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(Message started by: Desert Lizard on Oct 3^rd, 2006, 2:00am)

Title: Dripping water
Post by Desert Lizard on Oct 3^rd, 2006, 2:00am

True story.

A man is lying in a bed and all he can hear is the sound of water dripping loudly into buckets beneath him. It starts off rapid and then gets slower. When the last drop falls and the dripping stops so does the man's heart.

Why did he die?

Clue: [hide]The man is blindfolded and strapped to the bed.[/hide]

Title: Re: Dripping water
Post by graphia on Oct 3^rd, 2006, 4:03am

I assume he's [hide]on some kind of IV drip with a hole in it?[/hide]

Title: Re: Dripping water
Post by cchris on Oct 3^rd, 2006, 10:40am

Is it really water, or is it [hide]blood[/hide]?

Title: Re: Dripping water
Post by Desert Lizard on Oct 3^rd, 2006, 7:36pm

It's really water. Plain ol' h2o. Nothing added.

He's not sick or injured in any way.

Title: Re: Dripping water
Post by TrophyBoy on Oct 3^rd, 2006, 9:18pm

Is it possible he drowned?

maybe it was poison or something...i dont know. just taking wild guesses

Title: Re: Dripping water
Post by graphia on Oct 4^th, 2006, 1:17am

Is this some kind of Frankenstein thing where [hide]his heart is powered by water, like a spinning wheel or something similar[/hide]?

Title: Re: Dripping water
Post by TomC588 on Oct 4^th, 2006, 6:46am

[hide]Chinese water torture.[/hide]

Title: Re: Dripping water
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Oct 4^th, 2006, 9:29am

He is a [hide]snowman[/hide].

Title: Re: Dripping water
Post by Desert Lizard on Oct 5^th, 2006, 7:58pm

on 10/04/06 at 06:46:38, TomC588 wrote:

[hide]Chinese water torture.[/hide]

Close, but not quite.

Hint: [hide]He doesn't know it is water.[/hide]

Title: Re: Dripping water
Post by cchris on Oct 6^th, 2006, 9:37am

Well perhaps he thinks that [hide]it's blood, or the blood of a loved one, or something, and he dies of a heart attack.[/hide]

Title: Re: Dripping water
Post by alien on Oct 7^th, 2006, 9:43am

He has an ear infection.

Title: Re: Dripping water
Post by william11141 on Jan 5^th, 2007, 3:04pm

I know this story, even if I just made this account, I not telling cause I'll be a party pooper, but cchris's answer was EXTREMELY CLOSE!! Good Work!

Title: Re: Dripping water
Post by Locke64 on Jan 5^th, 2007, 5:29pm

He's [hide]hydrophobic[/hide]?

Title: Re: Dripping water
Post by hiyathere on Jan 6^th, 2007, 10:27am

You guys all know about the placebo effect, right? It is possible that he thinks it is his blood, and he has a fear of blood. When he no longer hears the water drip, he thinks that he has lost all his blood, and he dies, even though he still has all of his blood in his body.

Title: Re: Dripping water
Post by william11141 on Jan 6^th, 2007, 3:22pm

Yes, I think that is the correct answer. He is blindfolded so he dosent know what's going on. He hears water dripping, and thinks it's his blood. When it stops, he gets a heart attack from panic and dies. That is the correct answer, even if I didn't start it. :)