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alien2
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Good Samaritan
« on: Mar 22nd, 2011, 8:22am » |
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It is 18th century. Dean comes across a dying man in front of an inn. There was a boy nearby and Dean asks him to get the town’s doctor. The boy runs to get the doctor, while Dean stays with the ill man, holding his hand. The man tells him that he was passing through, on his way to plant the seed of a red rose in the grave of his recently buried relative. It was his relative’s dying wish. Dean says that he’ll be happy to do it for him. The dying man gives him the seed and says the name of the cemetery. This cemetery has two strict rules. Graves must be earthen only, and tombstones must bear a full name of the deceased. And just as the dying man was about to tell him a name on the tombstone, he dies. Soon after the town’s doctor comes along and confirms that he’s dead. Dean asks around about the man who just died, but nobody heard of him. Still, being goodhearted and religious, Dean decides to visit the cemetery, asking God for guidance. He plants the seed in the right grave, which had a forename and surname only on the tombstone (no epitaph). Can you explain it? He saw nobody else on the way to the cemetery and nobody else was at the cemetery.
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Re: Good Samaritan
« Reply #1 on: Mar 22nd, 2011, 9:00am » |
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I can think of:
- There was nobody else at the cemetery, and there was no other grave than the one.
- The grave was the only recent one.
- The grave had a picture of the deceased. The dying man's twin.
- The man was chinese and there was only one chinese grave.
- The man was muslim, and there was only one grave directed towards the Mecca.
- When he was about to tell his name, the man was unable to utter a sound, but clearly formed the letter F with the mouth. There was only one name starting with F. (actually the man was about to swear).
- Dean was lucky.
- Dean couldn't give a damn. He pretended he knew the grave to get rid of that silly seed.
- Dean stole the man's wallet and saw the man's name on his credit-card sized plastic driver's licence with a biometric chip. Just before throwing it in the fire at the local blacksmith (yes, blacksmith. Remember, it is the 18th century...).
- The dying man was in a French uniform, and there was only one French name in the cemetery.
- The dying man was Dean's brother.
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Re: Good Samaritan
« Reply #2 on: Mar 23rd, 2011, 4:35am » |
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on Mar 22nd, 2011, 8:22am, alien2 wrote:| Still, being goodhearted and religious, Dean decides to visit the cemetery, asking God for guidance. |
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There you have it, God must have told him so.
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Re: Good Samaritan
« Reply #3 on: Mar 23rd, 2011, 5:53am » |
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All the local names had a first, middle and last name. But since the dead relative did not originally belong from the place (Dean guessed so because no one in the locality knew the person who died in front of the inn), his name was the only one that did not have a middle name.
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Re: Good Samaritan
« Reply #4 on: Mar 23rd, 2011, 6:31am » |
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- In that cemetery every single tomb has a rose planted on it. It seems to be the custom there. This explains why the deceased wished to have one also. So that it looks all tidy and nice. There was just one fresh tomb that didn't have one.
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Re: Good Samaritan
« Reply #5 on: Mar 30th, 2011, 6:30pm » |
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Grimbal’s 1st guess is the intended answer. 
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Re: Good Samaritan
« Reply #6 on: Oct 23rd, 2011, 1:31pm » |
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Good Samaritan 2
It is 18th century. Dean comes across a dying man in front of an inn. There was a boy nearby and Dean asks him to get the town’s doctor. The boy runs to get the doctor, while Dean stays with the ill stranger, holding his hand. The man tells him that he was passing through, on his way to plant the seed of a red rose in the grave of his buried relative. It was his relative’s dying wish. Being goodhearted, Dean says that he’ll be happy to do it for him. The man gives him the seed and says the name of the cemetery, which has earthen graves. He then tells him the full name on the tombstone. The man tries to tell him something more, but he dies. Soon after the town’s doctor comes along and confirms that he’s dead. Dean asks around about above stranger, but nobody heard of him. He then visits the cemetery to plant the seed, just as he promised. He finds the tombstone with the name the dying man told him. But a moment later he decides not to plant the seed in the grave. It was because of something he noticed accidentally. What did he notice? The weather was fair and he was alone there.
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Re: Good Samaritan
« Reply #7 on: Oct 23rd, 2011, 5:59pm » |
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He noticed the epitaph, which stated the man died from a deadly poison. Planting the rose seed would only cause the rose to die. (would it ?)
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Re: Good Samaritan
« Reply #8 on: Oct 30th, 2011, 1:45pm » |
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Hope, he knows in some way that he died
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Re: Good Samaritan
« Reply #9 on: Oct 31st, 2011, 8:55am » |
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Answer lies in the question 
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Re: Good Samaritan
« Reply #10 on: Oct 31st, 2011, 3:56pm » |
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He notices the mutilated corpse of the last person to plant a rose in the cemetery.
Or, there's a small note carved on the gravestone: "Do not plant roses here. I hate roses."
Or, there's another grave nearby with the exact same full name. Fearful of getting the wrong one, he puts the rose on neither.
Or, he recognizes the name as someone who was well known in the town for being a horrible person, and he doesn't want to pay respect to his grave.
Or, as he bends down to plant the rose he notices the earth moving as fingers claw their way out of the dirt...
Any of these at all close? Come on, give us some hint here...
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Re: Good Samaritan
« Reply #11 on: Nov 10th, 2011, 7:29am » |
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on Oct 31st, 2011, 3:56pm, orange_cat wrote:| Or, there's another grave nearby with the exact same full name. Fearful of getting the wrong one, he puts the rose on neither. |
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You got it.
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Re: Good Samaritan
« Reply #12 on: Jan 16th, 2012, 11:31pm » |
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A straight forward one i.e riddle but initially easily confusing. Good one!
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Re: Good Samaritan
« Reply #13 on: Sep 9th, 2012, 5:01pm » |
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I didn't know they did this with roses back then.
perhaps he should have put roses on all the new graves to be sure he got it correct!
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