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- From: chris@questrel.com (Chris Cole)
- Newsgroups: rec.puzzles
- Subject: Re: A puzzle?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.190535.2932@questrel.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 19:05:35 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.115427.29195@ida.liu.se>
- Organization: Questrel, Inc.
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- In article <1993Jan21.115427.29195@ida.liu.se> t91matfa@odalix.ida.liu.se (Mattias Fagerlund) writes:
- >Well, lets see if this puzzle fits you.
- >
- >The solution seems me totally logical, but not every body might think so.
- >You may ask me as many questions as you wish, but mail them to my person,
- >so you don't spoil it for the others.
- >Questions will be answered with yes, no and irrelevant (most are).
- >
- >A man walks into a saloon and asks the bartender for a glass of water.
- >The bartender, saying nothing, pulls out a shot-gun and points it at the man.
- >-Thank you, the man says and leaves the bar.
- >
- >Question:
- > What really happend? Why did the man say thank you (his goal WAS actually
- > achived) and leave?
- >
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