Author Topic: riddles/ brain-benders (Read 1159 times)

Zippatuh · « **Reply #30 on:** November 15, 2003, 12:41:19 AM »

A man is white water rafting down the Amazon when his raft is tipped he’s thrown out, looses all gear, and knocked unconscious.

He awakes at an undetermined amount of time on the bank.

He struggles to his feet and noticed the sun on the horizon.

“Damn, I’m going to have to wait until morning before I can walk out”

Being unconscious and not having a compass, how did he know that it was dusk and not dawn?

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A man and his son are injured in a car wreck. Both are taken to separate hospitals.

When the boy is wheeled into the emergency room the doctor states…

“I can’t work on him, he’s my son”

How?

(an old but good one)

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #31 on:** November 15, 2003, 12:49:52 AM »

He knows which way the river flows, observes the current, and deduces west / east.

The doctor is his mother (Tin Cup)

A traveller walks down a road and comes to a fork. Down one fork, is Truthville, where all citizens cannot help but tell the truth. Down the other fork is Falseville, where all citizens must lie, always. There is a man at the intersection who is a citizen of one of the two towns.

The traveller asks the man one simple yes or no question, and by the mans answer, the traveller knows which fork goes to each town.

What does he ask?

AKIron · « **Reply #32 on:** November 15, 2003, 01:05:34 AM »

Heard that one.

Here's another.

A man returns to his high rise apartment bldg after work and rides the elevator to the 15th floor where he then gets off and takes the stairs to his apartment on the 20th floor. He does this every day unless it's raining. When it's raining he takes the elevator all the way up to the 20th floor. Why?

NUKE · « **Reply #33 on:** November 15, 2003, 01:10:31 AM »

He has arthritis and the rain makes his joints hurt??

AKIron · « **Reply #34 on:** November 15, 2003, 01:23:15 AM »

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Originally posted by NUKE
He has arthritis and the rain makes his joints hurt??

Nice try but nope.

He's very short and can only reach the 15th button, unless he has his umbrella.

NUKE · « **Reply #35 on:** November 15, 2003, 01:29:00 AM »

LOL!

I figured the guy was walking the steps to keep in shape, now I learn he is a moron who doesn't always keep a stick or something to press the buttons when he doesnt have the umbrella

I do like puzzles that make me think in abstract ways to find the answer.

majic · « **Reply #36 on:** November 15, 2003, 08:35:48 AM »

"A traveller walks down a road and comes to a fork. Down one fork, is Truthville, where all citizens cannot help but tell the truth. Down the other fork is Falseville, where all citizens must lie, always. There is a man at the intersection who is a citizen of one of the two towns.

The traveller asks the man one simple yes or no question, and by the mans answer, the traveller knows which fork goes to each town.

What does he ask?"

What direction (which fork) is your town?

No matter what the guy will point to Truthville.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #37 on:** November 15, 2003, 11:59:37 AM »

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Originally posted by NUKE
LOL!

I figured the guy was walking the steps to keep in shape, now I learn he is a moron who doesn't always keep a stick or something to press the buttons when he doesnt have the umbrella

I do like puzzles that make me think in abstract ways to find the answer.

And he's got to be a midget who can only reach the 15th floor button on the elevator without his umbrella.

eskimo