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(Message started by: alien on Sep 30^th, 2006, 6:48am)

Title: To plan a robbery
Post by alien on Sep 30^th, 2006, 6:48am

Two men, who just robed a bank branch office, are running from a policeman, one with a toy pistol tucked in his belt, and the other holding a real gun and a bag full of money. Prior to this, nobody saw them threw their masks in a trash can, which they did because they had no place to hide them properly, being dressed lightly. Anyway, there is a patrol car in front of them, so they find themselves in a sandwich. At this moment, while policemen are slowly approaching them, one of them asks another for a favor before they get handcuffed, stressing he has mouths to feed. So even though they were both arrested, one of them was set free, meaning that all charges against him were dropped. What was the reason for his luck?

I must apologize for deleting the 2nd riddle. A riddler showed me where I was wrong. :-[ The only thing that is good about it is SWF's whish coming true.

Title: Re: To plan a robbery
Post by Icarus on Sep 30^th, 2006, 7:24am

1) Because the police decided they preferred the bank branch properly robed instead of stark naked! :P (Sorry - couldn't resist!)

2) [Hide]Because Jimmy cheerfully refunded his money for the defective shotgun he was returning.[/hide]

Title: Re: To plan a robbery
Post by Death on Oct 1^st, 2006, 1:24am

1. [hide]The man with the real gun asked the man with the toy gun to "shoot" him, thus leading the cops into believing that he is dead.[/hide]

Title: Re: To plan a robbery
Post by cchris on Oct 1^st, 2006, 8:05am

2. [hide]Jimmy knows Kung Fu.[/hide]

On a serious note, [hide]Jimmy is related to the robber, & the robber finds this out.[/hide]

Title: Re: To plan a robbery
Post by DeMark on Oct 1^st, 2006, 9:14am

2) Jimmy turned to a vampire ;D

Title: Re: To plan a robbery
Post by graphia on Oct 1^st, 2006, 3:02pm

1. [hide]One asked the other to take his gun, so one had both and the other none[/hide]

Title: Re: To plan a robbery
Post by cchris on Oct 1^st, 2006, 4:00pm

I believe that would be the intended answer.

Title: Re: To plan a robbery
Post by SWF on Oct 1^st, 2006, 6:05pm

Why do these alien What Happened riddles so often come in pairs? I guess thsi pair makes sense because a similar answer fits both.

1. One robber shoots and the other right before they are arrested. Later he dies from the injury, and the police have no reason to press charges against a dead man. The life insurance of the dead robber takes care of the mouths that need to be fed.

2. He dropped the shotgun because he was shot in the back by Jimmy's wife.

That is a tough neighborhood.

Title: Re: To plan a robbery
Post by alien on Oct 3^rd, 2006, 3:43pm

on 09/30/06 at 07:24:16, Icarus wrote:

2) [Hide]Because Jimmy cheerfully refunded his money for the defective shotgun he was returning.[/hide]

I like this answer. But what if this is a robbery as the title suggests? I wonder if you can come up with a simple answer again.. ;)

on 10/01/06 at 01:24:42, Death wrote:

1. [hide]The man with the real gun asked the man with the toy gun to "shoot" him, thus leading the cops into believing that he is dead.[/hide]

Negative.

on 10/01/06 at 08:05:26, cchris wrote:

2. [hide]Jimmy knows Kung Fu.[/hide]

Nope. He is too clumsy for martial arts.

on 10/01/06 at 08:05:26, cchris wrote:

On a serious note, [hide]Jimmy is related to the robber, & the robber finds this out.[/hide]

No relation.

on 10/01/06 at 09:14:48, DeMark wrote:

2) Jimmy turned to a vampire ;D

The only vampires I've encountered were in HOMM game.

on 10/01/06 at 15:02:55, graphia wrote:

1. [hide]One asked the other to take his gun, so one had both and the other none[/hide]

Not good enough.

on 10/01/06 at 18:05:48, SWF wrote:

Why do these alien What Happened riddles so often come in pairs?

You got a point. No more double riddles. ::)

on 10/01/06 at 18:05:48, SWF wrote:

1. One robber shoots and the other right before they are arrested. Later he dies from the injury, and the police have no reason to press charges against a dead man. The life insurance of the dead robber takes care of the mouths that need to be fed.

He is not a corpse.

on 10/01/06 at 18:05:48, SWF wrote:

2. He dropped the shotgun because he was shot in the back by Jimmy's wife.

Just the two of them are in the store.

Title: Re: To plan a robbery
Post by Icarus on Oct 3^rd, 2006, 4:10pm

on 10/03/06 at 15:43:06, alien wrote:

But what if this is a robbery as the title suggests? I wonder if you can come up with a simple answer again.. ;)

I can come up with all sorts of them, such as

(2) A rule for robbers: If you must commit a robbery immediately after competing in a greased-pig chase, take time to stop and wash your hands first!

Title: Re: To plan a robbery
Post by SWF on Oct 3^rd, 2006, 7:25pm

Quote:

Just the two of them are in the store.

2) Jimmy's wife doesn't need to be in the store to shoot the robber. Alternatives are that the robber died from natural causes while trying to rob Jimmy, or Jimmy just gave him the money and the robber went away peacefully.

Title: Re: To plan a robbery
Post by Sameer on Oct 4^th, 2006, 10:57am

on 09/30/06 at 06:48:00, alien wrote:

1. Two men, who just robed a bank branch office

"robing" the bank might not be criminal in nature!! ;) After all decorators are hard to find. ;D

on 09/30/06 at 06:48:00, alien wrote:

2. Jimmy is a man of thousand trades, accessible, as he is friendly with a lot of people. So a man enters a store Jimmy owns, points a shotgun at him, and tells him to give him the money. But then he drops his shotgun, even though Jimmy was unarmed. Why?

Jimmy, the wise man puts all the money in big two bags and the robber had to use both his hands to carry it. Dumb robber.

Title: Re: To plan a robbery
Post by TheNumberScott on Nov 18^th, 2006, 6:30pm

It doesn't appear to me that this has been solved. So I'll try I guess.

Did he ask him to take him hostage?

ask him to use the money they just stole to bail him out?

Title: Re: To plan a robbery
Post by Iceman on Nov 19^th, 2006, 4:08am

on 11/18/06 at 18:30:54, TheNumberScott wrote:

Did he ask him to take him hostage?

I guess this answer of yours is similar to mine, plus this riddle is getting on my nerves, so yes, you got it. I saw the intended answer in a movie, when he said that he was running away from the robber, not with the robber. So he saw his gun, got scared, and it just happens that he has a toy pistol, which is a present for his son. Sounds a bit silly to me though, so I suggest that moderators delete this one too.