13 neteisingai. Turetu buti Coal.


On 2011.01.03 18:59, Toxis wrote:
>
>       Solutions
>
>    1. 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.
>    2. The surgeon was his mother.
>    3. It was day time.
>    4. 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.
>    5. 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.
>    6. 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.
>    7. 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!!) ;^)
>    8. 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?
>    9. 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.
>   10. The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.
>   11. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband,
>       developed it, and hung it up to dry.
>   12. 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.
>   13. The answer is Charcoal.
>   14. Sure you can: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow!
>
>
>       Alternate Solutions
>
>    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.
>    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?
>    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...