If he had seen the sawdust, he wouldn't have died

BRAINTEASER!!!

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If he had seen the sawdust, he wouldn’t have died

How did he die?

Ummm, did he live in a parallel universe where sawdust particles left unattended can coalesce into some sort of man-eating sawdust creature?

('Cause that would totally suck-- especially if he were allergic…)

lol yeah it would but um…no

Pinocchio plays grab ass with a Lumberjill?

Damn, I always get these wrong. I think I’ll go sit in my grain elevator and ponder this one for a while.

nonono!!! lol any real questions???
pacific…just ask any old thing and then you might get somewhere :slight_smile:

Did he have a match?

nope

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Yikes! Where did the rest of that go? Here’s my question:

Would he have had to look down to see the sawdust, or up?

Is alcohol involved in any way?

down

no

thanks danalan! going there now :slight_smile:

Possible spoiler (wish I knew how to do that inverse text thing). So, sawdust on the floor, and he died because he didn’t notice it. Was the floor sawn partially through, so that it collapsed under him?

no

Did he not know there were termites, and the house fell on him?

(On second thought, that seems really far-fetched, so if I’m actually right, no one will be more surprised than I.)

Does he work in a sawmill?

lol that would we cool, but no :slight_smile:

Was he blind?

no to both

job is a good tack though