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A man stepped out of a train to his death. He had been on his own in the compartment, and all that was there was a black handkerchief. If he had been travelling by any other mode of transportation he most certainly would not have died. What happened?
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| « Last Edit: Mar 30th, 2005, 6:12pm by TheGodfather234 » |
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***Hint: The train was in a tunnel, but if it wasn't the man would not have killed himself***
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| « Last Edit: Mar 30th, 2005, 6:21pm by TheGodfather234 » |
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Come on people it isn't that hard!!!! Ok, well maybe it is but still at least try!~!~!~!~!~!
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| « Last Edit: Mar 30th, 2005, 7:11pm by TheGodfather234 » |
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Re: Death on the Train
« Reply #4 on: Mar 30th, 2005, 11:11pm » |
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This isn't the guy that just had an operation, is it?
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Ummmmmmmmmmmmm... no  ok yes
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Re: Death on the Train
« Reply #6 on: Mar 31st, 2005, 7:27am » |
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I'm not sure what the black handkerchief was for then.
And I can think up one other mode of transportation that would probably have been the death of him in the same way. (Not that it's used much these days)
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Haha good luck with that, towr. What kind of operation, that's the question! hint/\
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| « Last Edit: Mar 31st, 2005, 8:19am by The_Godfather » |
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Re: Death on the Train
« Reply #8 on: Mar 31st, 2005, 9:00am » |
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on Mar 31st, 2005, 8:17am, The_Godfather wrote:| Haha good luck with that, towr. What kind of operation, that's the question! hint/\ |
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An eye operation. The train went through a tunnel so he thought he was blind again. And in the riddle I knew he then proceeded to kill himself in despair.
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Exactly the answer, towr, TheGodfather234 was looking for. The black handkerchief was tocover his eyes after the operation. The man wanted to know if he could see, so he took it off and set it down on the train. When all he saw was darkness, he committed suicide by jumping off the train.
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What is the mode of transportation you were referring to ?
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Re: Death on the Train
« Reply #11 on: Apr 1st, 2005, 12:49am » |
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This is a case where he could have lit a match, to check if the light is off.
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Re: Death on the Train
« Reply #12 on: Apr 1st, 2005, 1:39am » |
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on Mar 31st, 2005, 8:13pm, TheGodfather234 wrote:| What is the mode of transportation you were referring to ? |
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Well, before trains, in Britain for example, they used boats, going through canals. And those canals, in the hilly countryside, would also go through tunnels. So you'd have the same problem.
(Although it could be they weren't much used for transportation of people, and only of goods. I'm not that well informed about pre- and early industrial Britain, and around here we have lots of canals but no hills)
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