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Devastating Party
A man was celebrating a promotion. He and his wife invited his boss and his boss's wife, as well as a party of 70. Suddenly a fire broke out. No one escaped or survived. The rescue crew only found five bodies. Why?
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The "party of 70" was an old man of 70 years old.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Good one!
I thought it was because although seventy people were invited, only one (besides the boss and his wife) actually accepted the invitation and went.
I was expecting that the fire was in a different building. Or maybe it wasn't dangerous, etc.
Nice playing with words though
Nice playing with words though
4demo's answer should have been the answer.
lol !!
i shouldn't b laughing at that...
i shouldn't b laughing at that...
sorry, ting, "no one escaped or survieved", it has to be dangerous. all others are ones I thought of though.
I was on the same track as 4demo... when I say party of 70 I think 70 people... same conclusion though
clever word play!
Yup, I also thought "70 were invited but only 1 of the guests showed" (besides the Dr and his wife).
Goodness!! I guess that the fire was bad and the bodies turned to ash or something, but your answer is much more pleasant!
I concur with 4demo... I figured only 3 accepted besides the man and his wife!
good one!
You need to change it to say that his boss and his boss' wife CAME to the party as well as the party of 70.
wow. i never would have thought of that!
i also tut it was wat 4deo said and sum 1 sayin" der bodys burned" but read da 70 part again and tut it waz dat da guess waz a 70 old man and CHEE HOO lokks lyk i got it..srry dnt mean 2 seem/ sound cooky
after i had read the answer i felt so stupid
You got me! All I could come up with was "The fire was at someone else's house."
easily guessed. nice job.
i got the answr right away. it was very simple and obvious to me great teaser tho
I'll admit that I was going to say this teaser was poorly worded and that a party of 70 didn't make sense..but then I looked up "party" in the dictionary and learned something. One person can make up a party and it actually used an example "and old party approaching 80"..so anyway, good teaser!
thought the other bodies burned
I got it right!!!!!!!!!!!
huh didnt get that one. Cleverly worded. I thought that the bodies burned or something along those lines... well, good one!!!!!
Sad story.
Figured either
- the fire was somewhere else
- most of those people were invited online, teleconference
- the "rescue crew" only found 5 bodies because the rest were buried under the debris, it was construction crew doing demolition that "found" the rest.
- the fire was somewhere else
- most of those people were invited online, teleconference
- the "rescue crew" only found 5 bodies because the rest were buried under the debris, it was construction crew doing demolition that "found" the rest.
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