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(Message started by: Iceman on Jun 20^th, 2007, 9:13am)

Title: Eaglesnake
Post by Iceman on Jun 20^th, 2007, 9:13am

Tom loves three things, his two pets, the eagle and the snake, and his hunting rifle. In fact, out of affection, he named his rifle Eaglesnake, after his pets. He owes money to loan shark, so he asks his brother Paul, who likes riddles, to lend him $1000. But Tom broke a code between siblings by going out with Paul's ex, and so Paul tells him this: 'I will lend you the money only if you shoot those damn pets of yours, seven times each.'

Title: Re: Eaglesnake
Post by Aurora on Jun 20^th, 2007, 9:25am

I don't know if I'm missing something, but what is the riddle? ???

Title: Re: Eaglesnake
Post by Iceman on Jun 20^th, 2007, 9:34am

I thought it is obvious, but I guess I thought wrong. The riddles is, how can Tom get out of the above unenviable situation, by getting what he wants in the least painful way for him. ;)

Title: Re: Eaglesnake
Post by towr on Jun 20^th, 2007, 9:57am

[hide]photoshoot[/hide]?

Title: Re: Eaglesnake
Post by SMQ on Jun 20^th, 2007, 10:00am

Well, let's get the obvious out of the way: since the rifle is named for the pets, would [hide]simply firing the rifle (on a licensed range, with proper protective gear, of course) seven times[/hide] count?

--SMQ

Title: Re: Eaglesnake
Post by fatball on Jun 20^th, 2007, 10:24am

what part did 'Tom going out with Paul's ex' play in this riddle of pets?

Title: Re: Eaglesnake
Post by FiBsTeR on Jun 20^th, 2007, 11:33am

~~[hide]Shoot the loan shark with Eaglesnake seven times.[/hide]~~

Nevermind, the word "each" is causing this answer to not make sense.

Title: Re: Eaglesnake
Post by Grimbal on Jun 20^th, 2007, 1:04pm

[hide]- Shoot Paul, steal the money, get the girl
- See the loan shark, shoot the loan shark, get more money
- Fly to the Bahamas with both pets, drop girlfriend, she doesn't like pets.[/hide]

Title: Re: Eaglesnake
Post by Archae on Jun 20^th, 2007, 1:39pm

Are the pets named eagle and snake, or are those words to describe the type of pets? I ask since it would be weird to name my prized (inanimate) possession 'cat' rather than the name of my cat, for instance.
Im not sure of any other pets that could take 7 bullets and still be fine, but maybe [hide]he could shoot them with a BB gun.[/hide] Although an eagle or a snake would probably get seriously hurt this way.
Otherwise, [hide]he could buy two new pets, and shoot those. I'm sure that's not the best thing to do, but considering he is contemplating shooting his eagle/snake for money, he must be desperate.[/hide]

Title: Re: Eaglesnake
Post by JiNbOtAk on Jun 20^th, 2007, 5:59pm

[hide]Blanks ?[/hide]

[hide]Water gun ?[/hide]

[hide]Camera ? [/hide]

Title: Re: Eaglesnake
Post by Iceman on Jun 21^st, 2007, 10:15am

on 06/20/07 at 09:57:02, towr wrote:

[hide]photoshoot[/hide]?

Yes. He [hide]used his camera[/hide].

Have to think of something tougher. ;)