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Masque Sep 8, 2019 @ 9:16pm

Another riddle.

Ask any yes/no question. No googling. Every sentence is relevant.
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A man wakes up in the morning,
he then reads the newspaper.

After that, he walks upstairs, and he turns on the light.

He walks outside,and he kills himself.

How and why?

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Originally posted by GetToTheTop:

Is he a lighthouse keeper and he read in the news that the light was off and caused a ship to crash so he turns on the lighthouse and jumps off the balcony out of guilt?

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Masque Sep 8, 2019 @ 9:20pm

No.

Every sentence is relevant.

Plaid Sep 8, 2019 @ 9:22pm

he walked out the second story balcony and fell to his death.
He forgot to have his morning coffee so wasn't paying attention to where he was going.

saranacX Sep 8, 2019 @ 9:22pm

I think I remember this from when I was a kid in a book series filled with these kind of puzzles. I'll stay quiet =)

Masque Sep 8, 2019 @ 9:23pm

Originally posted by Plaid:
he walked out the second story balcony and fell to his death.
He forgot to have his morning coffee so wasn't paying attention to where he was going.

Yes.
No.

The Rock God Sep 8, 2019 @ 9:23pm

How: He pulled a lever that started a Rube Goldberg-esque contraption involving 2400 dominoes, 16 magnets, 86' of rope, 426 ball bearings, and a bucket of nails, finally culminating in an Anvil (Acme, of course) being dropped on his head.
Why: He believed it was fate after a tarot reading back in '96 predicted it.

Masque Sep 8, 2019 @ 9:24pm

No, No.

No.

You can ask yes/no questions about the riddle.

(That's the best way to solve these. We used to come up with them on worksites.)

Last edited by Masque; Sep 8, 2019 @ 9:26pm

Plaid Sep 8, 2019 @ 9:27pm

Did he see something after turning on the light?

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GetToTheTop Sep 8, 2019 @ 9:27pm

Is he a lighthouse keeper and he read in the news that the light was off and caused a ship to crash so he turns on the lighthouse and jumps off the balcony out of guilt?

Masque Sep 8, 2019 @ 9:28pm

Originally posted by Plaid:
Did he see something after turning on the light?

Nothing relevant.

Masque Sep 8, 2019 @ 9:28pm

Originally posted by Depression Slayer:
Is he a lighthouse keeper and he read in the news that the light was off and caused a ship to crash so he turns on the lighthouse and jumps off the balcony out of guilt?

Yeah, you googled it.

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saranacX Sep 8, 2019 @ 9:28pm

Originally posted by Depression Slayer:
Is he a lighthouse keeper and he read in the news that the light was off and caused a ship to crash so he turns on the lighthouse and jumps off the balcony out of guilt?

Yep that's what I thought it was. I'm glad I didn't speak up lol.

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