Jack and Jill are lying on the floor inside the house, dead. They died from lack of water. There is shattered glass

Question: Jack and Jill are lying on the floor inside the house, dead. They died from lack of water. There is shattered glass next to them. How did they die?
- Keywords:
  quirky,
  riddle
Asked by weheartsciencexo to Emma, Jimmy, Janet, Niall, Simon on 15 Mar 2013.
- Emma Ashley answered on 15 Mar 2013:
  
  Sorry I had to google this one… I’m not too good at riddles! They were both fish in a fish bowl which smashed on floor.
- Janet Daly answered on 15 Mar 2013:
  
  I’d heard it before…but that didn’t mean that I could remember the answer! I read somewhere that when you really laugh at a funny joke, chemicals are released in your brain that destroy your short-term memory – my scientific excuse for not knowing any good jokes!
- Niall Crawford answered on 15 Mar 2013:
  
  ah I knew the answer too, not fast enough answering questions.

Question: Jack and Jill are lying on the floor inside the house, dead. They died from lack of water. There is shattered glass next to them. How did they die?