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A Regretted Jump
Situation
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.Situation
A man stands on the edge of a ledge of outside the window of his office on the 62nd floor. He believes he has nothing to live for and he decides to jump. Just as he steps off, the phone rings. Upon hearing the phone ring, he immediately regrets having made such a hasty decision; however, he cannot stop his fall.
Why did the man want to commit suicide and why did he change his mind when the phone rang?
Why did the man want to commit suicide and why did he change his mind when the phone rang?
Hint
He doesn't know who was calling and figuring out who was calling will not lead to the solution.Answer
A catastrophic event had occurred and he believed he was the only one left alive. When the phone rang, he realized that at least one other person must still be alive.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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did this happen somewhere near the end of time or something?
why would whoeva it was phone him? If whoeva it was knew he was alive, wouldnt he know whoeva it was, was alive? Im confusing myself :S:S
Very good teaser. Before the hint I thought he wanted to commit suicide because he hurt a women which he loved and she said she will never call him again, so he dicided it's best for him to die, but then she called.
After the hint I thought the man got deaf after an accident and decided to commit suicide, but then he heard the phone ringing and realized he can hear again.
Well done Peacejo.
After the hint I thought the man got deaf after an accident and decided to commit suicide, but then he heard the phone ringing and realized he can hear again.
Well done Peacejo.
Same here - I thought it was that one about being deaf, too. Good teaser, though.
For thick_lil_girl, maybe it wasn't his phone. If everyone was dead, it would be pretty quiet and he could hear a phone a little while away. I heard it that he kills himself because he's lonely and the call means somebody really cares about him, but I like this better. Great job.
nah, he made the right decision, it was probably just one of those auto dialler machine things trying to convince him to invest all his life savings in a holiday house in the carribbean which doesn't actually exist
coward
Eerie. I really like that one.
I really liked that one
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