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The Deadly Melody
Situation
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.Situation
A woman heard a tune that she recognized. She took a gun and shot a stranger. Why?
Hint
She was in her room when this happened.She had heard the tune many times before. Normally, she was happy when she heard this tune.
The stranger was trying to rob her.
Answer
The woman was alone, and asleep, in her home. In the middle of the night, she was awakened by the sound of her musical jewel box. She knew a burglar was in her bedroom. She reached under her pillow, pulled out her gun, and shot him.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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what paranoid freak keeps a gun under their pillow?? O_o
Goodbye tooth fairy!
I agree with drunky
This raises the stupid question that must be asked...what if it was someone she knew who happened to open the music box. She keeps a gun under her pillow? And at that she just took it out and shot not knowing if they were a danger or not?
next thing she knows she's in court on manslaughter charges - don't try that at home kides!
Why she gotta be a paranoid freak. Although that was extreme. He was in her room so she has the right to protect herself.
legaly she would have the right to protect herself in most states in this case. she knew he was there and didn't know if he had a weapon to use on her. Some women keep a gun like that if they like home alone.
But we are all forgetting 1 thing... and that is this
1) she has a gun under her pillow
2) She didn't know this would happen
3)She went to the store, bought a gun, and sleeps with it
4)She didn't hear him break in
and5)She didn't knock the gun over in her sleep(I would )
2) She didn't know this would happen
3)She went to the store, bought a gun, and sleeps with it
4)She didn't hear him break in
and5)She didn't knock the gun over in her sleep(I would )
okay so it was 5
big deal
big deal
I thought you were supposed to keep the gun locked some place and the bullets locks in a different place.
i like the title
me too
IT COULD HAD BEEN HER HUSBIN TRYING TO READ HER WORK PAPERS OR HER CHRILDREN THAT WANTED TO GET THE TISSUE IN HER ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who would keep a gun under the piillow? It's a little far-fetched (unless the woman is extremely cynical or paranoid), but the storyline is in general pretty good and the teaser is pretty fun.
violent much??
I loved it! Quit asking so much about the lady. People do things like that all the time. The gun under the pillow is an old thing, often found in detective stories!
The was easily the best of these sorts of teasers that I have read. The answer made sense and was clearly the best answer that fit the facts.
I had become so sick of the situation questions where I can quickly come up with 5 different scenarios that fit the facts as well as or better than the "official" answer. This is clearly not true in this case.
So quit cher beefin'!
I had become so sick of the situation questions where I can quickly come up with 5 different scenarios that fit the facts as well as or better than the "official" answer. This is clearly not true in this case.
So quit cher beefin'!
I thought she was hyponotised to kill someone when she heard it (no I didnt) like in zoolander
Nice one but even if it is a stranger most states (countries) (where did this take place?) frown upon shooting. Meet force with force and the stranger was merely looking at a music box (no immediate threat to the woman). We can say the stranger was in a place where he/she was not supposed to be. Therefore is it justified to shoot? Let a jury decide. Or will the District Attorney not file charges? BTW great food for thought here. Simple statements lead to big discussions.
why would she shoot him?!?!?! couldnt she just kept phone instead? even if someone was beating you up, it still would be illegal to actually kill them.
Why does she have a loaded gun under her pillow? Does she have something against the tooth fairy? Couldnt she accidentily shoot herself in the head like that?
LOL, Jimbo, I am still cracking up at your comment.
Don't bump into her, she might shoot you.
Yeah, because that's the sensible response to an UNIDENTIFIED intruder with UNKNOWN intentions: Take out your gun and shoot him. -_-
This reminds me of that murder case where a guy shot his girlfriend, and his defense was that he thought she was an intruder. Even if that's true (which I seriously doubt), how stupid do you have to be to shoot someone you haven't even identified?
This reminds me of that murder case where a guy shot his girlfriend, and his defense was that he thought she was an intruder. Even if that's true (which I seriously doubt), how stupid do you have to be to shoot someone you haven't even identified?
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