Ok, first page of questions summaried below.
Two men walk into a shore-side resturant and order turtle soup. one of the men takes one bite of the soup, then takes out a gun and shoots himself. Why?
was he planning to shoot himself anyway? no
or was it because of the soup ? yes
did it have to do with the soup itself? yes
or the way it was served/ cooked/.whatever? no
was he allergic to it..? no
The soup had mind-control serum in it and the other guy told him to shoot himself? no
The soup had acid in it and he wanted to end his misery? no
He ticked off the Dark Archon sitting behind him? no
Did the other guy eat any? yes
did he receive what he ordered ? yes (a very common question with this riddle, actually...)
did the soup taste the way he expected it to ? no (great question)
Did anything happen to the other guy? irrelevant
hm.. good: he DID get what he ordered - but it didnt taste like what he ordered.. >> is this correct ?
or..... there's something wrong with his tastebuds (in case the cook did a perfect job on the soup - but the guy just doesnt feel its tasting like the soup that he ordered, thinking he'd be better off dead) >> is this correct ?
no (collective?)
uhm.. he got what he ordered -- it didn't taste like what he was expecting...
was something in the soup (mixed in for example) ? no
he was expecting something else (althou it did look like the soup he ordered) ? yes
does his profession have to do anything with this ? no
again: 2 men ... is this a bet of some kind ? no
Could he not read? no, he could read
Did he speak another language? no
Did he have any problems ordering? no
Did he order the wrong thing? no
Second page of questions summarized till now.
does the other man kill himself also ? no
Did the man know he was going to shoot himself before he tasted the soup? no
Did the man know he was going to shoot himself before ordering the soup? no
Is there any significance to turtle shells? no
Is "turtle" symbolic of something? yes
was this some kind of contest ? no
does this guy have to do anything with the missing-arm guys ?? irrelevant to figuring this riddle out
Would he have shot himself over any other kind of soup? no (wow, nice one hooman, your first question is important)
... beverage? no
... food? no
Is this "turtle" soup really made with turtles? yes
Is there any other significant ingredient in the soup? no
it didn't taste like he expected, coz he never had turtlesoup before ? no, he had "turtle soup" before
is "turtle soup" really a soup ? yes
does "turtle soup" mean something else then just plain 'soup made from turtles' ? yes
so "turtle soup" has 2 meanings ? yes
was the guy expecting 1 of those, but received the other one ? no
Is the other meaning of turtle soup supposed to be common knowledge that we should know? no
Or is it unique to this problem and we have to figure it out from questioning? yes
are there simularities between turtle-neck and turtle-soup ? yes
Does the "turtle" soup contain any turtle in it? (like real turtle meat/body parts) yes
Was the "turtle" soup supposed to contain any turtle in it? yes
Is the turtle soup referred to as "turtle" soup for any reason other than the turtle meat/body content in it?
no, not the "turtle" soup
(hint: if you look back at one of MY responce posts I say "turtle soup", not "turtle" soup)
Is it really soup? yes
Was it meant to be eaten? yes
Is a turtle neck significant because of the "neck" part? no
Is a turtle neck significant if we're talking about the type of clothing? no
Is there one part of the/a turtle that is more significant than the others? yes
Is the manner in which the turtle soup served of any importance? no
Was the turtle soup meant to be a meal? yes
Is there significance to more than one part of the turtle? no
Is there significance to any part of the head? no
Is there significance to any part of the legs/hands? no
Is there significance to the inner part within the shell? no
Is there significance to the shell itself? no
Is there significance to turtle eggs? no
Have we misread the answers to any previous questions? maybe
Are we making bad assumptions about things we haven't asked about? yes
I also noticed two seperate questions that only got one answer above. (on the first page)
Is it important that there are 2 people in this riddle?
I also noticed that question about him expecting something else than what he got. Sounds important. I think CK9 is being really technical on some of his responses in this area.
Also I cut out a few questions that didn't really get an answer or who's answer was irrelevant. I kinda wonder if one of them was on technical grounds though.
Is the wording "bite" in the question of any importance? (As in, is there a reason for this word as opposed to "he consumed his first small portion of")
