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(Message started by: Iceman on Jun 29th, 2007, 1:02pm)
Title: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jun 29th, 2007, 1:02pm
Jimmy is of average height & he is traveling in a train, as his tall brother forgot his suitcase, so he is bringing it back to him. They will meet at the railroad station, where he will give him his suitcase & then return home right away. But Jimmy has put a spare suit of his in the suitcase, which his brother doesn't need, and it is identical to the suit Jimmy is wearing. Why?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Sameer on Jun 29th, 2007, 1:10pm
Maybe the tall brother works at a laundary station and Jimmy is just bringing his suit to get dry cleaned!!!
Title: Re: Suit
Post by fatball on Jun 29th, 2007, 1:34pm
Maybe Jimmy is the train operator and the suit is his uniform, he is giving it to his brothr for similar reason put forward by Sameer?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by denis on Jun 29th, 2007, 2:10pm
Suppose Jimmy lives in New York and his tall brother lives in Los Angeles. Jimmy has a fear of flying. By the time Jimmy gets to Los Angeles train station, he will need a change of clothing. By packing his spare suit in his brother's suitcase, Jimmy need not bring two suitcases with him on his trip.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jun 29th, 2007, 2:51pm

on 06/29/07 at 13:10:46, Sameer wrote:
Maybe the tall brother works at a laundary station and Jimmy is just bringing his suit to get dry cleaned!!!

I meant that the suit is identical in all respects, so it doesn't need to be cleaned.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Archae on Jun 29th, 2007, 2:56pm
Is Jimmy's brother a tailor?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jun 29th, 2007, 3:18pm
No.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Archae on Jun 29th, 2007, 3:36pm
Will the suit be returned to Jimmy?  
Is it for someone other than Jimmy's brother/Jimmy himself?  Perhaps he got a suit for his brother's partner or his son, who is the same size as Jimmy is.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jun 30th, 2007, 6:09am

on 06/29/07 at 15:36:22, Archae wrote:
Will the suit be returned to Jimmy?  

I am not entirely sure, but still I don't think so.


on 06/29/07 at 15:36:22, Archae wrote:
Is it for someone other than Jimmy's brother/Jimmy himself?  Perhaps he got a suit for his brother's partner or his son, who is the same size as Jimmy is.

You are right about one thing: the [hide]suit is not for his brother.[/hide]
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Archae on Jun 30th, 2007, 6:39am
Is it a business suit, or another type of suit?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jun 30th, 2007, 7:27am
It is just a suit he usually wears.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Grimbal on Jun 30th, 2007, 1:23pm
Maybe Jimmy wants to give his brother the opportunity to return the favor.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jun 30th, 2007, 1:27pm
No. Think of all that has been said in the riddle. I haven't mentioned certain things just so one can admire the view.   ;)
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Grimbal on Jun 30th, 2007, 1:52pm
"My dear brother, should I decease before you do, this is the suit I want to be buried in."

or

Jimmy is a little retarded.  When he saw the brother's suit all alone in the big suitcase, he thought it could use some company.

or

Jimmy and his brother need to wear an identical suit for some performance.  He lends one suit as a model for the tailor.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jun 30th, 2007, 3:28pm
Nope.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by ima1trkpny on Jun 30th, 2007, 3:33pm
Jimmy commited a crime in which his face was masked but his suit was distinctive so now he is setting up his brother to be found with the suit and caught instead of himself? Or to confuse the cops by giving them two suspects to track instead of one to give him better odds of getting away with it?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Sameer on Jun 30th, 2007, 3:53pm
Jimmy likes to have spare clothes at his brother's house so that when he visits them for vacation if he forgets some things he can readily find it there... sounds like a nice way to travel light ;)
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 1st, 2007, 6:16am

on 06/30/07 at 15:53:46, Sameer wrote:
Jimmy likes to have spare clothes at his brother's house so that when he visits them for vacation if he forgets some things he can readily find it there... sounds like a nice way to travel light ;)

Nah.



on 06/30/07 at 15:33:16, ima1trkpny wrote:
Jimmy commited a crime in which his face was masked but his suit was distinctive so now he is setting up his brother to be found with the suit and caught instead of himself? Or to confuse the cops by giving them two suspects to track instead of one to give him better odds of getting away with it?

No but you are on the right track.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by JiNbOtAk on Jul 2nd, 2007, 2:09am
He had a blind date, and he wanted to have a way out, just in case his date turned out to be a cross between Frankenstein and the ugly stepsister.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 2nd, 2007, 12:53pm
No date.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Grimbal on Jul 2nd, 2007, 3:30pm
He has a deaf date?  Or a mute date?  Because if she is blind, why should he care about what suit he wears?

Uh... it is late, I am going to sleep.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by denis on Jul 2nd, 2007, 5:02pm
Is the fact that the suit is identical to the one he is wearing significant? Could Jimmy have packed a different color suit of his in this scenario?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 2nd, 2007, 5:51pm

on 07/02/07 at 17:02:18, denis wrote:
Is the fact that the suit is identical to the one he is wearing significant?

Yes.



on 07/02/07 at 17:02:18, denis wrote:
Could Jimmy have packed a different color suit of his in this scenario?

I suppose he could, but it is better this way.

Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 2nd, 2007, 6:18pm
Here's the clue: Jimmy has [hide]also put a canteen in the suitcase[/hide].  ;)
Title: Re: Suit
Post by denis on Jul 2nd, 2007, 10:34pm
Does the train cross an international border where there is a customs search?
Does Jimmy work for he train company?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 3rd, 2007, 8:05am
No.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by JiNbOtAk on Jul 4th, 2007, 2:41am
Well, maybe he's gonna spill something on his suit, and then commit some crime, then dash and change into his good suit, which somehow exonerates him from the crime.

Sounds really far fetched...
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 5th, 2007, 5:22am
No! You are right aside from the spilling part.  So, what is the answer?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Jul 5th, 2007, 6:45am
He's going to [hide]kill his brother[/hide]?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 5th, 2007, 7:27am
He is going to kill his brother at the railroad station in front of everybody? No.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by ima1trkpny on Jul 5th, 2007, 7:58am
Commit a crime and then catch up with his brother to get his fresh suit.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Grimbal on Jul 5th, 2007, 9:55am

on 07/05/07 at 07:27:59, Iceman wrote:
He is going to kill his brother at the railroad station in front of everybody? No.

At the back of the train station maybe?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 5th, 2007, 10:31am

on 07/05/07 at 07:58:22, ima1trkpny wrote:
Commit a crime

No murder is involved here.  
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 5th, 2007, 10:31am

on 07/05/07 at 09:55:55, Grimbal wrote:
At the back of the train station maybe?

No.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Jul 5th, 2007, 10:49am
Aha.  [hide]He's going to steal money from a bank.  Fearing the ink packets and being caught quite red-handed, he brings a change of clothes to wear after he has exploded the first packet on his original suit.[/hide]

[hide]He's already stolen the money, and ditches the suit with his brother.[/hide]
Title: Re: Suit
Post by denis on Jul 5th, 2007, 11:42am
Does Jimmy have a twin brother or a brother with reasonable resemblance to Jimmy that lives with Jimmy's taller brother?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 5th, 2007, 12:01pm
No banks or twin brothers.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by JiNbOtAk on Jul 5th, 2007, 6:49pm
He's planning to have lunch in the train, hence the canteen. He knows its gonna be a messy affair, hence the extra suit. But you did say he didn't spill anything...hmm.

Ah, he is going to work. Now, what kind of work does a man perform with a taller guy for a partner, and would undoubtedly soil his suit ? An undertaker, circus performer, waiter ?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 7th, 2007, 6:49am
Nope.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by tiber13 on Jul 7th, 2007, 3:03pm
Cowboy suit!
dont know why he packed an extra though....
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 7th, 2007, 3:10pm
Huh?  ???
Title: Re: Suit
Post by tiber13 on Jul 7th, 2007, 3:17pm
a cateen to cross the desert, and a cowboy suit to, um, wear across the desert on his horse.


[hide][/hide] I know, dumb answer[hide][/hide]
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 7th, 2007, 3:45pm
Ask yourself: from the information that was given, how [hide]could he become dirty[/hide]?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Sameer on Jul 7th, 2007, 4:37pm
It is a steam engine and he needs to put coal in the boiler?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by denis on Jul 7th, 2007, 9:30pm
He lies down and hides while waiting for the train to leave. When the train starts to leave he gets up and jumps onto the train illegally. Then, because his clothes is dirty from lying down, he goes to the washroom and changes into his good clothes that is inside the suitcase.

hmmm. I don't think this is the intended answer as the suits could be different without affecting the outcome. The puzzle states that the suits need to be identical.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 8th, 2007, 7:03am

on 07/07/07 at 16:37:09, Sameer wrote:
It is a steam engine and he needs to put coal in the boiler?

No because he is a passenger, but you are on the right track.  
Title: Re: Suit
Post by JiNbOtAk on Jul 8th, 2007, 6:28pm
It's steam engine, and he is sitting right behind the engine room ?

Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 8th, 2007, 9:05pm
No.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 9th, 2007, 2:37pm

on 07/08/07 at 18:28:42, JiNbOtAk wrote:
It's steam engine

Yes, so what is the answer?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by revenge on Jul 9th, 2007, 3:43pm
He has [hide]robbed the train[/hide] and needs to change his clothes?
Title: Re: Suit
Post by denis on Jul 9th, 2007, 3:46pm
-He has to crawl over the charcoal wagon to get to the wagon containing the gold. He steals a few bars of gold and crawls back over the coal to the passenger car, then changes into his spare suit.

-or he has to crawl on top of a regular rail car and he gets covered in soot from the coal furnace outlet chimney.
Title: Re: Suit
Post by Iceman on Jul 10th, 2007, 9:18am

on 07/09/07 at 15:46:04, denis wrote:
-He has to crawl over the charcoal wagon to get to the wagon containing the gold. He steals a few bars of gold and crawls back over the coal to the passenger car, then changes into his spare suit.

-or he has to crawl on top of a regular rail car and he gets covered in soot from the coal furnace outlet chimney.



on 07/09/07 at 15:43:14, revenge wrote:
He has [hide]robbed the train[/hide] and needs to change his clothes?

Yes, something like that. It was that old movie with Donald Sutherland.  


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