A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die?

Drinking the punch... various answers that have been proposed


  • He poisoned the punch...?

  • Perhaps he didn't drink enough of it...?

  • The poison was in the ice; the man drank the punch, and left before the ice melted and poisoned the punch.
  • He drank right before the punch started to become poisonous

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