# Three Minute Mysteries, or How Come? Chapter III **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322 "2000-03-30T19:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/41 "2000-03-30T19:13:00Z")
Flypsyde asks: Was the glass a vial of medication of some sort? IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING Falcon asks: Did the woman have any illnesses? YES aschrott asks: was the removal of the glass item the direct cause of her death? NO did the boyfriend steal it? YES ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/42 "2000-03-30T19:13:00Z")
Did the boyfriend remove the glass item? ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/43 "2000-03-30T19:13:00Z")
I got it first! That’s why I asked about medication, I was afraid you or Sr were gonna come along, get more specific, and steal my thunder, Falc. ---
**Author:** ![aschrott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@aschrott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aschrott)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/44 "2000-03-30T19:14:00Z")
was it a syringe of insulin? ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/45 "2000-03-30T19:14:00Z")
Okay, was it a vial of insulin? ---
**Author:** ![aschrott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@aschrott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aschrott)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/46 "2000-03-30T19:15:00Z")
oooh, I see I should hit “reload” more often :o ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/47 "2000-03-30T19:15:00Z")
Flypsyde asks: Real quick-was Gwen diabetic? DING DING DING DING!!! My goodness. One more win and the prize will be a humidor! Yes, indeed - poor Gwen was diabetic, and her jealous lover stole her insulin, replacing it with water. By the time she realized the injection wasn’t working, and tried another… which also didn’t work - it was too late. Whew. Are we tired yet? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/48 "2000-03-30T19:16:00Z")
I’m gonna solve the puzzle, Pat. Gwen was diabetic. Her lover visited, stole her hypo of insulin and left. Without it she would die, but not right away. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/49 "2000-03-30T19:17:00Z")
Hell no! I wanna beat Flyp on one of these! ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/50 "2000-03-30T19:17:00Z")
YEAH, BABY, YEAH!!! Okay, I’m done. Bricker, I’m bored, but if you’re tired, hey, rest up. I want some thinkers for Monday. ---
**Author:** ![aschrott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@aschrott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aschrott)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/51 "2000-03-30T19:19:00Z")
I’m in for more, if you’ve got 'em ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/52 "2000-03-30T19:20:00Z")
Oh, I have no dearth of these puzzle, Flypsyde - believe me. OK, one more for today. A woman gives a man something to eat – and he dies. Oddly enough, they both knew it was dangerous, and yet he ate it anyway. Amazingly, it was neither poisoned nor poisonous. How come? ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/53 "2000-03-30T19:21:00Z")
Any allergies for the man? ---
**Author:** ![Thirsty4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Thirsty4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty4)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/54 "2000-03-30T19:22:00Z")
Is insulin still kept in glass containers? I thought my grandmother’s was stored in a hard plastic container. * * * “You CAN’T be evil. 'Cos no matter how many ‘bad’ things you do on purpose, you MUST be doing it because you think it’s the right thing to do.” ---
**Author:** ![aschrott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@aschrott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aschrott)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/55 "2000-03-30T19:22:00Z")
were their names Adam and Eve? ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/56 "2000-03-30T19:22:00Z")
Did hte man die of a heart attack? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/57 "2000-03-30T19:23:00Z")
Flypsyde asks: Any allergies for the man? NO Thirsty4: at the time this murder happened, insulin was still kept in glass vials. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/58 "2000-03-30T19:23:00Z")
Ooh, I think aschrott got us, Falc. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/59 "2000-03-30T19:24:00Z")
Adam didn’t die, though, Flyp. _thinks_ ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/60 "2000-03-30T19:24:00Z")
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