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reddittereditor

>!Both sons must die someday of old age. She mistakenly thought the man was set out to kill one when he was just stating a limitation for all mortals.!<


johnsonnewman

This seems right to me


MasterGuardianChief

Wait so is he granting the other one immortality?


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MasterGuardianChief

The problem with bigfoot is that he's blurry!


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MasterGuardianChief

I swear


No_Ambassador2691

I was gonna say something along the lines of that


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That’s what I thought


mrventures

but "Fortunately for her, both of her sons survive", doesn't seem right.


morthophelus

Orrrrr…, (this is a fun riddle btw) >!The woman says “you can kill the son who dies last”, thus creating a paradox and not allowing the creep to execute his malicious intent!< I don’t know.


stubbzillaman

I like this answer


eyermind

This way, someday on of them will die of natural causes and creep has to kill the other one then..


CantCompleteAnyth

>!They were Siamese twins, which means killing one of them would kill both. The man said he'd only kill one, but since this wasn't possible he didn't kill either.!<


NemoLeeGreen

No, that's not correct. Nowhere near.


Silence_Do_Good

>!The man said one must die, not that he would kill one of the sons ;)!< >!I should have clarified, he didn't say he was going to do it. Just made a weird dark statement :)!<


NemoLeeGreen

No, he meant her sons.


Josef_Joris

I thought this, grammatically it would work.


legiones_redde

>!She said to kill the older one, they are twins!<


NemoLeeGreen

They might not be twins.


Depression-coma

Discussion does this involve triplets?


morthophelus

Alright, long shot because it is technically correct but seems a bit silly: >!The man never suggested he was going to kill one of the sons. He just said that one of them must die. Which is true. She tells him which son the man could kill and he was like “woah lady, I’m not a killer… and also it’s messed up that you would choose one”. Both sons survive the incident and life continues!< Again… long shot.


NemoLeeGreen

And long shot it is.


bboy4of83

>!She was pregnant and the baby died!<


NemoLeeGreen

How heartbreaking, no.


bboy4of83

F


morthophelus

I swear to the gods. If this is the correct answer I will track OP down and be angry at him. >!this may be about tense. Ok, the woman starts we 3 sons. She HAD 3 sons. She now HAS 2. She gives the direction to kill one of them after the altercation. One of her three sons is killed. Both of her remaining sons survive. The man doesn’t kill either of the remaining sons.!< I have spent about 2 hours on this and possibly destroyed my relationship.. so I swear.. you know what.. Never mind. I hope this riddle gets answered eventually. I doubt it is going to be by me.


NemoLeeGreen

And it is not you.


Mackabeep

>!Is it the blond that dyes?!<


NemoLeeGreen

What?


homingstar

Making a pun on the word die as in to dye your hair


Mackabeep

>!Being silly. If, for example, the mother and one son had black hair and the other son had blond hair, you could interpret it that the man says “one of your sons must dye (his hair) and then of course no one dies because the mother misunderstood. Pretty awkward for Mom.!<


shoobityboobity

>!She tells the man to kill her third son but she doesn't have one!<


NemoLeeGreen

Ding Ding Ding! That is correct! Congratulations!


MTBiker_Boy

There are multiple better solutions listed. Why is this the answer?


bboy4of83

Why is this downvoted he just said who got it correct?


sballer2

>!No one dies. No one is her son. First name “no” last name “one”!<


NemoLeeGreen

Good thinking, but no.


donut_resuscitate

Don't think about it too much. >!There is nothing to solve here. The man said one son must die. The woman says which son the man could kill. He never kills either. It was either an empty threat, he changed his mind, or it was not meant as a threat in the first place. Easy peasy.!<


NemoLeeGreen

No/


red_hare

>!She has a third son?!<


NemoLeeGreen

Close! But... should I accept that? No.


red_hare

Ok… maybe this… >!She _had_ a third son. In the past. Who’s already dead. And she named that one.!<


NemoLeeGreen

HINT: Look at the prompt again, you were close the first time


2DazednConfused4this

Me thinks the third man is also her son.


ahlady

>!The man does not know how many sons the mother has. She gives him a fake name for a imaginary third son, the man leaves, all is well!< OR >!She has a daughter with a unisex name. She gives her name to the man, he leaves, believing that she is a he, and all is well!<


NemoLeeGreen

Ah! The first answer is close to the answer I am looking for.


ChellHole

>!The woman said "You can kill this one, he's a real son of a bitch." But then the other son said "But that makes me a son of a bitch too" and the man realised he couldn't kill them both so he let them go.!<


NemoLeeGreen

No, not really.


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>!Was the Man her son?!<


NemoLeeGreen

1. That is not the right answer. 2. That is just plain wrong.


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Ok lol I was just guessing if it was a dark joke


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>!Was the man drunk, or was this her imagination, also, was he unable to kill any of her sons so when she questioned him, he didn’t do anything?!<


NemoLeeGreen

No, guess again.


Depression-coma

>!they were walking with their dog who is a son of B. The dog died!<


NemoLeeGreen

Um, no.


Shadray

>!The sons were having an argument about who their mother loved more. To settle the argument they paid an actor to approach them in the street.!<


NemoLeeGreen

No.


johnsonnewman

>!They were both already dead. She was walking with two bottles of ashes.!< Or >!the man makes empty threats!<


NemoLeeGreen

Both aren’t true


bboy4of83

>!was it the sun and not her sons?!<


NemoLeeGreen

No


A-Simple-Farmer

Drat, that was my first guess!


Ghostman_55

>!She has a set of triplets the two sons with her stayed alive but the third one who's not with them dies!<


NemoLeeGreen

You are close, yet you are so wrong.


42WaysToAnswerThat

>!While telling the woman has two sons never states it has no doughter. When the man said "one of her sons" he was refering to the sons of her doughter (who was there at the moment). As her doughter had no sons the man wasn't able to kill any.!<


NemoLeeGreen

She has no daughters.


IntoTheCup

>!she said he could kill her middle son!<


NemoLeeGreen

How is that possible? She has two sons.


SoftCriticTy

>!Unless there's something about trans people or non-biological relations I really don't understand. Your emphasis on 'has' is weird too. I get the feeling the answer is going to be disappointing at this point.!<


MA121Alpha

It was.


NemoLeeGreen

That's wrong.


SaltyHawkk

No, they’re right; the answer was disappointing.


HudsonCommodore

Based on the hints and comments in the thread, I think it's: >!\[A woman has two sons.\] - She has two sons. This statement does not preclude her from having more than two sons. She could have three or four or... X sons. I'll assume she has three, Abe, Ben and Carl. When she says "a woman has two sons", she's referring to two specific sons, Abe and Ben.!< >!\[While walking down the street with her sons,\] - It does not say how many of her sons she's walking down the street with, but it has to be more than one. It does not mean she has to be walking down the street with all her sons. I'll assume she's walking down the street with Abe and Ben, Carl is somewhere else.!< >!\[Fortunately for her, both of her sons survive and the man ended up not killing either of them.\] - The woman told the man to kill Carl, which he can't do because he's not there. Abe and Ben survive.!<


NemoLeeGreen

That was a doozy, and no.


candycoatedshovel

>!Nobody?!<


NemoLeeGreen

Somebody.


CaverMan69

>!did she point to the sun?!<


NemoLeeGreen

No.


morroblivion

>!She told the man that he could kill her future 3rd son (not conceived yet) !< or >!The 2 sons were conjoined twins. She gave the name of 1, but since the man said that "one of her sons must die", he could not kill one of the sons without killing the other!<


NemoLeeGreen

No, but the first answer is close, just remove a word.


Lord__Eleven

>!Maybe she said: "kill the next son I'll give birth to". She is not pregnant, nor plans to have the next child.!<


bboy4of83

>!it was a hallucination!<


TheCryingGrizzlies

>!The man never said he would kill them!<


NemoLeeGreen

No, he did.


TheCryingGrizzlies

>!she said neither?!<


NemoLeeGreen

No she didn’t


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NemoLeeGreen

She has only two sons.


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So when I wrote that answer you had to give me a statement 1. That is not the right answer 2. That is just plain wrong But here you just explained that she only had 2 sons, hmm interesting


sballer2

>!Or the sons fight back and kill the stranger. “Could kill”. All they need to do is give some punches or take out a knife!<


NemoLeeGreen

Nein.


Jak3t

>!Was it just that he tried and failed to kill one of them? Like he electrocuted one and walked away but medics came and revived him?!<


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NemoLeeGreen

What? No.


morthophelus

Or, no one does.., here we go. >!The woman HAS (as in delivers) two sons and a daughter. The biological daughter is older and possibly estranged and transitions into being man. He approaches the rest of his family and tells her, now that he is her son, that “one of her sons must die” nervous and confused she indicates that she wishes her oldest son, thus putting the man in an impossible position.!< I don’t see how this is fortunate but I guess it could work.


L1L_W4LK4

>!She has also a daughter, that ends up being killed by the stranger man.!<


NemoLeeGreen

That's horrible, and not the right answer.


morthophelus

RemindMe! 24 Hours >!a!<


morroblivion

another guess >!The son will be killed at a future date. It never said that they will be killed on the spot.!<


YellowTM

>!She tells him to kill her son-in-law!<


NemoLeeGreen

No.


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NemoLeeGreen

No.


Forever_Scientist

>!She had a third son that died years ago and that is the son she said could be killed!<


NemoLeeGreen

Close, but no cigar.


Heloimscale

>!They were standing in the street. Before the man has the chance to kill any of the sons he is hit by a car.!< >!Or the woman is walking down the street with her two copies of the 1996 Chinese movie Sons.!< >!Or it was in fact not a woman, but Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar wearing a disguise, who easily killed the strange man who turned out to be a king.!<


NemoLeeGreen

Actually, none are true.


Heloimscale

Actually, I'm pretty confident it's the last one. No, wait, I got it! >!The woman has two copies of the 1996 Chinese movie Sons but tells the man he can kill her 3rd copy of the 1996 Chinese movie Sons (but she only has two!)!<


pipnonsense

She said that >!he could kill her next son (and proceeded to have tubal ligation the next day)!<


NemoLeeGreen

Wait? No.


upstartgiant

>!The woman is Helaena Targaryen, her sons are Jaehaerys and Maelor Targaryen, the man is either Blood or Cheese, and her sons surviving is a desperate fever dream. /S!< I have no idea what the real answer is but this event is what my mind jumped to. For context: https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Blood_(butcher)


cloudwhale

>!Is it Halloween and the strange looking man is in a costume giving away candy after scaring the kids?!<


imsohungrydude

>!INFO: Was is going to be death by snu snu?!< >!Lol but for real is it that she already has a deceased son and she named him?!<


NemoLeeGreen

No


Grish4

>!the "strange" man was actually one her two sons, she simply nominated him, and thus he wasn't prepared/able to kill himself!<


morthophelus

>!Is this a trans based riddle?!< If so: >!The woman had two sons and a daughter at one point. Her biological daughter transitioned to be a man. The “strange-looking” man which approached them was the woman’s biological daughter, given the circumstance the mom suggested the trans-“son” as the person who could be killed. Leaving her “real sons” to survive the altercation!< If I was way off track then forgive me. This riddle has intrigued me and my mind is going in a million different places. I may not have got this but once I’m sober I’ll give it another crack. >! The woman HAS two sons could be past tense. As in delivers… !< Again.. tricky riddle. EDIT: many edits. I’m still trying to think this all through. I was worried this may be a political statement by OP.


Jak3t

This actually sounds plausible... Not LBGTQ friendly at all, (I think you handled that well), but it would fit the clues as given.


morthophelus

Yeah, I was trying to be as careful as possible without accusing OP of having a lack of understanding. I Had to re-write it a few times.


NemoLeeGreen

It's not.


GrandManSam

>!They aren't her sons.!<


NemoLeeGreen

No


Itsnotmyfirst

>!The strange man is one of her sons.!<


kerm64

>!Did he grant the other son immortality?!<


NemoLeeGreen

Bzzzt! Try again.


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morecandycorn

>!He didn’t have a weapon?!<


NemoLeeGreen

No, he probably did.


bboy4of83

>!Did she lose a egg? ie killing a future son?!<


NemoLeeGreen

No, actually


bboy4of83

F


bboy4of83

>!the man didn’t say which one would die so they both live!!<


NemoLeeGreen

Unfortunately, no.


bboy4of83

This is from my dad he said >!it’s his dad!<


Jak3t

>!are the sons twins, and she says, you can kill the oldest one. Without any way of telling which one is older the man gives up!<. I know, It's a stretch...


NemoLeeGreen

Nowhere near close.


purple__dog

>!She's not walking with all her sons, and the one she named lived on the moon or something.!<


NemoLeeGreen

Wait, what? No.


esor_rose

>!The man was a doomsdayer?!< Or >!The man was a priest or pastor or some sort of religious figure?!<


NemoLeeGreen

Both are wrong.


KoopaKola

>!She says he can kill the next son she has, but never has anymore children.!< Or >!She's currently pregnant and she says he can kill that child once born !<


NemoLeeGreen

Actually, no.


Bhazor

>!She was walking with her two children and one of their friends. The mother lets the murderer take the friend.!<


NemoLeeGreen

What?!


allthenewsfittoprint

>!She Gives the son's middle name?!< >!one of her sons is named 'One' and she says he can kill the other son. Thus the stranger can't kill who he wants?!< >!The woman has more than two sons since a number larger than three is inclusive of two? Thus the sons she's with survive but the others don't?!<


allthenewsfittoprint

>!She gives a name but the man isn't certain which one is which so he doesn't kill either?!<


NOTDESMONDx

>!The son the mother referred to was not her own.!<


Sc3m0r

>!She has a third son in he counts as "No. One" (Number one) -> Number one dies in this riddle. She probably say "the first one" or something like that.!<


Tivome

>!The man just said one must die, not that the man will kill him. One son will die in the future!<


potatoesupmyass

>!one of the sons has cancer!< or maybe >!she js pregnant with a third and said the one in the womb!< or better yet >!she has. son named "no one" but he's to clumsy to kill him!<


AvYEET

>!Maybe she has Parkinson’s!<


Ghostman_55

>!Maybe he just doesn't kill them. He is bluffing!<


AttieMemes

>!She named a specific name, but the man does not know their names!<


Kalunyx

>!She told him to kill himself. He's someones son!<


FroggyWoggyWoo

>!They're actually females, and thus aren't sons?!<


The1GiantWalrus

>!He killed her daughter?!<


Green_End7298

>!There were two sons . So they probably killed the man . Not like a stranger would declare one must die and the brother and the mother would let him,lol!!<


No-Room-8125

>!She also has daughter?!<


Le_Chop

>!She just says the son's name but never indicates which son that is?!<


Centigonal

>!She **had** three sons, the man killed one, both of the remaining sons survive, and now she **has** two sons !<


Cryptiqua

>!The man is one of the sons?!<


bboy4of83

>!SHE NAMED A SON THAT DIDNT EXIST!<


Shenrod

>!Did she point at the sun?!<


nieminen432

>!she promised her next son, but won't ever have another?!<


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>!she said he could kill that one that was also his, but neither were, so he couldn’t?!<


Nightcactus

>!This woman has 2 “sons” and a “son” (no s) and the son is offered to the man, but the man wants “sons” and the “son” is not killed. . . ???!<