Riddle of Jack and Jill.
Rich Grise
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> This is a riddle that I heard at uni some years ago.
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> A crash is heard in the living room. Jack and Jill are found dead on the
> living room floor and there is broken glass and water around them.
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> What happened?
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> There is also another one that I heard, and I'm not sure if I've
> remembered it correctly. There's also another problem: I never got the
> solution to it. This is it, however.
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> A boy walks past a window carrying a balloon. A shot is fired and a
> scream is heard, and a man is found dead.
>
> What happened?
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1. Jack & Jill are goldfish.
2. No Idea. I don't even understand the question.
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Ilijas
houghi
>This is a riddle that I heard at uni some years ago.
>
>A crash is heard in the living room. Jack and Jill are found dead on the
>living room floor and there is broken glass and water around them.
>
>What happened?
Jack and Jill are fish. The bowl broke. (Man it is time to repost the
FAQ)
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>There is also another one that I heard, and I'm not sure if I've
>remembered it correctly. There's also another problem: I never got the
>solution to it. This is it, however.
>
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>A boy walks past a window carrying a balloon. A shot is fired and a
>scream is heard, and a man is found dead.
>
>What happened?
houghi - delete one houghi from the return address
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babyelefen
Jack and Jill are goldfish.
Someone threw a stone and broke their bowl.
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Ilijas <ili...@idx.com.au> wrote in article
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> This is a riddle that I heard at uni some years ago.
>
> A crash is heard in the living room. Jack and Jill are found dead on the
> living room floor and there is broken glass and water around them.
>
> What happened?
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Ilijas
very bored with the numbers puzzles that are being continually posted on this
ng.
tlrkirk
Ilijas wrote:
> This is a riddle that I heard at uni some years ago.
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> A crash is heard in the living room. Jack and Jill are found dead on the
> living room floor and there is broken glass and water around them.
>
> What happened?
lurid spoiler.....;)
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Jacl and Jill live in NYNY or some other big, industrial city that has
skylights. Unfortunately, they lived in a tenement and had to amuse
themselves burning strings and weighing balls, etc. One rainy night, Jill
felt amorous and dragged Jack out into the warm summer shower to an upscale
neighborhood. Once there, they slipped in the service entrance and roamed
the corridors, vicariously living the good life. At the end of a hallway,
Jill noticed an open set of French doors that led to a small balcony. On
the balcony was a fire escape that led down, past one of the aforementioned
skylights. Beseeching Jack to humor her, they both climbed down and sat
side by side on the skylight over the empty apartment below. One thing led
to another, and the skylight gave way to the repeated pounding, sending them
both crashing to their dooms in a pool of water and broken glass. I like
that better than the fishbowl version, anyway.
Atreju
waaay too vague) like
"John was standing one minute and now he's dead, and his name isn't
John and more, and he is in a forest. Did anyone see him dye?"
Questions like that leave too much to the imagination. I do however,
bow to the creative response that was posted by tlrkirk! That was
really funny and makes it worth reading. Maybe this can be a new form
of riddling. Make up a situation which has no explanation, and see who
can come up with the most elaborate and convoluted answer that
technically works!
On Mon, 30 Nov 1998 01:51:02 +1100, Ilijas <ili...@idx.com.au> wrote:
>This is a riddle that I heard at uni some years ago.
>
>A crash is heard in the living room. Jack and Jill are found dead on the
>living room floor and there is broken glass and water around them.
>
>What happened?
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>
Atreju
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>A boy walks past a window carrying a balloon. A shot is fired and a
>scream is heard, and a man is found dead.
>
>What happened?
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The boy was carrying a balloon that said "happy anniversary" on it,
and a man inside the house saw the boy through the window. He was
somewhat depressed as he had lost his dear wife some years back, and
this day happened to be their anniversary, and so, in a moment of
utter depression, he shot himself and was found dead.
Hey, you weren't really narrowing down the possibilities, were you?
Sorry to be so morbid.