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Abbatoir deaths
« on: May 30th, 2005, 3:49am » |
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A man went for a job interview at an abbatoir. As he sat on a chair outside the killing rooms, he could hear 2 workers telling eachother jokes in hysterics, hardly able to speak, slapping their thighs in glee. Then suddenly a third man, obviously a co-worker, walked past the interviewee, carrying a snake in his hands, and entered the room where the commotion was coming from.
Immediately there was silence. Unable to contain his curiosity, the interviewee got up and opened the door.
He fell back in horror, for before him were the three men, all lying in pools of their own blood, their wounds gushing and fatal. The snake was in the arms of the third man, and hadn't been touched.
What happened in the abbatoir?
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #1 on: May 30th, 2005, 4:07am » |
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Was the snake alive ? Cos if it was, then I'm not quite sure what the riddle is..
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #2 on: May 30th, 2005, 4:36am » |
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The snake is not alive...
The riddle is "What is going on in the abbatoir?" or "Why did the men all die suddenly?"
Sorry, I should have made it clearer... 
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #3 on: May 30th, 2005, 5:07am » |
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Did they kill each other?
Did the third worker get inside to take revenge on the death of his snake?
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #4 on: May 30th, 2005, 5:24am » |
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A place where they work with knives might be a dangerous place for practical jokes..
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #5 on: May 30th, 2005, 5:40am » |
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Like that "your snake can no longer arise" 
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #6 on: May 30th, 2005, 6:55am » |
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The men did not kill eachother...
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #7 on: May 30th, 2005, 9:28am » |
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The two men in the room were loughing because they were playing with some anumal. When the 3rd man walked in, the animal, seeing the snake, paniked, and trying to escape killed the 3 guys.
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #8 on: May 30th, 2005, 5:23pm » |
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Several questions :
1. The wounds, are they the cause of their deaths ?
2. Are the wounds from sharp objects ( such as knives ), or blunt ones ( such as a baseball bat ) ?
3. Is the snake significant ?
Just those for now.
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #9 on: May 30th, 2005, 7:46pm » |
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on May 30th, 2005, 5:23pm, JiNbOtAk wrote:Several questions :
1. The wounds, are they the cause of their deaths ?
2. Are the wounds from sharp objects ( such as knives ), or blunt ones ( such as a baseball bat ) ?
3. Is the snake significant ?
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1. Yes, the men died from their wounds.
2. Either, or.
3. The snake is very significant.
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a prank 
a low down dirty prank
the first two were laughing at how well the prank had gone down the last time they tried it
the third guy used the snake to catch the interviewers attention, now all they had to do was play dead and wait for their prank to be discovered.
now is a abbatoir any place for a snake?
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thats a real question i never heard of an abbatoir
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #11 on: May 30th, 2005, 9:09pm » |
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Something I've overlooked to ask;
The door which the interviewer opens to look inside, is it the only entrance/exit to the room ? Are there windows, vents , other exit points within the room ?
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #12 on: May 30th, 2005, 10:40pm » |
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Is the snake a whole snake or are you talking about a thing made out of snake, like purse?
Did they turn on by accident any device, let's say by turning the wrong switch?
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #13 on: May 31st, 2005, 3:08am » |
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Yes, the door that the interviewee opens is the only way in or out of the place...
And no, no switches were turned on or off...
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #14 on: May 31st, 2005, 4:41am » |
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Were they sober?
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #15 on: May 31st, 2005, 7:11am » |
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Yes they were sober...
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #16 on: May 31st, 2005, 7:48am » |
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The man is a werewolf. Seeing the snake (added to the dim moon shine from the window) made him become his animal self and he went for a killing spree. Then he came back to his senses and discovered the corpses, not remembering anything.
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #17 on: May 31st, 2005, 10:54pm » |
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Ok, a silly question: were these men human or are we talking about male pigs or bulls?
And you've already said that it's a real dead snake, not something that looks like one?
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Hee Hee. The men are cows going off to the slaughter, and for some fantastical reason the guy can understand what theyre saying.  I dont know
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #19 on: Jun 1st, 2005, 11:09am » |
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Was there an explosion?
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #20 on: Jun 1st, 2005, 5:30pm » |
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on May 31st, 2005, 10:54pm, Ajax wrote:Ok, a silly question: were these men human or are we talking about male pigs or bulls?
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Yes, the men were human.
The snake is something that resembles a snake.
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #21 on: Jun 1st, 2005, 5:31pm » |
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on Jun 1st, 2005, 11:09am, BNC wrote:
No, there was no explosion.
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is the thing that resembles a snake, a whip?
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #23 on: Jun 1st, 2005, 8:37pm » |
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Okay, let's see where we stand.
1. The interviewee heard 2 men in the room, laughing. Since this implies that these men are alive, my question is, is the laughter he heard actually came from the two victims, who, at that time still alive ? Or are they already dead, and the interviewee only heard voices which resembles the dead people ?
2. The 'snake' is something that resembles a snake, which is not alive. Possibilities that came to mind are a whip, a toy snake, a belt. Hmm..still no ideas there.
3. Would this scenario be possible in any other settings, aside from in an abattoir ?
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Re: Abbatoir deaths
« Reply #24 on: Jun 2nd, 2005, 1:16am » |
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Were the wounds caused by the "snake"?
Was it used by them or not?
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