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A riddle to solve

SpysSpys Member Posts: 111
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Let's see if you can solve this riddle

A man kills his wife. Many people watch him doing so.

Yet no one will ever be able to accuse him of murder. Why?

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  • dhartzdhartz Member Posts: 482
    Because he ran off to Mexico ?

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  • JackcoltJackcolt Member UncommonPosts: 2,170
    Easy.



    She was sentenced to death and he just happened to be the hangman.

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  • petrickopetricko Member Posts: 84
    That makes complete sense, yet is very disturbing at the same time.

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  • AelfinnAelfinn Member Posts: 3,857
    manslaughter, medical accident if the beau was a doctor, a means of murder that said witnesses could not identify, said witnesses did not know someone was dying from what they saw (IE tying up the wife and putting her in a box with a target on the side, then firing a gun at it for fun with a few friends), the wife went nuts and tried to kill the husband (self defense in other words), the beau was a monarch/dictator/other figure of authority that for whatever reason could never be charged, like say, Henry the eighth, the husband himself died before any charges could be brought.

    No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
    Hemingway

  • FlemFlem Member UncommonPosts: 2,870
    Originally posted by Jackcolt

    Easy.



    She was sentenced to death and he just happened to be the hangman.
    Sounds about right, thats exactly what came up when i googled it.
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    He cooks a meal for her using the dreaded trans fats, kiling her one meal at a time!
  • EggFteggEggFtegg Member Posts: 1,141
    Well, if you're saying "kills" rather than "murders" it could be any number of things.



    Maybe he married someone who his country is at war with, and he shoots her in combat.

    Maybe he crashes his car, killing his wife.

    Maybe he blew up the whole world, so there's nobody left to accuse him of murder - hmm... in fact most other scenarios I can think of, somebody could accuse him of murder (even if they're wrong) so I'll go for this one - he kills everybody!

  • JackcoltJackcolt Member UncommonPosts: 2,170
    Originally posted by Flem

    Originally posted by Jackcolt

    Easy.



    She was sentenced to death and he just happened to be the hangman.
    Sounds about right, thats exactly what came up when i googled it. 



    Yeah. I knew it because I've heard it before... but googling riddles often help :)

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  • EggFteggEggFtegg Member Posts: 1,141
    Originally posted by Jackcolt

    Originally posted by Flem

    Originally posted by Jackcolt

    Easy.



    She was sentenced to death and he just happened to be the hangman.
    Sounds about right, thats exactly what came up when i googled it. 



    Yeah. I knew it because I've heard it before... but googling riddles often help :) Surely it's still possible that someone is able accuse a hangman of murder?

  • WantsumBierWantsumBier Member Posts: 1,079
    Depends if he did it during business hours

    I shoot for the curve... anything above that is gravy.

  • ViolentYViolentY Member Posts: 1,458
    Originally posted by WantsumBier

    Depends if he did it during business hours
    Best. Reply. Ever.



    But to the original riddle, I would have thought he was the doctor taking care of his wife that pulled the plug, or maybe even he had an accident during surgery (the witnesses then being the attending doctors/nurses assisting the surgery).

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