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maryl
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Three castaways are shipwrecked on a desert island.
Out of food and starving, they have all agreed that one of them had to die. The other two would live off of the dead person till rescue found them.  All three guys are single, same shape and weight, and all had the same skills. None of them had any family, were all orphans when they were kids. How did they decide this so easily on who should be sacrificed for the other two
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Leo Broukhis
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #1 on: Jun 17th, 2003, 4:32pm » |
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Well, whoever proposed it first would be a reasonable choice.
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #2 on: Jun 17th, 2003, 7:24pm » |
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A number of possibilities:
1. One of them is a lot older than the other two.
2. One of them has some condition making it unlikely he would survive even with food - such as diabetes.
3. One of them is actively disliked by the other two.
4. One of them has strong objections to canibalism.
5. One of them baths regularly - no one can stomach the thought of eating the other two.
6. Two of them have fashioned spears. The third guy wasn't able to find a good tree in time.
7. Only one of them is short enough to fit on the spit they've made.
8. At the time this decision was made, one of them was hanging from a cliff with no hope of rescue.
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maryl
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Icarus, loved your possiblilities, though just the thought of it makes me feel alittle green.
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #4 on: Jun 19th, 2003, 8:06am » |
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RO-SHAM-BO!!!
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #5 on: Jun 21st, 2003, 2:41pm » |
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One of them was a devout believer in the afterlife and also believed that sacrificing himself for the others would grant him special favours once he got there
One of them believed in reincarnation and that, by sacrificing himself, he would be reborn to a high status.
One of them had been convicted of a capital offense which meant, should he be rescued, he would be executed anyway.
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #6 on: Jun 21st, 2003, 4:32pm » |
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on Jun 19th, 2003, 8:06am, James Fingas wrote:
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #7 on: Jun 23rd, 2003, 9:53am » |
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Yeah. Ro-Sham-Bo aka rock-paper-scissors.
I imagine you could come up with some sort of a fair competition among three people...
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #8 on: Aug 20th, 2003, 5:57pm » |
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as it doesnt seem this was solved... The obvious choice is whoever captained the ship or was responsible for them BEING castaways, shipwrecked on an island.
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maryl
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Hmm, or maybe taste has something to do with it. Some people like to eat salad as a meal.
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #10 on: Aug 21st, 2003, 1:08am » |
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::I guess they'll eat vegetarian for a while 
That kinda falls under Icarus' #4::
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on Aug 21st, 2003, 1:08am, towr wrote:::I guess they'll eat vegetarian for a while
That kinda falls under Icarus' #4:: |
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I thought about Icarus's answer, yet realized I have strong objections to cannabalism, but I still eat meat.
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #12 on: Aug 22nd, 2003, 1:17am » |
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Yes, but if you had strong objections to eating meat, that would mean you also have a strong objection to canabalism, which is a specific kind of meat-eating.
Of course I'd agree that an answer should be specific enough to solve a riddle.
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I agree with you, but like you said, it was done so the riddle could be solved.
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #14 on: Aug 23rd, 2003, 7:01pm » |
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Actually, I prefered the "bathing" solution. I met a few people I would rather be eaten by than to eat them! 
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #16 on: Nov 11th, 2003, 5:30am » |
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As a newbie question: Is hiding the reply the goal.
But three hungry guys would certainly go for a Big Mac ... or a Big Sam ... or a Big anybody.
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #17 on: Nov 11th, 2003, 5:52pm » |
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Hiding replies is something we do so someone can read the original riddle, or get hints when they are stuck, without seeing the actual answer and thus spoiling the riddle for them.
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The Jewish one, because he wouldn't eat the other two (they wouldn't be Kosher).
This is just a joke, ya one in bad taste, but then again the whole set-up is in bad taste.
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #19 on: Dec 2nd, 2003, 5:57pm » |
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they say three is a crowd, so maybe they all agreed to off the first guy that complained.
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #20 on: Dec 3rd, 2003, 6:04am » |
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That reminds me of a joke. A bunch of guys go to a cabin in the woods and go hunting. They agree that one will stay behind in the cabin all day to cook while the others hunt. The first to complain about the food becomes the new cook. As time goes by the food gets worse and worse as the first cook wants to go hunting too. After three days he just picks some dog sh*t up off the yard, drenches it in motor oil, and puts it on a plate. When the first of the hunters comes back and tries it he says, "This tastes like dog crap covered in motor oil! .... but good, good!"
The only people who tend to really like this joke are those who have spouses who do all the cooking and have no ability.
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #21 on: Dec 4th, 2003, 10:41am » |
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on Jun 17th, 2003, 2:39pm, maryl wrote:
Out of food and starving, they have all agreed that one of them had to die. |
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Wouldn't the best answer be whoever is the "one" that they agreed on?
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Re: Castaways
« Reply #22 on: Dec 5th, 2003, 5:58pm » |
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THANKS FOR THE JOKE AEROGUY, point well taken, but ouch, there must be a moral behind that story.
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maryl
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I see the moral. Maybe crooked was referring to something else.
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Kitty Kat
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[color=Red][/color]perhaps one was a dog? ha, no, but. . maybe one was sleeping . . . or already dead!
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