Braingle: 'A Glass of Water' Brain Teaser

A Glass of Water

Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.

Puzzle ID:	#165
Fun:	(2.85)
Difficulty:	(1.8)
Category:	Situation
Submitted By:	jerry1
Corrected By:	peppamintp

A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water. The bartender reaches under the bar and brings out a gun and aims it at the man. The man says thank you and leaves. What happened?

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Comments

Zazzar Feb 12, 2002	Had the man actually been thirsty, the bartender would have pulled out his gun, pointed it at the man, and began to fire that squirt gun into his open mouth.
ski freak May 28, 2002	i've heard it before
bmotts Aug 20, 2002	Yeah, this is old stuff But i did submit myself old junk too, so ...
PopaG Nov 16, 2002	That as a good one, one of my personal favorites!
jimbo Sep 16, 2003	Well I haven't heard it before and I reckon it's one of the best in this category. Once you read the answer it all fits the clues almost uniquely, and yet it is not obvious (unless you've heard it before). Pity most of the other teasers in this category don't follow the pattern of this one. Fantastic!
moondancer Jul 16, 2004	good one
rach10 Nov 08, 2004	nice 1
DummyisDumb Mar 22, 2005	ive hrd this b4
jannie_delta May 03, 2005	I love this one! It took me, like, 20 min. to guess it when my sister told it to me on the car ride back from chicago, but then, it took me forever to guess that fish one about Jack and Jill.
darthforman May 22, 2005	HA! HA! HA! that's a good one!
peppamintp Nov 10, 2005	I liked this one. I never heard it before. Made me laugh
hidentreasure Nov 30, 2005	One time my sister had the hiccups and I had My wallet with me and I said to her "Hey sis, I'll give you $5 if you stop hicupping." sister "Hic...hic...hic...hic........ Great teaser.
stephiesd Dec 04, 2005	it duz seem vaguely familar... seeing as i get the hiccups about 12 times per week, i feel stupid for not getting this one.
choptlivva Dec 16, 2005	Loved it!!!
SPUTNIK2 Jan 29, 2006	I thought maybe he had a water gun
cherryicepop46 Feb 05, 2006	loved it thanks 4 the great teaser
blackmarket69 Feb 22, 2006	I think the man was trying to flirt with the barman's wife, so the barman got mad and threatened to kill the man.
fezface Feb 24, 2006	THATS A GOOD ONE! :d that was great......keep it up!
keveffect1 Feb 27, 2006	I thought he gave him "a shot" of water instead get it? Ha
Swordoffury1392 Feb 28, 2006	I got this right away. A great teaser though.
Methlos Mar 12, 2006	old but good
wizkid Mar 31, 2006	WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!I would have never gotton that one.
MJfan23 Apr 04, 2006	i have also heard this many times, i think it should have been labled a group teaser, more of like a 20 questions type one
spazzyjazzy93 Apr 05, 2006	didnt get it but it was good
righteouschick2 Apr 08, 2006	i heard something like that before except the bartender took out the soda gun and gave "shot" from the soda gun but yours was cute
kashby Apr 13, 2006	copycat, my teacher has a book of these teaser things, and he told us this 1! COPYCAT!!!!!!!
MAroxmysoxonice Apr 30, 2006	OMG!!!! i LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! going into my favorites!
tca2 May 03, 2006	All these "situation" puzzles are completely random! But I like seeing the answers!
joe93 Jun 20, 2006	Thats a good one
Krystle Jul 23, 2006	i liked this one. keep em up!
josty Aug 15, 2006	that was tricky
hsbanana90 Aug 20, 2006	haha, that was funny. good job!
GilmoreGirl63 Sep 21, 2006	heard it many, many times
have_hope605 Nov 26, 2006	i heard it a lot but it was still fun
tintiniscool Dec 11, 2006	HAH!
coolcow35 Dec 21, 2006	Great Teaser
coryphaeus Jan 03, 2007	i liked it. thought he was on fire, and it was a water gun. would have to be a REALLY good water pistol, but then, he's asking for a glass of water to put it out... long story short, i liked your solution.
choptlivva Aug 08, 2007	Good one!!
javlad27 Aug 28, 2007	I've heard this before.
sweetpretty1 Jan 09, 2008	Nah... I figured this out the moment i read about the gun, My mom asked me this question before...
kimba132 Oct 20, 2008	Obvioous once you have read the answer! It made me laugh!!!!!
Holo May 27, 2009	hiccups arent sentient
woodrock96 Feb 18, 2010	I knew it! Great teaser!
Mitty44 Aug 09, 2010	I just thought of that one! STEALER!