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(Message started by: KenYonRuKu on May 30th, 2005, 3:49am)
Title: Abbatoir deaths
Post by KenYonRuKu on May 30th, 2005, 3:49am
A man went for a job interview at an abbatoir. As he sat on a chair outside the killing rooms, he could hear 2 workers telling eachother jokes in hysterics, hardly able to speak, slapping their thighs in glee. Then suddenly a third man, obviously a co-worker, walked past the interviewee, carrying a snake in his hands, and entered the room where the commotion was coming from.
Immediately there was silence. Unable to contain his curiosity, the interviewee got up and opened the door.
He fell back in horror, for before him were the three men, all lying in pools of their own blood, their wounds gushing and fatal. The snake was in the arms of the third man, and hadn't been touched.

What happened in the abbatoir?
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by JiNbOtAk on May 30th, 2005, 4:07am
Was the snake alive ? Cos if it was, then I'm not quite sure what the riddle is..
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by KenYonRuKu on May 30th, 2005, 4:36am
The snake is not alive...

The riddle is "What is going on in the abbatoir?" or "Why did the men all die suddenly?"

Sorry, I should have made it clearer...  :)
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Ajax on May 30th, 2005, 5:07am
[hide]Did they kill each other?
Did the third worker get inside to take revenge on the death of his snake?[/hide]
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by towr on May 30th, 2005, 5:24am
A place where they work with knives might be a dangerous place for practical jokes..
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Ajax on May 30th, 2005, 5:40am
[hide]Like that "your snake can no longer arise"  ;) [/hide]
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by KenYonRuKu on May 30th, 2005, 6:55am
The men did not kill eachother...
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by BNC on May 30th, 2005, 9:28am
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The two men in the room were loughing because they were playing with some anumal. When the 3rd man walked in, the animal, seeing the snake, paniked, and trying to escape killed the 3 guys.
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:-/
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by JiNbOtAk on May 30th, 2005, 5:23pm
Several questions :

1. The wounds, are they the cause of their deaths ?
2. Are the wounds from sharp objects ( such as knives ), or blunt ones ( such as a baseball bat ) ?
3. Is the snake significant ?

Just those for now.
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by KenYonRuKu on May 30th, 2005, 7:46pm

on 05/30/05 at 17:23:36, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Several questions :

1. The wounds, are they the cause of their deaths ?
2. Are the wounds from sharp objects ( such as knives ), or blunt ones ( such as a baseball bat ) ?
3. Is the snake significant ?

Just those for now.


1. Yes, the men died from their wounds.
2. Either, or.
3. The snake is very significant.
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by tradish on May 30th, 2005, 8:10pm
a prank ;D

a low down dirty prank

the first two were laughing at how well the prank had gone down the last time they tried it
the third guy used the snake to catch the interviewers attention, now all they had to do was play dead and wait for their prank to be discovered.

now is a abbatoir any place for a snake?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
thats a real question i never heard of an abbatoir
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by JiNbOtAk on May 30th, 2005, 9:09pm
Something I've overlooked to ask;

The door which the interviewer opens to look inside, is it the only entrance/exit to the room ? Are there windows, vents , other exit points within the room ?
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Ajax on May 30th, 2005, 10:40pm
Is the snake a whole snake or are you talking about a thing made out of snake, like purse?
Did they turn on by accident any device, let's say by turning the wrong switch?
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by KenYonRuKu on May 31st, 2005, 3:08am
Yes, the door that the interviewee opens is the only way in or out of the place...

And no, no switches were turned on or off...
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Ajax on May 31st, 2005, 4:41am
Were they sober?
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by KenYonRuKu on May 31st, 2005, 7:11am
Yes they were sober...
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Grimbal on May 31st, 2005, 7:48am
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The man is a werewolf.  Seeing the snake (added to the dim moon shine from the window) made him become his animal self and he went for a killing spree.  Then he came back to his senses and discovered the corpses, not remembering anything.
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Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Ajax on May 31st, 2005, 10:54pm
Ok, a silly question: were these men human or are we talking about male pigs or bulls?
And you've already said that it's a real dead snake, not something that looks like one?
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Penguin on Jun 1st, 2005, 5:22am
Hee Hee. The men are cows going off to the slaughter, and for some fantastical reason the guy can understand what theyre saying. :D I dont know
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by BNC on Jun 1st, 2005, 11:09am
Was there an explosion?
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by KenYonRuKu on Jun 1st, 2005, 5:30pm

on 05/31/05 at 22:54:58, Ajax wrote:
Ok, a silly question: were these men human or are we talking about male pigs or bulls?
And you've already said that it's a real dead snake, not something that looks like one?


Yes, the men were human.

The snake is something that resembles a snake.
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by KenYonRuKu on Jun 1st, 2005, 5:31pm

on 06/01/05 at 11:09:23, BNC wrote:
Was there an explosion?


No, there was no explosion.
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by SuperGuest on Jun 1st, 2005, 6:32pm
is the thing that resembles a snake, a whip?
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by JiNbOtAk on Jun 1st, 2005, 8:37pm
Okay, let's see where we stand.

1. The interviewee heard 2 men in the room, laughing. Since this implies that these men are alive, my question is, is the laughter he heard actually came from the two victims, who, at that time still alive ? Or are they already dead, and the interviewee only heard voices which resembles the dead people ?

2. The 'snake' is something that resembles a snake, which is not alive. Possibilities that came to mind are a whip, a toy snake, a belt. Hmm..still no ideas there.

3. Would this scenario be possible in any other settings, aside from in an abattoir ?
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Ajax on Jun 2nd, 2005, 1:16am
Were the wounds caused by the "snake"?
Was it used by them or not?
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by KenYonRuKu on Jun 3rd, 2005, 2:24am

on 06/01/05 at 20:37:44, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Okay, let's see where we stand.

1. The interviewee heard 2 men in the room, laughing. Since this implies that these men are alive, my question is, is the laughter he heard actually came from the two victims, who, at that time still alive ? Or are they already dead, and the interviewee only heard voices which resembles the dead people ?

2. The 'snake' is something that resembles a snake, which is not alive. Possibilities that came to mind are a whip, a toy snake, a belt. Hmm..still no ideas there.

3. Would this scenario be possible in any other settings, aside from in an abattoir ?


1. The laughter did come from the two men in the room, and it happened "live", i.e. the laughter wasn't a recording.

2. Not a toy snake, not a whip, not a belt.

3. It could have happened anywhere. The abbatoir is just another clue to the answer.
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Sjoerd Job Postmus on Jun 3rd, 2005, 3:10am
Well... the 'snake' might be the guts of an animal? Well, I mean, that 12m long canal for digestion, anyway, whatever you call it...
Maybe it might be the spinal core?
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by baddab457 on Jun 3rd, 2005, 5:23am
my answer seems too obvious but
[hide]quote "at an abbatoir. As he sat on a chair outside the killing rooms"'
the abbatoir is a killing room, because it said he sat outside them[/hide]
so maybe the laughter is of no importance, but the snake?
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Grimbal on Jun 3rd, 2005, 9:12am
Maybe
[hide]The third man is known to be scared by snakes.  They bet he would not dare to go and bring a snake.  They were laughing at the idea of the poor guy who must be shivering and sweating trying to approach a snake.  In fact, he managed to grab the snake and to bring it back.

That explains half of the story.

For the rest, maybe the two others solemny claimed: If YOU bring a snake in here, we deserve to be slaughtered on the spot for being wrong.  A deity overheard that and took it too literally.[/hide]
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by KenYonRuKu on Jun 3rd, 2005, 6:59pm
You guys are reading too much into it...

The answer is right there in front of you, you just have to consider the facts, and ascertain what the "snake" is...
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Grimbal on Jun 4th, 2005, 3:32am
A sequel of 'Aliens'?  The FBI managed to get the control over the Star Gate, retrieved Alien eggs and is now breading them.  They work under the cover of an abattoir to be able to get rid of the body remains and to attract jobless people who think they come to a job interview.  The guy brought in a snake because he believed it would solve the "coin in a bottle" problem.
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by KenYonRuKu on Jun 6th, 2005, 4:40am
!!!!!!!!  :D

no...
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by JiNbOtAk on Jun 6th, 2005, 6:17pm
Ok KenYonRuKu, I'm gonna ask for another hint.  :P
Especially about the 'snake'.  I thought Sjoerd Job Postmus's idea about the 'snake' was kinda cool. So, any hints ?
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by baddab457 on Jun 7th, 2005, 5:36pm
you know, i as well as some others are idiots
the answer is so simple that i cannot believe we didnt get it... :-[ :-[ :-[
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by KenYonRuKu on Jun 7th, 2005, 10:50pm
[quote author=baddab457 link=board=riddles_whathappened;num=1117450180;start=25#33 date=06/07/05 at 17:36:52]you know, i as well as some others are idiots
the answer is so simple that i cannot believe we didnt get it... :-[ :-[ :-[/quote]

Yeah, I get the feeling that people are going to kick themselves when they learn the truth, which I will withold for the time being...
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Grimbal on Jun 8th, 2005, 1:27am
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The factory is a vacuum-drying instant coffee.  Or maybe it is a high-tech microprocessor factory.  Or both.  The process runs in large rooms with all air sucked out.  The men were sitting in a sas (depresurization chamber).  The snake is actually a hose.  The 3rd man wanted to replace an old-looking piece of hose connected to the now depresurized room.  By disconnecting the old hose, all the air was instantly sucked out of the (unfortunately small and air-tight) sas and the occupants exploded.
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Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by KenYonRuKu on Jun 8th, 2005, 4:49pm
Very interesting, but not the answer...
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Grimbal on Jun 9th, 2005, 12:44am
Noodles?  They are vacuum-drying noodes?
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Padzok on Jun 9th, 2005, 3:39pm
The snake is a [hide] letter "s" shape [/hide] .

When that was added to the laughter that was already present in the room, there was total carnage: [hide] "slaughter" [/hide] in fact.
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by KenYonRuKu on Jun 9th, 2005, 7:21pm
that's it..  ;D
Title: Re: Abbatoir deaths
Post by Grimbal on Jun 10th, 2005, 12:38am
[hideb] Aaaah.... the fine distinction between mans-laughter to man-slaughter...

I could have searched forever.  I tried to give some reasonable explanations, not too far-fetched. :(
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