Thursday, 17 March 2011

Living in heaven...?

Answer: He is a policeman, standing on a traffic island.

I love wordplay. Let it be known to the world. I especially take interest in puns, double entendres, malapropisms... But any type of word bending really tickles my fancy. In fact, many puzzles are predicated on multiple meanings and ambivalent word usage. Observe:


A man marries twenty women in his village but isn't charged with polygamy. Why not?
Hint: Title of this post. It's a double entendre!
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24 comments:

  1. Anonymous17 March 2011 at 02:56

    hehe, the man is a priest. Priests marry couples all the time.^^

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  2. The Awesome Alien17 March 2011 at 04:15

    i was way off on that last one
    on this new one i say
    hes a mormon

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  3. Merlyy17 March 2011 at 04:18

    I don't have one single clue 8(

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  4. Raw17 March 2011 at 05:41

    Do you ever listen to any Modest Mouse?
    I ask because there's a lot of really smart wordplay in the lyrics.
    It's one of the things I love about them.

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  5. Electric Addict17 March 2011 at 06:43

    because he himself is not being married.

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  6. Unknown17 March 2011 at 07:43

    All his previous wife´s died? lol How cruel :(

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  7. Christophe17 March 2011 at 08:59

    Because he's deeaaad....?


    Or dreaming.

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  8. YellowNiceTechno17 March 2011 at 09:06

    No idea

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  9. Trapper17 March 2011 at 09:15

    I'm stumped!

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  10. pv17 March 2011 at 09:51

    lol wut, but on a serious note i actually understood them perfectly

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  11. Justsayin'17 March 2011 at 10:01

    man. that could be anyone lol. I'm stumped on this one completely.

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  12. Unknown17 March 2011 at 11:11

    20 women, more like hell

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  13. PenDRaGoN17 March 2011 at 11:13

    He is a priest

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  14. Carlos Ignacio17 March 2011 at 11:59

    These brain teasers are great, it will also be very helpful for use to use in order to tell humans and androids apart in the future.

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  15. Justin17 March 2011 at 12:01

    He's a priest!

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  16. Grafted17 March 2011 at 12:34

    He's the priest! Or whatever you call the dude that performs the ceremony.

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  17. Jett17 March 2011 at 12:41

    He's a priest.

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  18. Found on the Internet Today17 March 2011 at 13:37

    The name the of the women he marries is "Twenty Women", thus he is not commiting polygamy.


    I think my goal is going to be to come up with technically correct but horribly wrong answers :)

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  19. ed17 March 2011 at 15:14

    because the man is actually a robot

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  20. G17 March 2011 at 16:40

    lol I've no idea - Happy St P's day

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  21. Big Unicorn17 March 2011 at 18:15

    He marries, divorces, remarries?

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  22. Tasos17 March 2011 at 21:16

    because this man lives in the awesome near future where you marry/buy women legally

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  23. Jake18 March 2011 at 01:18

    Tough one Still thinking about it!

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  24. Geello18 March 2011 at 09:42

    Priest obviously :)

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