Just a random observation while killing time
So I'm killing some time on myspace right now and I stumble upon this riddle posted as a bulletin....
A man is walking on the beach, just after taking a long swim in his clothes. He sees a restaurant on the beach. He walks into the restaurant and gets seated. He looks at the menu and orders seagull soup. The waitress brings out the soup, he takes one bite, realizes something & runs out onto the road and gets killed.
The question is: why did he freak out?
The answer they give you is this....
The guy had been stranded on an island with 2 other people. He was rescued (or in this version swam back to civilization. While on the island the 3 men had to survive. The three would starve if they didn't find food soon. The second guy killed the third guy and with the guy in this riddle ate the 3rd guy calling the stew they made "seagull soup". The man liked it, assumed the second guy committed suicide or some other thing, then after he swam back to civilization, he went into the restaurant ordered his new favorite soup (from the island where he was stranded remember?), and upon tasting the difference, realized he had eaten his friend on the island.
I understand the answer but my question is how is it humanly possible to ascertain that conclusion with the knowledge given in the riddle. Just because he was clothed doesn't necassarily mean he was stranded on an island. And, if he ate his friend, why on earth would he want to consume the soup with the same moniker. One would assume, if you're thinking rationally, that he would want to do the exact opposite of eating "seagull soup" as it were.
I'm perplexed.
P.S. I'm back in Goshen. I'm seeking employment. I want to write more but I'm busy. Deal with it.
Peace and <3
A man is walking on the beach, just after taking a long swim in his clothes. He sees a restaurant on the beach. He walks into the restaurant and gets seated. He looks at the menu and orders seagull soup. The waitress brings out the soup, he takes one bite, realizes something & runs out onto the road and gets killed.
The question is: why did he freak out?
The answer they give you is this....
The guy had been stranded on an island with 2 other people. He was rescued (or in this version swam back to civilization. While on the island the 3 men had to survive. The three would starve if they didn't find food soon. The second guy killed the third guy and with the guy in this riddle ate the 3rd guy calling the stew they made "seagull soup". The man liked it, assumed the second guy committed suicide or some other thing, then after he swam back to civilization, he went into the restaurant ordered his new favorite soup (from the island where he was stranded remember?), and upon tasting the difference, realized he had eaten his friend on the island.
I understand the answer but my question is how is it humanly possible to ascertain that conclusion with the knowledge given in the riddle. Just because he was clothed doesn't necassarily mean he was stranded on an island. And, if he ate his friend, why on earth would he want to consume the soup with the same moniker. One would assume, if you're thinking rationally, that he would want to do the exact opposite of eating "seagull soup" as it were.
I'm perplexed.
P.S. I'm back in Goshen. I'm seeking employment. I want to write more but I'm busy. Deal with it.
Peace and <3
posted by Will at Monday, June 05, 2006
2 Comments:
How's this instead?
The man had been on a cruise ship with his wife. While they were sitting on deck, enjoying the ocean view, his wife had brought him a bowl of seagull soup. The next thing he remembered was thrashing about in the sea, fully clothed. A strong swimmer, he headed in the direction he thought would bring him to land and fortunately made it to shore. Upon tasting the first spoonful of seagull soup in the restaurant, he noticed that it had no almondy taste and realized his wife had laced his soup with strychnine and then pushed him overboard when he passed out. Horrified by this betrayal at the hands of the love of his life, he ran straight into traffic and to his death.
It is indeed less far fetched.
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