<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.7600.16490"></HEAD> <BODY style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px" id=MailContainerBody leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px" class=Apple-style-span> <H3 style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 16px"><A name=answer>Solutions</A></H3> <OL style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px" class=marb12> <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">The man is very, very short and can only reach halfway up the elevator buttons. However, if it is raining then he will have his umbrella with him and can press the higher buttons with it. <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">The surgeon was his mother. <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">It was day time. <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">At the time she went into labor, the mother of the twins was traveling by boat. The older twin, Terry, was born first early on March 1st. The boat then crossed a time zone and Kerry, the younger twin, was born on February the 28th. Therefore, the younger twin celebrates her birthday two days before her older brother. <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal of the manhole. A round manhole cannot be dropped down the manhole. So for safety and practicality, all manhole covers should be round. <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">The poison in the punch came from the ice cubes. When the man drank the punch, the ice was fully frozen. Gradually it melted, poisoning the punch. <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">He recognized Adam and Eve as the only people without navels. Because they were not born of women, they had never had umbilical cords and therefore they never had navels. This one seems perfectly logical but it can sometimes spark fierce theological arguments. (Just what a HUMOR list needs!!) ;^) <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">They were two of a set of triplets (or quadruplets, etc.). This puzzle stumps many people. They try outlandish solutions involving test-tube babies or surrogate mothers. Why does the brain search for complex solutions when there is a much simpler one available? <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">The man had hiccups. The barman recognized this from his speech and drew the gun in order to give him a shock. It worked and cured the hiccups--so the man no longer needed the water. The is a simple puzzle to state but a difficult one to solve. It is a perfect example of a seemingly irrational and incongruous situation having a simple and complete explanation. Amazingly this classic puzzle seems to work in different cultures and languages. <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead. <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry. <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Freeze them first. Take them out of the jugs and put the ice in the barrel. You will be able to tell which water came from which jug. <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">The answer is Charcoal. <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Sure you can: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow!</LI></OL> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px" class=Apple-style-span> <H3 style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 16px">Alternate Solutions</H3> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px" class=Apple-style-span> <OL style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px" class=marb12> <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px" value=4>Because one of them did not necessarily celebrate their birthday on the day they were born, but celebrated later or earlier. Much simpler than having Mom giving birth while crossing the International Date Line and tossing in a Leap Year and the like. Needlessly complicated. <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px" value=6>Because he was the one who put the poison in the punch. Of course he wouldn't drink any *after* he poisoned it. Who goes to the effort of making poison ice cubes, except Bond villains and those bad guys in the "Encyclopedia Brown" mystery stories we read in elementary school? <LI style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12px; FONT-SIZE: 13px" value=8>Because they were adopted. It's a coincidence they were born on the same exact day. OK, so Occam's Razor could be applied equally to both solutions...</LI></OL></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></BODY></HTML>