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(Message started by: gotit on Oct 20^th, 2008, 10:04am)

Title: Two Deaths
Post by gotit on Oct 20^th, 2008, 10:04am

Joe and Johnny were sitting inside Joe's living room , talking to each other, when someone shot Joe through the open window. Joe died on the spot. But strangely, Johnny also died then and there. Why?

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by denis on Oct 20^th, 2008, 11:02am

[hide]Siamese twins[/hide]

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by gotit on Oct 20^th, 2008, 11:31am

Nope. Good try though.

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by 1337b4k4 on Oct 20^th, 2008, 11:34am

bullet went through joe and killed johnny?

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by gotit on Oct 20^th, 2008, 11:44am

That's not it either.

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by Grimbal on Oct 20^th, 2008, 4:29pm

Joe was a [hide]ventriloquist or a puppeteer[/hide]?

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by 1337b4k4 on Oct 20^th, 2008, 7:58pm

Joe and Johnny were holding up something heavy, so when Joe died, the thing fell and crushed Johnny?

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by iono on Oct 20^th, 2008, 8:37pm

Heart attack from the trauma?

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by gotit on Oct 21^st, 2008, 1:33am

No to all. But Grimbal is sort of on the right track.

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by JiNbOtAk on Oct 21^st, 2008, 3:32am

Joe's a nurse, when he died, he fell on Johny's life support. Or maybe he fell on Johny.

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by gotit on Oct 21^st, 2008, 3:38am

Nope.

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by towr on Oct 21^st, 2008, 3:51am

Joe was a terrorist wearing a suicide jacket with a deadman's trigger. So we he died he blew up and took Johny, and the building, with him.

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by gotit on Oct 21^st, 2008, 4:00am

No.

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by Grimbal on Oct 21^st, 2008, 5:04am

Johnny is Jo's tapeworm.

(a taking one, because of the "talking to each other" part) :-/

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by gotit on Oct 21^st, 2008, 5:17am

LOL. But no.

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by cheesepuff on Oct 21^st, 2008, 5:39am

They are two fish in a bucket that were talking to each other in fishtalk when someone shot at Joe in the bucket. Now thanks to Mythbusters, we now know that if you fire a bullet into a bucket, all the fish inside will die because the force of the bullet smacking the water transfers through the water and is enough to kill any fish in the barrel. Hence the term, easy as shooting fish in a barrel.

Or maybe Johnny is a remote controlled doll. That speaks. What in the world?...

Or Johnny is an imaginary friend

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by gotit on Oct 21^st, 2008, 6:05am

on 10/21/08 at 05:39:34, cheesepuff wrote:

Or Johnny is an imaginary friend

You are damn close. In fact, you practically got it. However I still want you to come up with the exact thing I have in mind.

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by cheesepuff on Oct 21^st, 2008, 7:13am

So close I can taste it

Without really knowing what I'm tasting yet, of course

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by denis on Oct 21^st, 2008, 7:58am

Joe has multiple personality disorder

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by gotit on Oct 21^st, 2008, 9:28am

Correct.

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by SMQ on Oct 21^st, 2008, 9:43am

Hmm, the imaginary friend angle seems more plausible. I've known someone with a milder form of multiple personalities, and direct interaction between the personae -- having a conversation with yourselves -- would be extremely unusual! Now a schizophrenic hearing (and talking) to imaginary voices would be much more likely.

--SMQ

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by gotit on Oct 21^st, 2008, 10:11am

Well, Multiple Personality Disorder(MPD) is the most extreme case of what is commonly known as Dissociative Identitty Disorder(DID). A person suffering from MPD may show symptoms of Schizophrenia and can even start viewing or talking to one or more of the other personalities present in him or her.

However, I must confess that I have not seen any cases of MPD in reality. I have only read about such people in stories or seen them in movies.

Title: Re: Two Deaths
Post by SMQ on Oct 21^st, 2008, 11:24am

See, now you made me pull down my copy of the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Forth Edition; don't ask why I have it handy) and look it up rather than just rely on my own experience, dang it. ;D

It seems you could be right: from the section on Dissociative Identity Disorder (_{http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/YaBBImages/symbols/doubles.gif}300.14, p484-5): "Alternate identities are experienced as taking control in sequence, one at the expense of the other. [...] An identity that is not in control may nonetheless gain access to consciousness by producing auditory or visual hallucinations (e.g. a voice giving instructions)." And later (p487): "Controversy exists concerning the differential diagnosis between Dissociative Identity Disorder and a variety of other mental disorders, including Schizophrenia [...]." So I guess I'll concede the point and stop nit picking. :)

--SMQ