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koonie32
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A minor quibble turns into a death
« on: Dec 10th, 2006, 1:31pm » |
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John is angry at Roger for some unknown reason. (edited)
Suddenly they start fighting. They each bring out knives and duke it out. Eventually they end up on a balcony 10 stories high. John pushes Roger over the edge and Roger (edited lol. It said John before) is dead.
The strange part about this is that an onlooker was charged for the death. In fact Roger himself had no charges at all. He was free. The onlooker
had the whole blame. Whats going on? Why did the onlooker get charged?
Note : Onlooker never spoke to either john or roger.
Note 2 : Onlooker had no involvement in the fight that was going on. He did not "rig" the balcony in anyway to kill John.
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #1 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 1:51pm » |
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Errr.. Could you rewrite it so it makes more sense?
Because it doesn't make sense for Roger to cheat on John's wife. Or for John to push Roger over a Balcony and dying himself. Generally the person falling dies..
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #2 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 6:41pm » |
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Puzzles like this one are more suited to the "What happened?" forum. This is something of a judgement call, but I really think it's a better fit there.
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #3 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 9:42pm » |
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Sniper?
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #4 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 10:14pm » |
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He caused John and Roger to fight by threatening to kill them if they didn't?
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #5 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 10:29pm » |
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The onlooker never got a good look at John who was on the tenth story of the building. John escaped from the building as soon as he pushed Roger off, and the onlooker was the closest person to the body when the police arrived. The police charged him because John identified and testified against the onlooker as the murderer.
(morbid and stretchy, but this is inspired by something that I heard about, two "witnesses" were actually the murderers and the scapegoat was on deathrow for about 5 years before they found out that he was innocent)
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #6 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 10:42pm » |
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This sounds like the start of a terrible soap opera.
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #7 on: Dec 10th, 2006, 10:44pm » |
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on Dec 10th, 2006, 10:14pm, flamingdragon wrote:| He caused John and Roger to fight by threatening to kill them if they didn't? |
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Hmm, as an addition:
WTF paid the onlooker to start the fight.
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #8 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 3:48am » |
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All right the onlooker had no weapon. He had never even TALKED to john or roger. Ask yes or no questions people. its impossible to guess.
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #9 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 11:47am » |
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Was the onlooker on the ground?
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #10 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 11:49am » |
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Did the onlooker know that they were fighting?
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #11 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 12:09pm » |
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Were John and Roger trying to hurt eachother?
Were they actors?
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #12 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 12:11pm » |
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Was the onlooker on the ground?
Yes
Did the onlooker know that they were fighting?
Yes
Were John and Roger trying to hurt eachother?
No
Were they actors?
Dang you got the riddle. I thought it would last for a BIT longer you know  .
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #13 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 12:33pm » |
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Wow, I was just about to say that. Dangit. So to wrap it up, the guy was responsible for catching (with an inflatable thing) Roger, but he didn't.
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #14 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 12:42pm » |
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on Dec 11th, 2006, 12:33pm, cchris wrote:| Wow, I was just about to say that. Dangit. So to wrap it up, the guy was responsible for catching (with an inflatable thing) Roger, but he didn't. |
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Or it was a movie.
The precision of the answer isn't 100% yet..
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #15 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 2:02pm » |
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Well the answer I was going for was that roger and john were actors and the guy who was an onlooker was actually the guy who made the stunts and props safe etc. When the guy died the net to save him broke through. Therefore the onlooker got charged.
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #16 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 5:22pm » |
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That wouldn't be murder though.
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #17 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 5:24pm » |
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on Dec 11th, 2006, 5:22pm, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:| That wouldn't be murder though. |
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he never said it was murder, just charged for the death.
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #18 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 5:42pm » |
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That was burn WTF. You gonna let him get away with that?
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #19 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 5:49pm » |
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Just wondering. What is WTF? I hear it everywhere and I am like uh..
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #20 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 5:49pm » |
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Sorry I meant WHO is wtf. It sounds like a person.
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #21 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 5:53pm » |
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #22 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 6:45pm » |
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Also more commonly, "What The F..."
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #23 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 6:49pm » |
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I think he knows that one. 
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Re: A minor quibble turns into a death
« Reply #24 on: Dec 11th, 2006, 7:34pm » |
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And "Why's that furry?" I'm very acronymical.
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