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Paul Mortensen
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A blinde lady travels to London, shes very upset - distraught one might say, by train. She spends 3 days in london, no more, no less.
She travels back to her home town by train, very satisfied with her time spent in London. Shes now a very happy lady, enthusiastic to live life.
On the return trip, on the train, shes alone in her carriage, no one has spoke to her, at least not in length. The lady, however, suddenly kills her self, right to the very moment of her death, shes still happy.
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Why did she kill herself?
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Deedlit
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Re: Why did she kill herself?
« Reply #1 on: May 21st, 2005, 3:22am » |
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This should go in the "what happened" forum.
There's probably more to the riddle than this, but the most obvious answer is:
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She's upset because she learned she's going to die soon, most likely because of some disease. However, she decides she is going to spend her final days living life to the fullest, and she succeeds in doing so in London. So she's happy as she returns home, but kills herself anyway, perhaps because the disease will cause her to die painfully and helplessly, perhaps because she wants to go out at the moment she is happiest.
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Grimbal
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Re: Why did she kill herself?
« Reply #2 on: May 21st, 2005, 11:22am » |
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Is the train just entering a tunnel?
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Deedlit
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Re: Why did she kill herself?
« Reply #3 on: May 21st, 2005, 11:31am » |
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If you're thinking what I think you're thinking, I don't think she'd be very happy when she killed herself.
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Re: Why did she kill herself?
« Reply #4 on: May 21st, 2005, 1:18pm » |
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The psychiatrist who hypnotized her told her to kill herself on the return trip if she is happy 20 minutes after she boards the train. If she were unhappy, she wouldn't have killed herself. 
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Re: Why did she kill herself?
« Reply #5 on: May 21st, 2005, 11:23pm » |
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on May 21st, 2005, 3:15am, Paul Mortensen wrote:The lady, however, suddenly kills her self, right to the very moment of her death, shes still happy.
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Assuming its not the standard answer (involving tunnel, unhappiness, etc) then did she intend to kill herself? Or was it an accident?
Was the fact that she was happy relevant? Would she have killed herself even if she had been unhappy?
Was it a steam train? Does that matter?
And - I suppose I may as well ask -
Was there any artificial light source in the carriage? Or was it only lit ny natural lightfrom outside?
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Re: Why did she kill herself?
« Reply #6 on: May 21st, 2005, 11:36pm » |
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Is the time era supposed to distract us?
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Re: Why did she kill herself?
« Reply #7 on: May 23rd, 2005, 4:36am » |
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Ok, let's say that this is a fantastical world, where vampires live. Count Dracula meets her (we are talking about the age Bram Stoker's book took place, aren't we?) and turns her into a vampire. In this way she regains her sight and therefore she's happy. However during her way back to her place the day dawns or she eats pizza with garlic and she dies... 
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Re: Why did she kill herself?
« Reply #8 on: May 23rd, 2005, 4:38am » |
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Yes, she's happy to see the dawn, right?
 
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Re: Why did she kill herself?
« Reply #9 on: May 23rd, 2005, 8:40am » |
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In London she bought a gun, a hand-held phone and an alarm clock. When the alarm clock went off, she picked up the gun by accident.
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Re: Why did she kill herself?
« Reply #10 on: Jun 3rd, 2005, 5:02pm » |
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OK, that't actually funny...
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Re: Why did she kill herself?
« Reply #11 on: Jun 16th, 2005, 8:13am » |
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Was she "blind" or "blonde"?
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Re: Why did she kill herself?
« Reply #12 on: Jun 24th, 2005, 4:51am » |
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because some people are just plain crazy?
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Re: Why did she kill herself?
« Reply #13 on: Jun 25th, 2005, 8:33am » |
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maybe she had to containers of pills, one for headachesand another was rat poison, so with the darkness of the tunnel and all, she grabbed the wrong pills and killd herself without the intention to
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Re: Why did she kill herself?
« Reply #14 on: Jun 25th, 2005, 6:59pm » |
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she was blind, anything could've happenned. she didnt have to be in a tunnel.
ahahaha blind ppl suck
this riddle creeps me out
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