Monday, July 14, 2008

Riddle #21: Her husband

This one should be fairly easy.

A woman shoots her husband; then she holds him under water for five minutes; and finally she hangs him. But five minutes later the two of them go out to dinner and have a wonderful evening. How is this possible?

NOTE: This riddle has been guessed. I told you it was easy. To see the answer, read the comments.

Just a heads up: There will be no riddle next week.

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5 comments:

  1. Is she a photographer "shooting" a picture and developing the film?

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  2. Sara, yes, you are correct. What about the fact that she hangs him? I'm sure you'll get this too.

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  3. Hanging up the wet print to dry?

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  4. I think I have this one!!!! She
    takes his picture (shoots him), she develops the picture (holds him under water), and then hangs
    the picture up on the wall (hangs
    him). Am I close?

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  5. Sara, Not quite hanging up to dry. Aaron, you're correct. She hangs the picture on the wall. I told you this one was easy.

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