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alien2
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Jonathan has just several cartridges left in his shotgun, and his pursuers are gaining on him. There are no other human made objects anywhere near or other life forms for that matter. Jonathan fires all the cartridges aiming down at, pretty much, one spot only, which weren't meant to hurt his pursuers. But why then?
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #1 on: Oct 9th, 2007, 8:40am » |
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Biathlon?
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #2 on: Oct 9th, 2007, 9:05am » |
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Good try. 
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #3 on: Oct 9th, 2007, 9:49am » |
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He crosses a wooden bridge on a pass and shoots at a spot to break the bridge so that his pursuers can't cross?
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #4 on: Oct 9th, 2007, 10:07am » |
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Assuming that his pursuers are driving some sort of vehicle, maybe he fired at the wheels?
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #5 on: Oct 9th, 2007, 10:21am » |
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on Oct 9th, 2007, 8:04am, Iceman wrote:| ... There are no other human made objects anywhere near ... |
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That would seem to me to rule out biathlon targets, vehicle wheels, and all but the most primitive of bridges. 
Was he shooting a hole in a frozen lake/pond?
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #6 on: Oct 9th, 2007, 10:51am » |
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Hmmm a frozen lake without any fishes? ... well another try..
He was shooting at a beaver dam so that it floods and takes the pursuers along with it...
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #7 on: Oct 9th, 2007, 1:50pm » |
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Jonathan fires the remaining cartridges into the rocky slope beneath him (then runs) creating a rockslide that with hinder/stop the pursuers?
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #8 on: Oct 9th, 2007, 2:23pm » |
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Were Jonathan's pursuers human beings?
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #9 on: Oct 14th, 2007, 9:57am » |
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No to everything.
on Oct 9th, 2007, 1:50pm, ima1trkpny wrote:| Jonathan fires the remaining cartridges into the rocky slope beneath him (then runs) creating a rockslide that with hinder/stop the pursuers? |
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Good try.
on Oct 9th, 2007, 2:23pm, gotit wrote:| Were Jonathan's pursuers human beings? |
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Yes.
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #10 on: Oct 14th, 2007, 9:50pm » |
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To kick up a bunch of dust so that his pursuers cannot follow his trail after the point of his shots?
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #11 on: Oct 15th, 2007, 2:44am » |
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No.
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #12 on: Oct 15th, 2007, 2:54pm » |
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Jonathan and his pursuers were inside a tunnel. Jonathan fired at some loose rocks that fell and blocked the pursuers' path.
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #13 on: Oct 16th, 2007, 9:40am » |
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Jo is a seal. He fires a hole in the ice to escape under water.
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #14 on: Oct 16th, 2007, 12:41pm » |
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Jonathan is climbing a mountain, steep hill or cliff. He shoots away the ice ledge, small tree, shrub or foothold that allowed him to gain purchase and reach the top.
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #15 on: Oct 16th, 2007, 1:06pm » |
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One of you three is real close............
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #16 on: Oct 16th, 2007, 2:55pm » |
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He was climbing a mountain. He shot right underneath his foot to cause an avalanche, crushing his pursuers but leaving him uninjured, since he shot below him.
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #17 on: Oct 17th, 2007, 12:21am » |
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Jonathan is climbing a mountain, steep hill or cliff. He shoots his gun, to create a foothold so he can reach the top.
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #18 on: Oct 17th, 2007, 1:35am » |
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Jonathan and his pursuers were in a tunnel. It had a pit in the middle that was covered by a plank of wood for people to cross over. After crossing the pit, Jonathan fired at the plank of wood to destroy it so that his pursuers would not be able to cross over.
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #19 on: Oct 17th, 2007, 8:15am » |
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Jonathan had just crossed a very long rope and plank bridge across a huge canyon. In the absence of a knife to cut the ropes, he used the remaining cartridges to sever the ropes and thus his pursuers can't follow?
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #20 on: Oct 17th, 2007, 8:44am » |
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Wasn't it James bond, sliding down the ramp of the stairs ?
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #21 on: Oct 17th, 2007, 9:30am » |
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I was thinking he was climbing a rope, that went around some sort of pulley, and his attackers were climbing up as well, and in order to escape he shoots the rope, causing the attackers to fall but himself to go upwards and escape. I know it's not right, but just an alternate solution.
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #22 on: Oct 17th, 2007, 9:31am » |
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I like DC1E2L's answer but ima1trkpny is no the right track. Remember, there were no man made objects near. And yes, it was a movie.
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #23 on: Oct 17th, 2007, 1:11pm » |
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on Oct 17th, 2007, 1:35am, gotit wrote:| Jonathan and his pursuers were in a tunnel. It had a pit in the middle that was covered by a plank of wood for people to cross over. After crossing the pit, Jonathan fired at the plank of wood to destroy it so that his pursuers would not be able to cross over. |
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Icey, you did not say anything about my answer.
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Re: Shotgun
« Reply #24 on: Oct 18th, 2007, 5:11am » |
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That is because I don't know what you're talking about. This is not flattering for me, not you, I suppose.
 
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