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suicide, in the afternoon

suicide, in the afternoon

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explain this suicide scene
a man has hung himself in a room with nothing in it except for a piece of rope (used to hang himself) a high window (near the ceiling) and a waterfaucet

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Originally posted by rubberjaw30
explain this suicide scene
a man has hung himself in a room with nothing in it except for a piece of rope (used to hang himself) a high window (near the ceiling) and a waterfaucet
let me rephrase this so it makes more sense...
a detective is dropped into a room from window
there is NOTHING in the room except for a dead man, suspended from a rafter on a ceiling that is 30 ft (somewhere in the neighborhood of a 9-10 mceiling) by a rope around his neck which is only 6 ft (2m) long
there is a regular garden faucet in the corner.
how did the dead man do it?

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He floated himself to the top, then used a string to turn off the faucet. The water ran out leaving him hanging.

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what's a faucet again?

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Originally posted by Meneer Dries
what's a faucet again?
An actress who married Lee Majors of 6 Million Dollar Man fame.

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Why is there a garden tap indoors?

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More importantly, how did the dead man drain the place after he died?

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Originally posted by geepamoogle
More importantly, how did the dead man drain the place after he died?
The drainage is very slow. All it takes to counter the drainage is to have the tap on. With the tap off, the water will start to drain away, like in my bathtub which has a partially clogged drain.

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he could have just drank too much water then he would of died, but nooooo...he had to be mister creative

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Maybe he jumped through the same hole the detective dropped in from

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
He floated himself to the top, then used a string to turn off the faucet. The water ran out leaving him hanging.
no, i am only answering yes/no questions

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Originally posted by DeepThought
Why is there a garden tap indoors?
because i said so

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Originally posted by geepamoogle
More importantly, how did the dead man drain the place after he died?
that's part of the mystery... yes or no questions only!

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
The drainage is very slow. All it takes to counter the drainage is to have the tap on. With the tap off, the water will start to drain away, like in my bathtub which has a partially clogged drain.
what drainage?
i don't recall mentioning any drainage in the original scenario

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
He floated himself to the top, then used a string to turn off the faucet. The water ran out leaving him hanging.
What string? He didn't say the dead man had a string, only a rope, and that only a couple meters long, not long enough to reach the faucet if the room was full of water.