More Lateral Thinking

tastyweat

I will give you the answers to these later this evening:

1. A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returns he takes the elevator to the seventh floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. He hates walking so why does he do it?


2. 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.


3. Not far from Madrid, there is a large wooden barn. The barn is completely empty except for a dead man hanging from the middle of the central rafter. The rope around his neck is ten feet long and his feet are three feet off the ground. The nearest wall is 20 feet away from the man. It is not possible to climb up the walls or along the rafters. The man hanged himself. How did he do it?


4. A man is lying dead in a field. Next to him there is an unopened package. There is no other creature in the field. How did he die?


5. Anthony and Cleopatra are lying dead on the floor of a villa in Egypt. Nearby is a broken bowl. There is no mark on either of their bodies and they were not poisoned. How did they die?


6. A man pushed his car. He stopped when he reached a hotel at which point he knew he was bankrupt. Why?


7. A man died and went to Heaven. There were thousands of other people there. They were all naked and all looked as they did at the age of 21. He looked around to see if there was anyone he recognised. He saw a couple and he knew immediately that they were Adam and Eve. How did he know?


8. A man rode into town on Friday. He stayed for three nights and then left on Friday. How come?


9. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?


10. 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?


11. Two men went into a restaurant. They both ordered the same dish from the menu. After they tasted it, one of the men went outside the restaurant and shot himself. Why?


12. A man was walking downstairs in a building when he suddenly realized that his wife had just died. How?


13. A blind beggar had a brother who died. What relation was the blind beggar to the brother who died? (Brother is not the answer).


14. A man is found dead in a field. He is clutching a broken match. What happened?


15. The music stopped. She died. Explain.


16. Deep in the forest was found the body of a man who was wearing only swimming trunks, snorkel and facemask. The nearest lake was 8 miles away and the sea was 100 miles away. How had he died?

swimtech

This ought to be interesting...

Thanks for offering the answers this evening, otherwise

tastyweat

I'll only give the answers if people actually have a go at them! If no-one has a go - then no answers will be forthcoming!

digerati

#1. Is there no 10 button?

#8. His horse or car or whatever he rode in on was named Friday =)

#9. Because manholes are already round?

tastyweat

#1..... He is a dwarf and cannot reach the tenth button

#8..... Correct! His horse is named Friday

#9..... Because round ones cannot be picked up, then dropped through, whereas square ones can be dropped through diagonally

Vampyromaniac

wow, didn't give us much time, before revealing answers

swimtech

OK,

#7, They didn't have belly buttons.

Vampyromaniac

1. heard that one 15 years ago.

3. Either stood on a block of ice, or had someone help him, or was murdered.

7. Either they had fig leaves on genitals, or were not 21.

9. knew that one too

10. he poisoned the punch for the others

13. Sister. heard it before, but wasn't as obvious as this version.

tastyweat

that's right - no navals as they are not of woman born

tastyweat

10. - Incorrect

13. Correct

craig588

10. posion was in the ice cubes....like on the simpsons, lol.

12. his wife was walking down with him.

GutterPunk

2= the man had hiccups
16... there was a forest fire, the plains picked up water from the lake snagged the man and dropped him(urban legend)
3... Tough 1... how was the rope there in the first place if he couldnt get on the rafters?? If the rope was already there, he could have climbed up it a noose takes up 2 feet or so, the man pulled himself up the rope taking the bottom w/ him, tied the noose put it on his neck and dropped i dunno

craig588

4. a parachute didnt open

6. the man owned the hotel and it was destroyed

14. lighting hit him in the rain while he was trying to start a fire.

tastyweat

10 - yes - well done

12 - incorrect

tastyweat

2 - correct

16 - correct

3 - just take it as he is not strong enough to climb to the rafters and vampyromaniac got it right with his first suggestion - stood on a block of ice

tastyweat

4 - correct

other 2 - incorrect

tastyweat

[color=red][SIZE=xx-large]Answers[/size][/color]

































1. A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returns he takes the elevator to the seventh floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. He hates walking so why does he do it?


[color=red]The man is a dwarf and cannot reach the 10th button.[/color]


2. 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.


[color=red]The man had hiccups... the barman sore this and decided to scare him... subsequently getting rid of the hiccups.[/color]


3. Not far from Madrid, there is a large wooden barn. The barn is completely empty except for a dead man hanging from the middle of the central rafter. The rope around his neck is ten feet long and his feet are three feet off the ground. The nearest wall is 20 feet away from the man. It is not possible to climb up the walls or along the rafters. The man hanged himself. How did he do it?


[color=red]Stood on a block of ice[/color]


4. A man is lying dead in a field. Next to him there is an unopened package. There is no other creature in the field. How did he die?


[color=red]Parachute failed to open... he plummeted to his doom (although - I can see one flaw in this - most likely the package would have been attached to his back... it being a parachute and all!)[/color]


5. Anthony and Cleopatra are lying dead on the floor of a villa in Egypt. Nearby is a broken bowl. There is no mark on either of their bodies and they were not poisoned. How did they die?


[color=red]Anthony and Cleopatra are goldfish... their bowl was knocked over and they dies of asphicsiation.[/color]


6. A man pushed his car. He stopped when he reached a hotel at which point he knew he was bankrupt. Why?


[color=red]He was playing monopoly.[/color]


7. A man died and went to Heaven. There were thousands of other people there. They were all naked and all looked as they did at the age of 21. He looked around to see if there was anyone he recognised. He saw a couple and he knew immediately that they were Adam and Eve. How did he know?


[color=red]Adam and Eve had no navels as they are not of woman born.[/color]


8. A man rode into town on Friday. He stayed for three nights and then left on Friday. How come?


[color=red]Friday is the name of the man's horse[/color]


9. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?


[color=red]Round manhole covers will not fall through... square ones will far through if they are put on their side and put through diagonally.[/color]


10. 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?


[color=red]The poison was in the icecubes... the icecubes melted after the man had left.[/color]


11. Two men went into a restaurant. They both ordered the same dish from the menu. After they tasted it, one of the men went outside the restaurant and shot himself. Why?
(this is a VERY obscure one!!!)

[color=red]The dish that the two men ordered was albatross. They had been stranded many years earlier on a desert island. When the man tasted albatross he realized that he had never tasted it before. This meant that the meat he had been given on the island was not albatross as he had been told. He correctly deduced that he had eaten the flesh of his son who had died when they first reached the island. [/color]


12. A man was walking downstairs in a building when he suddenly realized that his wife had just died. How?


[color=red]The building was a hospital, all the lights went out and he realised that the power had been cut off... his wife was on a life support machine.[/color]


13. A blind beggar had a brother who died. What relation was the blind beggar to the brother who died? (Brother is not the answer).


[color=red]Sister[/color]


14. A man is found dead in a field. He is clutching a broken match. What happened?


[color=red]People were trying to flee a country in a hot air balloon... the balloon was losing height so they all drew straws... this man drew the short one and jumped to his demise.[/color]


15. The music stopped. She died. Explain.


[color=red]The woman was a blind-folded circus tight-rope water. The music stops to signal that she was at her destination. The normal conductor of the band had been taken ill... so a replacement one was used... he stopped the music and she thought she was at the end... she stepped off to plummet to her doom.[/color]


16. Deep in the forest was found the body of a man who was wearing only swimming trunks, snorkel and facemask. The nearest lake was 8 miles away and the sea was 100 miles away. How had he died?


[color=red]There was a forrest fire... an air- fire engine had scooped up water from the lake... taking this swimmer with it by accident.

(This one is supposedly based on a true story... I don't doubt the possibility that it could be true!)[/color]

GutterPunk

wow those were good the monopoly 1 wAS GOOD

tastyweat