h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

What, you've never heard of a mini-mystery? A mini-mystery is basically a puzzle composed of one to three sentences. The object is to figure out the mystery by asking questions of the Mystery Meister. The Mystery Meister can only respond with 'yes,' 'no,' or 'That's irrelevant.' For example, I can't answer the question 'What color was the moose?' but I can answer 'Was the moose purple?'

If you already know the answer, don't blurt it out! Either lurk quietly, or you can help out by answering questions and moving the mystery along.

Here's the first mystery. It's an easy one, I promise.

Tina and Judy were found dead in a puddle of water and glass. What happened?

I'll pounce first then,
Did the unfortunates perish at home ?

S

Yes!

Did they die when their house burned down?

Did they have 4 second memories (allegedly)?

Were they aquarium fish?

Did they have 4 second memories (allegedly)?
If we're talking goldfish here I thought it was seven. Though how nayone knows.......?

Perhaps the real challenge should be to design an experiment to determine how long a goldfishes memory should be!

If they were goldfish, the aquarium got punched

Was the window in the room that contained the aquarium/gold fish bowl open?

I'll kick start this again,
Were they goldfish, thier bowl fell and smashed, they died ?

Another fishy tale :

Man is found dead in a 'phone box next to a river, he's bled to death as his wrists are cut wide open. The glass is smashed either side of the 'box, and the phone is still under his chin, where is was holding it 'hands free'. What happened ?

S

He'd caught one and it was 'this big', hence an excited phone call and slit writsts.

Correct !

S

Ok then, here's one......

'If he'd seen the sawdust he wouldn't have died.'

He had a Big Mac?

Something to do with the guillotine or being beheaded?

None of this thread seems to be going the way the first post dictated!!!!!

That's cool. The first mystery's been solved, just heard a second one I hadn't heard before, and now here's this third one I haven't heard yet.

'If he'd seen the sawdust he wouldn't have died.'

All right... was this man murdered?

Second question... was it in his home?

Well I'm waiting for my question to be answered!

Sorry all, minor real life crisis.

Teasswill, no to both suggestions.

Lentilla: 1. murdered, in a way yes, (can't give that one a deffinate yes/no, it depends on how you look at murder.)

2. In his home, yes.