He had an allergy to albatross. There is no known "reason" for allergies.

1. No
2. No
3. Hmmmm.... hard to answer that one. I guess yes.
4. Yes. Gun.
5. No.

Yes/No is the way to go :thumbsup

No. I think someone guessed that before.

Let me say again, the guy shot himself in the head with a gun. THAT was the cause of death. Now you need to figure out WHY he did that.

ahhh...the answer i found is just a bit differnt, but from the clues i see the similarities kick ass :)

Shame you couldn't wait and play along some more, Mr. Impatient.

:winkwink:

Let's see... so this single American guy, a former cook, joins the Navy and quickly realizes that he has no aptitude for or a deathly fear of flying. The albatross represents both his inability to fly and his anxiety about it.

So he shoots himself in a perfectly normal restaurant so because he can't live with the shame.

LOL okay, it was a reach, but I couldn't help myself! :1orglaugh

Miss Impatient....i couldn't take it any longer!!! ahhh!

You were doing great until the word "quickly"... and everything thereafter. hehe... Nice try.

Time to REALLY go out on a limb...

Was this single American former cook who joined the Navy... Gay?

Sure.

Actually, no, he was not. But it's not really relevant.

It's 3:00 AM. Time for me to go to bed.

If you guys want, keep posting yes/no questions and I will find this thread and answer them tomorrow sometime.

Let's see. He started eating the ALbatross, then thought back to his childhood in the "Rescuers Down Under" Disney movie, realized he was eating the very same bird that carried those cute mice from America all the way to Australia and decided to take his life. Being in the Navy was a coincidence.

I win~

did anything happen between the bite and him killing himself?

1) Was he on a boat?
2) Did he purposily order albatross?
3) Did he listen to "The Jam" due to them being the best band in the world alot?
4) Had he ever eaten Albatross before?
5) Did he think the Albatross was something else?

Simultaneously eating bird and reading "old man and the sea" can be hazardous to your health.

1) Has eating the albatros caused him to kill himself?
If "no" that would make those two events unrelated.
If "yes", then:

2) Was it because it put him in fitting emotional state for suicide (for example by reminding him of something that happened in the past)?

if "no":

3) Was it because it somehow contained some kind of message giving him new information that made him want to kill himself?

THATS what is was called.... i was thinking of The Littles for some reason. I loved the first Rescuers, with the crazy old lady :)

Sexican/TheBigGuy - No.

Juilioso - No, nothing physically happened between eating the Albatros and killing himself, other than deciding to kill himself.

1. No.
2. Yes.
3. No.
4. No. But this is a very good question.
5. No.....

1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Yes, sort of. I don't know what you mean by "contained some kind of message," but yes, eating the Albatross somehow gave him new information that made him want to kill himself.


Wow, check you out.

I just had to cheat. Very interesting riddle though...

he gave the albatross to a bum and the bum smashed him in the head and robbed him and ran off

Um, no. He killed himself. We established that a long time ago. Now it's just a question of why....

You guys and your lack of patience, I'll tell ya!

:winkwink:

I won't be around for a lot of today, but I'll check in when I can.

Time for a hint:

The man is physically disabled.

The Albatross was taller then he was! hehehe

Can you elaborate more. Did he die just because he was disabled and could not run.
and he couldnt digest

Did the albatross meat give him super-psychic abilities?

If yes, then my guess is that he realized that the bird was really his father reincanated. Distraught he killed hiself.

yup... riddles shouldnt be told as stories with *varying versions.

Did he commit suicide??

Was he ever a prisoner??

Did his ship lose a battle?

Did he lose freinds while in the navy?

was he ever shipwrecked?



:(

What is Tom Hanks?

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edit, no clue why this double posted. was editing a post and it posted both versions.... eh?

ooops.

the answer is it is the man was Gilligan and when he ate the albo. it reminded him of he never got any of "the movie star" or "mary ann" so bang it was over?



bunky

brainwash
when he was in Navy he was trained to kill himself after eat albatross.

:stoned

That was a hint. I can't elaborate on it. Ask yes/no questions.

No.

Hey, I can't help that the there is a different version on the internet than the one I know.

Consider it a completely different riddle, if that makes you happy :)

1. Yes. I think I've said that about 10 times now :)
2. No.
3. No.
4. Yes.
5. Yes.

Good questions.

And no he isn't Gilligan, and no he wasn't brainwashed.

He saw Sexican's banner and offed himself?

Actually, it was Archer's.

Kidding. No.

he was in the navy, ship wrecked and lost his leg. he was fed his leg under the guise of it being albatross. and he loved it! when he got back to the states, ordered albatross, after tasting it, knows he ate his leg, and shot himself.

Haha I know the answer to this one and it's messed up. Friend told me one day.

Oh wait I don't have friends. I must have read it in the paper.

He is disabled he gets ship wrecked one of his friends dies...his other friends take the body away and tell him they are going to get food.. They tell him they found a dead albatross when he ate the albtross he realises it was not albatross he ate before but his friend or maybe wife or child...hence he hits instant depression and shoots himself...sorry love I got it right no DVD player for you now show us your tits....

i wonder if anybody was able to solve it without looking up the answer

Pretty good guess. His legs are fine though, so no.... After all, "he walked" into the restaurant.

Wow. I don't even know where to start with this one. How about with you calling me "love." Not a big fan of that. As for me showing you my tits, I don't think that is a good idea either... what with me being a GUY and all. But hey, whatever floats your boat. I'm not judging you for being gay. It's just not my thing.

Oh, and I don't want a DVD player (I already have 2). I just wanted a break from all the Visa threads.

As for your guess, not quite, but close enough. I'll explain in a minute.

I did - years ago, when I first heard this. I took a while, but I got it eventually.

I thought you were a girl? dam I just called a bloke "love" I am not a big fan of that either...

but I have as good as got it?

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OK, here is the answer... Krome was close enough, so I'll say he is the winner.

The guy used to be a cook in the Navy. One day, there was an explosion in the kitchen. He managed to survive, but lost his vision. After days and days and days of being stranded at sea on life boats, the survivors started dying from starvation and their various injuries.

Finally, they managed to kill a few of the Albatross that were flying around their life rafts, so they had food. The blind man ate, and enjoyed the Albatross.

They were eventually rescued. After getting home and getting his life somewhat back in order, the man was craving Albatross, so he went to a restaurant and ordered it - raw, of course. When he took the first bite, he realized he was not fed Albatros on the boat... He actually was eating his fellow crew members. He couldn't live with the fact that he enjoyed eating people, so he killed himself right there, on the spot.

And there you have it.

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And for the record, you guys suck at asking "Yes/No" questions. Almost everyone jumped right into their crazy theories :)