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"Triste época la nuestra. Es mas fácil
desintegrar un átomo que superar un prejuicio."
(Einsten)
"DIRECTOR: Persona que, colocada en una tarima
frente a una orquesta, responde al estímulo de
la música agitando sus brazos." ( Les Luthiers)
( http://www.folj.com/lateral/ Traducción del
inglés por Miquel Ramis)
Lateral thinking puzzles that challenge your preconceptions.
1. You are driving down the road in your car on a wild,
stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see
three people waiting for the bus
* An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
* An old friend who once saved your life.
* The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.
Knowing that there can only be one passenger in your
car, whom would you choose?
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2. Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid
a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know
what he looks like but they know his name is John and
that he is inside the house. The police bust in on a
carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a fireman
all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication
of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How
do they know they've got their man?
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3. A man lives in the penthouse of an apartment building.
Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby
and leaves the building. Upon his return, however, he
can only travel halfway up in the lift and has to walk
the rest of the way - unless it's raining. What is the
explanation for this?
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4. How could a baby fall out of a twenty-story building
onto the ground and live?
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5. A little girl was warned by her guardian never to
open the cellar door or she would see things that she
was not meant to see. One day while her guardian was
out she did open the cellar door. What did she see?
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6. A man and his son are in a car crash. The father
is killed and the child is taken to hospital gravely
injured. When he gets there, the surgeon says, 'I can't
operate on this boy - for he is my son!!!' How can this
possibly be?
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7. There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each
take one of the eggs. How can it be that one egg is
left in the basket?
1) Answer: The old lady of course! After helping the
old lady into the car, you can give your keys to your
friend, and wait with your perfect partner for the bus
2) Answer: The fireman is the only man in the room.
The rest of the poker players are women.
3) Answer: The man is a dwarf. He can't reach the upper
elevator buttons, but he can ask people to push them
for him. He can also push them with his umbrella.
4) Answer: The baby fell out of a ground floor window.
5) Answer: When the girl opened the cellar door she
saw the living room and, through its windows, the garden.
She had never seen these before because her parents
had kept her all her life in the cellar.
6) Answer: The surgeon can not operate on her own son;
she is his mother.
7) Answer: The last person took the basket with the
last egg still inside.
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