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Sikawtic
03-16-2006, 10:34 PM
A friend of mine asked me: "you can do this once but if you do it twice its a crime"

and I haven't been able to figure it out... it's driving me nuts. I was allowed tons of yes/no questions... but I don't have the time to search through the discussion and find them all.

Does anybody know the answer?
Protosschick99
03-16-2006, 10:42 PM
Running with scissors :P lolz
Schwitzer
03-16-2006, 10:51 PM
What crime is punishable if attempted, but is not punishable if committed?
Sikawtic
03-16-2006, 10:55 PM
What crime is punishable if attempted, but is not punishable if committed?suicide... now answer my riddle.
Geno
03-16-2006, 11:49 PM
A friend of mine asked me: "you can do this once but if you do it twice its a crime"

and I haven't been able to figure it out... it's driving me nuts. I was allowed tons of yes/no questions... but I don't have the time to search through the discussion and find them all.

Does anybody know the answer?

Marriage? Do it once, and it's legit. Do it again (Without divorse), and it's a crime?

~Larry "Geno" Meyers
Sikawtic
03-16-2006, 11:50 PM
I thought of that one...

I finally whined like a little girl enough that she told me.

The answer left me less than happy... it was "voting"
Protosschick99
03-17-2006, 12:19 AM
Voting?? Wow.....Okay :P
GenocideAlive
03-17-2006, 12:47 AM
Jesus...that's gotta be annoying.

Q: "You can only do this once!" Answer: Bust your head open!

lolololololol
sololop
03-17-2006, 1:07 AM
Voting was the last thing I would've thought of. Heh...
frazz
03-17-2006, 1:11 AM
lol thats good. I was thinking of a crime that gives you one warning but no more.
The_Maker
03-17-2006, 1:14 AM
Voting?! O_o

Voting is like what makes our government our government :P
ShadeZ
03-17-2006, 8:57 AM
Voting is like what makes our government our government :P
But if you vote for someone twice it's bad... but it really isn't all that bad, I like Geno's answer better ;)
Nuts
03-17-2006, 9:31 AM
Is it a crime when a dead person votes more than once?
Duddits
03-17-2006, 9:53 AM
Noo... the answer is Double Jeopardy. That means that if you are charged with a crime once, it's illegal to charge you with the same crime again... "You can do this once but if you do it twice its a crime."

See?
Nuts
03-17-2006, 9:59 AM
A crime and an illegal act are not synonymous. A crime is a criminal act that has occurred whereas an illegal act need not have occurred to remain illegal. Yes, it's semantics, but technically you're incorrect.
Duddits
03-17-2006, 10:04 AM
A crime and an illegal act are not synonymous. A crime is a criminal act that has occurred whereas an illegal act need not have occurred to remain illegal. Yes, it's semantics, but technically you're incorrect.

Yes, but the riddle talks about DOing something in it. "You can do this once but if you do it twice its a crime"

You can charge some one with a crime once, but to do it twice is a crime.

The crime is the commision of an illegal act. Double Jeopardy is an illegal act, futhermore, if you chose to commit it, it is a crime.
Nuts
03-17-2006, 10:07 AM
You're hanging by a thread of semantics. I'll agree to disagree. ;)
Duddits
03-17-2006, 10:11 AM
You're hanging by a thread of semantics. I'll agree to disagree. ;)

That's fine all long as we all get along... and then enjoy the occasional strawberry Yoo-hoo.

Delicious.
Schwitzer
03-17-2006, 10:26 AM
What a shit riddle. I've voted (at least) twice and it wasn't illegal (we vote once a year here).

Noo... the answer is Double Jeopardy. That means that if you are charged with a crime once, it's illegal to charge you with the same crime again... "You can do this once but if you do it twice its a crime."
Ooh, someone's been watching movies!

<intoxicated post>
Duddits
03-17-2006, 10:29 AM
No, Law & Order, C'mon!