Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Mystery

interesting din ng araw na to
my brother told me a situation and asked me a question last night.

the situation:

a man was found dead. he had a tape recorder on one hand and a gun on the other. when the detective played the thing, the dead man said, "...i just want to die." after this, a gun shot was heard. the detective asked the roomate, "is this his voice?" the roomate answered yes. then the detective said, "who killed the man?"

the question: how did the detective find out that the man was murdered?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

the guy was holding the tape recorder with both handS.

Tama ba?

sulat mo yung sagot sa susunod mong post, ha.

Anonymous said...

The voice in the recorder was similar to the voice of the dead man's roommate....

Anonymous said...

if you heard the gunshot, who the hell rewinded the recorder?!...
the dead man himself?...
tsktsktsk...
im pretty sure its not me... nor the cadaver on the floor...

~ me_ko/Shinichi Kudou(新一 工藤)

Anonymous said...

hah. how simple.

i've told you this a thousand times.

you can't hide the truth from me.

the answer is right there for everyone to see. of course, it takes genius like mine to actually see it.

it's all about the tape recorder.

think about it.

a guy hits the record button, leaves a suicide message, and shot himself.

think harder.

...

you got it? well good for you.

if that is exactly how it happened, the tape would've continued to record long after the guy was dead, and stop when the tape reached its limit. if he were truly alone when he shot himself, the tape recorder wouldn't have MAGICALLY REWINDED itself. as the situation said, the detective PLAYED it right away after retrieving it from the dead man's hand.

i don't think i have to say this again, but then, it sounds cool.




you can't hide the truth from me.