A woman walks into a bar, and asks for a glass of water. The bartender pulls out a gun. She says, "Thank you," and leaves.

Tell me if this has already been posted

No, I don't think it has, but I've already read it so I'm out.

I have more after this

I cheated and looked up some for yall

well hell

if yall aren't going to guess i'm just going to post like 2-3 more and let yall ask questions till i get up tomorrow

I know this one

you suck

eh...

Heard this one before....

*hic* so theresh I wash.  Shtandign in a barsh. *hic!*  This la.. lad...  gal walksh in and a sasys somehjing to teh parkeep.

The mudderflickr pulls a gorram *hic* gun on hersh!    I paidsh my tabb and gotsh my ash the 'ell outta there. Hain't no wai I'd argush wit tjat guy oyer *hic* mai billsh.  Eye paidsh 'im an' left.

Howsh waz yor day?

LOL

this one kills me .......i have no idea...

it's a real gun?

not a water gun?

It's real alright... lol

Threadhijack

she wanted a glass of water....the bartender pulls a gun on her.....she realizes this is a badass bar and she doesn't belong here......she thanks him and leaves.

You'd thank somebody for that?

Maybe to stay on their good side... but no

yes it's a real gun, no your answer isn't correct

yes synth...you're right

Is blue the only one allowed to work this out?

I feel kind of sorry for her... lol.

LOL!

But it fair... given that it looks like the rest of us know the answer!

i'm kind of feeling sorry for myself, too.......

i need inspiration for questions.

did she get her water?

it's a soda gun.......

i can't believe i didn't think of this......i bartended and waitressed for so many frickin' years.....

i'm right....right?

Hahahahahahaaaa

Don't worry, unless a completely new person joins today, the point is secured here for you...

lol...

**phew**

okay......so now everyone knows it...

it's not a soda gun...

what do you mean?

it has to be....

where a bartender would get the water from...

If this is the version I know, he pulls out an actual gun.  But then again, it could be a different version....

grrrrrrrr

i forgot....i did ask if it was a real gun......

but a soda gun is a real gun.......

it is a real and true gun...as in bullets are fired from it. No she doesn't get her drink

is he the real bartender.....not  a robber who has the bartender tied up behind the bar?

yes, a real bartender

Wait, in the version I know she does get the water...? But it doesn't really matter to the riddle

Well, a little...

think about your answer to the riddle

she doesn't get the water

lol, whatever.

she's a thief.......she's robbing the bartender.....she asks for a glass of water.and the contents of the cash register.....when the bartender reaches under the bar to "get her a glass of water" he instead comes up with the gun......she realizes her mistake...thanks him and leaves.

nope, she's not robbing him

i'm so lonely...........sitting here by myself without a clue..........

Yeah, this is starting to look pretty cruel

consider your reaction if someone pulled a gun on you....

well.....i've thought of her peeing her pants....but i don't see how that answers the riddle..

That's a good line of thinking

what? how annoying....

so she asks for water.......i don't know why he would pull a gun, but he does.....she pees her pants and......

hmmmmm.........she's not pregnant, is she?

Nope; (she doesn't necessarily pee her pants)

why would she pee her pants?

?????

she gets scared and leaves.......

because she starts drooling in utter terror and no longer needs the water...

I like how you are thinking right now

my first thought is that the fear would give her a severly dry mouth......but then she would need the water even more..

she starts sweating........

fast heart rate.......she passes out......none of this makes sense...

go back to the scared part...

it's halloween?

it's a movie?

Why does she go into the bar?  (Think generally here.)

Why does she thank the barman and leave? (Again, general terms)

she would go in for a drink.......

she would thank him and leave if she got it.......but i'm told she didn't

Too specific

i'm not sure if i can think more generally.....

how can i be more general than she wants a drink?

I help people on technical forums sometimes.  Many times you get a request where somebody is trying to accomplish X, where X is something that is inappropriate or poorly suited to the technology they are using.  So you have to ask them to take a step back and see what problem they are really trying to solve by accomplishing X.

okay......she's thirsty...

Perhaps not

ahhhhhhhh!

If she were thirsty, a glass of water would be a perfect fit

Having a gun drawn on you would not

she needed to pee......

wanted to use the rest room....

but why is she asking for a glass of water then...

So, generally speaking, why did she go in the bar?

i don't know!

to get a drink...

to use the facilities....

to harass the bartender....

to get scared....

Be as vague as possible

to annoy the frick out of me!

to not be outside...

i don't know how to be general....and vague....

how do you survive the "why?" barrage from your kids then?

i'm very creative.........

when i'm backed into a corner....

i'm thinking too hard here.....

why would a gun in the face make anyone happy.....

I was just trying to get you to say she had a purpose

okay........

so then why did she leave?

she wanted a glass of water.......

apparently she wasn't thirsty.......

she left because she got what she needed....

yes

So what could be accomplished by either the glass of water or the gun in the face?

okay......why would you need a glass of water...

thirst....no

she wanted to clean the smudge off her face.....

she needed to pee but couldn't....needed some incentive...

she was hot.....

she had the hiccups!

yes?

yes

**sigh**

omg.....thanks for holding my hand and walking me through this, drdec.......

i couldn't have gotten it on my own..

okay........now......everyone knows it.

no problem, you still did the heavy lifting

nah.......

that was really rough...

it's hard to reverse your thinking when you are on a certain track.....

and even more so for me......i think....

and i get easily frustrated...

I know what you mean

i find that with his^^ riddles....i get stuck on one thought and can't get rid of it...

i do feel a bit relieved now......

okay.......my brain is on......bring on the riddles....

quick ones......i'm going to have to go soon......

ah......nevermind.........

yay! +1 blue!

it certainly took long enough

Yaaay bluegirl!!

And it was nice to see drdec's guiding skillz.

he was awesome.....

I think at the end the empathy really kicked in

i get frustrated so easily........it's amazing that i stuck with it.....

the gentle guiding helped a lot (i'll bet he's a great dad....very patient)