lateral thinking anyone

beowolf

Does anyone like lateral thinking puzzles ? they always drive me nuts and then when I see how simple the solution is I want to kick myself

here goes

how far can you walk into a wood?

valval

the middle after that you walking out

beowolf

ha

valval you are sooo good

valval

ok do another one??

mellman01

WELL!??

joanlawson

A man enters a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender draws a gun and shoots into the ceiling. The man thanks him and walks out. Why?

dreamdaisy

To answer P&F: lateral thinking is, to my mind, thinking 'sideways' to find a solution to a problem. You don't take the evidence presented to you at face value: we don't know that the man walking into the bar had hiccups, you are not told that bit, you have to work it out. Why would a barman shoot a gun? Perhaps to surprise someone or scare them, thus that leads to the thought that yon chappy would need scaring and he would need that because he had hiccups. It's tough, left-brained stuff and I'm rubbish at it. I have no idea why a man pushing a car would be bankrupt and near a hotel. Not a clue. The only one I ever got straight away was this:

A man walking into a field finds a carrot and two lumps of coal on the ground. Why? Go on, P&F, have a go at it! DD

frogmorton

I blumin well got it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I hope!)

Yes ME MELL!!!! Chris7 - look!!!

ME!!!!

The snow had melted!!!??

was it a snowman before??


Love

Toni xx

joanlawson

delboy wrote:

He had hiccups and the bartender thought to scare him out of them.


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

He was playing Monopoly

How could a baby fall out of a twenty-story building onto the ground and live?

There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each take one of the eggs. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?

julie47

Six eggs and basket don't know. even went to fridge got eggs out and tried to be six different julies. non left here :oops:

:? :? :? julie pf x

dreamdaisy

Yaaaaay! Clever frogmorton! Oh joanlawson it's so OBVIOUS when you see the answer - Monopoly. Obvious. Grrrrrrrrrrr. I have no idea about the others. I look forward to the answers! DD

ninakang

How could a baby fall out of a twenty-story building onto the ground and live?

The baby fell out of a ground floor window

There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each take one of the eggs. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?

The last person took the basket with the last egg still inside

Not just pretty faces on this forum are we? My turn for one - I've started something here at work now!

Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police bust in on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they've got their man?

Nx

ichabod6

How many shovel fulls in a big heap?

dreamdaisy

I don't know! :oops: How many shovelsful in a big heap? I can't do nina's either. DD

frogmorton

Nor me

Fort I was getting brainy too :oops:

cebeem

ninakang wrote:

How could a baby fall out of a twenty-story building onto the ground and live?

The baby fell out of a ground floor window

There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each take one of the eggs. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?

The last person took the basket with the last egg still inside

Not just pretty faces on this forum are we? My turn for one - I've started something here at work now!

Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police bust in on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they've got their man?

Nx

Did he have his name on his uniform ? ..or is that too obvious??? CB

frogmorton

I thought that too Cb - HE HE!!

Would the shovels be empty if they had put the stuff on a heAP??

lOVE

tONI XX

ninakang

Ah, bless yer little cotton socks, CB and Toni!

The answer is that they were looking for a MAN and the rest of the poker players were all WIMMEN.

Nx

PS - don't know the shovels one!

gickygawky

Hubby has one to contribute....

A man walks into a room that has no windows and turns on the light. He finds a man and woman with no clothes on and immediately knew it was Adam and Eve.

How?

A x

dreamdaisy

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

I know it will be so obvious when you put the answer: I do not have enough flexibility in my thinking. DD

ninakang

The answer to that one - is it because the two people he found don't have belly buttons?

Nx

dreamdaisy

But how does the room and light fit in? Or doesn't that matter - red herrings? DD

valval

ninakang wrote:

Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police bust in on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they've got their man?

Nx

the rest were women????

ninakang

Val

The police are looking for a bloke named John - there's only one man playing poker in the house, the carpenter etc are all women

Nx

PS - someone PLEASE tell me the answer to the shovel fulls one!

valval

none they not shovel fulls ones on the heap????

gickygawky

Hi guys,

Well done to Nina - Adam and Eve didn't have belly buttons!! :shock:

DD I am not sure about the red herrings, I am just the conduit in this case! (And as equally out of my element with these questions as you may be!)

A x