Dang. I wasn't even close.

I'm sure it evened out. Murdering your sister always makes up for all of the shit she did to you that you didn't know about.

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what a totally sweet riddle.

i got it right the first time, but i'd never admit that, for as a sociopath, i am hypersensitive to cultural norms, and i understand that it would be damning to answer correctly, so i made up a fake wrong answer to throw everybody off. wasn't that terribly clever of me?

Damn, I was thinking more Kathryn Harrison (The Kiss) and assumed the handsome funeral-goer would turn out to be her dad. Not sure why the sister would have to die as a result -- maybe she didn't approve of the potential incest? Or had her eye on dear ol' (hot) Dad too? *shrug* I guess that's why I write campy zombie comedies and not tightly-plotted thrillers about sociopaths.

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Got it right the first time?! Clever way to hide it?!

Must be your new shades, givin' you all the right moves!

That's an old one. I think I got that in an email forward..back when email first came out!

That's not why I did it!

I found out that my sister had poisoned our mother over some insane misunderstanding. My sister has always been unstable, and she was possessed by vengeful embarrassment after our mother published her memoir. And who wouldn't be embarrassed to be revealed as a bedwetter at the advanced age of 35! (Not that it was a secret to anyone who came within twenty feet of her.)

I couldn't believe what she told me, and in a moment of depressed rage I smashed my sister on the skull with a birdbath. I didn't think for a moment that I would kill her. Anyway, the cops heard the whole thing and basically exonerated me. I got 90 hours of community service, and my own memoir is coming out this autumn. "Sociopath" my aunt fanny, I'm gonna be on Oprah!

As for the guy I met at the funeral, I Googled him, and he is a total pervert. He had posted some awful photographs of himself with a big glass bottle up his rear end. If he shows up at my sister's funeral I'll give him what for.

Could she have tried posting a fake obituary in the paper first?

Could she have tried posting a fake obituary in the paper first?

you thought of that because you prefer the vegetable lasagna.

clearly everyone needs to steer clear of me. of course, i could have told you that without the 'riddle.'

I know I've read this joke before. Am I insane in thinking it was in one of Dan's books?

The notion that getting the answer to this "riddle" is the same thing as killing your sister is patent nonsense. If I can figure out whodunnit in a mystery novel, does that mean I'm guilty of the crime? Balderdash!

don't say, "baldardash" to ME, sir. who the hell do you think you're dealing with?

This doesn't demonstrate you're a sociopath, this demonstrates why you should never, ever, ever extrapolate. Interpolate all you want, but don't you dare extrapolate!

Yeah... I got that right the first time too. *sigh* Does this mean I actually have to go kill someone now?

This is really old. She killed her sister so the Hot Guy would show up at the sister's funeral and she could chat him up. When I heard this i thought it was the craziest damn thing ever. Not only was the chick nuts, she was pretty dumb.