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(Message started by: mercy on Apr 25th, 2010, 10:40pm)
Title: How can this be..?
Post by mercy on Apr 25th, 2010, 10:40pm
A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.

How can this be..?
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by ThudanBlunder on Apr 26th, 2010, 12:33am
She works for the CIA and he is a disguised double agent.
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by ChunkTug on Apr 26th, 2010, 3:03pm
Weekend at Bernie's
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by SMQ on Apr 26th, 2010, 3:09pm
Hmm, seems no one here has worked in a dark room... ;)

--SMQ
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by Noke Lieu on Apr 26th, 2010, 10:41pm
Now, that's a vaguely predictable work around of the sig rule...  :(

Movie making would also allow this...

(EDIT as towr is about to point out, there was a post prior to this that was a one line of token text, and a link to a site. The participant had onl;y posted two posts, both one line of text, and a url...)
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by towr on Apr 27th, 2010, 12:27am

on 04/26/10 at 22:41:01, Noke Lieu wrote:
Now, that's a vaguely predictable work around of the sig rule...  :(
It doesn't save him/her from deletion though.
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by SMQ on Apr 27th, 2010, 4:35am

on 04/26/10 at 22:41:01, Noke Lieu wrote:
Now, that's a vaguely predictable work around of the sig rule...  :(

Isn't it, though?  But it's an actual riddle, and in the right section and everything, so I didn't see a strong case for deletion.  Assuming mercy (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?action=viewprofile;username=mercy) and Wilmamercy (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?action=viewprofile;username=Wilmamercy) are one-and-the-same, at least the new policy is forcing link spammers to participate in the forums, and I think that's about the best we can hope for. :-/

--SMQ
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by towr on Apr 27th, 2010, 5:00am
Actually, I think Noke Lieu was referring to a post I have since deleted, and not the opening post.
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by SMQ on Apr 27th, 2010, 5:07am
Ahh, well that would make a bit more sense.

--SMQ
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by ThudanBlunder on May 14th, 2010, 4:46pm
There was another one recently which, among other things, claimed that honey was effective in treating cancer. So it was deleted.
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by Grimbal on May 18th, 2010, 12:30am
We might as well add to the policy that moderators will remove suspicious-looking posts.
Oops, that is already in the policy.

Anyway, I wonder if this kind of promoting pages is still working.  I would guess Google has started classifying link types, and that a personal link on a forum profile page shouldn't count much in ranking a web site.

Before I forget, do you have scientific evidence that honey is not effective in treating cancer?  Is there any conclusive research, and not funded by companies selling more expensive chemotherapy drugs?  ;)
Just joking.
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by towr on May 18th, 2010, 1:11am
Honey might be effective in treating cancer if you're dating an oncologist. But only if you call her Honey, obviously.
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by Grimbal on May 18th, 2010, 2:02am
Right. :) Or it could be a veterinary.
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by towr on May 18th, 2010, 3:49am
Or an astrologist.
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by Grimbal on May 18th, 2010, 5:45am
Maybe she is a photographer.
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by towr on May 18th, 2010, 6:09am
How would a photographer treat cancer? Or are we back on the original topic?
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by ThudanBlunder on May 18th, 2010, 8:05am

on 05/18/10 at 01:11:10, towr wrote:
Honey might be effective in treating cancer if you're dating an oncologist. But only if you call her Honey, obviously.

Nice one.


on 05/14/10 at 16:46:56, ThudanBlunder wrote:
There was another one recently which, among other things, claimed that honey was effective in treating cancer. So it was deleted.

I took exception to that claim because I once had colon cancer, aka bowel cancer. Had 1/3 of my large intestine removed. That might sound bad but there was one guy in the ward who had all his bowel removed. He has to wear a colostomy bag under his clothes. (They are pretty small these days.) When he was leaving I wanted to shout after him (but didn't because I didn't know him that well) "Hey John, in future if somebody calls you a useless asshole, will they be right?" LOL
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by Grimbal on May 18th, 2010, 9:46am

on 05/18/10 at 06:09:42, towr wrote:
Or are we back on the original topic?

Yes, that was the idea.  ::)
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by towr on May 18th, 2010, 10:14am
Ah, well, in that light:
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=riddles_whathappened;action=display;num=1236296391;
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=riddles_whathappened;action=display;num=1182356003;
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by mikeseo on May 27th, 2010, 2:26am
She 'shoots' a photo, develops it and hangs it on the wall then they go out :)
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by alien2 on Dec 15th, 2011, 12:27pm

on 04/25/10 at 22:40:01, mercy wrote:
A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.

How can this be..?

He had a bulletproof vest, a scuba set and she didn't hang him by the neck.

Or she did hang him by the neck but only for a few seconds.

Or he is Peter Colat, a Swiss freediver. He held his breath underwater for 19 minutes and 21 seconds, breaking the world record in breath-holding.
Title: Re: How can this be..?
Post by khuram4u on Dec 25th, 2011, 1:28am

on 04/25/10 at 22:40:01, mercy wrote:
A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.

How can this be..?


Women shot her husband in dream and later she wake up and went for diner with husband :d


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