to answer multiple questions, I open another page (another browser), then I hit the quote button, and copy and paste to my original page. Thank You very much!

All answers follow your questions here.

Was there something in the water that caused their deaths?

Did they die of natural causes?

Was there a reason they didn't return to the yacht?

Was there something in the water that caused their deaths? No

Did they die of natural causes? I don't think the way they died was really natural, so no.

Was there a reason they didn't return to the yacht? Yes

Sorry for this message here but I guess I had to put something in order to send it.

I have heard of a movie about this... part trailer but didn't watch it cause it was broadcasted late at night.

The yacht didn't have any ladder for the swimmers to be able to get on the yacht again (and the yacht had high 'walls' if I can call the outer side of the boat like that), hence they were forced to stay in the water, and eventually died. Is that it?

Well, initially, all the people jump in the water to go swimming, but nobody thought about seeing if they had a way back to the yacht.

Yes Unky, what you saw on TV was the answer to this riddle.

Yay, my very first one XD!

I will try another one for you guys it might be hard to figure out. I hope I am not getting these from the same site that Morgaine does.

A man is driving his car. He turns on the radio, then pulls over to the side of the road and shoots himself.

Was the radio working properly?

Did what he heard on radio the cause of his suicide?

Is his location relevant?

Was the radio broadcasting news when he was listening to it?

Is it relevant that he chose to switch on the radio?

Is he using a gun? Or was it a syringe?

He turned on the radio right when it announced the time. He remembered it was time for his insulin shot... so...

Brain washing over the radio to commit mass suicide


He was hypnotised earlier in life and given a secret word which if ever utter meant he would commit suicide



He shot himself with his camera i.e sight seeing

Was the radio working properly?

Did what he heard on radio the cause of his suicide? Yes

Is his location relevant? No, well thats kind of hard to answer.

Was the radio broadcasting news when he was listening to it? No

Is it relevant that he chose to switch on the radio? Yes

Hope that helps

Is he using a gun? Or was it a syringe?

He turned on the radio right when it announced the time. He remembered it was time for his insulin shot..........so....

I like the way you think, but no.

brain washing over the radio to commit mass suicide


he was hypnotised earlier in life and given a secret word which if ever utter meant he would commit suicide



he shot himself with his camera i.e sight seeing

Also good thinking but no

The radio wasn't playing news. Was it playing a song? Did the song remind him of someone? Something?

Was there possibly a sports game on the radio?

The radio wasn't playing news. Was it playing a song? Did the song remind him of someone? Something?

Was there possibly a sports game on the radio?

I just had to pick the hardest one to answer. Lets see here. It was playing a song. No it didn't remind him of someone or something.

I just had to pick the hardest one to answer. Lets see here. It was playing a song. No it didn't remind him of someone or something.

Was he the singer or a musician in the song?

Did he know the singer or musician in the song?

Did he just really hate the song? (I have a few like that... but I'd just turn the station. ;))

Was he the singer or a musician in the song? No

Did he know the singer or musician in the song? Probably not on a personal level.

Did he just really hate the song? (I have a few like that... but I'd just turn the station. ) I have a few songs I would do that to also. But No.

Was he expecting something to hear on radio then?

Is the destination he's driving to relevant? (as a clearer question to the location one)

Was he expecting something to hear on radio then? Yes he was expecting to hear something on the radio, and to give a hint, he heard something else.

Is the destination he's driving to relevant? (as a clearer question to the location one) Yes, I would say it is.

I like Unky's change in tactic - possibly expecting to hear something else.

Is the song itself relevant?

Is he depressed? Worried? In trouble with the law? Grieving?

Was he alone in the car?

It was an emergency announcement about an APB out for a suspicious looking character who robbed a bank and shot some people. He didn't remember what had happened, and he matched the description of the shooter, he then shot himself in horror.

Is he driving to work?

Is he going to see someone? For a relevant purpose?

Is his destination related to what he expected to hear on radio?

I like Unky's change in tactic - possibly expecting to hear something else.

Is the song itself relevant? NO

Is he depressed? No Worried? Yes In trouble with the law? Would have been yes. Grieving? Might have been.

Was he alone in the car? Yes

It was an emergency announcement about an APB out for a suspicious looking character who robbed a bank and shot some people. He didn't remember what had happened, and he matched the description of the shooter, he then shot himself in horror.

Very good thought, but No.

Is he driving to work? Yes

Is he going to see someone? For a relevant purpose? No

Is his destination related to what he expected to hear on radio?

Kind of confused by that last question but since I answered you question above. He was driving to work and turned on the radio and then pulled over and shot himself.

Had he done something at work that he could be in trouble for?

He would have been in trouble with the law. Did he do something illegal and he killed himself to avoid being arrested?

Ok, to give you a summary in my own words:

A man was driving to work and he turned on the radio. He heard something that made him worry and figured he would get in trouble with the law. He pulled over and shot himself.

This is the questions you guys asked and I answered them yes. So that should give you a pretty good summary. I didn't tell you anything new above I thought I would put it together for you though.

Had he done something at work that he could be in trouble for? Not sure if he would get in trouble for it so I am goign to say no/

He would have been in trouble with the law. Did he do something illegal and he killed himself to avoid being arrested?

Yes, he did something illegal and killed himself to avoid being arrested.

So we need to figure out what he did?

Did he steal money?

Did he hurt another person?

Was he planning to commit a crime, but hadn't done it yet?

Was he expecting the radio to announce something happened in connection with his crime, but when it wasn't on the radio he knew he had failed somehow?

He was driving to work and heard on the radio that there was a leak at the nuclear power plant that he worked at, causing multiple deaths. He realized that he had made a foolish mistake, causing the leak, and then to avoid trouble, he ended it all.

so we need to figure out what he did? Yes

did he steal money? No

did he hurt another person? Yes

was he planning to commit a crime, but hadn't done it yet? No

was he expecting the radio to announce something happened in connection with his crime, but when it wasn't on the radio he knew he had failed somehow?
No

He was driving to work and heard on the radio that there was a leak at the nuclear power plant that he worked at, causing multiple deaths. He realized that he had made a foolish mistake, causing the leak, and then to avoid trouble, he ended it all.

No

No

Am I even CLOSE?

Sorry if there was confusion but look above at your questions I aqnswered J-Lo. I answered after each question. The no at the end was for the last question. Sorry about that.

Am I even CLOSE?

Lol, no :p

(It's not an official no, but this one will drive you crazy :p)

Does the man work at a studio?

Did the man expect a song, but another song was broadcasted?

It's fun! :p

Am I even CLOSE?

Well you know he did something wrong but what he did was never announced over the radio.

Did he try to commit suicide but failed?

Lol, no :p

(It's not an official no, but this one will drive you crazy :p)

Does the man work at a studio?

Did the man expect a song, but another song was broadcasted?

It's fun! :p

Do you know this one Unky?

Clarify the studio part. (this might give a big hint)

No on the last one.

did he try to commit suicide but failed?

He was successful in his suicide attempt.

We know he hurt at least one person. Did he hurt more than one person?

Was the person killed? Kidnapped? Injured? Sent to the hospital?

Was the person a relative of his? A friend? A stranger? Someone he worked with?

We know he hurt at least one person. Did he hurt more than one person? No

Was the person killed? Yes Kidnapped? No Injured? Well killed so no injured. Sent to the hospital? No

Was the person a relative of his? Yes, but no blood related. A friend? No A stranger? No Someone he worked with? No

Do you know this one Unky?

Lol, I'm the one to ask question here ;)

No, the first time I came across lateral puzzles was here, when morgaine started this :)



Clarify the studio part. (this might give a big hint)

Was it a song? (as opposed to music played by instrument only)

Is he the one who sponsors the musician/singer? (depending on my previous question)

Was the killed person his wife?

Is the gender of the dead person relevant?

Is his motive of killing this person relevant?

Lol, I'm the one to ask question here ;)

No, the first time I came across lateral puzzles was here, when morgaine started this :)



Was it a song? (as opposed to music played by instrument only)

Is he the one who sponsors the musician/singer? (depending on my previous question)

My question I asked was about what kind of studio did you mean? There was a song on the radio. He did not sponsor anyone.

A non-bood relative: His wife? An in-law?

Did he mean to kill the person? Was it an accident?

Ok, so...

Was it a radio studio?
Was it a studio where artists make their album?
Was there a case of cheating involved? (relationship cheating)

A non-bood relative: His wife? An in-law?

Did he mean to kill the person? Was it an accident?

It was his wife, he meant to kill her.

Ok, so...

Was it a radio studio?
Was it a studio where artists make their album?
Was there a case of cheating involved? (relationship cheating)

You guys are so close I can feel it.

It was a radio studio.
It was not where the make albums.
The cheating part is irrelavent

Well, I have to think the wife didn't have anything to do with the song he heard - not the words, the singer, or the music, based on previous answers.

Did his wife work for the studio? The radio station?

Well, I have to think the wife didn't have anything to do with the song he heard - not the words, the singer, or the music, based on previous answers.

Did his wife work for the studio? The radio station?

The words of the song had nothing to do with it.

His wife did not work there. If she did it is irrelavent.

Yes, lets call it a radio station instead.

Lol, I'm the one to ask question here ;)




I keep giggling about this. You are so cute, Unky.



Did he know his wife was dead before he turned on the radio? Did the song that was playing somehow verify his wife was dead?

Is the motive of killing his wife relevant?

Does the singer know his wife?

Was the singer on radio at the radio station?

Was the man a reporter at the radio station?

Is this a good summary?

A man was driving to work, a radio station, and he turned on the radio. He heard something that made him worry, a song sang by a singer he knew (not personally) and figured he would get in trouble with the law because he killed his wife. He pulled over and shot himself.

Lol, it turned out a 'song sang by a singer' :p

Is the singer relevant in any way?

Did he know his wife was dead before he turned on the radio? Yes

Did the song that was playing somehow verify his wife was dead? No

Is the motive of killing his wife relevant? No

Does the singer know his wife? No

Was the singer on radio at the radio station? Confused, do you mean was the singer at the station?

Was the man a reporter at the radio station? No

Is this a good summary?

A man was driving to work, a radio station, and he turned on the radio. He heard something that made him worry, a song sang by a singer he knew (not personally) and figured he would get in trouble with the law because he killed his wife. He pulled over and shot himself.

Lol, it turned out a 'song sang by a singer'

Is the singer relevant in any way?

The singer or the song playing is not relavent. Pretty good summary. I will try one myself and see if it helps. I will even add a part in for you.

A man is returning to the radio station at which he works after killing his wife. He turns on the radio and then pulls over and kills himself in fear of being arrested.

Did he have reason to believe the police were at the radio station because of the song he heard?

Yes, I was asking whether the singer he was listening to was at the station he works at.

Is his job status (director/manager/speaker/etc) at the station relevant?
Was his radio tuned on the radio station he works at?

Did he have reason to believe the police were at the radio station because of the song he heard?

No

Yes, I was asking whether the singer he was listening to was at the station he works at.

Is his job status (director/manager/speaker/etc) at the station relevant?
Was his radio tuned on the radio station he works at?

Sorry Unky, I must have misunderstood you.

The song on the radio was being played from his radio station.

I would say his job title is relavent.

Was he the current owner of the station?

Was he going for a shift at the station?

Did anyone besides him know that he killed his wife?

Was the song interrupted?

Was he the current owner of the station? No

Was he going for a shift at the station? He was returning as I had said before.(that hint I gave)

Did anyone besides him know that he killed his wife? No

Was the song interrupted? In a way, yes.

I think you can about get it from here.

I think you can about get it from here.

I think I'm more confused now than before. :p


Okay, he's a DJ. He snuck out during his shift to kill his wife, thinking he'd have an alibi. As he was returning, the songs he had set to play stopped and he wasn't there to fix the problem. Ruined his alibi, and now he knows he'll be suspected in her death.

Are you a genius J-Lo? I figured you guys would get it soon but not that soon. You were confused for one second then you solve it the next. Impressive. You got every single detail there. The one thing is that he made a pre-recorded tape to play and it started to skip when he was listening to it so he knew he couldn't fix it and would be a suspect. I like yours better, like it just stopped. Anyway, good job.

I go read other threads some minutes and the problem gets solved, good ol JLo :)

Yea, impressive isn't it Unky?

Yes, I didn't think much about 'returning' to the radio station, but when you pointed it out, I was seeing one more fraction of the solution. But from there to guess the recorded tape, the alibi, the malfunctioning of the tape, wow! :p

Wow. Thanks, guys. I literally wrote the part about being more confused, and then it hit me. I'm so happy. :D

Yes, I didn't think much about 'returning' to the radio station, but when you pointed it out, I was seeing one more fraction of the solution. But from there to guess the recorded tape, the alibi, the malfunctioning of the tape, wow! :p

I watch a lot of crime shows - Criminal Minds, Law & Order, CSI. I'm sure that helped. :)

I think you and I each had a big part in this. Couldn't have done it without you.

Thanks, Adam, for the puzzle. That was a lot of fun.

No, problem, everyone deserves to have fun and have their brain challenged. Haha.

You two worked together to solve this one. I bet the crime shows do help a lot with these types.

Good job to the both of you.

Yes, I watch them too. I'm fond of them :p

Except that I don't always have the time :(

As for the quoting, just copy/paste the entire thread, then just highlight each question and use the quote thing at the top of the box to get it as a quote. They can all be answered individually that way -- and you'll actually be posting something in the thread instead of getting that silly message yelling at you.

I knew the first one about the yacht, so I guess it doesn't matter that I missed it.

And you may or may not be getting them from the same site, because the same puzzles are on 3 million different sites. At least all the "classic" ones are, and there's a lot of them. I've seen the one about the radio (there's more than one of those), but I've never looked at the answer. I try not to look at too many answers while I'm digging one out. They did a story that involved that type of thing on Magnum once. The difference was the lady played an repeat recording - like how the talk shows do when someone's on vacation or on a holiday. So she was replaying an entire show she did and slipped out to kill someone, when everyone thought she was live. Except Magnum recognized it cause he'd been at the studio earlier when she was doing that particular show.

By the way, it also helps if you post the question again when a new page hits, so someone like me doesn't come to 9 pages of a thread and wonder what the heck puzzle you're on.

And since I still time availability until about Wednesday, I'm going to throw one in while I can.

A man is driving his car. He turns on the radio, listens for five minutes, turns around, goes home, and shoots his wife.

This is the other radio one I've seen. I admit it's a little stupid, but since I already know the answer, what the heck.

Didn't see jm's before posting this. So we can finish that one first, and I'll put the link in to this when it's done. (Unless someone wants to to try to do two at once - fine by me.)

A man is driving his car. He turns on the radio, listens for five minutes, turns around, goes home, and shoots his wife.

This is the other radio one I've seen. I admit it's a little stupid, but since I already know the answer, what the heck.

Was he listening to music? The news? Sports? A talkshow?

Did they say something about his wife on the radio?

Did he hear his wife on the radio?

Is his wife dead now? Did he want to kill her prior to listening to what he heard on the radio?

Ah we have a player already. :)


Was he listening to music? The news? Sports? A talkshow?

Type of station irrelevant. (Mostly.)


Did they say something about his wife on the radio?

Yes.


Did he hear his wife on the radio?

No.


Is his wife dead now?

I assume so.


Did he want to kill her prior to listening to what he heard on the radio?

No.

A man is driving his car. He turns on the radio, listens for five minutes, turns around, goes home, and shoots his wife.

Yes, I like purple.

He presumably disliked what he heard then?

Is what he heard relevant?
- Was it an advertisement?
- Was it during a news session?

Is it relevant the reason as to why he turned on the radio?
- Did he expect to hear something on radio?

Is the time he listened to the radio relevant?

Is his destination before he switches on the radio relevant?
- Was he heading to work?

Was his wife at home?

He presumably disliked what he heard then?

Correct.


Is what he heard relevant?

Yes.


- Was it an advertisement?
- Was it during a news session?

No and no.


Is it relevant the reason as to why he turned on the radio?

No.


- Did he expect to hear something on radio?

Only what you'd normally expect. (i.e. no)


Is the time he listened to the radio relevant?

In a sense.


Is his destination before he switches on the radio relevant?
- Was he heading to work?

Not relevant, no.


Was his wife at home?

Yes.

Is the time he listened to the radio relevant?

In a sense.

Hmm, I'm thinking that's just going to be confusing. Let's call it not relevant for the moment.

Good questions already. Was the man an astronaut?

Was he about to go to space if so?

Did he like hamburgers?

Did he have any cats or dogs?

Was it his pistol?

Did he have friends?

Did this happen on a Monday?

Do I know this man?

Did he like sports?

Is this man old?

Ok, it is early and I am not sure how many more irrelavent questions I can ask.

The DJ dedicated the song playing to his sweetheart, car driver's wife. He felt betrayed and enraged, turned around and...

Go with it!

I don't know if this fits... I would rather think that he would be enraged towards the DJ then... unless something else happened in parallel...

Has the man just left his home? (just like in... less than an hour)

Did he have some argument with his wife prior to listening the radio?
- Did he tell his wife not to do something?
- Did he threaten her?
- Did his wife 'disobeyed' him?

Did the man discover something through that radio about his wife, that he wasn't aware of?

Is another man involved in this? I mean, did the man hear something to think his wife was cheating?

Is money involved in any way?

Did he kill her over anger? Versus something liking killing her to help her avoid some kind of pain?

Was his wife also on the radio?

Did she win a contest?

Was a man calling in to the radio to talk about his wife?

Was something said on the radio that made him realize his wife had lied to him?

Didn't expect you today, but nice to see you.


Good questions already. Was the man an astronaut?

Irrelevant. (I'd love to know where that came from.)


Was he about to go to space if so?

N/A


Did he like hamburgers?
Did he have any cats or dogs?
Was it his pistol?

All irrelevant.


Did he have friends?

Well probably, but irrelevant.


Did this happen on a Monday?

A Manic Monday? Could have been any day.


Do I know this man?

I seriously doubt it.


Did he like sports?

Irrelevant.


Is this man old?

Probably not.


Ok, it is early and I am not sure how many more irrelavent questions I can ask.

I don't know, but you're doing a pretty good of it. :) But you know, you never know when hamburgers might be relevant. (I'll have to hunt one down that it is.)

A man is driving his car. He turns on the radio, listens for five minutes, turns around, goes home, and shoots his wife.

The DJ dedicated the song playing to his sweetheart, car driver's wife. He felt betrayed and enraged, turned around and ....

No.

I don't know if this fits... I would rather think that he would be enraged towards the DJ then... unless something else happened in parallel...

Interesting point.


Has the man just left his home? (just like in... less than an hour)

Mostly irrelevant, but it's more likely he's more recently left than say on his way home.


Did he have some argument with his wife prior to listening the radio?
- Did he tell his wife not to do something?
- Did he threaten her?
- Did his wife 'disobeyed' him?

No.


Did the man discover something through that radio about his wife, that he wasn't aware of?

Yes.

Is another man involved in this? I mean, did the man hear something to think his wife was cheating?

Yes.


Is money involved in any way?

No.


Did he kill her over anger? Versus something liking killing her to help her avoid some kind of pain?

Correct.


Was his wife also on the radio?

No.


Did she win a contest?

Not yet.


Was a man calling in to the radio to talk about his wife?

No.


Was something said on the radio that made him realize his wife had lied to him?

Uh... she's likely lied, but that's not the main focus. (Though I think you've already figured that out.)

Adam, do you know this one?

Was the man on radio dedicating a song so his wife?
Was the man thanking his wife for something?
Was the man talking about his wife in a 'good' way?

Yes, I know this one. I thought I would just see how many irrelavent questions I could ask. I am sure there is a million more but that's all I could think of that early.

Was the man on radio dedicating a song so his wife?
Was the man thanking his wife for something?
Was the man talking about his wife in a 'good' way?

No to all.

Ok, that means I have made an assumption which is probably false.

Was the man (the other one involved) on radio?

By the way, I hope you understood what the man I was talking about in my last post was the other man involved. =S

So it sounds like something happened on the radio that told the man his wife was cheating and he therefore drove home and shot her. We just need to find out what was said to solve this puzzle?

Did the man call into the radio station?

Looking back at the answers, you said she didn't win a contest yet and you weren't sure how to answer the question about the time being relevant. I'm thinking of Regis and Kelly here :p but:

Did the radio station call her to play in a contest?

Was it at night and a man answered her phone? (though that seems pretty dumb - if she's having an affair, why would he answer the phone? If not, the husband killed her for nothing.)

Hm... that last question seems plausible...

Hm... that last question seems plausible...

Only if the man's an idiot - why would he answer the phone? :o

Good job J-lo. How do you go from nothing to everything J-Lo? You must be a genius! Haha

Because who'd expect the husband to be listening to the radio? :D

Because who'd expect the husband to be listening to the radio? :D

But he wouldn't know it was the radio station calling - what if it was the husband calling?

But why would the man answer the phone in a house that wasn't his. Especially if he was sleeping with the woman who lived there.

Anyway, enough with the questions. Good job again, I will let Morgaine come along and do the congratulating.

Maybe they had the radio on too :p

Was the man (the other one involved) on radio?

Yes.


By the way, I hope you understood what the man I was talking about in my last post was the other man involved. =S

I assume you mean "the man" that J-Lo asked about you assumed to be the "man on the radio," as in the DJ?

OK, I guess we need to clear this up.

There's a man involved, and when she asked about another man, I was referring to this man that we didn't yet know anything about. The DJ could as easily be a woman, and is not the same person I was referring to. So you asked about the "man on the radio," and I assumed you meant the DJ because we had not established any info yet about this "other man."

However, if you were referring to the as-yet-unknown man, the answer to all 3 questions would still be No.

So the announcer on the radio should be called the DJ I guess.

I guess I'm a little late to the party. :rolleyes:

Well, jeez, then never mind everything I just said to Unky.

I said at the start that this was kind of stupid. Not only that the man would answer the phone, but also that the guy in the car would make a judgment on such flimsy evidence. But sometimes people's motivations in these things leave a bit to be desired.

Just as a note, there's nothing in the answer saying it's at night. The only reason I questioned the time being relevant is that usually this happens during certain shows, or at some specified time interval. However, to say yes to that seemed misleading. I also knew where he was going wasn't relevant, but it was kind of relevant that wherever it was, they'd expect him to be gone a while. (Assuming she really was having an affair.)

I already have another one lined up, what I think is another hard one, cause this last one was easier.

Three men die. On the pavement are pieces of ice and broken glass.

Yup, that's all she wrote.

P.S. This one borders a bit on the ridiculous.

(Um, tried to do a nice little "agrees congrats" but apparently I need to spread my green coins around a bit.)

Hey, I'm getting close to 6000 posts. So this will be 5982.

5983 -- ha, just kidding.

Good job J-lo.

I'm thinking about the three dead guys now. HMMM... ridiculous huh?

Three men die. On the pavement are pieces of ice and broken glass.



I don't have a ridiculous bone in me so this will be difficult. :p What??

Are the men related?

Are their ages relevant?

Are the men also on the pavement?

Did the glass come from a car? A bottle or bottles? A window of a building?

Is the size of the ice pieces relevant? (Wondering why they aren't melted.)

I'm thinking about the three dead guys now. HMMM...ridiculous huh?

Well, just don't expect any typical behavior. :D

I had to read the answer again to answer some of these, and just laughed. Yeah, it's definitely ridiculous.


Are the men related?

No.


Are their ages relevant?

Let's call that a no.


Are the men also on the pavement?

All of them, no.


Did the glass come from a car? A bottle or bottles?

No and no.


A window of a building?

Yes.


Is the size of the ice pieces relevant? (Wondering why they aren't melted.)

Yes. (They aren't melted cause no matter when you post these, they always happened 2 seconds. Ago. :p)

Three men die. On the pavement are pieces of ice and broken glass.

Two men are having a drink in their apartment several floors up. First man has a heart attack and dies, and as he falls over he knocks into second man. Second man falls into window, smashes window, impales himself on broken window frame and dies. As he falls he drops the ice bucket he was holding. Ice bucket falls out of window and hits third man, who was walking by, on head - killing him. Ice and glass fall on pavement along with one dead man.

That isn't it. And it sounds like you have heard one very similar and actually know the answer.

Nope, just made a story up in my head lol. So does that mean I was close somewhere or was it all totally wrong? Did it involve an ice bucket and a broken window?

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agrees : Maybe, but then she should have answered the phone. Cheating 101 :)

What if she didn't know the answer? :p
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Are the pieces of ice bigger than tennis balls?

Is one of the man dead in a building on a high storey?
- Are the two others on the pavement?

Do at least two of them know each other?

Was the ice in the building before it got crushed?

Was it winter? Was there snow? Hail?
- Was the ice initially an ice sculpture?

Nope, just made a story up in my head lol. So does that mean I was close somewhere or was it all totally wrong? Did it involve an ice bucket and a broken window?

I doubt seriously you would just guess this one cause it's too far-fetched -- yours was too reasonable. And it's already been established that the broken glass is from a building window.

As for the ice bucket, no.

Sorry for the long delay in getting back. Work was just super, super hectic today. I hardly had time to breath, let alone get on this site.


Are the pieces of ice bigger than tennis balls?

No.


Is one of the man dead in a building on a high storey?

That's actually two questions. Yes there's a man dead in a building. As for high - high enough but not too high. :p


- Are the two others on the pavement?

One is.

The other... he's not "on the pavement." (I knew this question was coming. I've realized many things will be hard to answer. It's my own fault.)


Do at least two of them know each other?

No.


Was the ice in the building before it got crushed?

Who said it got crushed? But yes.



Was it winter? Was there snow? Hail?

Irrelevant.


- Was the ice initially an ice sculpture?

No.

Is it relevant what type of building is involved? Either in the number of stories? Or the function of the building, such as hospital?

Are we talking about ice cubes? Or did you confirm crushed ice?

Are all three deaths accidental? Or are one or more of natural causes? Are there any murders involved?

Is the third man dead in a car? Or some other vehicle?

Is it relevant what type of building is involved? Either in the number of stories? Or the function of the building, such as hospital?

Yes it's relevant.


Are we talking about ice cubes?

Yes.


Or did you confirm crushed ice?

I was just about to address that when I saw your post. I realized I seemed to be implying it was crushed. I meant yes it had been in the building. I'm sure some got crushed and some not.


Are all three deaths accidental?

No.


Or are one or more of natural causes?

Yes.


Are there any murders involved?

Yes.


Is the third man dead in a car? Or some other vehicle?

No.

Okay, one more set of questions for tonight, and then I’ll look forward to bombarding you with questions (along with Adam, Unky and others) tomorrow. :D

I don't think your yes about the function of the building necessarily verified it was a hospital. Was it a hospital?
Is the building residential?
Commercial?
Governmental?
A prison?

Did the ice cubes come from a drink?
Is an ice vending machine involved?
Is a truck carrying ice cubes involved?

We know one is natural causes and one is a murder. Is the third a murder?
Natural causes?
Accidental?

Is it relevant what the men do for employment?

One man is dead in the building. Did another man fall through the window of the building? If so, did he land on a vehicle? If so, did that cause the third death? (I know - this is probably too reasonable.)

Three men die. On the pavement are pieces of ice and broken glass.

I don't think your yes about the function of the building necessarily verified it was a hospital.

No. I always take that as a clarificationof what you mean.


Is the building residential?

Yes.


Was it a hospital?
Commercial?
Governmental?
A prison?

No.


Did the ice cubes come from a drink?
Is an ice vending machine involved?
Is a truck carrying ice cubes involved?

No to all.


We know one is natural causes and one is a murder. Is the third a murder?
Natural causes?

No.


Accidental?

We'll call that a yes.


Is it relevant what the men do for employment?

No.

More hard ones...


Did another man fall through the window of the building?

Well... yeah sort of.


If so, did he land on a vehicle?

No.


If so, did that cause the third death?

Sort of.

(What happened to the 3 men is sometimes hard to answer. I'll do the best I can. I would concentrate first on the ones that seem more definitive, and try to get some clarification on the fuzzier ones. If I think something ended up being misleading, I'll try to clear it up.)

Did one man get a heart attack?

Are all the three men within 10 m radius from each other?

Does one man live in the residential building?
Two?
All of them?

Are there any other relevant persons besides the three men involved?
- Women?
- Men?

Is the purpose of the ice cubes relevant?
- Is it used as a means to store something? (for example, fish... a dead body :eek:)

You were a little iffy on the "fall" out of the window. Was he pushed? Did he jump?

One man was murdered. Was he shot? Stabbed? Strangled? Suffocated? Drowned? Poisoned? Hit over the head? Thrown out the window?

I'm still wondering where the third body is. Is it relevant? Did he fall out of the window into or onto something? Did he fall onto the porte-cochere of a building? Did he fall into a trash bin? Did he fall on the street-side of the building? On the backside of the building? Is it even this third body I'm wondering about that "fell" out of the window? Is the one that fell the one on the pavement? Is a manhole involved? (well, that would be ridiculous)

Did they all die about the same time? Was the ice being used to preserve one of the dead bodies? Ooh was it anything to do with cryogenics? You did say far-fetched...

Did a frozen corpse covered in ice somehow end up going out of the window and killing another person? No wait that would mean two dead bodies on the pavement. Unless you only count one because the frozen corpse was ontop of a dead guy not actually on the pavement...

Did someone die of shock because they found a frozen corpse?

Was it just a bag of ice, or a tray of ice, or a crate of ice?

Did anyone slip on the ice and die?

So many questions to be answered before I can start asking questions and even then, I might not be able to keep track of them all.

So many questions to be answered before I can start asking questions and even then, I might not be able to keep track of them all.

Well, at least it doesn't sound like you know this one. I'm sure we'll all have a lot of fun with it. :)

Did one man get a heart attack?

Yes.


Are all the three men within 10 m radius from each other?

Yes.


Does one man live in the residential building?

Yes.


Two?
All of them?

Unknown, so irrelevant.


Are there any other relevant persons besides the three men involved?
- Women?

Yes.


- Men?

No.



Is the purpose of the ice cubes relevant?
- Is it used as a means to store something? (for example, fish... a dead body :eek:)

It's relevant where they came from, not in their use.

A drunk, drink in hand, fell out of a hot air balloon, landing on another man, killing him. The third guy died of a heart attack from just witnessing the event.

You said it was ridiculous, so this can't be right since it happens all the time in real life.

You were a little iffy on the "fall" out of the window. Was he pushed?

Sort of. :p


Did he jump?

No.


One man was murdered. Was he shot? Stabbed? Strangled? Suffocated? Drowned? Poisoned? Thrown out the window?

No to all.


Hit over the head?

No but you're sort of lukewarm.


I'm still wondering where the third body is. Is it relevant?

It's very relevant.


Did he fall out of the window into or onto something?

Yeah, but not like how you're trying to think of it. You're concentrating on the idea that he fell onto or into something. Honestly, I'd just think about something else for now -- or look back at my very original answer about this and think about why I answered that way. (Any time I don't give a straight forward yes or no, there's reason for it.)


Did he fall onto the porte-cochere of a building?

What the hell is a porte-cochere? (Sounds French. Porte is door. Hmm, something to do with the front door? In that case, close.)


Did he fall into a trash bin? Did he fall on the street-side of the building? On the backside of the building?

No.


Is it even this third body I'm wondering about that "fell" out of the window?

The "third" is the accident one, right? Then yes.


Is the one that fell the one on the pavement?

No.



Is a manhole involved? (well, that would be ridiculous)

No. (But that's not outside the realm of the ridiculousness. :))

Summary through last page:

Three men die. On the pavement are pieces of ice and broken glass.

I divided between the 3 men to help keep track. Though if it hasn't been established yet which man it relates to, it's still under "other stuff."

Natural causes man:
Or are one or more of natural causes? Yes.
Did one man get a heart attack? Yes

Murdered man:
Are there any murders involved? Yes.
One man was murdered. Was he shot? Stabbed? Strangled? Suffocated? Drowned? Poisoned? Thrown out the window? No to all.
Hit over the head? No but you're sort of lukewarm.

Accident man:
We know one is natural causes and one is a murder. Is the third a murder? Natural causes? No.
Accidental? We'll call that a yes.
Did another man fall thru the window of the building? Well... yeah sort of.
If so, did he land on a vehicle? No.
If so, did that cause the third death? Sort of.
Is it even this third body I'm wondering about that "fell" out of the window? The "third" is the accident one, right? Then yes.
Is the one that fell the one on the pavement? No.

Other stuff:
Are the men related? No.
Are their ages relevant? No.
Are the men also on the pavement? All of them, no.
Is one of the man dead in a building on a high storey? That's actually two questions. Yes there's a man dead in a building. As for high - high enough but not too high.
- Are the two others on the pavement? One is. The other... he's not "on the pavement."
Is the third man dead in a car? Or some other vehicle? No.
You were a little iffy on the "fall" out of the window. Was he pushed? Sort of.
Did he jump? No
I'm still wondering where the third body is. Is it relevant? It's very relevant.
Did he fall out of the window into or onto something? Yeah, but not like how you're trying to think of it.
Did he fall onto the porte-cochere of a building? What the hell is a porte-cochere? (Sounds French. Porte is door. Hmm, something to do with the front door? In that case, close.)
Did he fall into a trash bin? No.
Did he fall on the street-side of the building? On the backside of the building? No.
(I don't think it's totally established who is who here, but not sure. :rolleyes:)
Do at least two of them know each other? No.
Are all three deaths accidental? No.
Is it relevant what the men do for employment? No.
Are all the three men within 10 m radius from each other? Yes.
Does one man live in the residential building? Yes.
Two? All of them? Unknown, so irrelevant.
Are there any other relevant persons besides the three men involved?
- Women? Yes.
- Men? No.

Did the glass come from a car? A bottle or bottles? No and no.
A window of a building? Yes.
Is it relevant what type of building is involved? Either in the number of stories? Or the function of the building, such as hospital? Yes it's relevant.
Is the building residential? Yes.
Was it a hospital? Commercial? Governmental? A prison? No.

Is the size of the ice pieces relevant? Yes.
Did it involve an ice bucket? No.
Are the pieces of ice bigger than tennis balls? No.
Was the ice in the building before it got crushed? Who said it got crushed? But yes.
- Was the ice initially an ice sculpture? No.
Are we talking about ice cubes? Yes.
Or did you confirm crushed ice? I'm sure some got crushed and some not.
Did the ice cubes come from a drink? Is an ice vending machine involved? Is a truck carrying ice cubes involved? No to all.
Is the purpose of the ice cubes relevant? It's relevant where they came from, not in their use.

Was it winter? Was there snow? Hail? Irrelevant.
Is a manhole involved? No.

Did they all die about the same time?

Yes.


Was the ice being used to preserve one of the dead bodies?

No.


Ooh was it anything to do with cryogenics? You did say far-fetched...

No. (Not that kind of far-fetched.)


Did a frozen corpse covered in ice somehow end up going out of the window and killing another person? No wait that would mean two dead bodies on the pavement. Unless you only count one because the frozen corpse was on top of a dead guy not actually on the pavement...

No, but you have some interesting ideas there.


Did someone die of shock because they found a frozen corpse?

No.


Was it just a bag of ice, or a tray of ice,

Either.


or a crate of ice?

No.


Did anyone slip on the ice and die?

No. (Maybe later, but not in this scenario. :))

So many questions to be answered before I can start asking questions and even then, I might not be able to keep track of them all.

Well, I just did a nice summary. (I do those for a reason. :D)

Actually, when I'm on the other side asking them, I keep them all in a little Wordpad file and I review them frequently.

Just like I'm doing now, cause it helps to do the summaries, and helps me to keep track of things as well -- so I can check whether something's been established for when Unky goes making things up. ;)

From the clues I have gathered, I am going to go with a joke that I like to hear. I can't quite quote it the way the jokes goes, but I will give enough to tell the main parts.

A man who lives on the third floor of an apartment suspects his wife of cheating and rushes home to try and catch her in the act. He comes home and finds nothing. He is sure there has to be someone there though so he searches everywhere and finally he goes out on the balcony and sees fingers on the ledge. So he starts hitting them and the guy doesn't let go so he gets a hammer and beats his fingers until the man lets go. Luckily, the man fell in the bushes and survived. The guy then gets so angry that he gets the refrigerator and throws out the door and hits the man and kills him. In all the panic, he has a heart attack and dies.

The man who got killed by the refrigerator actually lived above them and was out on his balcony exercising when he fell over the ledge and was lucky enough to grab on the ledge on the floor below him.

The third guy was in the refrigerator.

3 guys dead and ridiculous. Haha. The joke version sounds better than what I said though.

A drunk, drink in hand, fell out of a hot air balloon, landing on another man, killing him. The third guy died of a heart attack from just witnessing the event.

You said it was ridiculous, so this can't be right since it happens all the time in real life.

Well, I'd agree except for that balloon thing - how often do drunk people fall out of balloons?

Maybe he jumped out of the balloon, landing on the guy in the forest and killing him, a boat with a cabin came rushing in from a hurricane, smashing both guys and passengers up against some trees, and a guy standing by, who was deserted there, suddenly saw the dead people, and somehow seeing them reminded him of his dead wife and made him wonder if it was really albatross soup, and thinking it might be his wide, he killed himself, while over nearby was a plane that crashed earlier, and when they got the black box from it, discovered that the pilot had just discovered his wife was having an affair and flew the plane into the forest killing himself.

A man who lives on the third floor of an apartment suspects his wife of cheating and rushes home to try and catch her in the act. He comes home and finds nothing. He is sure there has to be someone there though so he searches everywhere and finally he goes out on the balcony and sees fingers on the ledge. So he starts hitting them and the guy doesn't let go so he gets a hammer and beats his fingers til the man lets go. Luckily, the man fell in the bushes and survived. The guy then gets so angry that he gets the refrigerator and throws out the door and hits the man and kills him. In all the panic, he has a heart attack and dies.

The man who got killed by the refrigerator actually lived above them and was out on his balcony exercising when he fell over the ledge and was lucky enough to grab on the the ledge on the floor below him.

The third guy was in the refrigerator.

3 guys dead and ridiculous. haha. The joke version sounds better than what I said though.

LOL. I like it.

Was the woman a maid bringing in the ice? Was she the murderer? Was the woman any of the men's wife or girlfriend or mother?

Was the woman a maid bringing in the ice?
Was she the murderer?

No and no.


Was the woman any of the men's wife or girlfriend or mother?

Yes.

Sorry for the long general delay. I was in the middle of PMing J-Lo when I suddenly remembered some place I had to be that was getting ready to close, so I just jumped up and took off. And ran some other errands while I was out.

And made the mistake of stopping at my brother's (because I don't know how to leave). And his computer decided to get locked up so I couldn't even check in from there.

OK. The woman was the wife of one of the men. He comes home and finds her having a kinky time with a man in a bath full of ice-cubes. He pushes the bath tub out of the window. The bath hits a passerby killing him. The other man is killed but is still in the bath tub along with the wife (who might be dead or alive). The husband dies of a heart attack.

OK. The woman was the wife of one of the men. He comes home and finds her having a kinky time with a man in a bath full of ice-cubes. He pushes the bath tub out of the window. The bath hits a passerby killing him. The other man is killed but is still in the bath tub along with the wife (who might be dead or alive). The husband dies of a heart attack.

That's a very good version, but not it. But you are getting the right idea.

As for doing kinky things in a bathtub full of ice -- that's just outright sadistic. Ukk! I said ridiculous, not S&M. ;)

So, the woman was a man's wife then?

Ok, I need to differentiate the three men.

Man 1: Natural causes; Heart Attack.
Man 2: Murdered man.
Man 3: Accidental; sort of fell through a window

Was the wife also in the residential building?
Is Man 1 the one on the pavement?
Did the ice cubes cause the death of one of the men?
Were the ice cubes near to the window of the residential building?
Were the ice cubes with Man 3?
Was Man 3 the one living in the residential building?

So, the woman was a man's wife then?

Yes.


Ok, I need to differentiate the three men.
Man 1: Natural causes; Heart Attack.
Man 2: Murdered man.
Man 3: Accidental; sort of fell through a window

This is all correct. Exactly like I set up the summary.


Was the wife also in the residential building?

Yes.


Is Man 1 the one on the pavement?

No.


Did the ice cubes cause the death of one of the men?

No.


Were the ice cubes near to the window of the residential building?

The proximity to the window is not relevant. (I'm assuming you meant before they ended up on the pavement?)


Were the ice cubes with Man 3?

Yes.


Was Man 3 the one living in the residential building?

No.

Was man 1 the murderer?
Was man 2 having an affair with man 1's wife?

Was man 1 the murderer?

Yes.


Was man 2 having an affair with man 1's wife?

No.

Is Man 3 on the front door? :eek:

Was the ice cubes used by Man 3 to relieve some ache?

Was Man 3 leaning on the window when it broke?

So, the wife is in fact Man 1's wife?
Did the wife saw what happened?
Did she cause someone to die?

Is another building involved?
- Is it directly in front of the residential building?

Is Man 3 on the front door? :eek:

No. :eek:


Was the ice cubes used by Man 3 to relieve some ache?

No.


Was Man 3 leaning on the window when it broke?

No.


So, the wife is in fact Man 1's wife?

Yes.


Did the wife saw what happened?

Yes.


Did she cause someone to die?

No.


Is another building involved?

No.


- Is it directly in front of the residential building?

N/A

Did Man 1 intend to kill Man 2?
Did Man 1 intend to kill Man 3?

Is Man 3 hanging somewhere on the building?
- Is he on a balcony on a lower storey of the building?

Did Man 3 try to save Man 2? Vice versa?

Did Man 1 intend to kill Man 2?

Yes.


Did Man 1 intend to kill Man 3?

No.


Is Man 3 hanging somewhere on the building?
- Is he on a balcony on a lower storey of the building?

No.


Did Man 3 try to save Man 2? Vice versa?

No.

Did man 1 accidentally kill man 3?
Did man 2 accidentally kill man 3?
Did man 3 accidentally kill himself?
Is man to the man on the pavement?

For

Did the woman accidentally kill man 3?

I'll say no.

Is man to the man on the pavement?

I'll say yes, from what have been asked and answered.

It is right morgaine?

I'd like to think about some more questions right now, but I have to go. I'll be back in about 2~3 hours.

For

Did the woman accidently kill man 3?

I'll say no.

Is man 2 the man on the pavement?

I'll say yes, from what have been asked and answered.

It is right morgaine?

I'd like to think about some more questions right now, but I have to go. I'll be back in about 2~3 hours.

Yeh I realised the woman didn't cause the death so edited that out just before I saw your post. Sorry if that confuses anyone.

My brain hurts lol.

All these men are making my brain hurt.


Did man 1 accidentally kill man 3?

Yes.


Did man 2 accidentally kill man 3?

No.


Did man 3 accidentally kill himself?

No.


Is man to the man on the pavement?

Yes.

My brain hurts lol.

Didn't I just say that? :eek:

Did the woman accidentally kill man 3? I'll say no.

No. (Although I think you figured out it was already established she didn't cause any of the deaths.)


Is man to the man on the pavement? I'll say yes, from what have been asked and answered.

Yes, as we've already established this was not 1 or 3.


I'd like to think about some more questions right now, but I have to go. I'll be back in about 2~3 hours.

With any luck, I'll be asleep. But you should be into evening when I get up again. (I think.)

So man 1 murdered man 2, who is on the pavement. So he probably pushed him out of the window.
Man 1 accidentally killed man 3
Man 1 died of a heart attack and is in the apartment.
Man 3 disappeared in a puff of smoke and was replaced by some ice-cubes.
Mmm - guessing not quite there yet.

Summary #2:

Three men die. On the pavement are pieces of ice and broken glass.

Natural causes man (1):
Or are one or more of natural causes? Yes.
Did one man get a heart attack? Yes
Was the woman any of the men's wife or girlfriend or mother? Yes.
So, the woman was a man's wife then? Yes
Is Man 1 the one on the pavement? No.
Was man 1 the murderer? Yes.
So, the wife is in fact Man 1's wife? Yes.
Did Man 1 intend to kill Man 2? Yes
Did Man 1 intend to kill Man 3? No.
Did man 1 accidentally kill man 3? Yes.

Murdered man (2):
- Are the two others on the pavement? One is
Are there any murders involved? Yes.
One man was murdered. Was he shot? Stabbed? Strangled? Suffocated? Drowned? Poisoned? Thrown out the window? No to all.
Hit over the head? No but you're sorta lukewarm.
Was man 2 having an affair with man 1's wife? No.
Did Man 1 intend to kill Man 2? Yes
Did Man 3 try to save Man 2? Vice versa? No.
Did man 2 accidentally kill man 3? No
Is man to the man on the pavement? Yes.

Accident man (3):
- Are the two others on the pavement? One is. The other... he's not "on the pavement."
Is the third man dead in a car? Or some other vehicle? No.
We know one is natural causes and one is a murder. Is the third a murder? Natural causes? No.
Accidental? We'll call that a yes.
Did another man fall through the window of the building? Well.... yeah sorta.
If so, did he land on a vehicle? No.
If so, did that cause the third death? Sorta.
You were a little iffy on the "fall" out of the window. Was he pushed? Sorta.
Did he jump? No
I'm still wondering where the third body is. Is it relevant? It's very relevant.
Did he fall out of the window into or onto something? Yeah, but not like how you're trying to think of it.
Did he fall onto the porte-cochere of a building? No, but near (if it has one).
Did he fall into a trash bin? No.
Did he fall on the street-side of the building? On the backside of the building? No.
Is it even this third body I'm wondering about that "fell" out of the window? Yes.
Is the one that fell the one on the pavement? No.
Were the ice cubes with Man 3? Yes.
Was Man 3 the one living in the residential building? No.
Is Man 3 on the front door? No.
Was the ice cubes used by Man 3 to relieve some ache? No.
Was Man 3 leaning on the window when it broke? No
Did Man 1 intend to kill Man 3? No.
Is Man 3 hanging somewhere on the building?
- Is he on a balcony on a lower storey of the building? No.
Did Man 3 try to save Man 2? Vice versa? No.
Did man 1 accidentally kill man 3? Yes.
Did man 2 accidentally kill man 3? No
Did man 3 accidentally kill himself? No
Did the woman accidentally kill man 3? No.

Other stuff:
Are the men related? No.
Are their ages relevant? No.
Are the men also on the pavement? All of them, no.
Do at least two of them know each other? No.
Are all three deaths accidental? No.
Is it relevant what the men do for employment? No.
Are all the three men within 10 m radius from each other? Yes.
Does one man live in the residential building? Yes.
Two? All of them? Unknown, so irrelevant.
Are there any other relevant persons besides the three men involved?
- Women? Yes.
- Men? No.
Did they all die about the same time? Yes.
Did a frozen corpse covered in ice somehow end up going out of the window and killing another person? No, but you have some interesting ideas there.
Did someone die of shock because they found a frozen corpse? No.
Did anyone slip on the ice and die? No.
Was the woman a maid bringing in the ice? Was she the murderer? No and no.
Was the wife also in the residential building? Yes.
Did the ice cubes cause the death of one of the men? No.
Did the wife saw what happened? Yes.
Did she cause someone to die? No.

Is one of the man dead in a building on a high storey? That's actually two questions. Yes there's a man dead in a building. As for high - high enough but not too high.

Did the glass come from a car? A bottle or bottles? No and no.
A window of a building? Yes.
Is it relevant what type of building is involved? Either in the number of stories? Or the function of the building, such as hospital? Yes it's relevant.
Is the building residential? Yes.
Was it a hospital? Commercial? Governmental? A prison? No.
Is another building involved? No.

Is the size of the ice pieces relevant? Yes.
Did it involve an ice bucket? No.
Are the pieces of ice bigger than tennis balls? No.
Was the ice in the building before it got crushed? Who said it got crushed? But yes.
- Was the ice initially an ice sculpture? No.
Are we talking about ice cubes? Yes.
Or did you confirm crushed ice? I'm sure some got crushed and some not.
Did the ice cubes come from a drink? Is an ice vending machine involved? Is a truck carrying ice cubes involved? No to all.
Is the purpose of the ice cubes relevant? It's relevant where they came from, not in their use.
Was the ice being used to preserve one of the dead bodies? No.
Was it just a bag of ice, or a tray of ice, Either.
Or a crate of ice? No.
Were the ice cubes near to the window of the residential building? The proximity to the window is not relevant.

Was it winter? Was there snow? Hail? Irrelevant.
Is a manhole involved? No.
Ooh was it anything to do with cryogenics? No

So man 1 murdered man 2, who is on the pavement. So he probably pushed him out of the window.

No he didn't. :D


Man 1 accidentally killed man 3
Man 1 died of a heart attack and is in the apartment.

Both correct.


Man 3 disappeared in a puff of smoke and was replaced by some ice-cubes.
Mmm - guessing not quite there yet.

Considering I'm a gamer and also watch a lot of fantasy, I don't see that as being too far-fetched. :p

Actually, I've not done one of these, but there are some of these puzzles that include impossible things like magic and such. I'll have to eventually try one of those.

That was the longest most detailed summary I have ever seen. I am impressed.

Ok, some things must be settled.

Is Man 3 closer to the pavement than to the storey from which he fell?
Is Man 3 below the 'pavement level'? (if I may call it like that)
Or is Man 3 still somewhere between the building and the outside of the building?

Is the purpose of the woman in here relevant?
Did she try to help any of Man 2 or Man 3?

Did Man 2 fall on Man 3 while he fell through the window and 'pushed' him through the window too?
Was Man 2 pulled instead of 'pushed' through the window?

Is Man 3 closer to the pavement than to the storey from which he fell?

Yes.


Is Man 3 below the 'pavement level'? (if I may call it like that)

Yes you may, but no.


Or is Man 3 still somewhere between the building and the outside of the building?

I'm not sure how one does that. That would be the wall. And he's not in the wall. (Though people find all sorts of things inside walls when they tear them down renovating.)

I'll grant you, on TV sometimes murder victims are behind walls - but this was an accident. ;)


Is the purpose of the woman in here relevant?

Yes.


Did she try to help any of Man 2 or Man 3?

Don't know, but it didn't work if she did. (Irrelevant really.)


Did Man 2 fall on Man 3 while he fell through the window and 'pushed' him through the window too?

No.


Was Man 2 pulled instead of 'pushed' through the window?

No.

That was the longest most detailed summary I have ever seen. I am impressed.

Don't be too impressed. I've been popping every set of answers into a Wordpad file as I go, and section them off while I'm at it. I didn't do that from scratch! ;) (Although I did have to move some questions from "other" into an appropriate man once certain things had been established.)

I saw someone on another forum doing this, including bolding her answers. It looked really nice and made things easy.

(I'm also really anal. This is so "me." You also realize it's keeping my head together as well.)

Don't be too impressed. I've been popping every set of answers into a Wordpad file as I go, and go ahead and section them off while I'm at it. I didn't do that from scratch! ;) (Although I did have to move some questions from "other" into an appropriate man once certain things had been established.)

I saw someone on another forum doing this, including bolding her answers. It looked really nice and made things easy.

(I'm also really anal. This is so "me." You also realize it's keeping my head together as well.)


Well, you still did a good job.

I was thinking that maybe, she tried to grab the one killed by accident, so jumped to the window, grabbed his arm right in time but he was too heavy, and so, swung him to a lower storey...

As for between the building and outside, maybe the man was trapped somewhere by the broken window pane... since you said it is somewhat ridiculous this one.

Ok... hmmm..

Is it because of the wife than Man 1 got a heart attack?
Is it because Man 1 killed Man 3 by accident that he got a heart attack?
Is there an object which have not been mentioned yet which is relevant?
Is the woman responsible for the accidental death of Man 3? (for example she jumped on Man 1, who shot somewhere else)
Was Man 2 injured by Man 1 with his gun prior of dying?
Was Man 3 injured by Man 1 with his gun prior of dying?

Must agree, very good summaries. My brain still hurts though.

Is man 3 on something, or someone?
Or in something?

Were man 2 and man 3 both inside the apartment before they died?

Is it because of the wife than Man 1 got a heart attack?

No.


Is it because Man 1 killed Man 3 by accident that he got a heart attack?

Um... not directly.


Is there an object which have not been mentioned yet which is relevant?

Yes.


Is the woman responsible for the accidental death of Man 3? (for example she jumped on Man 1, who shot somewhere else)

No. (It's already been established the women was not a cause of any death.)


Was Man 2 injured by Man 1 with his gun prior of dying?

No.


Was Man 3 injured by Man 1 with his gun prior of dying?

No.

Is man 3 on something,

Yeah, he's on heroin. :D

Sorry, no.


or someone?

Not directly.


Or in something?

Yes.


Were man 2 and man 3 both inside the apartment before they died?

You should have learned by now not to ask about 2 people at the same time. ;) One was. But I'll save you some time, No and yes, in that order.

I find it difficult for man 3 to 'sorta' pass through the window if he wasn't in the apartment... =/

Was man 3 on the outside of the window when man 2 went through it?
- Was he cleaning the window? (but with ice? :confused:)

So man 3 was in something that landed on man 2 who was outside? But it wasn't a bathful of ice.

Man 1 deliberately killed man 3 so he pushed/threw the something at man 2?

If man 1 didn't deliberately kill man 3 then he couldn't see that he was in the something.
But it wasn't a crate of ice. Was it some kind of container full of grocery deliveries with ice in to keep them fresh? Was an illegal immigrant hiding in it?

Did the wife order some shopping and the order came all wrong so the man threw the container of deliveries at the delivery guy in a rage? (which he ascertained by reading the deliivery note not looking in the container).

I find it difficult for man 3 to 'sorta' pass through the window if he wasn't in the apartment... =/

You got confused. The question was if man 2 or 3 was in the apartment. I answered no and yes in that order. Man 3 was in the apartment.

So man 3 was in something that landed on man 2 who was outside? But it wasn't a bathful of ice.

Correct. (I did say your ice bath story was a very good idea, but just not right.)



Man 1 deliberately killed man 3 so he pushed/threw the something at man 2?

It's been established than man 1 accidentally killed man 3. But the rest is right. So if you dump that "deliberately" out of there, you've got it.

So, did man 1 push/throw the something at man 2? Yes.


If man 1 didn't deliberately kill man 3 then he couldn't see that he was in the something.

Correct.



But it wasn't a crate of ice. Was it some kind of container full of grocery deliveries with ice in to keep them fresh?

No.


Was an illegal immigrant hiding in it?

ROTFLMAO!! I don't know if any of them were illegal immigrants or not. :p


Did the wife order some shopping and the order came all wrong so the man threw the container of deliveries at the delivery guy in a rage?

No.

But that does bring up a good point that no one's asked why man 1 deliberately killed man 2.

I think I got my 2 and 3 slightly muddled up in there somewhere hence the confusion about the deiberately.

So, there is a guy in the apartment who throws something containing another guy out of the window killing a man outside. (the man he intended to kill).
The first guy dies of a heart attack. From the exertion?

So was a guy hiding in something in the apartment?

Was the guy on the pavement his accomplice in something that had happened?

Was the guy on the pavement an innocent bystander?

Was spying involved?

Was the guy on the pavement the victim of mistaken identity?

So, there is a guy in the apartment who throws something containing another guy out of the window killing a man outside. (the man he intended to kill).
The first guy dies of a heart attack. From the exertion?

Yes, all correct.


So was a guy hiding in something in the apartment?

Yes.


Was the guy on the pavement his accomplice in something that had happened?

No.


Was the guy on the pavement an innocent bystander?

Yes.



Was spying involved?

No.


Was the guy on the pavement the victim of mistaken identity?

Yes.

OK... I'm having a hard time dealing with an issue and am finally going to post something. I will only say it's something I think a little unfair but can't say why.

So I will say that you may have difficulty figuring out what the "something" is. I can tell by the questions being asked. I also can't say why this is.

So I am just going to say to stop worrying about the "something" for right now and simply know that it exists. I mean, you can try if you want to. But I'd rather concentrate on trying to get the rest of the circumstances, simply cause it's the fairest thing to do. We'll see how that goes, and I'll decide later what else I might explain.

Was Man 3 in a fridge? (=S)

Is the motive of killing Man 2 relevant?
- Did Man 1 think that Man 2 was having an affair with his wife?

Was the heart attack of Man 1 because the latter realised he killed an innocent?

Was the something a fridge? Refrigerator? Freezer?

Was Man 3 hiding from Man 1?
- Was he having an affair with Man 1's wife?

Was Man 3 in a fridge? (=S)

Yes.


Is the motive of killing Man 2 relevant?

Yes.


- Did Man 1 think that Man 2 was having an affair with his wife?

Yes.


Was the heart attack of Man 1 because the latter realised he killed an innocent?

No.


Was the something a fridge? Refrigerator? Freezer?

Fridge or big freezer would do.


Was Man 3 hiding from Man 1?
- Was he having an affair with Man 1's wife?

Yes and yes.

Ok, so most part fit in so far, besides the why behind the heart attack.

Man 1 knew somewhat that a man was having an affair with his wife. He got in the apartment, but man 3, who was the culprit, was hiding in a fridge. He knew that someone was here, but didn't know where. He glanced at his window to see a man underneath, thinking that he was the one. Maybe, Man 2 just then got out of the building. So, Man 1 pushed the fridge through his window, breaking the glass and causing it to fall on Man 2, who died then. The fridge slammed open, scattering ice on the pavement, with the now dead Man 3 inside.

So far so good?

Was Man 1 feeling guilty about what he just did?
Was he panicked?
Was the panic the source of his heart attack?

OK, since we now know we're down to some variation of detail, I'm going to get picky about detail. ;)


Man 1 knew somewhat that a man was having an affair with his wife.

No, he didn't necessarily know already.


He got in the apartment, but man 3, who was the culprit, was hiding in a fridge. He knew that someone was here, but didn't know where. He glanced at his window to see a man underneath, thinking that he was the one. Maybe, Man 2 just then got out of the building. So, Man 1 pushed the fridge through his window, breaking the glass and causing it to fall on Man 2, who died then. The fridge slammed open, scattering ice on the pavement, with the now dead Man 3 inside.

That part's pretty much there. There's a minor extra detail about Man 2 in there, but nothing important.


So far so good?

Mostly.


Was Man 1 feeling guilty about what he just did?
Was he panicked?
Was the panic the source of his heart attack?

Nope. (Although, since I get panic attacks, thankfully not for a few years, I could fully understand why panic would do that.)

Did the behaviour of his wife hint at Man 1 that she just had an affair?
Is that even relevant, lol?

Was Man 2 looking at Man 1 when he saw him down?

Was Man 1's heart attack caused by the death of any of the other man?
Was his heart attack due to his age?
Was his heart attack due to his wife?

Little p.s.

Ma bouche maintenant

LOL. Moi is me, not my - ha! Oh well, I've had a good laugh over this. (You just wait until you've been out of school over 30 years!)

(I stuck this here cause I'd rather hijack myself than do it on that thread any longer.)

Did the behaviour of his wife hint at Man 1 that she just had an affair?

No.


Is that even relevant, lol?

You know, not really. I did say we were just down to a difference in detail - I gave you the option of figuring out the final details. You chose to continue. :p


Was Man 2 looking at Man 1 when he saw him down?

Irrelevant. That little detail isn't important. I wouldn't worry about it. You've basically already figured out the main difference there - that he had just come out of the building.



Was Man 1's heart attack caused by the death of any of the other man?

Not directly by a death itself.


Was his heart attack due to his age?
Was his heart attack due to his wife?

No.

Was Man 1's heart attack due to pushing the heavy fridge out of the window the cause of his heart attack? :eek:

Yes, I chose to continue :)
Well, I hear and talk French nearly everyday everywhere. So, I won't be forgetting that easily ;)

Was Man 1's heart attack due to pushing the heavy fridge out of the window the cause of his heart attack? :eek:

Yup. You know QLP said something of the sort with that tub full of ice thing.

The only minor detail about the man coming from the building is that he was good looking, and looked to be rather in a hurry, making him look a little suspect. (I told you it wasn't important.)

And all that would be left is what made the man suspicious of the affair... he didn't necessarily already know and his wife gave nothing away. The guy was in the fridge so he didn't see him or catch them at anything (like ice tub diving) - what's the only thing that sounds logical?

And other than that, we're done.



Well, I hear and talk French nearly everyday everywhere. So, I won't be forgetting that easily ;)

I think I told you I checked up on that little <cough> island of yours recently. I admit I would've sworn you once said you were in Australia. Where'd I get that idea? So I got curious and looked the place up. Surprise! I can't say as my geography is the best. OK, it's pretty lousy. (I'm still working on Europe - it would help if they'd stop changing something every two years.) But I read about the history of the Dutch, and then the French. And then Britain took over, like they did everything else. Independence 1968. Parliamentary republic 1992? (I remember numbers, not languages.) Official language English, but also French and Creole popular. Make up of Muslin, Indian, Creole, some European. Interesting little melting pot, just like us.

Yup, I have a Chinese background.

The Indian make up the majority, then we have the Creole (from Africa mainly), then the Muslim and the Chinese. European are the results of tourists. Yes, the numbers are correct :)

I just read my question again... and I repeated myself =S what a bad sentence structure >.<


Was Man 1's heart attack due to pushing the heavy fridge out of the window?

There, much better :p

Yup, I have a Chinese background.

Oh yeah, that one too. Forgot about that.


The Indian make up the majority, then we have the Creole (from Africa mainly), then the Muslim and the Chinese. European are the results of tourists. Yes, the numbers are correct :)

So what happened to the original Dutch?



I just read my question again... and I repeated myself =S what a bad sentence structure >.<

Kind of used to it. Adam does it all the time too. :) I think people just type too fast sometimes.

They left when they realised that Mauritius was not an island for them. From my history classes, we were told that the slaves they brought from Africa made riots, the rats (that they themselves brought when they travel) ate their supplies and the frequent cyclones destroyed their wood/straw houses and their crops of sugarcane. They 'fled' the country after this, to be later taken by the French.

I guess I owe QLP an explanation.

Adam's "joke" was actually a different version of the answer, but he didn't realize it. Not sure if someone made a joke of the puzzle, or more likely made a puzzle of the joke. Adam is welcome to tell his joke in full proper manner if he likes, or I might, later when I'm awake.

Some details were different, so it was a bit different version, but the main gist was there. I originally just pretended, haha, funny, but didn't acknowledge it was a different solution. (Told him through PM.) And then just kept it going.

J-Lo figured out what was going on and PM'ed me about it, and dropped out. I had some guilt about letting it go on, wondering if no one would ever solve it, thinking Adam's little "joke" was wrong, when it was 80% the same. I noticed QLP dancing around everything with that ice except for the obvious. I began to believe no one would guess the fridge, thinking Adam's joke was wrong.

But... y'all were doing pretty good at solving despite that, so I let it go. But in realty, Adam posted the answer with his "joke" but a slight variation, long ago.

Now... you tell me. Someone hiding in a refrigerator? How does one fit into a refrigerator? And actually shoving one through a window is about as silly.

They left when they realised that Mauritius was not an island for them. From my history classes, we were told that the slaves they brought from Africa made riots, the rats (that they themselves brought when they travel) ate their supplies and the frequent cyclones destroyed their wood/straw houses and their crops of sugarcane. They 'fled' the country after this, to be later taken by the French.

Hmm. Too bad the slaves they brought here weren't able to riot as well.

Though really, sounds typical of the problems existing at that kind of time.

OK, up way too late. I can't believe I only got 7 hours sleep over the last two nights and am not more tired than I am, but going to attempt some sleep.

Have a good sleep morgaine :)

I am sorry about my bad grammar, sentence structure, spelling, and repeating myself. I am from southern Indiana and I can not help it. Anyway, I will post the joke even thought it is just a little off from the way I seen it before, but the same point is made.

THE REFRIGERATOR

It was getting a little crowded in Heaven, so God decided to change the admittance policy. The new law was that, in order to get into Heaven, you had to have a really bad day the day you died. The policy would go into effect at noon the following day. So the next day at 12:01 the first person came to the gates of Heaven.

The angel at the gate, remembering the new law, promptly asked the man, "Before I can let you in, I need you to tell me about the day you died.

"No problem," said the man. "Well, for some time now, I've thought my wife was having an affair. I believed that each day on her lunch hour, she'd bring her lover home to our 25th floor apartment and have sex with him. So today I was going to come home to catch them. Well, I got there and busted in and immediately began searching for this guy. My wife was naked and yelling at me as I searched the entire apartment. But, damn it, I couldn't find him!

Just as I was about to give up, I happened to glance out onto the balcony and noticed that there was a man hanging off the edge by his fingertips! The nerve of that guy to think he could hide from me! Well, I ran out there and promptly stomped on his fingers until he fell to the ground. But, wouldn't you know it, he landed in some bushes that broke his fall, and he didn't die. In a rage I went back inside to get the first thing I could find to throw at him. And oddly enough, the first thing I could grab was the refrigerator. I unplugged it, pushed it out onto the balcony and heaved it over the side. It plummeted 25 stories and crushed him!

The excitement of the moment was so great that right after that I had a heart attack and died almost instantly."

The angel sat back and thought for a moment. Technically, the guy DID have a bad day, and it WAS a crime of passion, so he announced, "Ok, sir. Welcome to the Kingdom of Heaven," and let him in.

A few seconds later the next guy came up. "Ok. Here's the rule. Before I can let you in, I need to hear about the day you died."

"Sure thing," the man replied. "But you're not going to believe this. I was out on the balcony of my 26th floor apartment doing my daily exercises when I got a little carried away and accidentally fell over the side!

Luckily however, I was able to catch myself by my fingertips on the balcony directly beneath mine. When all of a sudden this crazy man comes running out of his apartment and starts cussing and stomping on my fingers! Well of course I fall. I hit some trees and bushes on the way down which broke my fall so I didn't die right away. As I'm laying there face up on the ground, unable to move and in excruciating pain, I see the man push his refrigerator, of all things, over the ledge and it falls directly on top of me and kills me!"

The angel is quietly laughing to himself as the man finishes his story. "I could get used to this new policy," he thinks to himself. "Very well," the angel announces. "Welcome to the Kingdom of Heaven," and he lets the man enter.

A few seconds later the third man in line comes up to the gate. "Tell me about the day you died," said the angel.

"Ok. Picture this," says the man. "I'm naked inside a refrigerator... "

I told Morgaine that I would do the next puzzle so she could play. I have another one that I think will take time, but I'm off the next three days for a wedding. I'll put the hard (I hope) puzzle up on Monday. I also have a couple that are easier, so I'll start with one of those. I'm pretty sure it will be solved today. :)

Joe wants to go home but can't, because the man in the mask is waiting for him.

Does Joe know the man?
Is the mask relevant? (In the sense... is it a mask of superhero, ball mask, etc)
Is it night?
Is Joe an adult?
Is Joe far from home?
- Does he need to take a plane?

Is the mask relevant? (In the sense... is it a mask of superhero, ball mask, etc) Yes, it is relevant

Is it night? Could be day or night

Is Joe an adult? Yes

Is Joe far from home? No
- Does he need to take a plane? No

Is the mask, one of an animal?
One used in ball mask? (I hope it's how you call it, one where people come to dance but everybody has to wear a mask)
Is Joe in a carnival?
Did Joe play a game?
Is Joe expected to do something?

Is the mask, one of an animal? No

One used in ball mask? (I hope it's how you call it, one where people come to dance but everybody has to wear a mask) No

Is Joe in a carnival? No

Did Joe play a game? Yes

Is Joe expected to do something? Yes

Is the man someone who's 'keeping' the game?
Is it a precision game? (aim, shoot/throw)
Is it a strategy game? (a lot to think)

Is Joe at a Funfair?

Is the man someone who's 'keeping' the game? To me, keeping the game means running the game - so I'd say No. Just want to make sure you don't mean something else.

Is it a precision game? (aim, shoot/throw) Yes

Is it a strategy game? (a lot to think) There is strategy involved, but I don't think it's the way you mean.

Is Joe at a Funfair? No

Is the location of Joe relevant?
Is Joe required to throw a ball at a target?
Is Joe required to shoot a target?
Is it relevant why Joe wants to return home?
Did Joe pay to play this game?
Did Joe succeed in winning prizes previously?
Is he on a winning streak?
Does Joe know the man personally?
Is the mask that of a man? Fiction creature?

Did he sell his soul to the devil?

Is the location of Joe relevant? Yes

Is Joe required to throw a ball at a target? No

Is Joe required to shoot a target? No

Is it relevant why Joe wants to return home? Yes

Did Joe pay to play this game? No

Did Joe succeed in winning prizes previously? Makes the assumption that prizes are won. I think you mean things like stuffed animals, etc - No

Is he on a winning streak? Irrelevant

Does Joe know the man personally? Probably not

Is the mask that of a man? Fiction creature? Neither

Did he sell his soul to the devil?

No. :)


Do you know this one?

I normally ask stupid questions when I do know them, but I actually don't know this one. I was trying to go to the outer limits here.

I normally ask stupid questions when I do know them, but I actually don't know this one. I was trying to go to the outer limits here.

Somehow I always get the feeling you know them. :)

Is Joe playing baseball?

(Thanks for all the good questions that helped me figure it out)

Is Joe playing baseball?

(Thanks for all the good questions that helped me figure it out)

Yes, that's it. Good job.

I have to go into a meeting for a while, but I might post another one soon. I just have to figure out if I have time, because as of 5:00 Pacific time I am off the board for a few days. :)

Not always, just a few. There will be a few I do know, just because I went through looking for some to post and looked though about 15 of them. Some of them made me curious and I had to look.

Wow, I never would have got that one right. I was looking in all directions except that one.

Wow, I never would have got that one right. I was looking in all directions except that one.

I didn't think of it right away either, but once Unky asked if there was a game involved I figured it was just a matter of time. Anyway, onto my meeting.

Yes, I was in my own little world on that one and didn't think about it much.

Oh lol. Good job Synn :)

I think I'd never though about it this way :p

Oh lol. Good job Synn :)

I think I'd never though about it this way :p

I hear you. After some of these, I think some of the strangest things instead of the most simple.

I've gotten caught up in a project at work that needs immediate attention. I'll post another one on Monday. Hope you all have a great weekend. :)

You have a great weekend as well J-Lo.

I didn't get the baseball one even after it was answered because I don't know the first thing about baseball lol.

Really enjoyed yours Morgaine, you did a great job, was good fun.

Think I'm addicted now.

Have a good weekend all.

Okey dokey. I had to miss that one - long work day. But since J-Lo's going to be off somewhere for a couple of days, and I have tomorrow off, I'll do another. We wouldn't want QLP to go into withdrawal or anything. :eek:

This is one the main "classics" (Adam probably already found it and peaked), but a shorter one, I think.

A man walks into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man says, "Thank you," and walks out.

I just read over the baseball one. I'm sure I could have thought of a baseball mask eventually, but I believe I totally confused the original question - like I was thinking the man in the mask was waiting in his home, and therefore he didn't want to go there cause the mask guy would be there. (Rather than mask man is here and he needs to stay here and play.)

Not like I really watch this kind of stuff, but maybe too much Halloween on the brain or something.

Okey dokey. I had to miss that one - long work day. But since J-Lo's gonna be off somewhere for a couple of days, and I have tomorrow off, I'll do another. We wouldn't want QLP to go into withdrawal or anything. :eek:

This is one the main "classics" (Adam probably already found it and peaked), but a shorter one, I think.

A man walks into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man says, "Thank you," and walks out.

Doh! I already know this one :(

Is the name of the drink important?

Is what kind of gun it is important?

Yea, I know this one.

Someone who hasn't heard of it. Finally. (Wonder what happened to Unky?)

Is the name of the drink important? No

Is what kind of gun it is important? No.

Do the man and bartender know each other?

Did the man ask for anything else?

Did the bartender say anything?

Was there anything special about the actual bar?

Was anyone else involved?

Do the man and bartender know each other? Irrelevant

Did the man ask for anything else? Irrelevant

Did the bartender say anything? Irrelevant

Was there anything special about the actual bar? No.

Was anyone else involved? No.

Well, that gotcha real far, huh? :p

Sorry morgaine, I was really busy yesterday, and this morning is not better. I'll try out later on, promise :)

No problem. I won't be back around for about 8 hours anyway.

Hmm, everyone has disappeared. Although the past two days have been very hectic for me for work, so I haven't had a lot of time for answering questions anyway, so maybe that worked out OK.

But I have time tonight and am off tomorrow, and maybe J-Lo will be back with us by then, so we can finish this up (I THINK it's an easier one) and then let her start on her hard one.

(This is just an excuse to "bump" the post and stick it back in everyone's updated list, assuming it's working.)

I'm back. :) I actually came on to post a couple of pictures from the wedding in the lounge (big top), but I stopped in here first. So, let me see if I can help move this puzzle along. Maybe Unky or someone else will come help me.

Was the man's "thank you" sincere?

Did the bartender intend on shooting the man?

Was there something about the man that caused the bartender to pull out a gun?

Was the bartender afraid of the man?

Did the man seem menacing?

I'm back. :) I actually came on to post a couple of pictures from the wedding in the lounge (big top), but I stopped in here first.

Well, aren't we special? But hey, good to see you. I'd ask if you had fun, but I suspect you're off now posting about it in the lounge.

Hmm, I'll have to go remind myself what the puzzle was now. LOL.

Was the man's "thank you" sincere? Yes.

Did the bartender intend on shooting the man? No.

Was there something about the man that caused the bartender to pull out a gun? Yes.

Was the bartender afraid of the man? No.

Did the man seem menacing? No.

I think I had too much fun. :D

So, he was thankful about something the bartender did. Was it related to the gun?

Did the bartender protect him from someone else?

Was the man an alcoholic?

Did the bartender know the man had a drinking problem and refused to serve him?

Was the man in AA?