Another Riddle (In case you couldn't get yromemtnatsisrep's)

An old man wakes up in the morning. He eats breakfast, reads the newspaper, goes upstairs, turns the light on, and kills himself. Why?

Gas…?

gun

Hmm - was there an article on something that he ate for breakfast in the newspaper…? Something possibly like:

“Hey don’t eat Crunchie Wheatoes today - they’ve been spiked with lobotomy-juice…”

no there was not an article on something he ate for breakfast.

Are you asking why he purposefully kills himself, or about how he comes to be dead, intended or unintended?

He discovers that his genitals have spontaneously dropped off and withered and dried during the night, so he has nothing left to live for (he was addicted to masturbation).

Turning on the light means he saw something maybe. Or wanted soemone to see him dead. So he Saw someting?

I am asking why did he decide to kill himself.

His genitals did not drop off. I really don’t know if he was addicted to masturbation.

He did and didn’t see something.

he saw that something wasn’t there anymore…?

Well what room was he in when he turned the lights on?

I’m pretty sure the rule is basically yes or no questions, Kriswest. Sorry I forgot to mention it.

Sarax: No

he saw an obituary for his wife and decided he had nothing to live for

did he have to turn the light on in order to kill himself?

was he in his bedroom?

he did not see an obituary for his wife

he did not have to turn the light on to kill himself

he was not in his bedroom

was he in the bathroom when he died?

Hum, I am thinking 1929 and the stock market crash. He has lost everything, and many did commit suicide.

With regards,

aspacia :sunglasses:

the man was a florist. the light in question was a lightbulb bomb… one planted by his rival across the street, Mr. Hutchinson, who owned Fantastic Flowers, Inc. (it wasn’t really a corporation, but the inc. brought in more customers.) Mr. Hutchinson drilled a hole in a light bulb, filled it with gunpowder, broke into the old man’s house and switched it out. when the man hit the light switch his room blew up with him in it, and he “killed himself.”

There’s not enough information to come to any conclusions. It could be anything.