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(Message started by: Anonymous on Nov 1^st, 2002, 10:13am)

Title: Poison Drinks
Post by Anonymous on Nov 1^st, 2002, 10:13am

The answer did not seem to be here, so I will ask again: What is the answer?

Title: Re: Poison Drinks
Post by James Fingas on Nov 1^st, 2002, 11:03am

Hello,

I made this same mistake when I first looked at the forums. You have to check the other pages of threads. On the second page, you can find this:

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=riddles_easy;action=display;num=1029735794

It's a thinker, but I wouldn't say it's one of the best on the site...

Title: Re: Poison Drinks
Post by jeremiahsmith on Nov 1^st, 2002, 12:27pm

on 11/01/02 at 11:03:05, James Fingas wrote:

It's a thinker, but I wouldn't say it's one of the best on the site...

Gee...thanks :D

Title: Re: Poison Drinks
Post by James Fingas on Nov 1^st, 2002, 2:25pm

See, if we had an anonymous puzzle rating system, then I could just give the "Poison Drinks" problem a zero, and be done with it :P

But we don't, so I have no choice but to publicly confront you. C'mon, the poison was in the ice cubes ??? What sort of an answer is that?

[/trash talk]

On a more serious note, before I found this site, I would have rated the "Poison Drinks" problem pretty high--but I hadn't seen most of the amazing puzzles William has put on the site!

Title: Re: Poison Drinks
Post by jeremiahsmith on Nov 2^nd, 2002, 1:29pm

*runs off crying*

Actually, when I posted it, I thought it was pretty stupid...I just wanted to contribute something, though. :)

Title: Re: Poison Drinks
Post by Ronald A. Lau on Nov 6^th, 2002, 1:24pm

I think the ans is they didn't wait long enough.

The first guy died 15 min after he left, since he was drinking for 15 min, and the second guy died in 30 min.

What ya think of that? Huh? How you like me now biatch!

;)

Title: Re: Poison Drinks
Post by SoreCeres on Jul 6^th, 2005, 1:48pm

The poison was in the ICE.

The guy drank too fast, before the ice had a chance to melt and release the poison.
The brothers waited for minutes before drinking, giving the ice enough time to melt.

Unrelated: what's with the cowboy hat smileys? ???

Title: Re: Poison Drinks
Post by towr on Jul 7^th, 2005, 1:06am

on 07/06/05 at 13:48:29, SoreCeres wrote:

Unrelated: what's with the cowboy hat smileys? ???

Heh, you should see them at christmas ;D

Title: Re: Poison Drinks
Post by Icarus on Jul 7^th, 2005, 4:39pm

I kinda liked the St. Paddy's day ones myself (I don't recall him doing that this year, but I may have just missed it.)