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SaberKitty · one can always be hopeful...

fine then...
have most people heard of the type of poison, or is it something we'd have to look up?
and then what was that

Originally posted by Neo:
[give-me]1010001111100110101010111[/give-me]

thingy

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Neo · Daedalian Member

have most people heard of the type of poison, or is it something we'd have to look up? I don't honestly know

and then what was that
Originally posted by Neo:
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[give-me]1010001111100110101010111[/give-me]
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thingy a hint as to the type of poison used

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[This message has been edited by Neo (edited 03-28-2002 09:26 AM).]

MBA · Daedalian Member

Can you put us out of our collective misery and post the answer? I think the people still attempting this are stumped on the poision details.

Neo · Daedalian Member

Jim's wife used a binary poison. That is, a poison in two parts. Alone, each part is non-lethal, even when ingested. However, when one is ingested and then the other while the first is still in the body, a deadly reaction occurs. Jim's wife put the first part in his dinner before he left. The second part was in the food onboard the yacht. Eventhough the crew ingested the second part of the poison, without the first part, they went on living their lives while Jim's ended. Usually binary poisons don't show up in conventional autopsies. However, Jim was a special case. The toxins were found and Jim's wife got no money, instead it all went to some Gerbil Rehab Charity.

Sessie · Saucy Chica

Is that the answer...? Because it seemed like everyone had already said that...

Neo · Daedalian Member

To me it seemed everybody knew there were two substances, but nobody ever came out and said binary poison...Thats just the way I saw it.

MBA · Daedalian Member

I've never heard explicitly of the concept of binary poisons, referred to either as that or something else. Oh wait, I HAVE heard of it. Londo did that to Lord Reefa in Babylon 5. Oh well. I was looking for a more fulfilling answer, but I guess there isn't one. Thanks anyway.

Neo · Daedalian Member

Lucky Wizard · Daedalian Member

Originally posted by Marvin (post 69), and paraphrased by others:
Ok, so Jim's wife cooked his dinner the night before he set sail, and mixed substance B into it, which Jim duly ate. Then she got on board the ship and mixed substance A into the food and drink on board ship, which he again consumed after the ship set sail. Substances A and B reacted, producing a toxin that killed Jim.

Originally posted by Marvin, post 52:
This food (and hence substance A) was consumed by both the deceased and his crew.
Exhibit B, substance B is also a non-toxic solid, this was present in the deceased's body, reacted with substance A to produce a poison, and thus killed the deceased.

I'd say that describes your answer exactly... I'd say when someone knew the answer, it should have been considered solved. The only difference between your answer and what Marvin said is that you stated the word for the type of poison described here, while Marvin didn't. If I had been moderating this lateral, I would have declared it solved at about the time all the facts had been established, and mentioned in the clean-up that this was called a binary poison.

Just my opinion.