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Sep-10-2006 18:25

Due to the success of the lateral puzzles in the "A riddle" thread, it seems appropriate to start a lateral thinking puzzle thread.

A rule of thumb to follow would be to allow those who do not know the answer to figure it out for themselves. If you happen to know the answer, please keep it to yourself and let the others have the fun.

Please feel free to start one at any point. It is not necessary to wait for one to finish before starting another one.

Have fun!

Mar-11-2007 11:31

Aside from being a lousy driver...

Any takers on this one? Because I'm too lazy to figure it out, but I'm in total suspense of the answer!

*can't help but wonder if a rabid wombat is involved somehow*

Apr-3-2007 21:42

clara, i think it mite be a snowman, too - but why the pipe? other than that, i would think its a broken scarecrow but then again why the pipe?

anyway, here's a pretty good riddle i cant tell if its easy or hard (i couldn't figure it out before i checked the answer, but then again im not good with riddles) here it goes:
You and a group of friends are in the library. One friend says there is a $100 bill hidden between pages 75 and 76 of a book in the library. But you decide not to go and look for it. Why not?

Apr-3-2007 22:19

It's pretty hard for money to be between pages of a book that are written on opposite sides of the same piece of paper.

Since page 1 of any printed book is on the right-hand side, page 2 is on its reverse. And so on, and so on...

Apr-3-2007 22:55

Serges... I think you are right on this one.. there could not be anything between pages 75 and 76 because they are back to back.

OK. I have one.

A woman has incontrovertible proof in court that her husband was murdered by her sister. The judge declares, "This is the strangest case I've ever seen. Though it's a cut-and-dried case, this woman cannot be punished."

Apr-4-2007 15:50

is this a trick on words?

the best guess i can make is that the 'woman' the judge is referring to is the dead guy's wife, who's not supposed to get punished. her sister is.

Apr-4-2007 17:36

Nope. Sorry Zeehawk.

Apr-4-2007 17:49

The sisters are Siamese twins. So the judge can not punish the sister because the wife would have to go to prison too.

Apr-4-2007 18:59

Yes. Arabella got it :)

Apr-25-2007 16:32

ok here's one: there are 2 brothers - one always tells the truth and the other always lies. u want to figure out who's the truthteller and who is the liar. what one question (only one!) would u ask one of the brothers to figure out who tells the truth and who lies?

P.S. one question only and u can only ask one brother...this one's a pretty hard one

Apr-25-2007 23:04

I'd ask one of them if the other guy was his brother.