Braingle: 'Train Death' Brain Teaser

Train Death

Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.

Puzzle ID:	#2472
Fun:	(2.42)
Difficulty:	(2)
Category:	Situation
Submitted By:	wassupdude100
Corrected By:	irar1792

A man just had an operation and is going home on the train. The doctor said to take the bandages off in 30 minutes. The train went into a tunnel and at that time he jumped out of the train and died. Why did he jump?

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Comments

mad-ade Mar 05, 2002	An oldie but a goodie.
Jamiroquai Mar 08, 2002	nice
Dee90 Jul 26, 2002	what a stupid idiot couldnt he just go sue and try to have another surgery dumb man!
wassupdude100 Aug 05, 2002	thanks guys this was my first teaser
Maria4Tony Dec 04, 2003	Actually there is a similiar one to this where he is in a SMOKING cabin. He takes a peek and at first thinks he's still blind, but when the guy sees the lighted cigerattes (dunno how to spell it!) he realizes the operation worked.
username Jul 29, 2004	Yes, I agree. This was similar to that other one, but much harder to figure out on this one.
username Jul 29, 2004	Yes, I agree. This was similar to that other one, but much harder to figure out on this one.
akl21 Jul 29, 2006	I have a question: how is he supposed to know when thirty minutes has elapsed?
natureluver Nov 22, 2006	Why suicide just cuz you're blind?
Malika123 Dec 27, 2008	It looks harder than the old one.
beyonce123 Jun 01, 2010	I agree with alk21, how do you know when 30 minutes is up????????????????????????????
Candi7 Sep 05, 2012	duh you count the seconds 1...2...3... and so on until 30 minutes is up.
Candi7 Sep 05, 2012	just kidding!
donaldtrumpet Feb 18, 2013	Am I crazy, or does a train have lights in it? And how did he jump out?