suicide, in the afternoon

Originally posted by sonhouse
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.

indeed, i was wondering myself where the guy got the string idea...

i realized a flaw in my riddle, make the ceiling 15 feet high and the rope 5 feet long...
there, I believe that should do it...
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P.M. me if you get it...

Originally posted by rubberjaw30
what drainage?
i don't recall mentioning any drainage in the original scenario

Rooms are generally assumed not to be watertight. If the room were watertight I'd expect you to mention it since this would be unusual.

He stood on the faucet, climbed up to the window, then hung himself.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Rooms are generally assumed not to be watertight. If the room were watertight I'd expect you to mention it since this would be unusual.

the room is watertight technically, this is implied...
i said there was nothing in the room except a faucet and a window...
it is implied that the room is watertight since I did not indicate semipermeable pores in the walls permitting the escape of water...
thus, the room was described as watertight originally, you just decided to be a smart-ass so I had to make up this explanation to show how you are wrong...
now quit grovelling over the small stuff and start asking questions...
you might *gasp* make progress!
for example, you could have begun by asking. "Is the Room watertight?"

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
He stood on the faucet, climbed up to the window, then hung himself.

the man can stand on a faucet half a foot off the ground and reach a window 15 ft up the wall?
don't think so, try again.

Originally posted by rubberjaw30
the room is watertight technically, this is implied...
i said there was nothing in the room except a faucet and a window...
it is implied that the room is watertight since I did not indicate semipermeable pores in the walls permitting the escape of water...
thus, the room was described as watertight originally, you just decided to be a smart-ass so I ...[text shortened]... *gasp* make progress!
for example, you could have begun by asking. "Is the Room watertight?"

Have you ever been in a watertight room? The concept is quite alien to me. But ok, it's watertight, whatever. Is my other answer correct?

is the room watertight?

Originally posted by rubberjaw30
the man can stand on a faucet half a foot off the ground and reach a window 15 ft up the wall?
don't think so, try again.

You didn't say it was half a foot off the ground. The faucets in my home are about three feet off the ground, and the windows about three feet tall and about a foot from the ceiling.

Six foot man + 3 foot faucet = nine feet. If the bottom of the window is four feet below the ceiling, which would be typical, then it's only eleven feet up. The man's arms make up that last two feet.

BUT, since the faucet is apparently oddly low, this won't work.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Have you ever been in a watertight room? The concept is quite alien to me. But ok, it's watertight, whatever. Is my other answer correct?

look on almost any navy ship / submarine (especially) watertight all over the place...

Originally posted by Griddle
is the room watertight?

yes

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
You didn't say it was half a foot off the ground. The faucets in my home are about three feet off the ground, and the windows about three feet tall and about a foot from the ceiling.

Six foot man + 3 foot faucet = nine feet. If the bottom of the window is four feet below the ceiling, which would be typical, then it's only eleven feet up. The man ...[text shortened]... ke up that last two feet.

BUT, since the faucet is apparently oddly low, this won't work.

who gave you permission to assume all those measurements?
such as a 4 ft window?

Originally posted by rubberjaw30
look on almost any navy ship / submarine (especially) watertight all over the place...

Is the man on a ship?

And I missed where you said it was a GARDEN faucet, which are lower than indoor faucets.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Is the man on a ship?

And I missed where you said it was a GARDEN faucet, which are lower than indoor faucets.

no, the man is not on a ship

Originally posted by rubberjaw30
who gave you permission to assume all those measurements?
such as a 4 ft window?

I don't need permission. You insulted me like I was stupid, and I was showing that my answer is not unreasonable - except for my mistake with the faucet being labelled a garden faucet (after the original puzzle of course, which is all I read before I answered). Oh, and of course my mistake about the string.