3. Gal veiksmas diena? "Toxis@ze_yval_place" <tox@work.ble> wrote in message news:ifspru$86g$1@trimpas.omnitel.net... > 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) > > > -- > ______ > ©Toxis > >