A woman picks an apple at random from a tree. She slices the apple in half and gives half of it to another person. She eats the other half herself. The other person dies but the woman lives. Why?
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She's allergic to apples?
ReplyDeleteNope, that's not it.
ReplyDeleteIt was tainted with iocane powder. She had spent "the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder."
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how I got to The Princess Bride. I'm just stumped on this one.
The other person dies from something totally unrelated to the apple.
ReplyDeleteNope, Gigi. The other person died from something related to the apple.
ReplyDeleteDoes is have anything to do with the way the apple was cut?
ReplyDeleteThe other person ate the seeds, which are actually poisonous.
ReplyDeleteCathy,
ReplyDeleteIn a manner of speaking, yes. But it doesn't really matter where on the apple she made the cut.
sugarriver,
ReplyDeleteNo, the seeds aren't poisonous.
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Did the other person eat their half?
ReplyDeleteYes, the other person ate the other half. Sorry I guess I should have said that in my original riddle.
ReplyDeletethere was a worm in it?
ReplyDeleteNo, there wasn't a worm in it. Any other guesses?
ReplyDeleteThere was posion on the side of the knife that touched the other person's half.
ReplyDeleteYes! That's correct. There was poison on one side of the knife.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a Happy Mother's Day!
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