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#1 OmicronPersei8
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[QUOTE="Hallenbeck77"]

I've yet to see that show. How's it played, anyway? You gotta answer questions or something? :|

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No, that would require skill or knowledge.  Can't have that.  This game is nothing but gambling.  You pick one case, then go about eliminating the remaining cases with uninformed guessing.  If you're lucky, the cases you pick have low dollar values.  If you're unlucky, they have high dollar values.  After picking a few cases you get a call from the 'banker' who offers you an amount based on what cases are left in play.  You can take it or continue on to the next round, where you just repeat the process.  If you take it all the way to the end, you're left with just one case in the field and the case you picked at the beginning, and you have to choose which one contains the larger amount.  Again, there's nothing but pure chance to dictate that.

Of all the game shows I've seen, this requires the least skill of all.  Not a single attribute it put to the test, except perhaps your willingness to gamble.

Agree 100%.

Interesting to note the disturbing trend downward of 'game shows' in general. Was a time when Jeopardy was a weekly prime time show. It was eclipsed in popularity by Who Wants to be a Millionaire, which gave you 4 answer choices.

Now we have the aforementioned Deal or No Deal, which is pure luck, and a show in which grown people are challenging fifth graders in academic pursuits (and losing!!!).

I guess there is no way to go broke when one appeals to the lowest common denominator.
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[QUOTE="OmicronPersei8"][QUOTE="falconclan"][QUOTE="OmicronPersei8"][QUOTE="eo12601"][QUOTE="sca321"]If Jill was born first and Tom second, Tom would still be the oldest brother and Jill would still be the youngest sister.Rabid_Moogle
right. I think we got a winner here. I was thinking something along those lines as well.

Nope- Tom IS older than Jill. BIG Hint #2- This weekend is very appropriate for posting this ridddle

Ah,  tom was born before daylight savings, jill after.

We have a winner!!! *Gives cookie* Tom and Jill were fraternal twins. Tom was born just before 1:59 AM. Jill was born a few minutes later, but the time of birth was listed as 1:02 AM, as the clocks "fell" back 1 hour in the fall due to DST. The timestamps were accurately recorded on the birth certificates that the hospital prepared.


>_> .....sigh....

Geez- tough crowd. OK- For you, I provide a more exciting (albeit a little far fetched) answer: Tom was an astronaut, and piloted the first rocket to travel at the speed of light. He flew it for a distance of 2 light years. Of course, according to Einstein's relativity theory, he would not have aged relative to earth; therefore, he actually returned to earth younger than his sister.
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[QUOTE="OmicronPersei8"][QUOTE="eo12601"][QUOTE="sca321"]If Jill was born first and Tom second, Tom would still be the oldest brother and Jill would still be the youngest sister.falconclan
right. I think we got a winner here. I was thinking something along those lines as well.

Nope- Tom IS older than Jill. BIG Hint #2- This weekend is very appropriate for posting this ridddle

Ah,  tom was born before daylight savings, jill after.

We have a winner!!! *Gives cookie* Tom and Jill were fraternal twins. Tom was born just before 1:59 AM. Jill was born a few minutes later, but the time of birth was listed as 1:02 AM, as the clocks "fell" back 1 hour in the fall due to DST. The timestamps were accurately recorded on the birth certificates that the hospital prepared.
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[QUOTE="sca321"]If Jill was born first and Tom second, Tom would still be the oldest brother and Jill would still be the youngest sister.eo12601
right. I think we got a winner here. I was thinking something along those lines as well.

Nope- Tom IS older than Jill. BIG Hint #2- This weekend is very appropriate for posting this ridddle
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are you saying the children were twins?eo12601
Ahhh, now we're getting warmer....
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[QUOTE="OmicronPersei8"][QUOTE="PercivalCox"]

Tom was a Cesarean- section so technically Jill was the first born of the womb.

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Just like Shakespeare's Macbeth

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The father's will made no provisions about birth method, so that argument is moot. Nonetheless, for added clarity, neither child was C-section born.

So, Tom wasn't a test-tube baby either, eh?

Nope- both the children were standard pregnancies, and as the notes/ hints state, they were no biological, chemical, or magical interventions. BTW, I did like your MacBeth theory. BIG Hint #1: The family was actually travelling to celebrate two birthdays that fateful October day the parents died.
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Tom was a Cesarean- section so technically Jill was the first born of the womb.

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Just like Shakespeare's Macbeth

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The father's will made no provisions about birth method, so that argument is moot. Nonetheless, for added clarity, neither child was C-section born.
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Jim, a wealthy businessman owner, at the age of 40, decided it was time for him to get married and start a family. He found a wonderful young woman named Sarah, and the two married within a year. Within the next 3 years, the couple had given birth to 2 wonderful children- Tom the older brother, and Jill the younger sister. 25 yrs later on a Saturday afternoon in October, the family of four was taking a drive to the marina to celebrate a birthday, when the BMW they were driving was struck head on by a drunk driver. Jim the father and Sarah the mother, who were riding in the front, were killed instantly, but the two children in the back were completely unharmed. After the funeral, the two siblings met with the father’s attorney for the reading of the will. As the will was succinct, the attorney read the will aloud: “I, Jim, being of sound mind and body, upon my death do hereby name my first born child as the sole heir to my fortune and my estate, with all entitlements and valuables contained within.” The attorney, upon verifying the signatures and authenticity of the will and all other family certificates, then turned to the two children and said- “Jill, you receive 100% of the fortune- approximately 25 million dollars, and Tom- you get nothing.” Tom was shocked, but the attorney assured him Jill was the rightful heir and that he could not contest the will. How was this possible? Notes & Hints: -Jim and Sarah were the biological parents of Tom and Jill. -Tom and Jill were the only children. -Tom and Jill were the legal birth names of the children; no gender or name changes occurred. -The couple never divorced, they never had affairs, and there were no previous children by either of them. -The attorney needed to review all pertinent documents thoroughly to determine which child was the rightful heir. -There were NO typographical or clerical errors on any family certificates, and the paperwork was very exact.
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Either: Horseshoe or Hand Grenade Only gotta be close for them to count
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Removing the ambiguous "how do we know he was dreaming" aspect and approaching this problem from more of a "John Malkovich" perspective, there is a far more logical answer to be found, which has been partially alluded to in previous answers. In order for the man to have been snoring loudly, he would have had to been sleeping seated upright with his head tilted back, allowing his tongue to relax and restrict his airway. Had it been tilted forward, his airway would not have been restricted enough to snore with any reasonable volume.

Since his head was tilted back, the only place the wife could have hit him is the front of the neck. Guillotine victims were almost exclusively executed face down, in order to ensure the neck & nerves would break clean and the head would sever fully, allowing for a more "humane" death. Most images depict the guillotine used in this fashion as well, which we could infer that the man almost dreamed he was face down. Since the wife would most likely have struck him in the front of the neck, he would not have interpreted it as the striking of the blade on the back of his neck, thus rendering the story false.