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Posted May 23, 2014
"Oh, I haven't switched the lights on myself, must be a fire." ?
Posted May 23, 2014
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Telika: "Oh, I haven't switched the lights on myself, must be a fire." ?
ehm -- wrong answer!
Posted May 23, 2014
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Pidgeot: He was standing on a block of ice, which melted (hence the water).
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grimwerk: There goes my urine thrust theory.
My god!...I've heard that riddle countless times but I never considered that possibility! It's.....why it's positively brilliant!
Posted May 23, 2014
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grimwerk: There goes my urine thrust theory.
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tinyE: My god!...I've heard that riddle countless times but I never considered that possibility! It's.....why it's positively brilliant!
LOL
Posted May 23, 2014
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Ungunbu: at night a man comes back to where he lives -- when he finds out that the light is turned off he's desperate and decides to jump out the window and kill himself

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why?

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You are allowed to make questions but i can only answer with YES or NO

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read it carefully please
I don't want to answer because I don't want to post a riddle right now but lets just say I of all people should know this one. :D
Posted May 23, 2014
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Ungunbu: at night a man comes back to where he lives -- when he finds out that the light is turned off he's desperate and decides to jump out the window and kill himself

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why?

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You are allowed to make questions but i can only answer with YES or NO

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read it carefully please
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tinyE: I don't want to answer because I don't want to post a riddle right now but lets just say I of all people should know this one. :D
you are making us curious!
Posted May 23, 2014
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Ungunbu: at night a man comes back to where he lives -- when he finds out that the light is turned off he's desperate and decides to jump out the window and kill himself

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why?
He was the caretaker of a lighthouse.
Posted May 23, 2014
Riddle me this...

*flings poo at Ungunbu*
Posted May 23, 2014
no lights means no current and thus cant play video games and what is life worth without gaming ,so he kills himself
Posted May 24, 2014
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djranis: no lights means no current and thus cant play video games and what is life worth without gaming ,so he kills himself
In all fairness this answer makes more sense.
Posted May 24, 2014
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djranis: no lights means no current and thus cant play video games and what is life worth without gaming ,so he kills himself
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tinyE: In all fairness this answer makes more sense.
A bit extreme, but true XD

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Ungunbu: at night a man comes back to where he lives -- when he finds out that the light is turned off he's desperate and decides to jump out the window and kill himself
why?
He lives on a spaceship far from home and, returning from a mission outside, he understands that there is fatal power issue.
He decides to jump out in space instead of awaiting for a slow long death.
Post edited May 24, 2014 by phaolo
Posted May 24, 2014
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Ungunbu: at night a man comes back to where he lives -- when he finds out that the light is turned off he's desperate and decides to jump out the window and kill himself

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why?
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HereForTheBeer: He was the caretaker of a lighthouse.
correct answer :)
Posted May 24, 2014
Technicality alert!
Yes I'm a dork but....
Active lighthouses don't have caretakers they have light keepers.

Of course in the States I don't know if there are any more light keepers as all of them (I think all) have gone automated.

For bonus points (okay no points but I will be very impressed) and without Google, can anyone tell me the name of the first lighthouse in the U.S. to go totally electric?
Posted May 24, 2014
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Ungunbu: you have two ropes

Each rope takes 1 hour to burn

you have a box of matches

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can you measure exactly 45 mins?

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If I was in a real world situation with those exact circumstances, I would take one of the ropes and fold it in half, then fold that in half again to find the spot on the rope at 25%/75% split, then I'd lay the rope out in a straight line flat on the ground and light a single match and place it at the 25/75 spot and let it burn. When it burns out completely 45 minutes is up as the one side of the burn will go for 15 minutes but the other side will go for 45 minutes. While I'm waiting, I'll tie the other rope to a tree branch directly above the burning rope, and swing back and forth across the fire like Pitfall Harry.
Posted May 24, 2014
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tinyE: Technicality alert!
Yes I'm a dork but....
Active lighthouses don't have caretakers they have light keepers.

Of course in the States I don't know if there are any more light keepers as all of them (I think all) have gone automated.

For bonus points (okay no points but I will be very impressed) and without Google, can anyone tell me the name of the first lighthouse in the U.S. to go totally electric?
Guess no one knows tinyE, so what is the answer?
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