GAME: MindTrap

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Detective Smarttypaunts arrived at a suicide case. The man was the rich millionaire Dr. Snoot. Apparently he hanged himself in his attic with a small stool and belt.

The only witness was Dr. Snoot's butler. The Butlers story was that he was outside bringing in groceries when he looked up and saw his master through the small round attic window kicking over the stool. Immediately the Detective knew the man was lying and arrested him.

What tipped off Detective Smarttypaunts?

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The stool was too short to be seen from the window?

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Detective Smarttypaunts arrived at a suicide case. The man was the rich millionaire Dr. Snoot. Apparently he hanged himself in his attic with a small stool and belt.

The only witness was Dr. Snoot's butler. The Butlers story was that he was outside bringing in groceries when he looked up and saw his master through the small round attic window kicking over the stool. Immediately the Detective knew the man was lying and arrested him.

What tipped off Detective Smarttypaunts?

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unless the window was at floor level, it would be impossible looking up into a window to see the stool.

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Originally Posted by Mindwarp

The stool was too short to be seen from the window?

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I think those points are mine, I am sure of my answer :p

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Originally Posted by Mindwarp

The stool was too short to be seen from the window?

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Originally Posted by NooNoo

unless the window was at floor level, it would be impossible looking up into a window to see the stool.

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As much as I'd enjoy to see a catfight between Mindwarp and NooNoo, I think both solutions are acceptable given the question's wording. ;)


3 points each.

Detective Mick Mace was called to the scene of a beach murder. Two uniformed officers were already there, piecing together the chain of events that lead to the victim's death.

"Her name is Jina Lange," the first officer tells Mace, "a 27 year old waitress from 'Jakes Palace.' She was running from someone, but they got her, all right. Knocked her to the ground hard, gashing her head open, and wrapped a belt around her neck. Tried to strangle her to death, but she didn't die when the perp thought she did. She must have crawled 20 feet or so, but she was going toward the water by mistake.

When she realized this, she was probably fading in and out of consciousness, and knew she wasn't going to make it. Looks like she wrote the word "help" in the sand with her finger, but it has been partially washed away by the approaching tide. See there? The h is half gone already, and the p is missing the stem. We took some pictures for record, though."

Mick Mace looked down at the woman who lay dead, shuddering as he thought of what it must be like to die at someone else's hand. What were her last thoughts? What did this woman have to say that someone didn't want the world to hear?

Suddenly, more cops arrive, with three men in tow. One, they called Jersey, was throwing a fit, his loose pants practically down to his knees in the struggle. " I wasn't with her! I bought her a drink, but she left without even saying thanks!" The other, older gentlemen, was the club owner. "Name's Shelby, detective. She is a great lady. This is a tragedy, but I will do anything to help. I saw her leave the club with that guy right there, but that's all I have." He pointed to the third man. "Yeah, so? She left with me, but only for a sec, to get some smokes from my car. She came right back, honest!"

At that moment, Mace thinks of a very important clue, and knows exactly who is responsible for Jina's death. What does he figure out?


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The victim was trying to write down Shelby, not "Help".

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Detective Mick Mace was called to the scene of a beach murder. Two uniformed officers were already there, piecing together the chain of events that lead to the victim's death.

"Her name is Jina Lange," the first officer tells Mace, "a 27 year old waitress from 'Jakes Palace.' She was running from someone, but they got her, all right. Knocked her to the ground hard, gashing her head open, and wrapped a belt around her neck. Tried to strangle her to death, but she didn't die when the perp thought she did. She must have crawled 20 feet or so, but she was going toward the water by mistake.

When she realized this, she was probably fading in and out of consciousness, and knew she wasn't going to make it. Looks like she wrote the word "help" in the sand with her finger, but it has been partially washed away by the approaching tide. See there? The h is half gone already, and the p is missing the stem. We took some pictures for record, though."

Mick Mace looked down at the woman who lay dead, shuddering as he thought of what it must be like to die at someone else's hand. What were her last thoughts? What did this woman have to say that someone didn't want the world to hear?

Suddenly, more cops arrive, with three men in tow. One, they called Jersey, was throwing a fit, his loose pants practically down to his knees in the struggle. " I wasn't with her! I bought her a drink, but she left without even saying thanks!" The other, older gentlemen, was the club owner. "Name's Shelby, detective. She is a great lady. This is a tragedy, but I will do anything to help. I saw her leave the club with that guy right there, but that's all I have." He pointed to the third man. "Yeah, so? She left with me, but only for a sec, to get some smokes from my car. She came right back, honest!"

At that moment, Mace thinks of a very important clue, and knows exactly who is responsible for Jina's death. What does he figure out?

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She wasn't writing "help"... She was writing Shelby, the name of her killer...

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Detective Mick Mace was called to the scene of a beach murder. Two uniformed officers were already there, piecing together the chain of events that lead to the victim's death.

"Her name is Jina Lange," the first officer tells Mace, "a 27 year old waitress from 'Jakes Palace.' She was running from someone, but they got her, all right. Knocked her to the ground hard, gashing her head open, and wrapped a belt around her neck. Tried to strangle her to death, but she didn't die when the perp thought she did. She must have crawled 20 feet or so, but she was going toward the water by mistake.

When she realized this, she was probably fading in and out of consciousness, and knew she wasn't going to make it. Looks like she wrote the word "help" in the sand with her finger, but it has been partially washed away by the approaching tide. See there? The h is half gone already, and the p is missing the stem. We took some pictures for record, though."

Mick Mace looked down at the woman who lay dead, shuddering as he thought of what it must be like to die at someone else's hand. What were her last thoughts? What did this woman have to say that someone didn't want the world to hear?

Suddenly, more cops arrive, with three men in tow. One, they called Jersey, was throwing a fit, his loose pants practically down to his knees in the struggle. " I wasn't with her! I bought her a drink, but she left without even saying thanks!" The other, older gentlemen, was the club owner. "Name's Shelby, detective. She is a great lady. This is a tragedy, but I will do anything to help. I saw her leave the club with that guy right there, but that's all I have." He pointed to the third man. "Yeah, so? She left with me, but only for a sec, to get some smokes from my car. She came right back, honest!"

At that moment, Mace thinks of a very important clue, and knows exactly who is responsible for Jina's death. What does he figure out?

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She was writing Shelby. The water washed away the 'S' and part of the 'h' and she never got to finish the 'b.'

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Originally Posted by RIOT

She wasn't writing "help"... She was writing Shelby, the name of her killer...

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That's 3 for you.

Pirate Pete had been captured by a Spanish general and sentenced to death by his 50-man firing squad.

Pete cringed, as he knew their reputation for being the worst firing squad in the Spanish military. They where such bad shots that they would often all miss their targets and simply maim their victims leaving them to bleed to death as the generals tradition was to only allow one shot per man to save on ammunition. The thought of a slow painful death made Pete beg for mercy.

" Very well, I have some compassion. You may choose where the men stand when they shoot you and I will add 50 extra men to the squad to ensure someone will at least hit you. Perhaps if they stand closer they will kill you quicker if you're lucky." Snickered the general. "Oh and just so you don't get any funny ideas they can't stand more than 20 ft away, they must be facing you and you must remain tied to the post in the middle of the yard. And to show I'm not totally heartless if you aren't dead by sundown I'll release you so you can die peacefully outside the compound.

I must go now but will return tomorrow and see to it that you are buried in a nice spot, though with 100 men I doubt there will be much left of you to bury." After giving his instruction the general left. Upon his return the next day he found that Pete had been set free alive and well.

"How could this be?" Demanded the general. 'It was where Pete had us stand." Explained the captain of the squad.

Where did Pete tell them to stand?


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They stood in a circle around Pete.
This way any shot fired was guaranteed to hit another of the military men, so they would not shoot because they didn't want to kill a colleague.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Pirate Pete had been captured by a Spanish general and sentenced to death by his 50-man firing squad.

Pete cringed, as he knew their reputation for being the worst firing squad in the Spanish military. They where such bad shots that they would often all miss their targets and simply maim their victims leaving them to bleed to death as the generals tradition was to only allow one shot per man to save on ammunition. The thought of a slow painful death made Pete beg for mercy.

" Very well, I have some compassion. You may choose where the men stand when they shoot you and I will add 50 extra men to the squad to ensure someone will at least hit you. Perhaps if they stand closer they will kill you quicker if you're lucky." Snickered the general. "Oh and just so you don't get any funny ideas they can't stand more than 20 ft away, they must be facing you and you must remain tied to the post in the middle of the yard. And to show I'm not totally heartless if you aren't dead by sundown I'll release you so you can die peacefully outside the compound.

I must go now but will return tomorrow and see to it that you are buried in a nice spot, though with 100 men I doubt there will be much left of you to bury." After giving his instruction the general left. Upon his return the next day he found that Pete had been set free alive and well.

"How could this be?" Demanded the general. 'It was where Pete had us stand." Explained the captain of the squad.

Where did Pete tell them to stand?

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Pete had them stand as close as possible because then the end of each gun barrel would point past him when the squad aimed and fired...

How 100 men squeezed together to do this and how could Pete still hear after having 100 guns go off near his head are other questions... :D

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Pirate Pete had been captured by a Spanish general and sentenced to death by his 50-man firing squad.

Pete cringed, as he knew their reputation for being the worst firing squad in the Spanish military. They where such bad shots that they would often all miss their targets and simply maim their victims leaving them to bleed to death as the generals tradition was to only allow one shot per man to save on ammunition. The thought of a slow painful death made Pete beg for mercy.

" Very well, I have some compassion. You may choose where the men stand when they shoot you and I will add 50 extra men to the squad to ensure someone will at least hit you. Perhaps if they stand closer they will kill you quicker if you're lucky." Snickered the general. "Oh and just so you don't get any funny ideas they can't stand more than 20 ft away, they must be facing you and you must remain tied to the post in the middle of the yard. And to show I'm not totally heartless if you aren't dead by sundown I'll release you so you can die peacefully outside the compound.

I must go now but will return tomorrow and see to it that you are buried in a nice spot, though with 100 men I doubt there will be much left of you to bury." After giving his instruction the general left. Upon his return the next day he found that Pete had been set free alive and well.

"How could this be?" Demanded the general. 'It was where Pete had us stand." Explained the captain of the squad.

Where did Pete tell them to stand?

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Capitalizing on the fact that these men were terrible shots, he had them bunch together in a way so that any shot fired at him would likely hit another member of the firing squad. Then, none of the men would shoot because they would be too afraid of being hit themselves.

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Originally Posted by Mindwarp

Capitalizing on the fact that these men were terrible shots, he had them bunch together in a way so that any shot fired at him would likely hit another member of the firing squad. Then, none of the men would shoot because they would be too afraid of being hit themselves.

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Sounds better than my answer... :mad:

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Originally Posted by Mindwarp

Capitalizing on the fact that these men were terrible shots, he had them bunch together in a way so that any shot fired at him would likely hit another member of the firing squad. Then, none of the men would shoot because they would be too afraid of being hit themselves.

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Close...

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Close...

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I guess my answer was so bad, you felt you didn't need to respond? :sad:

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Originally Posted by RIOT

I guess my answer was so bad, you felt you didn't need to respond? :sad:

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Yeah, that was just too close.

Sorry pal. :D