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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!

Sep-14-2006 11:28

Were they asking people of a particular age?
Gender?
Social Status?
Occupation?
Other?

Sep-14-2006 11:32

Were they asking people of a particular age? [No]
Gender? [I think, if not all, the majority would be male.]
Social Status? [No]
Occupation? [Sort of]
Other? [That's the Sort of]

Sep-14-2006 12:22

the majority would be male... were the people they asked fathers? maybe priests? monks? soldiers? sailors? :D

Sep-14-2006 13:49

the majority would be male... were the people they asked fathers? [No] maybe priests? [No] monks? [No] soldiers? [Yes. Yeah!] sailors? [I don't think so.] :D

Sep-14-2006 14:59

*guess*

Were the grown men American soldiers (or some other official goverment-military worker) asking returning "American" soldiers the Minnie Mouse question in order to ferret out potential spies during a war (Cold or otherwise)?

Sep-14-2006 15:03

I don't know, I still don't get it... so to clarify it:

did a bunch of grown men go around asking soldiers about the name of Mickey Mouse's girlfriend?
or
did a bunch of soldiers go around asking people what the name of Mickey Mouse's girlfriend was?

was it (the name of MM's girlfriend) some kind of a password?

Sep-14-2006 15:33

were the guys who asked questions looking for a reply different than 'Minnie Mouse'?

Sep-14-2006 16:09

Serges got it! Congratulations.

During the Battle of the Bulge in WW2, German Soldiers speaking very good English and wearing American uniforms infiltrated the American forces to confuse and misdirect. This question was designed to identify the imposters.

Sep-14-2006 16:25

finally, I felt like I wouldn't sleep tonight without the answer (and you said it was easy, Barry...!)

I don't know if this riddle hasn't already been posted here or in the "A riddle' thread, but here goes:

A small town off the beaten track in the Wild West. A cowboy walks into a bar and asks for a glass of water. Suddenly, the bartender pulls out a gun and aims straight at the man. The cowboy tips his hat and leaves the bar.

Why did the cowboy and the bartender behave the way they did?

Sep-14-2006 19:18

*lurking on this one because I know it*

I'll help answer any questions. Since this is a fairly well-known one, please don't post the solution unless you didn't know it previously.