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Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

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Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby SQLDenis on Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:55 am

a person enters his room, goes to get something out of the closet, grabs the handle from the door of the closet, gets terrified, opens the closet takes out a gun and kills himself

Why did this person kill himself?

Remember, you can only ask questions I can answer with yes or no

edit: added the opens the closet part
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby Niikola on Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:16 am

did he open closet?
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby SQLDenis on Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:27 am

Niikola wrote:did he open closet?


yes
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby chrissie1 on Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:33 am

was he married?
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby SQLDenis on Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:35 am

chrissie1 wrote:was he married?


no
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby chrissie1 on Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:39 am

was it a normal closet?
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby SQLDenis on Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:54 am

chrissie1 wrote:was it a normal closet?


yes
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby chrissie1 on Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:03 pm

Was there a mirror involved?
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby SQLDenis on Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:08 pm

chrissie1 wrote:Was there a mirror involved?



no
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby chrissie1 on Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:15 pm

Did the closet contain clothes?
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby SQLDenis on Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:23 pm

chrissie1 wrote:Did the closet contain clothes?


yes
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby chrissie1 on Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:28 pm

Did the closet contain anything else?
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby Niikola on Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:10 pm

Did the man open the closet after a long period of time (after the previous one)?
Did he forget something inside?
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby SQLDenis on Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:45 pm

chrissie1 wrote:Did the closet contain anything else?



yes
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby SQLDenis on Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:47 pm

Niikola wrote:Did the man open the closet after a long period of time (after the previous one)?


after coming home from work (so this could be considered long or short that is why I tell you that he came home from work)


Niikola wrote:Did he forget something inside?

no
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Postby chrissie1 on Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:50 pm

did the closet contain something terifiying?
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby SQLDenis on Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:51 pm

chrissie1 wrote:did the closet contain something terifiying?



no
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby Niikola on Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:02 pm

Was the reason he got terrified related to closet?
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

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Niikola wrote:Was the reason he got terrified related to closet?



yes
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby Thirster42 on Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:31 pm

was there a dead body in the closet?
I once read a thing that said i wouldn't become professional until i turn 40. I think it might be right.
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby Impal3r on Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:31 pm

did this person have a steady job
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby SQLDenis on Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:32 pm

Thirster42 wrote:was there a dead body in the closet?



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Impal3r wrote:did this person have a steady job



yes
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Postby Thirster42 on Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:33 pm

was there anything alive in the closet?
I once read a thing that said i wouldn't become professional until i turn 40. I think it might be right.
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Re: Situation Puzzle 002: Why did this person shoot himself

Postby Impal3r on Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:34 pm

Was this person laid of/fired/terminated/pink slipped?
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