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"Toxis@ze_yval_place" <tox@work.ble> wrote in message 
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> Klausimai pamastymui, kai kurie durnoki, kai kurie neblogi, visi ganetinai 
> paprasti, ale pamislyt reikia, ryt imesiu atsakymus, pabandom paspeliot:)
>  1.. There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. 
> Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the 
> building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only 
> travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless 
> it's raining! Why?
>  This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral 
> thinking puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible 
> solutions which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answer is 
> truly satisfying.
>
>  2.. A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the 
> scene, but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the 
> surgeon says, "I can't operate on this boy, he is my son! " How can this 
> be?
>  3.. A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, coat, gloves 
> and ski mask. He is walking down a back street with all the street lamps 
> off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow 
> manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?
>  4.. One day Kerry celebrated her birthday. Two days later her older twin 
> brother, Terry, celebrated his birthday. How?
>  5.. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones? This 
> is logical rather than lateral, but it is a good puzzle that can be solved 
> by lateral thinking techniques. It is supposedly used by a very well-known 
> software company as an interview question for prospective employees.
>  6.. 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?
>  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 recognized. He saw a couple 
> and he knew immediately that they were Adam and Eve. How did he know?
>  8.. A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day 
> of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be so?
>  9.. 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. This puzzle claims to be the best of the genre. It is 
> simple in its statement, absolutely baffling and yet with a completely 
> satisfying solution. Most people struggle very hard to solve this one yet 
> they like the answer when they hear it or have the satisfaction of 
> figuring it out.
>  10.. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three 
> rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins 
> with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 
> years. Which room is safest for him?
>  11.. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 
> 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out 
> together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
>  12.. There are two plastic jugs filled with water. How could you put all 
> of this water into a barrel, without using the jugs or any dividers, and 
> still tell which water came from which jug?
>  13.. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when 
> you throw it away?
>  14.. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, 
> Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday? (or day names 
> in any other language)
>
>
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> ©Toxis
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