turtle  
Jan 11, 2001
| I`ve seen this same puzzle with an albatross instead of the abalone. |
Judey
Feb 14, 2001
| From the evidence given in the question, it is much more likely that the man was his own waiter, and poisoned his own food, killing himself. |
Mike1313
Oct 24, 2001
| Plus, why would someone order abalone from a waiter at a restaurant on a DESERT ISLAND WHEN THEY'RE SHIPWRECKED!! |
qtpie1642
Feb 14, 2002
| so you're saying that this man knows what his wife TASTES LIKE?? IT's like...oh! This tastes like my wife! I think i'll kill myself, and not even attempt to try to find the murderer. |
andy1608
Jun 06, 2002
| QTPie, Mike, read the answer again. He's at the restaurant AFTER being rescued, and the abalone at the restaurant tastes nothing like the abalone on the island (which it wouldn't, 'cos on the island, the 'abalone' was his wife) and realises he ate his wife on that island. Still, I think he should just let go, and not be so hard on himself. So you ate your wife? It's in the past, move on!  |
horse_luver 
Mar 23, 2003
| How the heck would he know that it was his wife and not just something else? Nice try. |
smileysteve
Apr 01, 2003
| What the heck is Abalone anyway? |
Rowsdower
Nov 30, 2003
| I worry about those of you who think up such teasers,LOL  Still, I give creativity points. Of course, how DID he know it was his wife and not something else? |
Maria4Tony
Feb 14, 2004
| I've heard the albatross one at Year 10 camp. Easy Pezy  |
beijing200820
Jun 23, 2004
|  I don't really think he needs to kill himself.  |
accordionman
Jun 24, 2004
| Had i not heard this one before, it would of been impossible to solve. First of all, the shipwreck, his wife, etc. are way to random. Secondly, you give no hint whatsoever. |
moondancer
Jul 16, 2004
| Gross and disturbing is all I have to say |
Therulerofthem
Jul 17, 2004
| One very bad answer, from the sound of it, hes eaten his wife before, probrably many times, because he reconized the taste. And If your out of food, how the heck do you fing abalone, please tell me, because I just have to knoe |
waker
Aug 03, 2004
| I thought he was vegetarian and got it confused or something.
I think the explanation confused people. He had eaten his wife when he was shipwrecked. He came BACK TO SHORE and had abalone and noticed the taste was different, figured out it must have been his wife since she was the only one killed in the accident, and killed himself. |
FreakEme09
Oct 14, 2004
| ewww he ate his wife before |
babygirl35
Dec 27, 2004
| I must agree with ------- this is the dumbest teaser ever. i also have to agree with accordianman although i've never heard this teaser before how is anyone supposed to answer this there is no clues this is impossible to answer. this is very frustrating i have'nt been able to submit any of my teasers and this stupid stuff that can't even be answred is allowed to be on here. |
babygirl35
Dec 27, 2004
| sorry giraffe but i had to vent. if you can please tell me how it is possible to arrive at this answer. i understand the answer but how can you arrive at this answer without help. |
Atropus
Jan 31, 2005
| *giggle* I thought he'd ordered abalone and been given "a baloney" sandwich by accident, which he bit into and then realised he was eating pork!  |
bbbz
Feb 16, 2005
| Holly cow what a pointless thoughtless teaser! Anything could have caused him to kill himself based on the info given. And why would he assume he ate his wife just because a food tasted different back home? He didn't suspect anything while eating it on the island? Horrible teaser. |
doggyxp
Mar 12, 2005
| It's like the story of Tantalus, who served his son to the gods and then was punished in Tartarus. |
DummyisDumb
Mar 22, 2005
| He KNOWS how his wife tastes like?!?!!? Not right... |
darthforman
Apr 19, 2005
|
That was just sick and cruel and I don't like it.
 
I don't like it at all. |
frogman
May 08, 2005
| all right. no clue how he knew what he had on the boat was his wife. one of the worst teasers ever I mean, he ate his wife! |
honker190
May 21, 2005
| To all of you who thought this was completely pointless.........STOP READING THE SITUATION TEASERS!!!!!!!!!!! Or at least read the disclaimer. I have heard a version of this one in a group setting, and it happens to be my favorite situation puzzle. Situation puzzles are NOT MEANT to be answered by logic or by the clues given. If you want logic puzzles read the logic section then! |
anakinschick
Jun 06, 2005
| what the heck?? im just in the 7th grade dude!!! i dont get it!! plus its gross  |
tigershelton
Jun 07, 2005
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sambean
Jul 04, 2005
| what is abalone? how did he know what his wife tasted like? |
sweetime
Jul 21, 2005
| i get that it's a situation teaser, but i'm still as perplexed as everyone else as to how it knew that because what he had eaten wasn't abalone it was his wife (why couldn't it have been something else, like another passenger, a snake, tofu, etc) |
madleon
Aug 21, 2005
| hey 'g' i liked the teaser, i never get these situation teasers by myself, but love to use them on the guys at work, , I give it 2 thumbs up |
lindsay_1992
Sep 15, 2005
| thats messed up |
Laboomsikashod
Sep 21, 2005
| Yuck man...
The main problem with this teaser is how can he conclude he ate his wife in the desert rather than something else?
It'll need conditions like "his wife was the only passenger that died, or all other passengers were found not missing any flesh, and there must have being absolutely no other meat food source in the desert (like wild animals etc)" |
EVOLNI
Nov 01, 2005
| Ew... Gross... Ummm yeah completely random, pointless, disgusting and wrong... Just, ew... |
bagogirl
Nov 03, 2005
| yeah, really, he could have eaten at least a hundred other things beside his wife, and how would he know it was his wife?
what's with all this "situation teasers are not supposed to be solved with logic" crap? i mean, it is like a one in a million chance that someone would guess the right answer to this |
stephiesd
Nov 04, 2005
| bagogirl is right. it should say in the puzzle, "after getting back to shore after being stranded on an island, a man buys abalone."
and for those of you who don't know, abalone is a fish or sumthing with a shell found in the water. Have u never seen those big, colorful shells? |
peppamintp
Nov 09, 2005
| Didn't like this one at all. Boring |
coldfire
Nov 10, 2005
| OMG.. this is sooo funny.. I couldn't stop laugh when I read the answer.. |
jessjspieks
Nov 15, 2005
| Really pointless and a waste of time. No way to even know the answer. |
goosh
Dec 10, 2005
| wow who could figure that 1 out...i mean really that is way out there  |
irar1792
Dec 31, 2005
| i agree that its impossible to figure out that he didn't eat something other than his wife
pointless and discussting |
lizard68
Jan 03, 2006
| Maybe i'm alone on this, but i thought the answer was pretty funny, and this does work out if you use as a prompt for others to answer. my demented friends got it almost right away. |
Celanba
Jan 22, 2006
| ? |
SPUTNIK2
Jan 25, 2006
| this was illogical
But keep on trying, I know you meant well |
luckythirteen
Feb 04, 2006
| does it have to be so gross?? |
keveffect1
Feb 27, 2006
| O.K. seriously, how are you supposed to figure this one out |
smiley_lover
Mar 07, 2006
| There needed to have been a hint. And to those who think its funny, a couple of words. Sick and Wrong |
blackmarket69
Mar 11, 2006
| Why does every1 say da teaser is so sick??? I me an I like the taste of human flesh compared 2 abalone!!! abalone......ewwwwwww |
blackmarket69
Mar 11, 2006
| not me an.....mean |
Methlos
Mar 12, 2006
| what on earth is abalone? |
redraptor50
Mar 18, 2006
|  Great one, keep them coming. |
bballer21
Apr 09, 2006
| how does he know it was his wife and not some other person???
either way:
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW |
kashby
Apr 13, 2006
| that was so lame, how would someone guess that. next time give a hint or something. BOO! |
tonjawithaj
May 02, 2006
| Okay, for all you who are asking about abalone...there's this new fangled thing called "google"... |
tca2
May 03, 2006
| Now THAT was random. Is there even restaurant on a DESERTED ISLAND!
|
Qmeister
May 05, 2006
| rrrriiiigggghhhtttt ssssuuuurrrreeee |
(user deleted)
May 09, 2006
| To all the retards asking about the restaurant on the desert island: please learn to read. It says once he got back to civilization he went to the restaurant. |
banzai
May 31, 2006
| I came up with different situation. That was a little gross and disturbing. Interesting effort. |
tigergirl16
May 31, 2006
| I don't get how anyone could possibly guess that. There were no clues as to what happened. My mom couldn't even begin to guess. I think that you should add a little bit more to the question/clues. |
trumpetsgirl
Jun 06, 2006
| umm how did we get to this???
I'm not sure if you can follow and get the same thing |
trumpetsgirl
Jun 06, 2006
| umm how did we get to this???
I'm not sure if you can follow and get the same thing |
Unraveled
Jun 14, 2006
| Hmmm, I thought the answer WAS pretty funny, in a cruel and sick sort of way.
For those of you who don't see how one could arrive at the answer: You're not supposed to. Situation teasers are best told in groups, where one person tells the situation (in this case, the man eating the abalone and killing himself) and the others ask a series of yes/no questions. In this way, they're supposed to arrive at the answer.
It's pretty much impossible to get the answer by yourself. |
ava199345
Jun 20, 2006
| #1) what the heck is abalone
#2) i dont see the connection between abalone and a shipwreck where his wife was killed
#3) i just totally didnt get it |
danielzerman
Jul 10, 2006
| the two things are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO not related so i do not think anyone will get it right |
danielzerman
Jul 10, 2006
| and try something else that actuly leads of from the question ok |
akl21
Jul 10, 2006
| It was original, but it needs work. |
akl21
Jul 11, 2006
| Let me revise what I said.
I really like it, but I think that there were a lot of other possibilities as to what the man ate, but since that possibility has been overkilled by the majority of us commenters, I'll let it rest.
It was good though, and I thought that it was very creative.
Just a revision of my previous comment. |
crumbbum
Jul 18, 2006
| This one just isn't good. It doesn't follow any logical path and there's no way one could even come close to guessing the answer because it's so absurd. |
rrn0rrnrrnY
Sep 02, 2006
| I think if the situations are not supposed to be based on any logic and solved in a group by questioning the one with the answer logic should at least be applied in it's writing to prompt questions which might actually help someone in the group come up with the final answer. This is so terribly absurd and inappropriate who would ask if he had eaten his wife before? or you know what it doesn't matter. I tried to find someone's comments in here to get me to view this in an acceptable way, but it's just no use. It's an awful teaser and this is the first time I am completely compelled to make a negative comment. |
tedger
Oct 04, 2006
| INTERESTING |
LegalMumboJumbo
Oct 08, 2006
| LAME! |
bladd
Oct 15, 2006
| That was a waste of time |
tintiniscool
Oct 16, 2006
| That is so sad. I would have NEVER guessed. |
soonitwillend
Dec 17, 2006
| I only got this because my english teacher jsut tried this with albatross the other day.
Of course, we were able to ask questions to figure out the ship, wife, and other man.. |
teasermaster
Dec 21, 2006
| Bad teaser better luck next time |
Blondie116
Jan 20, 2007
| messed up teaser, sickening |
bgil7604
Feb 28, 2007
| The answer is way too specific. Unless one has heard it before, it is impossible to get. I DON"T EVEN KNOW WHAT ABALONE IS!!!!! |
rehtaeh
Mar 10, 2007
| ? |
snoopunicorn
Mar 11, 2007
| haha i thot it was gonna be because it tasted soo bad...  i am sooo fly |
batatis
Apr 28, 2007
| who would serve wife at a restaurant? doesnt the health inspector come ever? |
wendymc1
May 20, 2007
| UM..... ok.... I thought he killed himself because he choked on the abalone! Ah, baloney! get it?? LOL! |
cashewnut801
Jun 22, 2007
| Horrible! What the heck are these answers?
If they're going to be that off the wall, how about this one:
The man had two children and they were running in the back yard and when he bit into the abalone he bit his tongue and he got so mad that he ran out and chased the kids into the street then they got hit by a car and he felt bad and jumped in front of the next car.
Seriously. Riddles should have ONE Solid answer!!! GRRRRR
|
MikeMan1216
Jul 27, 2007
| Yeah, I agree, there's like no way anyone would have guessed that. |
ava199345
Jul 28, 2007
| what the heck was that? |
gnarldroot
Sep 25, 2007
| its a known situation teaser youre not supposed to be able to answer it without questining the author using yes no questions, also these teasers have any range of answers because the information on them is limited |
princesspt
Sep 28, 2007
| it would have been a TINY bit easier to answer if there was a hint....... but totally morbid and disgusting regardless! |
al111
Nov 09, 2007
| Firstly, HOW DID HE KNOW IT WAS HIS WIFE, Secondly,PUT A HINT ON IT, and finally how was anyone meant to guess that
think u need to improve it quite a bit |
petey127
Dec 02, 2007
| How were we supposed to know he ate his wife?? |
AndrewWalker
Dec 04, 2007
| Gross and sad |
snappytom
Mar 15, 2008
| So you think this is LOGIC? |
liketeasers
Jul 18, 2008
| ehh next time a give us a few clues before telling us to find the answer. |
Shadows
Nov 16, 2008
| This teaser is NOT original. It is older than my great grandmother. But I like it! Heard that, people? I LIKE IT!!! And before you ask about a restaurant on a desert island, READ THE ANSWER CAREFULLY. Before you ask about how vague this is, READ THE DISCLAIMER right under the title of every situation teaser. And this is one of my favourite teasers, and who cares if in this teaser someone ate his wife. IT'S JUST A TEASER! Golly, get a brain, people. Don't complain if you don't know what you're talking about. And several people here need to take a spelling class... |
Shadows
Nov 16, 2008
| And wanna know how I got my good karma? From REPORTING OFFENSIVE COMMENTS. |
crocodile 
Jul 20, 2009
| For those of you who were wondering, abalone is an aquatic animal similar to a mussel. |
Lord_Hawk
Sep 30, 2009
| Random teaser |
Plutoking
Oct 23, 2009
| These types of teasers with ridiculously hard answers shouldn't be on braingle. They're only for when you can ask yes or no questions. |
glowtmickey
Nov 01, 2009
| You start with a decent story about somebody dying from eating something, and then the answer ends up being something waaaaaaaaay out there. |
beyonce123
Jun 02, 2010
| heard this before. First time I heard the answer it scared the crap out of me. I still have trouble breathing when I think about it. |
thebrain789
Oct 21, 2010
| It's kinda random (in a bad way) so I think it's impossible to solve. |
hihi9
Dec 26, 2010
| ........... |
BrainBoggler
Jan 18, 2011
| to the person who solved this, i congratulate you for solving this almost unsolvable puzzle!! |
braingle100
Jan 25, 2011
| The point of situation teasers is for you to hear them here, then tell them to your friends while you let your friend ask yes or no questions. Ya, these teasers are impossible to solve HERE, but really you are supposed to have help. |
kittygirl19
May 24, 2011
| I saw the albatross one! |
donaldtrumpet
May 28, 2012
| Ummmmmmmmmmmmm........... How do you take that? |
Gbdf
Aug 29, 2012
| How did he know that how his wife taste? |
