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alien2
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Tom notices that the floor is entirely dry, and thinks to himself that John might be significantly longer in a lot of pain. Why? 
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« Reply #1 on: Apr 25th, 2007, 12:52pm » |
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John is a dog with a severe urinary tract infection meaning he cannot urinate. Unfortunately after being left alone for a day in the back yard the entirely dry ground suggests that it'll take a lot longer for the antibiotics to do the job and he'll be significantly longer in a lot of pain.
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Tom is the foreman and realising that John still hasn't got around to varnishing the wooden floor in the foyer entrance - it's entirely dry - means he must still be outside painting the the render. With John being the only painter on the crew and his bad back it looks like he'll be significantly longer in a lot of pain.
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alien2
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Re: Notice
« Reply #2 on: Apr 26th, 2007, 3:55am » |
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John is a man, but he isn't the foreman.
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Re: Notice
« Reply #3 on: Apr 30th, 2007, 11:50am » |
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John does the free skate of his life in the Olympics figure skating competition so that after the skate, he kisses the ice and gets his tongue stuck on the cold dry surface. The ice workers scramble to get warm water to melt the ice around his mouth. When Tom returns from the food consession, he notices that the ice surface is still dry and hence, John is still stuck to the ice and in pain.
Finally, the ice workers arrive to the rescue and free his erstwhile stuck tongue.
Moral of the story: Take the advice of the pros:
"I may be French-Canadian but there was no tongue in that kiss on the ice." said David Pelletier, after 2002 Olympic pairs free skate in Salt Lake which gave him and Salé the silver and was later upgraded to Gold.
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Re: Notice
« Reply #4 on: Apr 30th, 2007, 11:53am » |
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Unfortunately, ice has no role in this riddle.  But thanks for thinking of me. 
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Re: Notice
« Reply #5 on: May 3rd, 2007, 1:55pm » |
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Anything to do with surgery?
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Re: Notice
« Reply #6 on: May 3rd, 2007, 1:56pm » |
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Surgery? No.
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Re: Notice
« Reply #7 on: May 4th, 2007, 12:34am » |
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John is a farmer.
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Re: Notice
« Reply #8 on: May 4th, 2007, 7:02am » |
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Nope.
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Re: Notice
« Reply #9 on: May 4th, 2007, 7:11am » |
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John is a worm.
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Re: Notice
« Reply #10 on: May 4th, 2007, 7:12am » |
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Nah. Maybe bookworm. Doesn't matter.
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Re: Notice
« Reply #11 on: May 4th, 2007, 7:19am » |
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Watching the sky with binoculars, Tom notices that John jumped from the plane and forgot his parachute.
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Re: Notice
« Reply #12 on: May 4th, 2007, 8:15am » |
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No. There is a perfectly logical explanation. I think. 
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Re: Notice
« Reply #13 on: May 4th, 2007, 3:39pm » |
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Tom and John are deserted on an island and Tom notices that the stream, which was their only source of fresh water, has dried up.
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Re: Notice
« Reply #14 on: May 4th, 2007, 3:43pm » |
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So why is John in pain and not Tom?
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Re: Notice
« Reply #15 on: May 4th, 2007, 3:45pm » |
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Tom is a camel.
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« Reply #16 on: May 4th, 2007, 4:13pm » |
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Nope.
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Re: Notice
« Reply #17 on: May 9th, 2007, 8:44pm » |
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Tom is wearing shoes while John is barefoot and they are standing on a metal slide or something and it is being heated by the sun
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Re: Notice
« Reply #18 on: May 10th, 2007, 7:01am » |
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Negative.
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Re: Notice
« Reply #19 on: May 10th, 2007, 12:07pm » |
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John is a goldfish newly bought by Tom who put it inside the car in a bag with small amount of water. Tom went on to purchase other stuff and left John stay in the car at 120F. Tom saw a pile of water on the floor outside the supermarket but after the purchase, the floor was already dry. He thus thought John must be suffering badly or was even dead in the car.
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Re: Notice
« Reply #20 on: May 10th, 2007, 12:44pm » |
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No. 
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Re: Notice
« Reply #21 on: May 17th, 2007, 3:15pm » |
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John is going into labor but his water hasn't broken yet 
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Re: Notice
« Reply #22 on: May 17th, 2007, 3:56pm » |
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Good idea except for the fact that John is a man.
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Re: Notice
« Reply #23 on: May 17th, 2007, 6:50pm » |
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physically or chromosonally
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"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." -Churchill
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Re: Notice
« Reply #24 on: May 18th, 2007, 10:27am » |
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What is the difference?
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