puzzle1
August 28, 2008
Consider this situation:
A man walks into a bar, and asks the bartender for a drink of water. The bartender pulls out a gun, points it at the man, and cocks it. The man says “Thank you” and leaves. What happened?
Hints:
- Could the bartender hear him? ( Yes )
- Was the bartender angry for some reason? ( No )
- Was the gun a water pistol? ( No )
- Did they know each other from before? ( No )
- Was the man’s “Thank you” sarcastic? ( No )
- Did the man ask for water in an offensive way? ( No )
- Did the man ask for water in some strange way? ( Yes )
What are the possible answers you can think of?
PS0: Feels good to write a blog after a verrrrrrrrrrrrrry long time.
PS1: No use of googling it, I found it in a book 
PS2: The solution will be posted in next post, in case nobody finds it out.
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Chaitanya | August 28, 2008 at 5:08 pm
The gun’s sumthing forbidden 2 b mentioned here (hope u got wat i meant 2 b…hehe)
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sashidhar | August 28, 2008 at 5:32 pm
he man had the hiccups, and that his reason for requesting a drink of water was not to quench his thirst but to cure his hiccups. The bartender realized this and chose instead to cure the hiccups by frightening the man with the gun. Once the man realized that his hiccups were gone, he no longer needed a drink of water, gratefully thanked the bartender, and left.
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rohitbharadwajg | August 28, 2008 at 5:39 pm
agree with both sashidhar and chaitanya
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djranga | August 28, 2008 at 5:39 pm
@Chaitanya : Yaa man .. I got it
@sashidhar : Awesome man … so u’ve read that book
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wulfor | August 28, 2008 at 6:11 pm
nice one DJ…. waiting for some more like this… shud b funny..
@saashi.. hey dude.. well done..
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Himank | August 28, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Well.. the answer is the type you can only expect from Sashidhar!!
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Prateek G V | August 28, 2008 at 6:48 pm
“A man walks into a bar, and asks the bartender for a drink of water. ” My initial guess ws the man could be shashidhar .. and I was right .. He did walk into the bar and ask for water
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Abhishek | August 28, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Interesting question… am waiting for the answer!
@sashidhar: Nice reply…
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srirang | August 30, 2008 at 5:32 am
@ Abhishek : Sashidhar’s answer is the solution.
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sashidhar | August 30, 2008 at 12:43 pm
i would like to take the opportunity of stating the fact that I never read this post till a few minutes ago. The person who wrote the answer seems to be an imposter :X