He ordered Pelican Soup then Died!? (Riddle)

Testing Kristen's brain with the classic pelican soup riddle. Yes or No answers only. Enjoy!
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[@haydenm3490]

The whole time I thought the pelican was his wife.

[@evanvaslow4981]

I thought her name was Pelican😂

[@j.darrel517]

I thought his wife was a pelican also

[@MrBenibomb]

I thought that she was called pelican something and the person making it thought he was asking for her to be fed to him...

[@ashwinprakash436]

Me toooo...we got same brain bro

[@goldug]

Same here!

[@johnhanselman6371]

"Is he allergic to fish?" Good investigative question that made me chuckle.

[@VGScreens]

He saw the size of the bill.

[@Dgenuske]

Best comment

[@mathewhale3581]

Too good man Too good

[@nouton7432]

they give the bill afterward u are finish with the food here in sweden

[@tomasxfranco]

@@nouton7432 bill is another word for beak.

[@neissansaber8423]

Crazy is that I watched a 17 minute video to see if she gets the answer! You two are pure entertainers.

[@kyleleon85]

Love this. So I tried this on my girlfriend, 10 minutes in she gave up and demanded the answer. I told her. She hated it and thought it was the dumbest thing ever haha.

[@WesBarker]

Hahaha

[@LeclericShow]

sounds like its time for a new girlfriend

[@badbovine7427]

11:31 'Did a cereal kill her?' lol

[@2buxaslice]

I've always loved Lateral thinking puzzles and I've looked for youtube channels with them before without much luck. Really happy to see you guys doing these, hope you make more.

[@StephenJHall-ks8pt]

Kristen is such a saint for putting up with you, it must be love!

[@theXdarkXtreeXburns]

I was so happy when she finally got the answer! Didn't figure it out until a minute before she did. Would've been longer without this video lol crazy video, loved it

[@JackBingham]

Been loving all the content you’re putting out recently Wes 😘

[@kbsanders]

But wait, why did he make the connection after eating the second soup that if the first soup wasn't pelican soup, then he HAD to be eating his wife (as opposed to some other bird besides pelican that doesn't taste like pelican and was misidentified)?

[@SpydersByte]

second soup? There was only one soup. But yea, I don't get why he'd immediately think it was his wife either. I don't think it was explained very well. I was expecting an explanation and a backstory and stuff once she had figured it out but nope, nothin lol

[@redelfshotthefood8213]

His wife is missing and he has meat soup. Who the heck made him that soup?

[@joshdevilbunny5587]

OMG so much fun! I was following right along and had a blast!

[@wampiroindoril]

Only Wes can make such a morbid thing interesting.

[@graphicsdesignedforyou]

True!

[@OniNoSweeney]

We did this in cable tv tech service orientation to demonstrate the uselessness of Close Ended questions. It took 15 people FIVE HOURS!

[@aaronprofitt5284]

"it didn't remind him of the taste of his wife" WES: "what does that mean?" 😂

[@MasterGunz84]

Man good one! Thanks for keeping me entertained 🙏🏼 😊🙏🏼 love your stuff!!!

[@MoudBarthez1]

I enjoyed this more than any movie on Netflix 😂

[@mikaharris1040]

Finally had time to watch it, great video as slays guys and now time for me to watch the last one ❤️

[@jasonkoudelka2578]

Nice video, I really liked it!! Now I got to try it on my friends thanks. Keep this type of video coming!!

[@kitchi2603]

I thought he was fed chunks of wife along with the soup initially, but when you said its perfectly normal soup that confused the hell out of me lol

[@michaeljw87]

I’ve heard the same riddle years ago except it was albatross not pelican. She did a great job guessing without others in a group!

[@NewNormac]

More!! These are great.

[@lxvi84]

This conversation 😂😂😂

[@benjaminfrost2780]

Have to say you have an amazing place. The natural lighting and kitchen are amazing. Oh yeah and more importantly the video was AMAZING

[@Clancey65]

This is more like I thought of a terrible story fill in the details.

[@muratmhcoglu4184]

"Is he a pelican?" LOL!!!

[@garvin5191]

I love these. I used to do them with friends a lot. The one that was pulled out most commonly with new people was, Romeo came home and found Juliet on the floor dead. There is water and glass around her, what happened? So much fun! The video was really enjoyable.

[@zalbercook]

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[@cheflutuche]

@@zalbercook the fishbowl broke :-)

[@BiscuitsBox]

Well done! Very impressive to complete it solo.

[@edenwayne8407]

It always give me chills when someone figures it out, like I'm realizing it along side them

[@aisharane]

Knew of the answer already because I’ve heard of the riddle before but watched the whole video because I was interested in her thinking process in getting to the solution

[@ramboracing702]

Pelican crossing? The taste, I can only think of one thing 🤣

[@Ian_Chia]

i love this wes!

[@ahmadmuadz7165]

I srsly thought that the answer is related to his mug ughh

[@pranavmathur2599]

do more of these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@naaishahmed780]

Love riddles i never get the answer of any riddles.love your videos

[@mannaformom3711]

Me either!😕☺

[@Tha_Fidge]

I figured the pelican ate his wife therefore he ate his wife

[@tusharsehgal4716]

Loved it 😂😂😂 👍👍👍

[@magicphil7651]

I also thought he was a Pelican. 😆

[@KalijahAnderson]

I knew the answer about 1 minute and twenty seconds in. I realized I had heard something similar before but it was best friend instead of wife and the soup was seagull.

[@marialaura7326]

Haha. It's a crazy game.

[@svgjacobsavage9624]

Wes barker I love your videos

[@svgjacobsavage9624]

It true

[@svgjacobsavage9624]

Thanks Wes

[@buhlendzamela5553]

Who wouldn't

[@ferpektatwork3489]

11:22 "Who does that?" - A PELICAN! It has to be these damn PELICANS!!!

[@KilRBass]

I know this riddle from elementary school. Our religion teacher did it with us - one of the few lessons I remember really well :)

[@SRG-Learn]

i've heard this one as turtle soup here in Spain.

[@faba6292]

I've done a somewhat similar riddle but with penguin soup.

[@billc.6381]

I thought his wife’s name was Pelican😂

[@northerngiant2915]

He did say multiple times this was an ordinary bowl of “Pelican Soup” and the only thing in the bowl was Pelican so having her name be “Pelican” is about the only way to make this and all the other answers true.

[@northerngiant2915]

7:08 Just Pelican Soup

[@kapileswarrana1082]

It is different content i have seen this days by the way i love your videos

[@SpydersByte]

WES where did you get that black and grey wallpaper? I love it

[@jenniferyap5289]

What a fun riddle. Great game to play when having friends over for dinner....while serving pelican soup. 😉

[@phyaunna1329]

Someone did this riddle to me and it took forever to find out !

[@willgooncwms4344]

Most people start this game with the "Man Found dead in a room with 52 bicycles" scenario

[@deegreatestever1090]

Lol I wish I never knew how he found out 🤣🤣but that was really good I have to play it with my friends

[@mattypow82]

I was crushed when wes said he wasn't a pelican

[@garyha2650]

Love that moment when it clicks for her

[@shashwat986]

For people looking to play even more similar riddles with their friends, there's an app that has similar scenarios: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icecover.darkstories&hl=en apps.apple.com/us/app/dark-stories/id1244678252 (Not my app. Just one that I like)

[@ocachorro]

i've heard the same story, but it was a turtle soup

[@MarvinTheMusicMan]

Brilliant idea you guys, loved this. LIKE this comment if you want another one... 👍

[@kungpochopedtuna]

Thats a really good one

[@jixaw9383]

I don’t get this why lateral puzzle is the one I hear the most. It’s got such a big backstory for such a depressing answer. It doesn’t feel like an aha moment it feels like aw damn that’s sad. The payoff feels depressing

[@Theaddekalk]

we have a variant of this in sweden. my dad used this riddle for use kids when we were young and we were on a roadtrip. i think it got us years until we got it. mostly beacuse we forget alot after every roadtrip XD now i use this riddle alot formy friends etc XD

[@nicksimms3771]

The entire time I was convinced he was married to a pelican and didn’t realize it, or their last name was also Pelican

[@airkami]

10:13 is when I came up with my theory and I won't spoil it here. 11:18 the wild theory I had before is more correct now than the one I just came up with

[@Grant-H2O]

he learned this riddle at many point in boy scouts

[@unbiased1]

She's awesome!

[@ChillPillDyl]

Desert islands have restaurants? lol This riddle seems like it's supposed to start with "A man eats pelican soup, then kills himself"

[@solwenner22]

OMG this had me like what? ... wait what! ... WTF !!! Hahahaha

[@jasonsmith-bm1sv]

One of the questions I would have asked was "Was his wife's nickname Pelican?".

[@tomekstec981]

When is the next season of Firefly coming out?

[@thepopulargoat6896]

I was sitting here for nearly the whole video thinking that the guy's wife's name was Pelican.

[@cillianhourihan3427]

She faked her death, oooh was her wedding ring in the bird, ahhh good one haha

[@supermandad9172]

You need to start he walks off a boat and into a restaurant. So that, they have that tiny clue of. Boat to work backwards in the story. Without that then questions csn go for ages. Boat gives a tiny but also not huge giveaway clue.

[@zekekyoku590]

I screamed "His wife is a pelican!" for like 15 minutes.

[@zekekyoku590]

Er... Was... Rather....

[@_kww_]

At around 3 minutes I started wondering why the man was biting soup

[@jdbarth1]

21 minutes of my life... gone because of pelican soup. 😊I do enjoy their videos though

[@bikeadventuresokanagan9293]

I have a good one for you .. If you were outside an old tower that had 3 light switches on the bottom of the entrance outside... You only have one chance to see which of the 3 light switches turn on the light inside the top of the tower. You only get one chance to open the door after flicking the switches to climb the 100 floors up to see if you right or wrong... If you are right you win the tower, if you are wrong , you are dead. ..

[@57thorns]

Also a classic. (spoiler below) [I think people who can't figure it out after one year deserve a solution] Turn on the first switch and wait ten minutes. Turn off the first switch. Turn on the second switch. Run up the stairs, If the light is on, it was the second switch. If the bulb is warm but dark, it was the first switch. If the bulb is off and cold, it is the third switch.

[@darbyl3872]

100 floors up is 1000 feet. Better to make it one floor up, and out of sight.

[@EikottXD]

10:32 "After he died"?

[@hansvonmannschaft9062]

Isn't some detail missing here? Like, how could he have known what his wife tasted like? As some guys said, the bottom line is, how did the guy realize this. I'd say, for example, that while he was eating, he felt something in his mouth that turned out to be his wife's wedding band, recognizable for the (braille) engraving within. Or something like that. That part about that unerring association is what missing here for me. Great video by the way, I was going to ask if the guy was a pelican, too. Oh *and not to mention the similarities between the toucan on your mug and the pelican in the upper right corner* haha! Cheers!

[@cyberdimi1100]

In my country they call these blues stories

[@mtjoy747]

He went outside, after eating the soup, and got run over by a car full of pelicans!! It was a mob hit!

[@wChris_]

i already know this it was in backstories, but with a lizard (Iguanidae)

[@quebec269]

I haven't finish, but I have no idea what she is trying to solve...

[@nejm612]

10:06 ... Pretty sure her name wasn't Pelican, but at this point I have nothing else...

[@lunatickgeo]

We did this riddle thirty years ago but it was penguin soup

[@stevensanders9846]

I heard it 45 years ago and it was Pelican

[@mannaformom3711]

DANG IT!! I CHEATED!!! Im so disappointed in myself!!

[@fron3107]

I thought he was the owner of the restaurant, specializing in pelican soup and pelican soup only, and realizing how bad the soup was, he knew his business would fail, so he killed himself.

[@xXNunduXx]

“Did the taste remind him of his wife” iykyk 👀

[@ayokay123]

OMG, I just got it!....at the 5:33 mark.......and I wasn't even close. :D A restaurant with only 3 people on it?

[@zalbercook]

Not a restaurant a deserted island

[@graphicsdesignedforyou]

First of all, what is on your shirt? Living near the water and lots of pelicans, every time I see a pelican, I'm going to think of this riddle. That was so crazy and bizarre, but at the same time it was funny trying to guess.

[@graphicsdesignedforyou]

You can always change it to turtle soup!

[@weareone2854]

Wait, but he ordered it. I guess they read him the menu 😂. Unless... it wasn’t a restaurant at all...

[@zalbercook]

He asked for pelican soup so they brought him pelican soup

[@ImIrrelevant999]

This gave me the creeps haha

[@mannaformom3711]

Dang it!!!! Im so irritated right now!! But I REFUSE to go straight to the answer. NO! I WONT DO!!!!!

[@benjim8462]

I’m still so confused

[@zenzizenzizenzic]

The answer doesn't make sense. Just because the pelican soup in the restaurant tastes different to the 'pelican' soup on the island why would he immediately assume he had eaten his wife last time!?!?

[@CreepX]

40 seconds in. I am just gonna go with "ok." As my answer.

[@CreepX]

Ok i guess the missing part of the actual riddle, is the word "why?" My brain just took it as a statement.

[@ramboracing702]

Legends

[@normblack3464]

*Wes* Ok, now wait. A blind man walks into a restaurant on a deserted island and orders pelican soup. Was this Gilligan's island?? 😂

[@drewfarmer4088]

THANK YOU

[@SmileyYvette]

I think this is after being rescued from the island. He probably had suspicions about what they fed him once his wife died and needed to confirm the actual taste of pelican soup when he got back home.

[@zalbercook]

He's no longer on the deserted island dum dum

[@aaronpaulkramer]

Since when did it become a pelican and not an albatross?

[@Val_Halla777]

Hey Wes, here’s a riddle for you guys: You’ve been traveling on a path deep in a forest on the way find a most stunning beach. Along your journey, you suddenly reach a fork in the road. One path leads directly to the beach and the other path leads to the mountains, but there’s no sign and you have no idea which is the correct path to the beach. In the middle of this fork intersection there’s a house where two very strange brothers live. You’ve heard of them and you know that one brother always tells the truth and the other brother always lies…but you don’t know which is which. You can ask one of them, one question.. What question do you ask so you can choose the correct path and continue your journey to the beach?

[@TheUmaricanDream]

where would your brother tell me to go to get to the beach and do the opposite

[@LIVEINPEACE2023]

What are the words on Kristin’s t-shirt?

[@maryl449]

Looks like The Black Keys

[@KarinaMilne]

Omg my brain