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alien2
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A man is fiercely jealous, in that, he said to his wife that if she ever sleeps with another man, he’ll kill her. He was very specific about it. He knows she slept with his best friend, yet he is not jealous at all because of it. Why not?
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Re: Jealousy
« Reply #1 on: Jan 23rd, 2017, 8:48am » |
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Most likely, his best friend is a dog?
Or, why not, a woman?
Or, not another man, but one she already sleep with regularly.
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Re: Jealousy
« Reply #2 on: Jan 23rd, 2017, 11:06am » |
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Building on towr's second answer, perhaps his best friend is his wife.
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Re: Jealousy
« Reply #3 on: Jan 23rd, 2017, 12:05pm » |
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on Jan 23rd, 2017, 11:06am, dudiobugtron wrote:| Building on towr's second answer, perhaps his best friend is his wife. |
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I've heard it called many things, but never sleeping with yourself*.
Unless it's some sort of transport/duplication accident.
*) Notwithstanding that "how do you sleep with yourself at night?" is a common enough expression.
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Re: Jealousy
« Reply #4 on: Jan 23rd, 2017, 1:12pm » |
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I think that sleeping *without* yourself could be quite difficult. (Or perhaps vacuously easy, depending on how you look at it!)
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Re: Jealousy
« Reply #5 on: Jan 23rd, 2017, 11:21pm » |
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Towr offered additional answers. They all sound just fine to me. All right! However, the intended answer lingers in the shadows (I can't stop watching the Hobbit).
on Jan 23rd, 2017, 1:12pm, dudiobugtron wrote:| I think that sleeping *without* yourself could be quite difficult. |
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Unless you use a vibrator. Does that count?
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Re: Jealousy
« Reply #6 on: Jan 23rd, 2017, 11:32pm » |
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Whatever helps you sleep with yourself at night! 
Anyway, perhaps the man's best friend is himself? Or maybe, the man's name is Joseph...
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Re: Jealousy
« Reply #7 on: Jan 24th, 2017, 3:50am » |
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She slept with his best friend. Period. Stop riddling my brains out.
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Re: Jealousy
« Reply #8 on: Jan 24th, 2017, 8:48am » |
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She slept with his (human, male) best friend before they got together. And/or the best friend is now dead and/or far way.
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Re: Jealousy
« Reply #9 on: Jan 24th, 2017, 9:13am » |
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Yep. That is the expected answer. Are all Dutch as smart as you are?
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Re: Jealousy
« Reply #10 on: Jan 24th, 2017, 10:21pm » |
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Considering that the pseudo-fascist populist party in our country currently has 12 seats in parliament, and is leading the polls for the upcoming election, I'll have to conclude that, unfortunately, no.
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Re: Jealousy
« Reply #11 on: Jan 25th, 2017, 2:55am » |
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Well, that's good to know. You truly are one unique Dutch.
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