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06-04-2004, 03:05 PM
|  | Geeky goof | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Boston, Mass.
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| | "Bad Medicine" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Another one from Mental Fitness Puzzles:
Mel had consultations with Dr. Greenwood over several days in an attempt to cure his condition. When Mel was finally cured, he immediately strangled the doctor to death. Why?
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06-04-2004, 03:17 PM
| | Geeky goof | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Boston, Mass.
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| | Re: "Bad Medicine" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Just established by PM: Mel's condition was not the hiccups. |
06-04-2004, 03:19 PM
|  | Law Talkin' Guy | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Trenton, NJ
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| | Re: "Bad Medicine" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Quote: | soxfan said
Another one from Mental Fitness Puzzles:
Mel had consultations with Dr. Greenwood over several days in an attempt to cure his condition. When Mel was finally cured, he immediately strangled the doctor to death. Why? | Mel obviously didn't have adequate insurance.
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06-04-2004, 03:22 PM
| | Geeky goof | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Boston, Mass.
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| | Re: "Bad Medicine" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Mel obviously didn't have adequate insurance. It's possible -- I don't think his profession came with it. |
06-04-2004, 03:33 PM
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| | Re: "Bad Medicine" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Is Mel a mobster?
Could the doctor have identified him in court?
Was the doctor a plastic surgeon?
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06-04-2004, 03:35 PM
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| | Re: "Bad Medicine" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Was Mel's condition fatal if untreated?
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06-04-2004, 03:35 PM
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| | Re: "Bad Medicine" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Is Mel a mobster? Not necessarily, but he could've been.
Could the doctor have identified him in court? No.
Was the doctor a plastic surgeon? No.
Was Mel's condition fatal if untreated? No. |
06-04-2004, 04:32 PM
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| | Re: "Bad Medicine" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Mel was a hit man who was hired to bump off Dr. Greenwood, who just so happened to have been treating him for performance anxiety.
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06-04-2004, 04:35 PM
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| | Re: "Bad Medicine" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Mel was a hit man who was hired to bump off Dr. Greenwood, who just so happened to have been treating him for performance anxiety. Close -- you got everything right except the condition. |
06-04-2004, 04:37 PM
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| | Re: "Bad Medicine" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Whatever happed to unconditional puzzles? 
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06-07-2004, 03:31 PM
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| | Re: "Bad Medicine" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Quote: | taurusmoon said
Whatever happed to unconditional puzzles? | Maybe they went to med school, got out, treated a guy and then he strangled them.
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Was the condition amnesia? Once cured, the hitman remembered what he came for.
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06-07-2004, 03:36 PM
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| | Re: "Bad Medicine" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
Was the condition amnesia? Once cured, the hitman remembered what he came for. Yes! :thumbs: After Mel lost his memory, he searched his pockets for a clue to his identity, and found the doctor's name and address. Once he was cured, he realized the unfortunate doctor was his target. |
06-07-2004, 03:43 PM
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| | Re: "Bad Medicine" (lateral thinking puzzler) | |
I know I have someone to thank for this. Now, if I could just remember who. | |
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