NationStates Jolt Archive

A deeply tanned man walks into a fancy restaurant and orders a large meal. When his first course (soup) arrives, he takes a spoonful. He immediately vomits onto the floor, and pulls out a pistol. He places the pistol in his mouth and pulls the trigger. Why?

Ask any questions you want, but if you know the answer already, please don't post it.

He was practicing for the real thing.

A deeply tanned man walks into a fancy restaurant and orders a large meal. When his first course (soup) arrives, he takes a spoonful. He immediately vomits onto the floor, and pulls out a pistol. He places the pistol in his mouth and pulls the trigger. Why?

Ask any questions you want, but if you know the answer already, please don't post it.
There are a number of possibilities:

1. He recognized the taste of a poison in the soup.

2. The soup was made from an animal which, when not prepared correctly, causes painful death.

3. He thought he was over some sort of medical disorder which will not permit people to eat and not being able to hold down even soup indicated it had recurred.

Any of those close at all? :)

He was practicing for the real thing.

nope, he really killed himself. Brains all over the rich people. I just was trying to keep such gory details out of it, but oh well.

A deeply tanned man walks into a fancy restaurant and orders a large meal. When his first course (soup) arrives, he takes a spoonful. He immediately vomits onto the floor, and pulls out a pistol. He places the pistol in his mouth and pulls the trigger. Why?

Ask any questions you want, but if you know the answer already, please don't post it.

He is French .

the man is deeply tanned because he is living in new guinea. the restaurant is the newly opened extremely expensive Canniballia.

when he ate his soup, he (belatedly) recognized the eyeball of his dear wife who he thought went out of town for a trip into the jungle. this caused him to vomit

unconsolably distraught over the loss (and eating) of his beloved wife made him commit instant suicide.

He is French .

Lol, and no, he's not french and it wasn't frog soup.

He is French .
Heh! WAS French, don' you mean? ;)

Lol, and no, he's not french and it wasn't frog soup.
Hey! How about responding to my post too, please? :(

the man is deeply tanned because he is living in new guinea. the restaurant is the newly opened extremely expensive Canniballia.

when he ate his soup, he (belatedly) recognized the eyeball of his dear wife who he thought went out of town for a trip into the jungle. this caused him to vomit

unconsolably distraught over the loss (and eating) of his beloved wife made him commit instant suicide.

Wow, that's creative, and sort of on the right track. But not quite right. These events took place in his home town of Boston, and no wife was involved.

Hey! How about responding to my post too, please? :(
You must be right, which is why s/he isn't responding. ;)

Wow, that's creative, and sort of on the right track. But not quite right. These events took place in his home town of Boston, and no wife was involved.
Unless he's a policeman on duty, it's impossible for him to have access to a pistol in Massachusetts (unless he's eating soup in his own house).

There are a number of possibilities:

1. He recognized the taste of a poison in the soup.

2. The soup was made from an animal which, when not prepared correctly, causes painful death.

3. He thought he was over some sort of medical disorder which will not permit people to eat and not being able to hold down even soup indicated it had recurred.

Any of those close at all? :)

Sorry! Missed it.

1. There was no poison in his soup.

2. It was albatross soup, and very edible.

3. Hahahahahaha, not quite.

Unless he's a policeman on duty, it's impossible for him to have access to a pistol in Massachusetts (unless he's eating soup in his own house).

I didn't give a date, now did I? ;)

did he shoot himself because he knew he was doomed?

A deeply tanned man walks into a fancy restaurant and orders a large meal. When his first course (soup) arrives, he takes a spoonful. He immediately vomits onto the floor, and pulls out a pistol. He places the pistol in his mouth and pulls the trigger. Why?

Ask any questions you want, but if you know the answer already, please don't post it.

the pistol contained breath mints and he wanted to get the taste of vomit out of his mouth .

I didn't give a date, now did I? ;)
Oh, I just realized! It could be set in the time of the American revolution and as soon as the man realized that the cook was a British sympathizer, he shot himself for eating "British" soup in an extreme protest! ;)

*is secretly concealing the real truth*

did he shoot himself because he knew he was doomed?

No, his conscience made him do it.

the pistol contained breath mints and he wanted to get the taste of vomit out of his mouth .

Man, that would suck, to be killed by projectile breath mints.

Oh, I just realized! It could be set in the time of the American revolution and as soon as the man realized that the cook was a British sympathizer, he shot himself for eating "British" soup in an extreme protest! ;)

*is secretly concealing the real truth*

That's wrong. You missed where I said the soup was edible. Hehe.

You have the time period about right, though.

Let's see... He was either Jewish or Muslim, and there was bacon in the soup?

(Though that would be sort of extreme - I think either religion provides less drastic ways to atone for inadvertantly eating pork.)

:confused:

He was aiming at the chef except he had REALLY bad aim. :)

*spoiler*

He was on a desert island with his son/friend/etc. and another man. They were running out of food when his son/friend etc. went missing. The other man found some meat he claimed was albatross.

The man ordered albatross soup in the restaurant years later, didn't recognise the tatse and knew that he had been fed his son/friend/etc. He then committed suicide.

*spoiler*

He was on a desert island with his son/friend/etc. and another man. They were running out of food when his son/friend etc. went missing. The other man found some meat he claimed was albatross.

The man ordered albatross soup in the restaurant years later, didn't recognise the tatse and knew that he had been fed his son/friend/etc. He then committed suicide.

You, sir, are an ass.

Let's see... He was either Jewish or Muslim, and there was bacon in the soup?

(Though that would be sort of extreme - I think either religion provides less drastic ways to atone for inadvertantly eating pork.)

:confused:
It was albatross soup, so that doesn't seem very probable...

the man had recently been diagnosed with melanoma -- skin cancer caused by his obsessive tanning. it was diagnosed as stage 4, all but certain death.

that very day was his first dose of chemotherapy. he had vowed to eat as if nothing were wrong but as soon as he puked up the soup he knew he was wrong.

realizing that he would never again be able to eat his favorite albatross soup, he killed himself on the spot

You, sir, are an ass.
Why - he revealed the answer? :p

Why - he revealed the answer? :p

Yeah, I was curious how many pages it would take NSers to eventually work it out. My secondary objective was to see how long it took before an ass showed up and revealed the answer. Two pages, and he gets the prize.

It was albatross soup, so that doesn't seem very probable...

So then there's nothing but albatross in the soup? It might need some added flavor.

Or perhaps albatross isn't kosher. (Some surprising things are on the non-kosher list...)

Of course, having read the spoiler, it takes all the fun out of it.

:rolleyes:

the man had recently been diagnosed with melanoma -- skin cancer caused by his obsessive tanning. it was diagnosed as stage 4, all but certain death.

that very day was his first dose of chemotherapy. he had vowed to eat as if nothing were wrong but as soon as he puked up the soup he knew he was wrong.

realizing that he would never again be able to eat his favorite albatross soup, he killed himself on the spot

You are ridiculously creative. Put that to good use. You could probably power something somewhere.

i like mine (both of them) better.

i like mine (both of them) better.

I agree.

He realised that people, however kind they are will always hurt him..they will always hurt you, you think your in love then your not..you think your rich then you lose it.
I wish I could exchange places, thatway he might have a familly and people who love him..the ones that need to live should, the ones who wish they where never born should die.
Who are we? thats my question to you.

Good bye

Or perhaps albatross isn't kosher. (Some surprising things are on the non-kosher list...)

Albatross isn't kosher, IIRC.

Albatross isn't kosher, IIRC.
why would albatross not be kosher?

now..i come form a jewish family, so i guess i oughta be able to say this, like, definitely..but i can't..

but i'm pretty sure it is kosher. except for pork, all meat is, unless eaten with milk, e.g.?

btw: i know many more of this riddles -anybody wanna try one?

:D

My guess was: He's been bitten by a vampire, and fears he might be one too. Knowing vampires can't eat, he does a simple test. Finding that he obviously is a vampire, he shoots himself rather than continue to exist as an undead.

:D

I had soup that bad once.

why would albatross not be kosher?
Beats me. You could say the same thing for rabbits, bats, owls, and weasels, all of which are specifically mentioned as not being kosher.

you are NOT trying to say that you think albatross is specifcally mentioned a snot being kosher?! :eek:

you are NOT trying to say that you think albatross is specifcally mentioned a snot being kosher?! :eek:
I do believe that it is. I'll have to try to find my sources.

well, i'd be more than ready to edit the little factlist in my brain if you can show me ;) always good to learn new things, even if they contradict you :)