Braingle: 'When Moe Became Missing' Brain Teaser

When Moe Became Missing

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:	#20818
Fun:	(2.89)
Difficulty:	(2.56)
Category:	Situation
Submitted By:	NTG98

Moe was loved by all relatives. Whenever Moe was in trouble, people would always help. However, one day, Moe became missing. Everyone who knew Moe was very happy. Moe was happy too. Nobody looked for Moe, and everything was fine. The change was taken as a positive change. Why was everyone happy that Moe became missing?

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Comments

I_am_the_Omega Feb 03, 2005	I thought maybe he had escaped the draft... I like my answer better
Sane Feb 03, 2005	Missing for a last name is a stretch. The teaser would still work in context if you made the last name something different, because in the riddle, her maiden name is still going missing.
kay_greenday Feb 07, 2005	I thought it was cute
wabs27 Feb 08, 2005	It's cute - but why the phrase that whenever Moe was in trouble ppl would help? And why would she still be referred to Moe after she's married? Hence, the wording of the teaser is not so accurate.
MrBasKetBall Feb 15, 2005	I never would've got that.
Riddler Feb 22, 2005	lol nice
sftbaltwty Mar 01, 2005	capitalizing Missing might have cleared things up a bit..
Jesusfreak6679 Mar 01, 2005	you people are way to analytical
chidam11 Apr 03, 2005	I agree that the name Missing is a strech
bri78 May 01, 2005	i agree w/ wabs and sftbltwty
changegurl May 07, 2005	huh! Now that was different.
Spice_2 May 30, 2005	Yea yea, uh huh, now explain that to me again? Moe... became Missing... I agree, Missing should've been capitalized. I gave u a full ? and a full
sweetime Jun 23, 2005	i thought the use of "became" was a dead give away. you "go" missing or you "become" someone else. i admit my answer was "she changed her name", but near enough...
babybabe1 Aug 18, 2005	Shouldnt u have wrote wid a capital letter But apart 4rom dat i thought it was good. Just check through ur other teasers dat u write b4 u submit it! lol.
fleur_delacour_ Jun 16, 2006	i though t that she night have done something bad i suck at most of these so plz dont ridicule me.
deepsea Mar 16, 2007
Deedee123 Jan 06, 2008	Or Moe was a boy's last name and he married someone with the last name of missing.
luckypuppy Mar 18, 2008	HUH. I have to agree about the capitalization.
JasonD Apr 01, 2012	I have Moe down as a pet chameleon who'd been struggling with his chameleonic talent. Partial credit?
makani Aug 16, 2012	Fun teaser, but I never would have guessed the answer to save my life!