Could Stan have saved himself between the crack and the stabbing?
Was the cause of the knife stabbing Stan just something that happened between the knife and the pencil, or was something else involved?
Is there anything else we need to know? He was sharpening a pencil, his knife slipped and he cut himself, and then he bled to death. Are any relevant details missing there?
Did Stan fall on to the knife?
Was the crack sound the reason Stan fell?
Was the crack the sound of the pencil breaking while he was trying to sharpen it?
Yes, his knife did not slip would be a key detail. At least not how I think of it.
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We have Stan, he is sitting outdoors in a city with a pencil in one hand and a knife in the other hand. He is sharpening the pencil with the knife. There is a crack sound, and he then is stabbed with the knife, which kills him.
Are the following details relevant to the situation?
Stan is sitting
Stan is outside
Stan is in a city
Is the knife that stabs and kills him the same knife he is using to sharpen the pencil?
Was the crack sound related to his sharpening of the pencil?
Did he interact with any other person or animal?
Did his chair break?
Did Stan stab himself because of the crack sound?
Was it due to momentarily forgetting that there was a knife in his hand?
Spilling a cup of coffee because you are checking the time situation?
A pirate walks into a bar and the bartender says, “Hey, I haven’t seen you in a while. What happened, you look terrible!”
“Arrh – Not at ‘tall.” the pirate replies, “I be fine.” The bartender says, “But what about that wooden leg? You didn’t have that before.”
“Arrh!,” says the pirate, “We were in a battle at sea and a cannon ball hit me leg. But the surgeon fixed me up, and I be fine, really.”
“Yeah,” says the bartender, “But what about that hook? Last time I saw you, you had both hands.”
“Aye,” says the pirate, “We were in another battle and we boarded the enemy ship. I was in a sword fight and me hand was cut off. But the surgeon fixed me up with this hook, and I be feeling great, really.”
“Oh,” says the bartender, “What about that eye patch? Last time you were in here you had both eyes.”
“Arrh,” says the pirate, “One day when I was swabbing me deck, some gulls were flying over the ship. I looked up, and one of them–arrgh, he, pooped–in me eye.”
“So?” replied the bartender, “what happened? You couldn’t have lost an eye just from that!”
“Well,” says the pirate, "'Twas me first day with me hook.”
** Stan was just sitting there, holding his pencil, minding his own business. A moment later, there was a crack. A moment after that, he was dead. How did he die?**
Was Stan still holding the knife when he was stabbed with it?
Did he interact with another person? Did that other person take the knife and stab him with it?
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Was the knife propelled by Stan’s muscles when he was stabbed with it? Did something hit Stan that caused him to be stabbed?
I think we’ll get this one if we keep going along the discussion lines you are all on.
Would someone like to put together what you know into a few sentences? It helps. Chronos did that and I saw that he thought Stan fell, which he didn’t. It helps and may even shed some new light on the situation once you see it all laid out.
We have Stan, he is sitting outdoors in a city (but he could have been standing, indoors, or in the country) with a pencil in one hand and a knife in the other hand. He is sharpening the pencil with the knife. There is a crack sound, which precipitates something hitting the knife into Stan, killing him.
Was it the crack of the bat? Was he watching a ballgame? Hit by a foul ball?
See? You did it! Solved!
This is the true story of Stanton Walker. He was at a ballgame(I decided that was outdoors) and he was keeping score. He asked a friend to borrow a knife to sharpen his pencil. His friend handed him a knife and a player hit a ball that, by incredible coincidence, hit his hand/knife and drove the knife into him. He fell silently to the ground and died almost immediately. He was still grasping the handle of the knife after he died…
Note: The article I cite here clarifies the knife was being handed to him, not that he was already sharpening his pencil. I guess I kind of changed that detail for the puzzle.
Roy had three children. Later they became famous. Roy became famous too. And yet the children never knew Roy was famous, and Roy never knew his children were famous, even though they were all alive at the time of their fame. Why?
Did Roy know his three children? Were they separated or adopted?
Were they famous for the same reason?
reply to Cheesesteak
Did Roy know his three children? Yes Were they separated or adopted? separated.
Were they famous for the same reason? No
Is this a true story?
What year were they all famous(or range of years)?
Have all of us most likely heard of them?
Were the sons all famous for the same thing?
reply to Mahaloth:
Is this a true story? Not exactly
What year were they all famous(or range of years)? 20th century
Have all of us most likely heard of them? Yes, definitely.
Were the sons all famous for the same thing? The offspring were all famous for the same thing, but not the same thing as Roy.