# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/61 "2000-03-30T19:25:00Z")
Something dangerous to eat? Sheesh, don’t you read the papers? Everything’s dangerous nowadays. I vote for a nice juicy steak. The guy dies of a coronary. ---
**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, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/62 "2000-03-30T19:25:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Adam didn’t die, though, Flyp. Well, he did _eventually_. ---
**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, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/63 "2000-03-30T19:26:00Z")
aschrott asks: were their names Adam and Eve? DING DING DING DING! Very good! Yes, indeedy. Well done. A fine Habanos cigar for aschrott! Well, that was too short to be the last one of the day. Barbara died in the Appalachian mountains, and there was much sadness and distress. Edward died at sea, and people were thrilled. How come? ---
**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, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/64 "2000-03-30T19:26:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, he did eventually. That’s what I was thinking–long shot. ---
**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, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/65 "2000-03-30T19:26:00Z")
Details, details, Flyp… _rolls eyes_ But hell, just to check: did the man die from eating the food? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/66 "2000-03-30T19:28:00Z")
They were hurricanes. ---
**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, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/67 "2000-03-30T19:28:00Z")
Okay, I don’t like that last one. Hmpf. As for the next one: because it’s easier to dispose of a body at sea than in the mountains? ---
**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, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/68 "2000-03-30T19:28:00Z")
Were Barb and Ed human? ---
**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, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/69 "2000-03-30T19:28:00Z")
{{{cheers of the crowd}}}} wooohooo! {{{cheers of the crowd}}}} ---
**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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/70 "2000-03-30T19:29:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Falcon: > \*\*Details, details, Flyp… _rolls eyes_ > > But hell, just to check: did the man die from eating the food?\*\* By eating from the Tree, Adam became mortal, and was cast out of the Garden. So in a sense, he “died” because he ate the fruit. ---
**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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/71 "2000-03-30T19:29:00Z")
Damn, Fin nailed that one. Nice job, aschrott and Finagle. ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/72 "2000-03-30T19:29:00Z")
Barbara and Edward are hurricanes. * * * I’m your only friend I’m not your only friend But I’m a little glowing friend But really I’m not actually your friend But I am ---
**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, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/73 "2000-03-30T19:31:00Z")
Damn, I think Ace nailed that one. ---
**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, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/74 "2000-03-30T19:32:00Z")
Finagle proudly says: They were hurricanes. And so they were. DIND DING DING DING! Well done - a fresh Partagas to you. Sheesh… I wanted a good challenging one to end on. How about… The man’s decaying body lay next to a cactus, a revolver near his outstretched hand. Oddly enough, stuck to the cactus is a piece of paper. How come? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/75 "2000-03-30T19:32:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Bricker: > \*\* By eating from the Tree, Adam became mortal, and was cast out of the Garden. So in a sense, he “died” because he ate the fruit.\*\* Well, if you want to split Biblical hairs, they didn’t know it was dangerous to eat the apple because they had no notion of the concept before eating of the Tree of Knowledge. They did know it was forbidden. ---
**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, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/76 "2000-03-30T19:32:00Z")
yeah–Hurricanes looks good for the answer. Great guess, you two ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/77 "2000-03-30T19:34:00Z")
Did the man shoot himself? Was the paper a letter? Was it addressed to the man? ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/78 "2000-03-30T19:34:00Z")
Is the piece of paper a target, for shooting practice? ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/79 "2000-03-30T19:34:00Z")
does the paper say “warning–rattlesnakes”? ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-minute-mysteries-or-how-come-chapter-iii/15322/80 "2000-03-30T19:34:00Z")
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