a man on a train commits suicde the only thing they find after he jumps off is a red handherchif. He has a family a wife its not cuz of a breakup, nothing like that he just does it. Why does he commit suicide?
2006-11-25 14:47:10 · 22 answers · asked by JJ 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
no cuase there was no blood, no drugs, he didnt have a mental breakdown, no divorce nothing
2006-11-25 14:59:35 · update #1
And there was noone on the train with him, he was a happy man, he had a job and liked it
2006-11-25 15:00:14 · update #2
by the way there was no blood anywhere found and the handkerchif was red
2006-11-25 15:03:32 · update #3
And yes he did commit suicide and no the answers not 'cause he felt like it'
2006-11-25 15:12:00 · update #4
And the guy is perfectly healthy and hes not blind
2006-11-25 15:16:49 · update #5
WHATS THE HANDHERCHIEF HAVE TO DO WITH IT THEN??????????
2006-11-25 15:34:28 · update #6
yes he wanted to commit suicide thats why he did it
2006-11-26 02:30:35 · update #7
If there was no one on the train, he must have been the engineer.
Also, engineers use to always carry red handerchiefs (or flags) to scare off cows that wandered on the tracks.
So, he saw that the train was going to crash, and decided to jump instead of crashing.
2006-11-25 16:38:01 · answer #1 · answered by Walking Man 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Ah yes, plenty frustrating. Riddles are nice, but only if they make sense. If you told it exactly as your teacher did, your teacher is a Grade A Nimrod.
I've heard this riddle, it is about the guy being blind and having eye surgery to regain his sight, then going through a tunnel and thinking he's gone blind again. But you can't say he's a happy man, or the suicide bit doesn't work. He's not happy, he's crushed that he is 'blind again'
I hate these sorts of 'riddles' that don't make logical sense. Like the one about the dead man in the field with a straw in his hand with mountains visible in the distance. The answer - he jumped from a hot air balloon that was going to crash into the mountains and kill all aboard after they drew straws and he lost. Without his weight, the balloon could rise above the mountains.
A) The mountains were off in the distance
B) A hot air balloon crash into a mountainside has about a 0% chance of killing all aboard at those speeds (no mention of gale force winds)
C) To rise above mountains they'd have all asphyxiated or frozen anyway in an unprotected hot air balloon basket
D) They could just turn off the flame and descend gently
E) They would have just thrown out the lawyer anyway
F) Your teacher should be blinded on a train for giving you such a simlarly idiotic riddle
2006-11-25 23:29:31 · answer #2 · answered by CSlave 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I heard a similar riddle once. The answer to this one I think may be the same.
The man had just recently regained eye-sight after being blind for a very long time. He was not paying attention and when the train went through a tunnel and everything went black, he thought that he had gone blind again and hence thought that there was no point of living any further. so he jumped off of the train. I'm not sure what the scarf had to do with anything though.
I'm not sure if that is correct but you might want to ask your teacher.
--Monker
2006-11-25 23:00:43 · answer #3 · answered by Monker123456 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Handkerchief, eh? Sounds like someone was trying to rob the train. When a gun was pointed at his back, the man jumped to try and save his life (which didn't happen). The criminal dropped his handkerchief and either jumped later on and they haven't found him yet, or some other explanation. But I'm leaning toward train theif. Could be wrong. But yay for your teacher to get your brains working, regardless of the finer details that seem to be upseting the other readers.
2006-11-26 00:36:10 · answer #4 · answered by Beck 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe he didn't commit suicide- how would anyone know that for certain. maybe he was waving to someone and fell out of the train..I think your teacher is giving you an exercise in logical thinking and a lesson on not making assumptions- do not jump to the wrong conclusions, question everything, and make sure you know the facts before coming up with a final decision- I think that is what your teacher is setting before you
2006-11-25 22:51:29 · answer #5 · answered by dances with cats 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He is the guy driving the train. He sees another train coming and jumps off. They find the handkerchief in the wreckage but not the guy.
2006-11-25 23:06:55 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Badwrench 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Miss Scarlett with the candlestick
2006-11-25 23:16:26 · answer #7 · answered by wildmedicsue 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the crystal methamphetamine he took before he sniffed the airplane glue on the red handkerchief made him think he could fly. He wasn't thinking about the reality of the situation. Do you have a better guess?
2006-11-25 22:51:35 · answer #8 · answered by Jess4rsake 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
He didn't jump off. The engineer threw him off and the man grabbed the engineer's red handkerchief as he was falling. The engineer did it!
2006-11-25 22:49:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Um there is no answer the point to this riddle is to see how many of your peers will kill themselves after not being able to answer that question! :O I can only show you the door you have to walk through it.....
2006-11-25 23:09:16 · answer #10 · answered by MAKAVELI 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋