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    Default A mystery to solve.

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    Years ago I was living

    in Alaska and working in Prudhoe Bay. Lots of amazing stories to be told. I thought I\'d share this one just for

    fun. A mystery for you to solve.

    A Norwegian guide took two Japanese tourists out on the frozen Bearing Sea. They

    went out from Little Diomede Island over the ice to try and make it to the International Date Line just to say

    they\'d had half of their body in tomorrow and the other half in yesterday. Or something like that. Crazy people

    with too much money. Anyway, they made it to the Line and the guide, in celebration, pulled a bottle of Everclear

    and three shot glasses out of his back pack. He filled the glasses, made a toast and tossed back the drink. Before

    the tourists could do the same the guide fell over on his side. DOA before he hit the ice.

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    What killed him?

    This is a true story and you may ask me

    Q\'s but the answer is in the story as told. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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    Default Re: A mystery to solve.

    Is this one of

    those \"critical thinking\" questions?

    Cause I hate those.

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    Default Re: A mystery to solve.

    Possible

    ridiculous responses to this question:

    -The guide made such a funny comment in his toast he died

    laughing.

    -Taking a shot on the International Date Line made him simultaneously feel the buzz and hangover

    effects at the same time---half feeling a nice buzz, the half in \"tomorrow\" feeling pretty crappy---and

    therefore caused a massive overload that killed him instantly.

    -He hit an iceberg...and the estate made hundreds

    of millions of dollars selling the movie rights.

    -All of the contents in the bottle froze due to the sub-freezing

    temperatures except for the alcohol, which in such high concentration killed the man instantly.

    -The Japanese

    tourists sure know how to mix \"Kamakazis\"...

    -He went crazy trying to figure out his own riddle that his head

    exploded.

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    Default Re: A mystery to solve.

    Just got a PM from

    Belgareth who has the answer. Class act that he is he held off on posting it. One of Pancho\'s answers is very

    close.

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    Default Re: A mystery to solve.

    My guess

    :

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    -All of the contents in the bottle

    froze due to the sub-freezing temperatures except for the alcohol, which in such high concentration killed the man

    instantly.


    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\"> [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    My guess :

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    class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />


    -All of the contents in the bottle froze due to the sub-freezing

    temperatures except for the alcohol, which in such high concentration killed the man instantly.


    <hr

    /></blockquote><font class=\"post\"> [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

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    Close but no

    cigar!

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    Default Re: A mystery to solve.

    Drinking even

    a moderate amount everclear would cause a stroke or massive vascular damage and internal bleeding. It\'s well

    known that it\'s poison drunk straight, no matter where you are. If he drank the whole bottle, or even part of it,

    obviously that did it. Even one shot could kill you on an empty stomach, depending.

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    Default Re: A mystery to solve.

    Damn Doc, I wish I

    would have known that back during my Everclear drinking days. That explains a lot.

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

    The Guide died because he had been carrying the EC in his back

    pack and it was as cold as the ambient outdoor temp. which was about 30 below zero. The shot tossed and swallowed so

    quickly froze his throat and then his heart. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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    Default Re: A mystery to solve.

    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    Drinking even a moderate amount everclear would

    cause a stroke or massive vascular damage and internal bleeding. It\'s well known that it\'s poison drunk

    straight, no matter where you are. If he drank the whole bottle, or even part of it, obviously that did it. Even one

    shot could kill you on an empty stomach, depending.

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    Sounds like

    a lawsuit waiting to happen! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]


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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    Damn Doc, I wish I would have known that back

    during my Everclear drinking days. That explains a lot. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

    The

    Guide died because he had been carrying the EC in his back pack and it was as cold as the ambient outdoor temp.

    which was about 30 below zero. The shot tossed and swallowed so quickly froze his throat and then his heart.

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    nonsense

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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
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    Damn Doc, I wish I would have known that back during my Everclear drinking

    days. That explains a lot. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

    The Guide died because he had been

    carrying the EC in his back pack and it was as cold as the ambient outdoor temp. which was about 30 below zero. The

    shot tossed and swallowed so quickly froze his throat and then his heart.

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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    nonsense



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    No, it isn\'t nonsense. I was stationed in Alaska for two

    winters. That kind of cold is deadly! I don\'t know if it froze his heart specifically but it is well known up

    there that it can and will kill you.

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    Default Re: A mystery to solve.

    I just don\'t

    think we were given enough information in the original question. The 30 below part didn\'t come until

    later.

    How are the summers up there?

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    Default Re: A mystery to solve.

    Sorry. From my

    perspective the 30 below was obvious from the comment about the Bering sea being frozen. But I\'ve been there and

    that probably made the difference. The summers depend on where you are. I spent a part of one summer about 100 miles

    east of Fairbanks and it was great; 70-75 degrees most the time. Anchorage was a little cooler but not much. The

    worst part is the mesquitos and black flies. Those are plentiful and vicious!

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    Default Re: A mystery to solve.

    My heart is

    broken. I knew it couldn\'t last. The strong bond that Bel and Exit formed may be cracking. Keep it together

    boys...keep it together. Don\'t let one little thread tear you apart.

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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    My heart is broken. I knew it couldn\'t last. The

    strong bond that Bel and Exit formed may be cracking. Keep it together boys...keep it together. Don\'t let one

    little thread tear you apart.

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    And it\'s all my fault. OH

    the Humanity!

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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
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    Damn Doc, I wish I would have known that back during my Everclear drinking

    days. That explains a lot. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

    The Guide died because he had been

    carrying the EC in his back pack and it was as cold as the ambient outdoor temp. which was about 30 below zero. The

    shot tossed and swallowed so quickly froze his throat and then his heart.

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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    nonsense



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    Not so Mr. Exit. It\'s a true story. Probably didn\'t freeze

    his whole heart but enough to stop it. It takes a whole lot of very cold to freeze a Sea. Any temp. below zero is a

    different world to live and work in. Truck engines never get turned off when the temp. is that low, they let them

    run 24/7 all winter long. The summers are a nasty bitch too. High humidity and bugs that only have two things on

    their mind. There is a beauty to Alaska all year round. Some of the scenery, especially in winter, will stop your

    heart just looking at it. I\'m glad I\'m not up there any more though. Next week I\'ll tell the tale of

    \"Squisher Fisher the Killer Driller\".

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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    My heart is broken. I knew it couldn\'t last. The

    strong bond that Bel and Exit formed may be cracking. Keep it together boys...keep it together. Don\'t let one

    little thread tear you apart.

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    Quit flappin your gums and get

    supper on the table! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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    Default Re: A mystery to solve.

    Anyone who drinks

    straight everclear deserves to die. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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    Default Re: A mystery to solve.

    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    Anyone who drinks straight everclear deserves to

    die. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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    LMAO

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
    True! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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    Default Re: A mystery to solve.

    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    Anyone who drinks straight everclear deserves to

    die. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

    <hr /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">

    I

    don\'t see how one could drink it straight. I once wanted to make a martini, but had no gin. Found a bottle of

    Everclear though. Took one sip of my new cocktail and it burnt so much I poured the rest down the sink.

    [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

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    </font><blockquote><font class=\"small\">Quote:</font><hr />
    Damn Doc, I wish I would have known that back

    during my Everclear drinking days. That explains a lot. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

    <hr

    /></blockquote><font class=\"post\">Ditto! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

    Purple Passion,

    anyone? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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