Desert Suicide

speedyg1000
Jan 17, 2003

he must be a seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerious hemophiliac...

ironmaiden980
Jan 19, 2003

Yeah, you can't really bleed to death from a papercut.

Phily
Jan 22, 2003

dying by loss of blood wouldn't really be painful, you'd probably just get a little woozy. And you have to figure that he's not a Catholic (suicide is a cardinal sin, ie. Catholics believe you won't get to heaven if you kill yourself)

frankenweoburger
Jan 23, 2003

Have you ever bled to death? J.K. it's a good point. And if it were a really big cut, or on a vein, it's possible.

mistress
Jan 24, 2003

never would have guessed!great job.i wonder what would happen if he got a papercut on that large vein in your neck...?

dpniner
Jan 24, 2003

I'm sorry; I just can't help but say that this is an absolutely ridiculous puzzle. These things should be REASONABLY solveable, after all. How about the answer "When he turned the page he saw an image which reminded him of the time his mother skinned his cat alive and was so distressed he decided to kill himself?" I don't like to be negative or overly criticizing, but this one is simply not a quality puzzle.

Deucex2
Mar 09, 2003

dpniner, it's worth noting that Situation puzzles are SUPPOSED to have hideously obtuse answers. I thought it was a reasonably good teaser. Still, paper cuts don't bleed all that fast to begin with (a slow drip at the most) and you can easily give up a pint or so of blood with no problem at all except for the dizziness someone already mentioned.

singcan
Mar 29, 2003

I loved it................................... but too shoot him self over a paper cut? He must have serous issues ;)

Mhalun
Apr 18, 2003

Great teaser, but he could have tore a piece of cloth from his shirt and applied pressure to the cut but still great teaser

Codammanus
May 17, 2003

There is something quirky about this teaser that I actually like. The hint (and this is unusual), made it more fun. I didn't even think about why dude had a gun in a car in the desert. Kudos to you on this one!

Codammanus
May 17, 2003

You see Frankenweoburger: I give credit where its due!

username
Jul 30, 2004

wow! i never could have guessed that the man is a haemophiliac. very interesting, though.

(user deleted)
Apr 24, 2005

people..... the guy was a hemophiliac.... meaning your blood doesn't clot very well... same thing tsar nicholas II kid had... paper cuts do kill

(user deleted)
Jun 21, 2005

you should have menchend he was bleeding

(user deleted)
May 09, 2006

You can't say he would or wouldn't bleed to death unless you're a doctor, which I'm assuming none of you are... Were I in this man's situation, I'd probably try direct pressure, pressure points, and a tourniquet before shooting myself. But I thought this was an excellent riddle. Well done.

akl21
Jul 10, 2006

dpniner, I'd also like to say that in the hint, it was stated something along the lines of: it had nothing to do with what he was reading. But overall, I thought that was clever, and rather unexpected. Great work!

JKnightD
Dec 12, 2006

Not enough information to deduce, induce or even guess the correct answer. Any answer would suffice as long as it doesn't contradict the ending.

It's like asking what the equation is to get the number 42. There are infinite equations that could equal 42. Unless you give some critieria, indicating you're expecting a certain one, you can't honestly expect anyone to give you "your" correct answer.

niveknedarb
Feb 01, 2008

I thought it was a water pistol

11171413
Mar 17, 2008

I figured that he had been waiting for so long that he figured if he could finish the book before seeing anyone that no one is going to find him, so he kills himself quickly.

donaldtrumpet
Jun 07, 2012

Not knowing what a hemophiliac is, this puzzle was rather challenging...

donaldtrumpet
Jun 07, 2012

and niveknedarb, that is a really cool answer, probably my favorite answer ever.