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In article <1993Jan21.115427.29195@ida.liu.se> t91matfa@odalix.ida.liu.se (Mattias Fagerlund) writes:
>Well, lets see if this puzzle fits you.
>
>The solution seems me totally logical, but not every body might think so.
>You may ask me as many questions as you wish, but mail them to my person, 
>so you don't spoil it for the others.
>Questions will be answered with yes, no and irrelevant (most are).
>
>A man walks into a saloon and asks the bartender for a glass of water.
>The bartender, saying nothing, pulls out a shot-gun and points it at the man.
>-Thank you, the man says and leaves the bar.
>
>Question: 
>  What really happend? Why did the man say thank you (his goal WAS actually 
> achived) and leave?
>
>	-Mattias Fagerlund 
> 	t91matfa@und.ida.liu.se


Sorry, but this was too old to pass up, might even be in the FAQ.

The man had the hiccups, the bartender scared them away.
-- 
Michael L. Morgan 
morgan@spectra.com

In article <1993Jan21.115427.29195@ida.liu.se> t91matfa@odalix.ida.liu.se (Mattias Fagerlund) writes:
>A man walks into a saloon and asks the bartender for a glass of water.
>The bartender, saying nothing, pulls out a shot-gun and points it at the man.
>-Thank you, the man says and leaves the bar.
>
>Question: 
>  What really happend? Why did the man say thank you (his goal WAS actually 
> achived) and leave?
>
The man had a hiccup. He needed either to drink some water or be scared.

Philippe


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Departement des Sciences Biologiques                      Universite de Montreal
#define disclaimer(caught) (caught ? "I wasn't even there!" : "I didn't do it!")

In article <1993Jan22.004738.16681@cc.umontreal.ca> casgrain@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Casgrain Philippe) writes:
>The man had a hiccup. He needed either to drink some water or be scared.
>

Nope...  The bartender couldn't talk because he had his tongue cut out
by a six-fingered man when he was a boy.  Since they didn't serve water
at that saloon, and since the water fountain was across the street (behind
the man looking for water), the bartender grabbed the nearest pointing
device and pointed the shotgun across the street.  The man moved to the 
side, turned around, saw the fountain, thanked the bartender, and
walked off.

>Philippe
>

-Kirby    :)

In article <1993Jan21.115427.29195@ida.liu.se>, t91matfa@odalix.ida.liu.se (Mattias Fagerlund) writes:
=Well, lets see if this puzzle fits you.
=
=The solution seems me totally logical, but not every body might think so.
=You may ask me as many questions as you wish, but mail them to my person, 
=so you don't spoil it for the others.
=Questions will be answered with yes, no and irrelevant (most are).
=
=A man walks into a saloon and asks the bartender for a glass of water.
=The bartender, saying nothing, pulls out a shot-gun and points it at the man.
=-Thank you, the man says and leaves the bar.
=
=Question: 
=  What really happend? Why did the man say thank you (his goal WAS actually 
= achived) and leave?

Well, after we consult the frequently-asked-questions list for this newsgroup,
we conclude that the customer must've been suffering from hiccups.
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In article <1993Jan21.115427.29195@ida.liu.se> t91matfa@odalix.ida.liu.se (Mattias Fagerlund) writes:
>Well, lets see if this puzzle fits you.
>
>The solution seems me totally logical, but not every body might think so.
>You may ask me as many questions as you wish, but mail them to my person, 
>so you don't spoil it for the others.
>Questions will be answered with yes, no and irrelevant (most are).
>
>A man walks into a saloon and asks the bartender for a glass of water.
>The bartender, saying nothing, pulls out a shot-gun and points it at the man.
>-Thank you, the man says and leaves the bar.
>
>Question: 
>  What really happend? Why did the man say thank you (his goal WAS actually 
> achived) and leave?
>
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Well, well, well.
It seems a lot of people knew that one?

Nope, the true answer, given to me by Sharon Levine is

>The object is to piss of the bartender by asking for somthing
>free. It worked.

There you go.
	-Mattias Fagerlund.