Lateral Thinking..See if you can figure these out..

[IceWish]

Lateral Thinking


1. There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! Why?
This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral thinking puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible solutions which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answer is truly satisfying. )
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2. A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene, but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says, "I can't operate on this boy, he is my son! " How can this be?

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3. A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, lumper, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

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4. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?
This is logical rather than lateral, but it is a good puzzle that can be solved by lateral thinking techniques. It is supposedly used by a very well-known software company as an interview question for prospective employees. )


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5. A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died
of poisoning. Why did the man not die?

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6. A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says 'Thank you' and walks out.
(This puzzle claims to be the best of the genre. It is simple in its statement, absolutely baffling and yet with a completely satisfying solution. Most people struggle very hard to solve this one yet they like the answer when they hear it or have the satisfaction of figuring it out. )

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SOLUTIONS



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1. The man is very, very short and can only reach halfway up the elevator buttons. However, if it is raining then he will have his umbrella with him and can press the higher buttons with it.


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2. The surgeon was his mother.


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3. It was day time.


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4. A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal of the manhole. A round manhole cannot be dropped down the manhole. So for safety and practicality, all manhole covers should be round.


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5. The poison in the punch came from the ice cubes. When the man drank the punch, the ice was fully frozen. Gradually it melted, poisoning the punch.


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6. The man had hiccups. The barman recognized this from his speech and drew the gun in order to give him a shock. It worked and cured the hiccups-so the man no longer needed the water.

[Rupewrecht]

aha they're pretty cool! But i didn't get any of them except the manhole one :oops:

[MrShadow]

Ditto, that last one I've heard before but still didn't get it!

Agghh, my memory is shocking, I'm like your typical absent minded 70 year old Grandma/Aunty

[KittyKatSmack]

I remembered these from those IQ tests.....

good work IceWish!

[Rupewrecht]

reminds me of the old:

How do you get an elephant into the fridge?
**** Open the door, put the Elephant in, close the door.

How do you put a giraffe in the fridge?
*****Open the door, take the elephant out, put the giraffe in, shut the door.

An elephant and a giraffe are in a race, who wins?
*****The elephant. *The giraffe is still in the fridge.

All the animals in the kingdom get together for a meeting. Who doesn’t attend?
*****The giraffe. He’s still in the fridge.

You are a part of a challenge where you have to swim through a crocodile-infested swap. How do you get across?
*****Swim across. All the crocodiles are at the meeting.


:wink:

[KittyKatSmack]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I had to listen to someone tell all those jokes last Friday, and it was painful then too!

*glares at Dan whilst sheathing and unsheathing the Deathwish claws*

[Rupewrecht]

Cats don't like water

/me blasts Kitty across the room with a high pressure hose

:P

[KittyKatSmack]

*Kitty is wearing new technological invisible waterproof panty liner that will absorb all water that comes within 10 feet of her*

*The only liquid that goes near Kitty is alcohol and that is strictly controlled*

So ...

*thumb on nose waggling fingers*

ner ner na ner ner

[MrShadow]

Bwahahahaahahahahaaha :lol: :lol: :lol:


What about Caffeine Kitty, you must let that through your wonderful panty-liners!!!

[KittyKatSmack]

Regulated and drip filtered!

:wink:

[MrShadow]

:lol: :lol:

The only way to have caffeine (we are talking intravenously, right? Oh, and I'm aware I can't spell :wink: ). I'm ordering some caffeine mints from a computer site when I get some more cash reserves. Then, I'll be bouncing off walls whenever, wherever. :lol: :lol: :twisted:

<see me siga-na-toor>

[KittyKatSmack]

Can you fit a turbo boost to your caffeine drip?

This I gotta see

*grins maniacally*

[MrShadow]

Dunno, mabey I'll also need a FSE. But you'd be the first to know!! wouldn't need car, train or plane to get to Canberra in two hours!! :wink: :lol: :lol:

[KittyKatSmack]

java java java java java

*not the programming language, line from a movie where he has coffee straight from the tin, and it's the first coffee he's ever had in his life, funny stuff*

Encino Man!

[MrShadow]

hehe. Me friend who was in the Navy at ADFA made an observation about the 'RAFFies" there: they were all caffeine addicts. He then went on to say that thr whole RAAF ran on caffeine.

Wake up in the morning: have a coffee
Get out of the shower: have a coffee
Arrive fgor briefing: have a coffee
Have briefing: Coffee
After briefing: Coffee
Before exercises (military, not fitness):Coffee
etc, etc
Nightcap: Coffee Liquor

I pissed myself. I would have fitted right in!! :lol: :lol:

[Trav]

got 2, 3 5 and 6. I am an engineer and can't believe I missed the man hole cover one...

One more for you Dan,

Q. How do you get an elephant into a SafeWay Bag??

A. Take the "S" out of Safe and the "F" out of Way...

[Rupewrecht]

*groan* that's just bad. :P

[MrShadow]

I have never got that SafeWay one. Is it there is no "F" in Way so it can't be done, or is it another way of saying get the f@#k outta that way?? Call me dense, but I just can't get my head round it. :?

[Sandyman]

your dense :P

[Trav]

Why did I just knoe I was going to have to exlpain this one...

There is no "F" in Way (ie There is not "f"ing way)

*groan* I hate explaining Jokes - How many of tose Lateral things did you get again????

[MrShadow]

One, the manhole cover. But I wasn't really trying hard. I am at work after all...

Oh, and Sandy, I may be dense, but, ahhh, ummm, hmmm, yeah, don't do it again, aiiigh?

[Sandyman]

i agree that that joke is not quite the best. doesn't make enough sense. don't explain it to me, i get it.

[Rupewrecht]

I am saddened by my Passion Rose bruthas :P

[O-LYM-PIC]

there is no "F" in Way :?

u had it the first time anyway. just condense the 'f' and the 'in' and abrakadabra u got it!!!

[MrShadow]

it's not bruthas, it's "brovas", ya no? :wink:

[Sandyman]

last time i checked it was 'bruvas'

[IceWish]

Well thanx guyz im feeling alot better about myself now...the only one i got is the manhole cover one....its funny how obvious they are..
I didnt get the "no f in way" till u explaint it too.... :shock: ......I guess im in the DenseMobile and Mr. Shadow is driving....

[MrShadow]

All aboard!! The dense mobile is now leaving... :lol:

[Rupewrecht]

So you're coming down to melbourne to pick up Pr1mo then? :wink:

[MrShadow]

Hey, the DenseMobile (soon to be remnamed Shadow Mobile :wink: ) will be travelling the whole country, picking up dense people. If you want to join us Dan, you're welcome! :lol: :lol:

Anybody else wanna come along for the ride?

[IceWish]

Just remember Dan I called shotgun first...youll have to sit in the back with Pr1mo ....and leave room for kitty... :o

[MrShadow]

oohh, might have to hire a bigger bus for all these people coming along... :lol: :lol:

[KittyKatSmack]

Pick Kitty up from orbit around Jupiter...

Thanks fella's!

:wink:

[MrShadow]

Hmm, Jupiter might be a problem. We should make it, but seeing as how we are soooooo dense, we might mistake Saturn for Jupiter. :wink: :lol:

We'll see what we can do.

[KittyKatSmack]

LOL

I can't help myself

I just gotta say it.....

Forgive me.....

*ahem*

*serious face*

Oh, for once in your life, don't aim for the rings!

*chokes on laughter but doesn't spill the coffee*






::cracks self up::

[MrShadow]

hehehe, i suppose I left myself open for that one...

Very good that you were choking but didn't spill the coffee. Sign of a true caffeine addict there, nice to see. :lol:

[KittyKatSmack]

Yes oh Yoda~ish one, I learn the ways of the caffeine...

This Padawan wishes more sugar and milk but must learn the bitterness of the caffeine before one can appreciate the complexities of interaction with other products....

*levitates in lotus position*

*Kitty forgets she isn't wearing undies*
:oops:

*still doesn't spill the coffee*
:wink:

[IceWish]

Forget Jupiter a full moon is in obit at kittyland.......

[KittyKatSmack]

As long as no one turned into a werewolf at the full moon....

*giggles*

[IceWish]

I guess some people were warewolves before seeing the moon......right sandyman....or should i say " grrrrrrr grrra awoooooo roar oogamoogamooga!" :shock:

[MrShadow]

Very goof Kitty. Once you learn to appreciate caffeine by itself (in the form of black coffee), you may then go on to learn to appreciate the interactions with othe products. Keep going with your training, and don't turn to the decaf side...that way lies evil.

[Trav]

hey I bought a decaffinated coffee table....can't even tell by looking at it :)

*groan*

[MrShadow]

*GROAN*

1) The palce that sells those tables is going to have a small 'accident'

2) For such a crap joke, you're back in Kitty's tray for a day. :twisted: :twisted:

[Trav]

hey comon - not bad for on the fly though :)

[MrShadow]

hmmm, OK, for an on-the-fly job it wasn't too bad I suppose. Just don't do it again! :lol:

[Trav]

*slumps shoulders* yes dad.... :(

[Sandyman]

I guess some people were warewolves before seeing the moon......right sandyman....or should i say " grrrrrrr grrra awoooooo roar oogamoogamooga!" :shock:

sorry icewish, but i can't see the funny side of such a thing.

[O-LYM-PIC]

Once you learn to appreciate caffeine by itself (in the form of black coffee), you may then go on to learn to appreciate the interactions with othe products.

i think 1 day im gona have 2 make u a greek coffee, so u can appreciate true coffee. a sweet straight shot of the real hard stuff. the best thing u can get early in the morning and its doctors orders 2 take 2 before any uni exam!!!

i think in greece its one of the major food groups- a kafe, a cigerette, bread and olive oli and a shot of ouzo. :lol: :lol:

[KittyKatSmack]

Can I go straight to the shot???

Oh, I love the bread and olive oil too!

Mmmmmmmmmm

[IceWish]

**** Walks over to the table....grabs the rolled up paper.....smaks Sandyman on the nose****

Down Boy...

***Looks at KittyKS in the air and shakes head*****


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[O-LYM-PIC]

ok shots it is!!!!

ouzo all round!!!!

[Sandyman]

:) that was funny icewish...but i still don't get the other one's humour...

[Trav]

ok shots it is!!!!

ouzo all round!!!!

hoopa !!! :wink: (correct me if my spelling is off here...)

[IceWish]

lol...........Grabb an Ouzo guyz......lets trash the place.. :lol:

[Sandyman]

shotgun medicine cabinet

[KittyKatSmack]

*Kitty brings industrial sized container of Berroccas*

And I share fella's

:wink:

[MrShadow]

OK, sounds good to me. Bring on the caffeine shots.

Oh, better not trash the joint. Dan and Tony might get a bit pissed off... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[KittyKatSmack]

*Trashes quietly*

:D

::Whispers "Salute" everytime we drink a shot::

[MrShadow]

/Me whipers to KittyK in a quiet, but hyped-out-on-vaffein voice


Well OK then. Just don't tell Dan I was involved. He has my address.

/Looks around to make sure Dan isn't near....

[Rupewrecht]

Muahahahahahahahhahahaha

[KittyKatSmack]

*giggles quietly*

*does piggy snorty laughing noise*

:oops:

[MrShadow]

/Craps pants (again)

Oh, ****. I didn't do it. KittyK seduced me, ahh, umm, hmm, Olympic threatened me, I swear!!!!!

[KittyKatSmack]

:shock: