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Jim and Jack lived together in a cottage. One day Jim went to work and Jack stayed at home. When Jim got back, he found Jack dead, a puddle of water on the floor and a lot of broken glass. Explain it!
Poor Jack 
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #1 on: Nov 23rd, 2003, 4:03am » |
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Welcome to the forum, DeMark.
:Jack was a goldfish. Jim left Jack's bowl on a block of ice which melted.
By the way, this belongs in the What Happened section.
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #2 on: Nov 23rd, 2003, 5:43am » |
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jack was killed by a woman who was in love with jim and she hated jack. the women then spread some water around and broke glass to make it look as if " jack was a goldfish and his bowl was kept on a block of ice which melted " 
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #3 on: Nov 23rd, 2003, 6:39pm » |
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This is similar to one that Kitty posted some time back.
Question, T&B, What's with the block of ice? The answer doesn't need it! 
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #4 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 3:43am » |
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Kitty's problem involved a cat and an entity called Roger.
Here we have a person called Jim and an entity called Jack.
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What is the answer then?
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #5 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 8:12am » |
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T&B, you answer isn't complete. And block of ice really doesn't fit in the story. You didn't say why did they die.
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #6 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 8:35am » |
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I was never much good at these puzzles. 
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:Jack was a goldfish. Jim left Jack's bowl on a block of ice which melted, the bowl fell on the floor, smashed, and Jack died. 
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #7 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 8:48am » |
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Stop talking about the block of ice! 
There is no block of ice! And why did the bowl fall? Come on, this is easy.
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #8 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 9:14am » |
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:Jack was a goldfish in a fish bowl. In the morning, Jim saw on the news that it was going to be very hot that day, so he put a big block of ice in the window of the house. But the block of ice melted where it touched the window sill, fell, and knocked Jack's bowl to the floor where it broke.
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #9 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 9:16am » |
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THERE IS NO BLOCK OF ICE! Am I clear?
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #10 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 9:21am » |
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As my father-in-law would say "all wound up like a clockwork orange" 
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #11 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 9:27am » |
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Hey, I have never seen this smiley on this site so I'm going to put it here now: 
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #12 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 10:07am » |
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There are all sorts of reasons for why the bowl broke. Maybe there was an earthquake. Maybe some kid hit a baseball through the window, also taking out the bowl (the first version of this that I ever heard had a baseball among the things lying on the floor). Maybe Jack went insane and bumping one side of the bowl until it toppled. Maybe Jim slammed the door on his way out in the morning, causing the shelf on which the bowl sat to collapse. Maybe a freak extraodinarily unlikely quantum event lead to every particle in the table below the bowl tunnelling to another location all at the same time. The bowl fell through the resulting hole. May Jack angered the god of goldfish and was smited.
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #13 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 12:05pm » |
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Your first answer is right. Although I like the third and the last one.
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #14 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 2:37pm » |
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If that was the case and it was strong enough to knock down the bowl there was probably a hell of a lot more stuff on the floor as well. I think this riddle was easier for Californians.
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #15 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 3:31pm » |
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Possibly, but I've never experienced a tremor strong enough to feel.
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #16 on: Nov 24th, 2003, 8:13pm » |
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What about an ice cube then? Not even a little one? 
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #17 on: Nov 25th, 2003, 5:29am » |
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on Nov 24th, 2003, 10:07am, Icarus wrote:| Maybe Jack went insane and bumping one side of the bowl until it toppled. |
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But why did he go crazy? Only one explanation is possible - some loony put an ice cube in his bowl!!!
Actually, I've really been wondering whether it would be possible for a fish, the same density as the water in the bowl, to knock the bowl over. And if so, how could it be done?
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #18 on: Nov 25th, 2003, 6:33am » |
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My friend had two fish named Lilly and Tilly. One day she gave them a lot of food because she forgot to feed them the day before. Well, Lilly ate all the food (poor Tilly, she was hungry too) and died! She ate too much. She turned upside down and Tilly started bumping Lilly like "wake up, wake up!"
Tamara got crazy and threw Lilly and Tilly into the toilet.
Ok, aero_guy, maybe Jim was poor and he had only Jack? He slept on the floor and... Ok, this is nuts.
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #19 on: Nov 25th, 2003, 8:11am » |
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on Nov 25th, 2003, 5:29am, James Fingas wrote:| Actually, I've really been wondering whether it would be possible for a fish, the same density as the water in the bowl, to knock the bowl over. And if so, how could it be done? |
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Maybe not a fish, but in principle I think it could be done.. The 'fish' could sit at one side and create a wave, and every time the wave reflects at his side add some energy and raise its amplitude, untill the wave is powerfull enough to knock the bowl over..
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #20 on: Dec 6th, 2003, 5:49am » |
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Has anyone suggested that Jack was goldfish and the bowl was resting on a block of ice...
Alternatives...
(i) Jack was drinking a glass of water and had a heart attack, the glass dropped, smashed, the water spilled on the floor, and Jack died.
(ii) Jack was feeding the fish in a large aquarium and a tiny flaw in the glass finally gave way. The water flooded out and knocked Jack off his feet. As he fell to the ground he struck his head on a hard surface and was killed.
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Re: Jim & Jack
« Reply #21 on: Dec 7th, 2003, 8:23am » |
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I like those answers...
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