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(Message started by: gotit on Apr 10^th, 2008, 6:38am)

Title: The Train
Post by gotit on Apr 10^th, 2008, 6:38am

The train stopped at the station and Jimmy got into the last compartment. The train started to move and stopped again one hour later. And although it did not stop or slow down in between and Jimmy did not jump off, he was nowhere to be found on the train. What happened?

Title: Re: The Train
Post by Grimbal on Apr 10^th, 2008, 7:44am

He fell off?

Title: Re: The Train
Post by pex on Apr 10^th, 2008, 7:51am

[hide]The train left the station without its last compartment[/hide]?

Title: Re: The Train
Post by gotit on Apr 10^th, 2008, 7:56am

No to both, although I like Pex's answer.

Title: Re: The Train
Post by Iceman on Apr 10^th, 2008, 8:52am

He got into the last compartment of another train.

Or he died on the train.

Or somebody pushed him off the train.

Or the train was moving veeeeeeeeeery slowly. It’s name is Snailtrack.

Or sex change was performed on the train.

Or he was in the train, not on the train.

Or he was hiding well, so the police haven’t found him.

Title: Re: The Train
Post by Iceman on Apr 10^th, 2008, 8:59am

Or the train started to move one hour later, because of a malfunction.

Or there was dynamite in the last compartment.

Or helicopter picked him up.

Or the last compartment got disconnected from the penultimate one. This could be because of manufacturing error, but it’s most likely that Jimmy is a thief.

Title: Re: The Train
Post by Sir Col on Apr 10^th, 2008, 10:11am

Jimmy was [hide]a bird[/hide]?

Title: Re: The Train
Post by Iceman on Apr 10^th, 2008, 10:13am

on 04/10/08 at 10:11:49, Sir Col wrote:

Jimmy was [hide]a bird[/hide]?

Heh, this answer, although plausible, made me laugh. :P

Title: Re: The Train
Post by Grimbal on Apr 10^th, 2008, 1:55pm

Jimmy was made of coal.

Title: Re: The Train
Post by denis on Apr 10^th, 2008, 3:00pm

on 04/10/08 at 06:38:52, gotit wrote:

Jimmy did not jump off

Jimmy drove his car onto the EuroTunnel Car Shuttle (a train service between Calais France and Folkstone UK). When he arrived at the destination, he drove off the train.

Title: Re: The Train
Post by gotit on Apr 10^th, 2008, 10:28pm

on 04/10/08 at 10:11:49, Sir Col wrote:

Jimmy was [hide]a bird[/hide]?

Yes, you got it. And I can hear Icey laughing. ;)

Title: Re: The Train
Post by Sir Col on Apr 10^th, 2008, 11:36pm

Of course, if his name was Jerry instead of Jimmy and the last compartment was a luggage/cargo carriage that contained a cage with Mammy's pet cat, Tom, and the unfortunate Jerry wandered into Tom's cage then we would have an other solution... ;)

Title: Re: The Train
Post by Iceman on Apr 11^th, 2008, 7:44am

I like Tom & Jerry, but isn’t it a bit unusual to give your pet a human name? I can understand affection, but pets usually have names of their own. Heh, if you’re not careful and you open the window a bit, there’s a good chance that you’ll lose your pet.

Title: Re: The Train
Post by Azgard on Apr 22^nd, 2008, 1:26pm

Another plausible answer, Jimmy was hiding under the train, and therefore not actually on the train.

Title: Re: The Train
Post by Grimbal on Apr 23^rd, 2008, 2:59pm

on 04/10/08 at 06:38:52, gotit wrote:

The train stopped at the station and Jimmy got into the last compartment.

The "last compartment" is how the call the toilet cabin at the back of the train station.