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A Puzzle (No Googling, failurefriends)

#1

ElJuski

ElJuski

A man is walking down the street when he passes by a restaraunt offering a special on turtle soup. He goes inside, tastes the soup. He goes home and kills himself.

Why?

You may only ask yes or no questions.


#2

Dave

Dave

He was Mark Wahlberg.


#3

SpecialKO

SpecialKO

Because the soup was made from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the man was Shredder, and he committed suicide out of shame for having been outdone by a simple restaurant.


#4

Dave

Dave

Or it was Shredder and he lost his gig.


#5

ElJuski

ElJuski

Nope and nope.


#6



Chazwozel

Is the soup poisonous?


#7

ElJuski

ElJuski

Nope, it's just regular (authentic) turtle soup.


#8

Dave

Dave

See, this is one of those stupid faux riddles where the answer has nothing to do with the question.

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I did Google it and it's lame. I like the Shredder answer better.


#9

ElJuski

ElJuski

Way to be king of the Failure Friends, dave.


#10

Dave

Dave

I never posted the answer. That would be fail. I just figured it would be one of these impossible situation "riddle" things and I was right. So you failed in posting it and I win for not falling into your devious trap.


#11

ElJuski

ElJuski

But the fun is slowly unraveling the twine! In either case, the man still ate that turtle soup and then killed himself.


#12

David

David

Yeah, I've heard this one before, though it was dove meat instead of turtle soup. It was lame.


#13

ElJuski

ElJuski

>: I


#14

D

Dubyamn

Yeah, I've heard this one before, though it was dove meat instead of turtle soup. It was lame.
I heard it that he had been stranded on an island with his wife and a friend. his wife died and his friend cooked her body telling him it was turtle so when he tried real turtle soup he realized he had eaten long pig and went to kill himself.

Don't read spoiler if you actually want to play game.


#15

Dave

Dave

What unraveling? The situation has nothing to do with the answer. Unraveling assumes that there's something to unravel.

For example, the right answer could be - but isn't:

When the guy was a little boy he used to own turtles. He loved them. In fact, he was nicknamed "Turtle Boy" because he was never seen without one. When he grew up he became a marine biologist specializing in saving endangered turtles. He circled the globe raising money, making people aware of the plight of the poor creatures. One day his galley cook served lunch, which Turtle Man loved. He couldn't get enough of the stuff. When he finished the last of the meal he called out the cook to find out what it had been. Turtle soup and turtle bisque. Turtle Man was crushed.

After that it was all downhill. Every time he tried to save a turtle all he could think about was how good they tasted. Finally he was forced to give up his job. Alone and despondent, he was walking through the Village. Seeing the sign he went in. It was as good as he remembered it to be.


#16

filmfanatic

filmfanatic

Now, I have a ridde for you all:

He who makes it, doesn't want it.
He who buys it, doesn't need it.
He who needs it, doesn't know it.

What am I?


#17

David

David

Dave wins an internet.


#18



Chazwozel

Does the soup have anything to do with the man's spouse?


#19

David

David

Now, I have a ridde for you all:

He who makes it, doesn't want it.
He who buys it, doesn't need it.
He who needs it, doesn't know it.

What am I?
You're filmfanatic.

The "it" you were referring to was a coffin, though.


#20

SpecialKO

SpecialKO



#21



Chazwozel

What unraveling? The situation has nothing to do with the answer. Unraveling assumes that there's something to unravel.

For example, the right answer could be - but isn't:

When the guy was a little boy he used to own turtles. He loved them. In fact, he was nicknamed "Turtle Boy" because he was never seen without one. When he grew up he became a marine biologist specializing in saving endangered turtles. He circled the globe raising money, making people aware of the plight of the poor creatures. One day his galley cook served lunch, which Turtle Man loved. He couldn't get enough of the stuff. When he finished the last of the meal he called out the cook to find out what it had been. Turtle soup and turtle bisque. Turtle Man was crushed.

After that it was all downhill. Every time he tried to save a turtle all he could think about was how good they tasted. Finally he was forced to give up his job. Alone and despondent, he was walking through the Village. Seeing the sign he went in. It was as good as he remembered it to be.

That's fucking stupid. There is no way to infer that answer. How is that even a riddle? I might as well say. A man ate dogshit one day and couldn't stop. Why?

Answer: The dogshit was laced with MSG and the man tripped face first and tasted it. After that event he was so traumatized by the fact that he liked the taste of dogshit he impulsively ate it every time he saw some one the sidewalk.


#22

ElJuski

ElJuski

What unraveling? The situation has nothing to do with the answer. Unraveling assumes that there's something to unravel.

For example, the right answer could be - but isn't:

When the guy was a little boy he used to own turtles. He loved them. In fact, he was nicknamed "Turtle Boy" because he was never seen without one. When he grew up he became a marine biologist specializing in saving endangered turtles. He circled the globe raising money, making people aware of the plight of the poor creatures. One day his galley cook served lunch, which Turtle Man loved. He couldn't get enough of the stuff. When he finished the last of the meal he called out the cook to find out what it had been. Turtle soup and turtle bisque. Turtle Man was crushed.

After that it was all downhill. Every time he tried to save a turtle all he could think about was how good they tasted. Finally he was forced to give up his job. Alone and despondent, he was walking through the Village. Seeing the sign he went in. It was as good as he remembered it to be.
Yeah, I'm sorry I tried to pass the time with something even remotely entertaining that requires creative use of your imagination to figure out the hypothetical situation. *eyeroll*


#23

Dave

Dave

What unraveling? The situation has nothing to do with the answer. Unraveling assumes that there's something to unravel.

For example, the right answer could be - but isn't:

When the guy was a little boy he used to own turtles. He loved them. In fact, he was nicknamed "Turtle Boy" because he was never seen without one. When he grew up he became a marine biologist specializing in saving endangered turtles. He circled the globe raising money, making people aware of the plight of the poor creatures. One day his galley cook served lunch, which Turtle Man loved. He couldn't get enough of the stuff. When he finished the last of the meal he called out the cook to find out what it had been. Turtle soup and turtle bisque. Turtle Man was crushed.

After that it was all downhill. Every time he tried to save a turtle all he could think about was how good they tasted. Finally he was forced to give up his job. Alone and despondent, he was walking through the Village. Seeing the sign he went in. It was as good as he remembered it to be.

That's fucking stupid. There is no way to infer that answer. How is that even a riddle? I might as well say. A man ate dogshit one day and couldn't stop. Why?

Answer: The dogshit was laced with MSG and the man tripped face first and tasted it. After that event he was so traumatized by the fact that he liked the taste of dogshit he impulsively ate it every time he saw some one the sidewalk.[/QUOTE]

That's exactly my point. And is just as dumb as the original answer.


#24



Chazwozel

What unraveling? The situation has nothing to do with the answer. Unraveling assumes that there's something to unravel.

For example, the right answer could be - but isn't:

When the guy was a little boy he used to own turtles. He loved them. In fact, he was nicknamed "Turtle Boy" because he was never seen without one. When he grew up he became a marine biologist specializing in saving endangered turtles. He circled the globe raising money, making people aware of the plight of the poor creatures. One day his galley cook served lunch, which Turtle Man loved. He couldn't get enough of the stuff. When he finished the last of the meal he called out the cook to find out what it had been. Turtle soup and turtle bisque. Turtle Man was crushed.

After that it was all downhill. Every time he tried to save a turtle all he could think about was how good they tasted. Finally he was forced to give up his job. Alone and despondent, he was walking through the Village. Seeing the sign he went in. It was as good as he remembered it to be.
Yeah, I'm sorry I tried to pass the time with something even remotely entertaining that requires creative use of your imagination to figure out the hypothetical situation. *eyeroll*[/QUOTE]


You bow your head in shame!

I hate out of the box riddles.


#25

SpecialKO

SpecialKO

Yeah, I'm sorry I tried to pass the time with something even remotely entertaining that requires creative use of your imagination to figure out the hypothetical situation. *eyeroll*
So the Shredder answer was correct, then.

I win! :D


#26

Dave

Dave

It's okay, Juice. We understand. What you SHOULD do is instead of having a pat answer, give the situation and the original answer, then tell people to write their OWN ending.


#27

filmfanatic

filmfanatic

You're filmfanatic.

The "it" you were referring to was a coffin, though.
Clever, clever. Now, for another:

I have billions of eyes, yet I live in darkness. I have millions of ears, yet only four lobes. I have no muscles, yet I move two hemispheres. What am I?


#28

Dave

Dave



#29

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Ah the old colonel puzzle! Unless it's the ridiculous cannibalistic version that has sprouted up recently. If it is, shame on you!.


#30

filmfanatic

filmfanatic

Curses! Foiled again! Another one:

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?


#31

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Curses! Foiled again! Another one:

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
Mississippi!


#32

Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

What unraveling? The situation has nothing to do with the answer. Unraveling assumes that there's something to unravel.

For example, the right answer could be - but isn't:

When the guy was a little boy he used to own turtles. He loved them. In fact, he was nicknamed "Turtle Boy" because he was never seen without one. When he grew up he became a marine biologist specializing in saving endangered turtles. He circled the globe raising money, making people aware of the plight of the poor creatures. One day his galley cook served lunch, which Turtle Man loved. He couldn't get enough of the stuff. When he finished the last of the meal he called out the cook to find out what it had been. Turtle soup and turtle bisque. Turtle Man was crushed.

After that it was all downhill. Every time he tried to save a turtle all he could think about was how good they tasted. Finally he was forced to give up his job. Alone and despondent, he was walking through the Village. Seeing the sign he went in. It was as good as he remembered it to be.

That's fucking stupid. There is no way to infer that answer. How is that even a riddle? I might as well say. A man ate dogshit one day and couldn't stop. Why?

Answer: The dogshit was laced with MSG and the man tripped face first and tasted it. After that event he was so traumatized by the fact that he liked the taste of dogshit he impulsively ate it every time he saw some one the sidewalk.[/QUOTE]


That's Dave's point. The 'real' answer is just as stupid and isn't inferable from the question. The answer could also just as easily have been "The man had a terminal illness, and wanted to end it cleanly before he degenerated. He loved turtle soup, so he wanted to taste it one last time before he killed himself."


#33

Baerdog

Baerdog

A river.

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Curses! Foiled again! Another one:

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
A river.


#34

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

A colonel walks into a restaurant and orders the special of the day. After tasting the chicken he leaves then returns and burns the restaurant to the ground. Why?


#35

filmfanatic

filmfanatic

Darn it! You have bested my riddles for the day! Ponder one more question for the time being until I return:

If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?


#36

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Darn it! You have bested my riddles for the day! Ponder one more question for the time being until I return:

If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?
I'm married.


#37

Dave

Dave

A colonel walks into a restaurant and orders the special of the day. After tasting the chicken he leaves then returns and burns the restaurant to the ground. Why?
It's not chicken - it's PEOPLE! The colonel remembers the taste from his days on the African subcontinent where he ate with cannibal natives.

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A colonel walks into a restaurant and orders the special of the day. After tasting the chicken he leaves then returns and burns the restaurant to the ground. Why?
OR

It's Colonel Sanders and he realized that they stole his secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices.

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A colonel walks into a restaurant and orders the special of the day. After tasting the chicken he leaves then returns and burns the restaurant to the ground. Why?
OR

He was once stranded on a desert island with his wife and a friend...


#38

Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

or:
The special of the day was supposed to be steak, and the man was off of his anti-psychotic meds, so in a fit of uncontrolled rage at being cheated, he burned the restaurant to the ground.

or: The man lived on an island. He had a pet chicken, named Mr. Bubbles, that had kept him company for these many years after his wife had passed away. There was only one chicken on the island...


#39

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

A colonel walks into a restaurant and orders the special of the day. After tasting the chicken he leaves then returns and burns the restaurant to the ground. Why?
It's Colonel Sanders and he realized that they stole his secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices.
[/QUOTE]

Yay! You win a bucket of chicken!

I also would have accepted that it was the OP's restaurant.


#40

ElJuski

ElJuski

I think u gais r doin it rite!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?


#41

Dave

Dave

I think u gais r doin it rite!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
You're just jealous.


#42

Espy

Espy

I wanna play. But I have no idea what to ask now.


#43

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

A man named El Juski is working at the local supermarket as a butchers apprentice. This job has given him a keen eye, rapier wit and strong hands. He is single but with his dashing good looks, 5'11" frame of lean muscle and fashion model eyebrows he is certain not to be single for long ladies. His only drawback is his girth. So the question remains, what does El Juski weigh?


#44

Dave

Dave

He weighs meat.


#45

ElJuski

ElJuski

I think u gais r doin it rite!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
You're just jealous.[/QUOTE]

I'm disappointed that I didn't expect Halforums to do what it does best in this thread. There is one hypothetical solution; it is ridiculous; the fun is finding out the right questions to ask to retro-fit the absurd story to the solution. I guess that's blowing some gaskets.


Espy, me and you can play...alone ;)


#46

Dave

Dave

I think u gais r doin it rite!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
You're just jealous.[/QUOTE]

I'm disappointed that I didn't expect Halforums to do what it does best in this thread. There is one hypothetical solution; it is ridiculous; the fun is finding out the right questions to ask to retro-fit the absurd story to the solution. I guess that's blowing some gaskets.


Espy, me and you can play...alone ;)[/QUOTE]

Ah, but you notice we HAVE been doing this! Just not with your first one because you presented it as an actual riddle.

So :p


#47

ElJuski

ElJuski

I never presented it as a riddle at all. It's a puzzle. And no, you've just been dog-piling dicks about it :p

Not that it matters anyway, it's just any fun got deflated within five minutes.


#48

Espy

Espy

Did he... love turtles in the way a man loves a woman?


#49

Dave

Dave

You don't like my Turtle Man story? You don't think that Mark Wahlberg and Shredder were funny?


You have no soul.


#50

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

A man is sitting in a chair with a bullet hole in his head and he is surrounded by fifty-five bicycles. How did he die?

A man is standing on a beautiful island beach reading a letter. The contents of the letter are so engrossing that the cigarette in his hand burns his fingers but he fails to even notice this. After he finishes reading the letter he bursts into tears. Why?


#51

Baerdog

Baerdog

a) From a bullet to the head.

b) When he's done reading he finally notices the burns on his hand.


#52



Soliloquy

What's in my pocket?


#53

Krisken

Krisken

What's in my pocket?
That's disgusting and disappoints me greatly. Plus, it makes baby Jesus cry.


#54



Soliloquy

What's in my pocket?
That's disgusting and disappoints me greatly. Plus, it makes baby Jesus cry.[/QUOTE]

:confused:


#55

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

a) From a bullet to the head.

b) When he's done reading he finally notices the burns on his hand.
a) yes that is implied as the cause of death, why was he shot?

b) no, he does not notice the burning


#56

Baerdog

Baerdog

a) You only asked how he died, not why he was killed.

b) The letter obviously had itching powder on it so that when he touched his eyes he burst into tears. Or his significant other left him. Or a family member died. Or something. Maybe he was on a soap opera and was looking into the stage lights to help his "emotional performance."

Next please.


#57



Soliloquy

a) yes that is implied as the cause of death, why was he shot?
Because someone pulled the trigger of a gun.


#58

Dave

Dave

The letter is telling him he has cancer from smoking.

The guy died because the bike riders were French and he's Lance Armstrong. They can't stand he kicked their asses for so long with only 1 ball.


#59

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

The letter is telling him he has cancer from smoking.

The guy died because the bike riders were French and he's Lance Armstrong. They can't stand he kicked their asses for so long with only 1 ball.
So close on the letter one.

Sorta close on the bicycle one.


#60

Dave

Dave

He's told he's going to die in a day from smoking cigarettes. The letter was sent yesterday.


#61



Soliloquy

The letter tells him that his hand is being burnt by a cigarette.


#62

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

The letter tells him that his hand is being burnt by a cigarette.
OK, that made me laugh! :lol:


#63



makare

I have two books of lateral thinking puzzles. I like them. kind of reminds me of the LSAT.


#64



Soliloquy

I just have to say, some Lateral thinking puzzles are quite clever. Others are so specific that they're the equivalent of saying "I just made up a story. Here's the ending. Now figure out my story."

One of my favorites is as follows:

"A woman goes to the store and buys a new pair of shoes. The next day she was dies at work. Why?"


#65

Dave

Dave

She worked in a subway and her new slick shoes caused her to slip and fall on the tracks.

Or something like that.


#66



Soliloquy

She worked in a subway and her new slick shoes caused her to slip and fall on the tracks.

Or something like that.
Nope.

It'll help to start with more generalized questions, I'd say.

Yes or No, 20 questions-style. Only without the question limit.


#67

Dave

Dave

Are the shoes slick?


#68

Calleja

Calleja

Does the woman have feet?


#69



Soliloquy

Dave: No.

Calleja: Yes.


#70

Dave

Dave

Ooh! Does it have to do with the HEIGHT of the shoes/heels? Like at her work does she have to dodge beams or something?


#71

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

"A woman goes to the store and buys a new pair of shoes. The next day she was dies at work. Why?"
Clearly she is employed in a job that requires a set routine and the new shoes changed her routine. Thus they had deadly results when something routine was to occur. The change also had to be something she would not have considered when she bought them. Something simple like a change in height or stance.

Was she William Tells wife?


#72

Rovewin

Rovewin

"A woman goes to the store and buys a new pair of shoes. The next day she was dies at work. Why?"
She realized how ugly they were and how much she spent on them


#73



Soliloquy

Dave: First part, yes. Second part, No.

HCGLNS: No, But you're definitely on the right track.

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Rovewin: uh... no?


#74

Fun Size

Fun Size

Her previous shoes held magical properties that she didn't recognize, and because she wasn't wearing them when she needed them, she ended up being torn to shreds by flying monkeys under the command of a wicked witch?


#75

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

HCGLNS: No, But you're definitely on the right track.


So right job, wrong sport? Magicians apprentice or knife throwers target?


#76

Calleja

Calleja

Guillotine inspector!!


#77



Soliloquy

HCGLNS: No, But you're definitely on the right track.


So right job, wrong sport? Magicians apprentice or knife throwers target?[/QUOTE]

You got it! Knife thrower's target. Man, you're good.

See, this is what lateral thinking puzzles are meant to be like. A few details that, when reasoned out and questioned correctly, lead you to the answer. Not ones where you have to guess a person's entire back-story without any sort of clue.


#78

Fun Size

Fun Size

Escalator inspector who just had to try clown shoes?

Ugh, ninjad with the answer. So close though...


#79



Soliloquy

Escalator inspector who just had to try clown shoes?

Ugh, ninjad with the answer. So close though...
I like that one better, actually.


#80

Dave

Dave

A healthy woman and her kids go camping. Later the next day the kids find her dead. How did she die?


#81



Soliloquy

A healthy woman and her kids go camping. Later the next day the kids find her dead. How did she die?
Is there any evidence of violence/injury?


#82

Dave

Dave

A healthy woman and her kids go camping. Later the next day the kids find her dead. How did she die?
Is there any evidence of violence/injury?[/QUOTE]

No. She just...died.


#83

Calleja

Calleja

Aneurysm!


#84

Dave

Dave

She looks perfectly fine. No signs of pain or odd movements.


#85



Soliloquy

did her death have anything to do with the environment she was camping in?


#86

Dave

Dave

No. Beautiful lake and flat ground.


#87

General Specific

General Specific

The woman was 90 years old and died of old age.


#88

Dave

Dave

Nope. Another note. There was nothing else in the tent with her except for the sleeping bag and a pillow. Neither of which had anything to do with her death.


#89

Fun Size

Fun Size

She had a torrid love affair with a bear and died of shame when she realized that her family, which is part salmon, would never accept her actions.


#90

Dave

Dave

By the way, she was 38 and by all accounts healthy.


#91

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Were they camping in Yellow Stone?


#92

Piotyr

Piotyr

Is there a reasonable explanation for her death?


#93

Dave

Dave

Not in Yellowstone and yes, perfectly reasonable. In fact, this is from a real case where the police were baffled....for a short time.


#94



Soliloquy

Ooh! was the tent airtight, and she suffocated in it?

If not, did the death have anything to do with her tent?


#95

Dave

Dave

You are closer, but she did not suffocate.


#96

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Did the coroner find any insect bites?


#97

Dave

Dave

No insect bites or marks of any kind. But the coroner did find something.


#98



Soliloquy

did she die from something in the air?


#99

Dave

Dave

Yes.


#100



Soliloquy

Did what was in the air have something to do with the tent?


#101



Papillon

Carbon monoxide poisoning?

Edit: or methane gas? Did she leave a gas lantern on inside the tent?


#102

Dave

Dave

Carbon monoxide poisoning?
Yes, but the how is part of the issue. When police arrived there was nothing in her tent that would give out carbon monoxide.


#103



Soliloquy

Was there an idling car parked outside of her tent for a while?


#104

Dave

Dave

Was there an idling car parked outside of her tent for a while?
No.


#105

Fun Size

Fun Size

Did...did she dutch oven herself to death?


#106



Soliloquy

did the presence of Carbon monoxide come from some sort of natural event?


#107

Dave

Dave

Did...did she dutch oven herself to death?
Yes.

Here's the story.

She went camping with her kids. She stayed in one tent and they in another. She got cold so she pulled the dutch oven/grill into the tent with her to keep warm.In the morning her kids came in and took the oven/grill to make breakfast, not knowing she was already passed on.

Later they made the discovery but by then there were no fumes in the tent and they didn't tell the police about it. It wasn't until the autopsy that they found out what happened.


#108

Fun Size

Fun Size

That is not what I meant and you know it. :angry:

Although "Dutch-Ovened to Death" is going on my list of awful ways to die that make for sweet obituaries.


#109

Dave

Dave

I know. But it was right, so....


#110

Calleja

Calleja

Dutch oven is farting, dude.


#111

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

New one, really easy too.

I bring you both light and sound,
But no honours for me abound.
Strung along with my friends for all to see,
I am clearly the worlds saddest tree.

What am I?


#112

Dave

Dave

Dutch oven is farting, dude.
It's also the name of an oven used in camping.


#113

HCGLNS

HCGLNS


^ Dutch Oven

Pork and beans time!


#114

Baerdog

Baerdog

New one, really easy too.

I bring you both light and sound,
But no honours for me abound.
Strung along with my friends for all to see,
I am clearly the worlds saddest tree.

What am I?


Also, dutch oven pineapple upside down cake is the best kind of pineapple upside down cake.


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