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Is the barman the one with health problem? Or the other man? Or both?


No - Yes - No


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Is money an issue? (i.e. the man asked for something that is not usually charged for).


No


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Would it help to know the exact nature of the health issue?


Yes


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Is it any of the following:

Gunshot wound or other wound from a fight?

Other wound from war - such as chemical warfare or nuclear?

Cancer?

Old age?

Nasty pimple.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


None of these. Little hint: In a certain way, the pimple is closest to the truth <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />


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And is the man carrying something (or have something with him) that the barman can see, but which we don't know about yet?


No. (In a way, yes. But this answer may be misleading. He is not exactly "carrying" something.)

Der Mensch ist das edelste Lebewesen. - Das erweist sich schon daraus, dass ihm noch kein anderes widersprochen hat. (G.C. Lichtenberg)