Jun 07, 2022
So this next puzzler, we have had this in the files for a long time. We haven't used it because it's so bad.
We have a little glass box out front with a tiny hammer hanging off it that says, "In case of emergency, break the glass." And inside that little box is the emergency puzzler.
Well, I just want to preface this puzzler by saying, this is from a whole series of puzzlers. So we may see more from this series, at some point!
This is from a book of riddles collected by Agnes Rogers. This one is about an average suburban housewife named Mrs. Simmons.
Mrs. Simmons, a suburban housewife, was very fond of her mother-in-law. One morning after breakfast, she went shopping and then stopped as she often did, to have a mid-morning cup of coffee with the older woman. When Mrs. Simmons returned home, the first thing she saw was the grizzly remains of her husband...
Instead of calling a doctor or the police, she calmly went about her domestic chores. How come?
Answer time!
The housewife comes home from coffee one morning with her mother-in-law. When she arrives home, she finds the remains of her husband. Instead of calling the police, she goes about her normal daily chores.
Why is this?
Because the remains of her husband are in an urn above the fireplace! See, we never said the remains of her husband were recent. In this riddle, he died years ago!
Ha!
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