A man awakes early one morning in an auditorium with people lying on cots all around him. He looks around proudly at everyone. Getting himself together he decides to step outside. It is a glorious morning, with the sun shining, and the birds singing. Seeing this makes him very distraught, and he rushes back inside to his desk, where he pulls out a gun and kills himself. What caused him to do this?
2007-03-10 03:53:26 · 21 answers · asked by Kevin M 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
He's a cult leader. He told everyone that this morning would be the first day of the end of the world, and gave people the option of either drinking the proverbial Kool-Aid and going to Heaven right away or seeing the end of the world. About half of the people chose suicide, and now he realizes he was wrong and kills himself to avoid the consequences.
2007-03-10 03:58:17 · answer #1 · answered by dark_load1 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
This needs a little more explanation as to why this is a "tough one?" I hope this is not a reality because it sounds more like a dream or fictional short story. One must examine all aspects of this...What is the significance to the location: in an auditorium with people lying on cots...emotionally; looking proudly at everyone...stepping outside to a beautiful, poetically perfect day...and feeling confused/distraught...rushing back to his desk which doesn't make sense, because we just left him in the auditorium. Seems like he is at war or some kind of conflict which he has not been able to resolve or does not see any kind of resolution...yet is no excuse for suicide...there is always someone to reach out to...whether it be a partner, friend, family member, therapist, counselor, etc...even a stranger, there is always someone who we can relate to and find some level of listening, understanding and empathy. It's sad that he felt no other option but to kill himself...that is not the long term solution to a temporary problem...
2007-03-10 12:32:01 · answer #2 · answered by jackmowack 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The glorious morning caused him to do that, because you
said "It is a glorious morning, with the sun shining, and the
birds singing. SEEING THIS MAKES HIM VERY
DISTRAUGHT, and he rushes back inside to his desk,"
Am i right?
2007-03-10 15:29:33 · answer #3 · answered by shp.4656 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have serioulsy been pulling my hair out on this one for a whole hour!!! I'm am keeping this on my watch list and hoping you will post the answer when you choose a winner so i don't go insane trying to figure this out!!!
2007-03-10 14:01:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Was he in the Superdome Post Katrina? Where did the desk come from? I thought he had a cot.
2007-03-10 12:22:06 · answer #5 · answered by itsmyopinionsothere 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He was sick....has a terminal illness!....or he was depressed because he was homeless!
Why was he sleeping in an auditorium on cots with people all around?.....hmmmm! I think this is the clue to the riddle but I don't know the reason...
or i guess WHAT....caused him to do this!
2007-03-10 11:59:12 · answer #6 · answered by Brewmaster 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
1. he's a Hurrican Katrina survivor
2. he's in the wrong hemisphere
3. he isn't in an auditorium. he was in a recovery room
4. mental patient?
5. he's blind
6. he has solaropisophobia (he's afraid of the sun).
am i close?
2007-03-10 12:25:19 · answer #7 · answered by Just Ryan! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he relizes that he is homeless because he is in an auditorium with lots of cots...or he survived something bad but the rest of his family didnt so he is upset...or he HATES birds and is deathly afraid of them and so he couldnt stand them anymore ...or not
2007-03-10 11:59:39 · answer #8 · answered by tower.over.me 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
he might have lost someone he loved who loved the sunlight or maybe he lost his job and had to move to a shelter.... actually im not really sure thats a tough one
2007-03-10 12:05:04 · answer #9 · answered by TOR_THE_DINOSAUR aka: Tori M. 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
ummmmmmmm he doesnt like birds or the sun made him do it? that is a tough one
2007-03-10 11:58:46 · answer #10 · answered by flatteredwu 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋