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flamingdragon
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A man is returning from Switzerland by train. If he had been in a non-smoking car he would have died. Why?
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #1 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 4:51pm » |
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Seems a bit too open to me. I'll bite, though. The train crashed into another, destroying many of the cars in a horrible accident. The smoking car, thoughtfully placed at the rear of the train to limit the effects of smoke on the other passengers, was almost entirely unaffected and the passengers inside survived.
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #2 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 5:02pm » |
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No,
and it gets a lot easier if u ask questions b4 u randomly throw an answer out there, that doesn't stop me from doing it though. 
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #3 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 5:18pm » |
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Well, then. I guess I'll come up with some yesernos.
Did the man smoke?
Was there smoke in the smoking car?
Was anyone else smoking in the smoking car?
Was there any smoke source other than the cigarettes?
I half-expect no, yes, possibly, yes.
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #4 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 5:36pm » |
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No
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Possibly
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #5 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 5:40pm » |
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So close.
Was there smoke in the non-smoking car?
Was the smoking car attached to the non-smoking cars at all times?
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #6 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 5:50pm » |
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It was on fire.
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #7 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 5:50pm » |
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Did he work for the train company?
Where was he returning to?
It seems like questions usually don't help with these, because the question that you need to ask is so obscure that you will never ask it, and it's better to just think of the weirdest thing possible and guess it. But you wanted questions, so I complied.
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #8 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 6:14pm » |
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LOL, don't put questions just cause I said to, then I have to answer them. 
I disagree, I believe that questions help.
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Was there smoke in the non-smoking car?
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Possibly and yes.
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No, and you can only ask yes or no questions, you should know that.
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #9 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 7:20pm » |
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Would his death been by murder, by accident, or by natural causes?
(I know it isn't a yes or no question, but please recognize I could break into three yes or nos. It's just easier to do it this way when you have a short list of possibilities.)
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #10 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 7:23pm » |
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The death would be by murder.
That fact helps u a lot, good question.
And the where he's going question I suppose could be broken into yes or no questions to if u asked a lot so i'll answer it:
Not important to the riddle whatsoever.
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #11 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 7:28pm » |
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Does this riddle require knowledge in geography of europe?
or trains in europe?
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #12 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 7:32pm » |
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No and No
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #13 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 7:37pm » |
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on Nov 28th, 2006, 5:50pm, cchris wrote:
Didn't see this post b4, No
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #14 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 8:18pm » |
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An assassin had been hired to kill him. The hit man knew he was a non-smoker and rigged the non-smoking cars to explode half-way through the trip. The man however decided to follow the hot brunette into the smoking car hoping for a chance to light her cigarette. Just as the man shut the door behind him, the non-smoking cars blew killing everybody inside.
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #15 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 8:19pm » |
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No, good try though.
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #16 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 9:06pm » |
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Come on WTF, u can't even solve this one?
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #17 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 9:13pm » |
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These yesernos are really out of my area. I'll give it another shot I guess.
Did the method of murder involve fire or smoke?
Was the man romantically involved with his murderer?
Did he know his murderer was on the train?
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #18 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 9:15pm » |
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I assume u mean would the murder have involved fire and smoke.
No
No
what?
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #19 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 9:19pm » |
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and btw if u don't like the yesnoers then just guess the solution, It will take u forever that way but I don't care.
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #20 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 9:25pm » |
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Sorry. Haha. I meant murderer, not murder. Obviously the answer is no.
I really do like all kinds of questions involving riddles. I don't feel I should discriminate against any one particular type of question based solely on its choice of lifestyle.
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #21 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 9:42pm » |
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Hmm... now that I think about this more, I might have heard it somewhere. The details are fuzzy, though. I seem to recall something about the lighting. Maybe it is nighttime?
I wonder: is it nighttime in the riddle?
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #22 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 9:48pm » |
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #23 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 9:49pm » |
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on Nov 28th, 2006, 9:25pm, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:Sorry. Haha. I meant murderer, not murder. Obviously the answer is no.
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Actually the answer is yes.
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Re: Train Ride
« Reply #24 on: Nov 28th, 2006, 9:50pm » |
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on Nov 28th, 2006, 9:25pm, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
I really do like all kinds of questions involving riddles. I don't feel I should discriminate against any one particular type of question based solely on its choice of lifestyle. |
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Answering these questions straight out is not against the rules.
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