How did he die?

TheQuailman

TheQuailman

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Theres a dead naked man in the middle of a field holding a straw. How did he die and how did he get there?

Feel free to post up any other riddles.
 
he was in a hot air balloon and they had to ditch some weight so they took off their clothes and it wasnt enough so they then drew straws and he got the short one.
 
Okay. Hopefully I remember this correctly.

A short man lived on the top floor of an apartment complex. He took the stairs everyday, but took the elevator on rainy days. Why?
 
this one hurt my brain for quite some time:

what is greater than god and worse than hell? every rich man wants it and every poor man has it..
 
Him and his friends were in a hot air ballon that started to sink, so they took their clothes off to make it lighter. It continued to sink, so they decided that someone would have to jump, so they drew straws.
New Riddle:
Theres a man who lives on the 10th floor of an apartment building. Everyday when he goes to leave, he takes the elevator down to the lobby and walks out. When he returns he does something strange. If it is a rainy day, or if there is someone else in the elevator with him, he takes it all the way to the 10th floor. But any other circumstance he goes up to the 7th floor, gets out, and walks the rest of the way. Why does he do this?
 
A woman is hiking on a mountain. A man fires a gunshot, and she is found dead the next day, but there are no bullet wounds. How did she die?
 
Yes. That and the other guy a few posts up was right.

Here' another one. A blind man is walking down a street. A black car with no headlights on is heading toward him. The street lights are not on, the man is dressed in all black, how did the car miss him?
 
Here is the one I wanted to remember. A man walks into a bar, he asks the bartender for a glass of water, instead, the bartender pulls a gun on him. The man says thank you and walks out. Why?
 
i knew i had heard this before

he wanted the water to cure him of his hiccups but when the bartender pulled the gun on him it scared away the hiccups
 
there are two men dead in a cabin in the woods. they were both shot. there are 52 bicycles around them. how did they die. ?(shot obviously, but how?)
 
heres another one.

Every day the man saw his dog ran into the woods. However, he noticed that the dog never ran more than halfway into the woods. Why?
 
Hahaha, nope. I want a few more people to guess on this one. It is one of those OHHHHH moments when you hear the answer.
 
To understand how a revolver works, it helps to know something about

guns in general. Almost every gun is based on the same simple concept:

You apply explosive pressure behind a projectile to launch it down a

barrel. The earliest and simplest application of this idea is the

cannon.

A cannon is just a metal tube with a closed end and an

open end. The closed end has a small fuse hole. To load the cannon, you

pour in gunpowder (a mixture of charcoal, sulfur and potassium

nitrate), and then drop in a cannonball. The gunpowder and cannonball

sit in the breech, the rear part of the bore (the open

space in the cannon). To prepare for a shot, you run a fuse (a length

of flammable material) through the hole so it reaches down to the

gunpowder. To fire the cannon, you light the fuse. The flame travels

along the fuse and finally reaches the gunpowder.

When you ignite gunpowder, it burns rapidly, producing a lot of hot gas

in the process. The hot gas applies much greater pressure on the powder

side of the cannonball than the air in the atmosphere applies on the

other side. This propels the cannonball out of the gun at high speed.

The first handheld guns were essentially miniature cannons; you

loaded some gunpowder and a steel ball and lit a fuse. Eventually, this

technology gave way to trigger-activated weapons, such as the flintlock gun and the percussion cap.

Flintlock guns ignited gun powder by producing a tiny spark, while percussion caps used mercuric fulminate,

an explosive compound you could ignite with a sharp blow. To load a

percussion-cap gun, you poured gunpowder into the breech, stuffed a

ball in on top of it, and placed a mercuric fulminate cap on top of a

small nipple. To fire the gun, you cocked a hammer all the way back and

pulled the gun's trigger. The trigger released the hammer, which swung

forward onto the explosive cap. The cap ignited, shooting a small flame

down a tube to the gunpowder. The gunpowder exploded, launching the

ball out of the barrel. (Check out How Flintlock Guns Work for more information on these weapons.)

In the 1800s, the percussion-cap gun slowly gave way to the revolver,

which only had to be reloaded every five or six shots instead of after

each shot. In the next section, we'll see how this system works.

The first revolvers used gunpowder, balls and caps like the earlier

percussion-cap pistols. The shooter would load each of the six chambers

in the cylinder with gunpowder and a projectile, and place separate

percussion caps on corresponding nipples. While the loading procedure

was tedious, a shooter could have six rounds fully prepared ahead of

time.

In the 1870s, these models were replaced by revolvers that used bullet cartridges

instead of gunpowder and caps. Cartridges are a combination of a

projectile (the bullet), a propellant (gunpowder, for example) and a

primer (the explosive cap), all contained in one metal package.

In a modern revolver, cartridges are loaded into six chambers, each of

which can be positioned in front of the gun's barrel. A spring-loaded

hammer is positioned on the other side of the cylinder, in line with

the barrel. The basic idea of the gun is to cock the hammer back, line

up a new cartridge in between the hammer and the barrel and then

release the hammer by pulling a trigger. The spring throws the hammer

forward so it hits the primer. The primer explodes, igniting the

propellant, which drives the bullet down the barrel.

The inside of the barrel is lined with spiraling grooves,

which spin the bullet to give it stability. A longer barrel improves

stability, since it spins the bullet for longer. Extending the barrel

also increases the speed of the bullet, since the gas pressure

accelerates the bullet for a longer period of time.

In early revolvers, a shooter had to pull the hammer back

before each shot and then pull the trigger to release the hammer. In

modern revolvers, simply pulling the trigger will force the hammer

backward and then release it.

You can see how a modern revolver works in the diagram below.





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Click on the trigger to fire the gun.

The sequence of events in each shot is very simple:

  • The trigger lever pushes the hammer backward.
  • As it moves backward, the hammer compresses a metal spring in

    the gun stock (the handle). The diagram above shows a coiled spring;

    uncoiled tension springs are also used in revolvers.
  • At the same time, a pawl attached to the trigger pushes

    on a ratchet to rotate the cylinder. This positions the next breech

    chamber in front of the gun barrel.
  • Another pawl lodges in a small depression on the cylinder. This

    stops the cylinder in a particular position so it is perfectly lined up

    with the barrel.
  • When the trigger lever is pushed all the way back, it releases the hammer.
  • The compressed spring drives the hammer forward. The firing

    pin on the hammer extends through the body of the gun and hits the

    primer. The primer explodes, igniting the propellant.
  • The propellant burns, releasing a large volume of gas. The gas

    pressure drives the bullet down the barrel. The gas pressure also

    causes the cartridge case to expand, temporarily sealing the breech.

    All of the expanding gas pushes forward rather than backward.
  • To reload the gun, the shooter swings the cylinder out and pushes on the ejector rod to operate the extractor in the middle of the cylinder. The extractor grabs the base of the spent shells and removes them from the cylinders.
  • To reload, the shooter can place individual cartridges into the chambers or load six at once with a speed loader (basically, a small metal holder with cartridges secured in the right position).


  • In double-action revolvers, the shooter can either pull the

    trigger to cock and fire or pull the hammer back ahead of time. The

    advantage of cocking the hammer first is that the trigger moves more

    easily when it is time to fire.

    Obviously, a revolver is easier to use than a flintlock or a

    percussion-cap weapon. A shooter can load six shots at a time and only

    needs to pull the trigger to fire. But revolvers seem very limited next

    to newer technologies: The shooter must pull the trigger for every shot

    and stop to reload regularly. On the battlefield, the revolver can't

    possibly stand up to modern automatic weapons.

    To Bear Arms

    To learn about the gun laws in your area, as well as pending legislation, check out Gun Laws, Gun Control & Gun Rights.

    The enduring popularity of revolvers is due to the simplicity of their

    design. Everything fits together so well that the guns very rarely jam.

    And since they are made with a relatively small number of parts, they

    are relatively inexpensive to manufacture. For the home defender and

    criminals alike, it is an ideal, affordable weapon.

    For more information on revolvers and other weapons, check out the links on the next page

and that my friends, is how the gun was fired to kill these two, unfateful men.
 
a plane crashes on the border of (insert state/province here) and (insert state/province here). where do they bury the survivors?
 
because the stairs didnt have those grippy things so everyone took the elevator so they wouldnt slip. and the man is short so hes able to steal peoples wallets easily in the elevator
 
The blind man was walking on the left side like your supposed to but the car was driving on the right side? Either that or the blind man is a wizard and can apparate.
 
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