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alien2
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One points a rifle at the unarmed one. The unarmed one turns his back to him, kills him, and then falls down. He gets out of this wounded though, so how he won?
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Re: Duel
« Reply #1 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 7:40am » |
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He farted?
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Re: Duel
« Reply #2 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 1:15pm » |
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I wouldn't call getting your guts ripped out winning exactly. But at least he gave his life sucessfully defending his home.
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Re: Duel
« Reply #3 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 1:40pm » |
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That's beautiful Icarus, but I don't see the rifle anywhere in the picture with your answer?
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Re: Duel
« Reply #4 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 3:33pm » |
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This isn't your regular duel now is it?
Although I don't understand how anything can kill someone wielding a rifle from behind their backs, I think the solution is the unarmed one is an animal like a bear
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Re: Duel
« Reply #5 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 6:50pm » |
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on Dec 10th, 2006, 1:40pm, raven wrote:| That's beautiful Icarus, but I don't see the rifle anywhere in the picture with your answer? |
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Yeah, but I live only a couple hundred miles from Arkansas, where there are folks who will use guns for anything! 
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Re: Duel
« Reply #6 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 7:32pm » |
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well... I'm not stupid to hold a gun backwards... but you never know
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errrrrrrrrrrr........ 24
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Re: Duel
« Reply #7 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 7:38pm » |
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One should never duel in the House of Mirrors...
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Re: Duel
« Reply #8 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 8:22pm » |
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I think Laudie got it right... the shot is fired but the animal turns back and gives the hunter a fatal kick in the nuts... thus killing the hunter but only getting wounded in the process from the shot....
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Re: Duel
« Reply #9 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 10:11pm » |
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I've been thinking that it is a bit weird that an animal like a bear would get close enough to the man to turn around on purpose and then kick him or the unlikely event that a deer or wild animal does it similarly so I'm changing my theory:
The farmer was trying to kill his pet donkey for some reason. The donkey felt alarmed, turned around, and "kicked the man in the nuts." He was only grazed by the bullet in the process.
The original problem with this theory was that I didn't think an animal such as a donkey could withstand a point blank rifle shot. But who knows when you're put in that kind of situation, and plus the gunner is only a friendly farmer this time.
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Re: Duel
« Reply #10 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 10:12pm » |
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He shoots a rocket launcher at his feet?
Or perhaps shoots it up and the wind blows it backwards, hitting the guy behind him. 
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Re: Duel
« Reply #11 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 4:56am » |
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No. And the unarmed one is not an animal.
Remember those riddles where not everything is mentioned?
on Dec 10th, 2006, 10:12pm, flamingdragon wrote:He shoots a rocket launcher at his feet?
Or perhaps shoots it up and the wind blows it backwards, hitting the guy behind him. |
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I said he was unarmed.
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Re: Duel
« Reply #12 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 5:35am » |
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on Dec 11th, 2006, 4:56am, Iceman wrote:
Maybe he held his weapon with the legs, not the arms? 
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Re: Duel
« Reply #13 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 9:06am » |
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Or perhaps he was unarmed at the moment but then picked the weapon off the ground once the riddle began. 
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Re: Duel
« Reply #14 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 9:16am » |
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No to both. This time the answer is not a stupid one.
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Re: Duel
« Reply #15 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 9:19am » |
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Well u didn't say he was "unbacked". He has the hilt of a sword lodged into his back and when he turns around it strikes the other guy who shoots him while he's dying.
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Re: Duel
« Reply #16 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 10:06am » |
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Interesting twist of fate for Dick Cheney...
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Re: Duel
« Reply #17 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 11:08am » |
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Who?
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Re: Duel
« Reply #18 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 11:39am » |
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I'm gonna suppose the rifle exploded in his face. Probably wrong, but oh well, it was a guess.
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Re: Duel
« Reply #19 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 11:40am » |
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Oh, & see this article.
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Re: Duel
« Reply #20 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 11:46am » |
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You don't know who Dick Cheney is Iceman?
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Re: Duel
« Reply #21 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 11:46am » |
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on Dec 11th, 2006, 11:39am, cchris wrote:| I'm gonna suppose the rifle exploded in his face. Probably wrong, but oh well, it was a guess. |
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Nope.
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Re: Duel
« Reply #22 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 11:49am » |
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So let me get it straight, the unarmed one, after turning his back to the armed one, kills the armed one? Then the unarmed one falls down?
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Re: Duel
« Reply #23 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 12:22pm » |
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Yes. You have to say how, that is, what happened. Is some plausible situation cooking in your mind, which fits with everything mentioned in the riddle? And of course, you can use things that are not weapons as a weapon..
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Re: Duel
« Reply #24 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 12:34pm » |
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This wasn't out of The Matrix, was it?
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