Lateral Thinking Puzzles

[raskolnikov]

I love these:

It is Nov 3rd 1931. A man is reading the paper. He reads a headline:- World
War One fighter ace, Thomas Smith, has died.

Why could this never have happened?

 

[im rick james dog]

it wasnt known as ww1 in 1931

 

[spell_check]

Thomas Smith the fighter ace was reading the newspaper.

Anyway, that's how these puzzles usually turn out.

 

[spell_check]

On second thoughts, I'll second Irjb.

 

[Squizza]

Yup it was called "The Great War"

 

[raskolnikov]

it wasnt known as ww1 in 1931

correct

 

[Sylvia Saint]

I'm hopeless at these things.

You've probably all heard this one, but meh:

Three ladies go to a restaurant for a meal. They receive a bill for $30. They each put $10 on the table, which the waiter collects and takes to the till. The cashier informs the waiter that the bill should only have been for $25 and returns $5 to the waiter in $1 coins. On the way back to the table the waiter realizes that he cannot divide the coins equally between the ladies. As they didn’t know the total of the revised bill, he decides to put $2 in his own pocket and give each of the ladies $1.

Now that each lady has been given a dollar back, each of the ladies has paid $9. Three times 9 is 27. The waiter has $2 in his pocket. Two plus 27 is $29. The ladies originally handed over $30. Where is the missing dollar?

 

[CharlieG]

It's not missing. The sentence 'Two plus 27 is $29' is misleading, since the $2 has already been added to the $25 bill to make $27. At the end the ladies have $3 between them, the restaurant has $25 and the waiter has $2. That's $30 in total.

 

[nicky]

finish this sequence

o
t
t
f
f
s
s
e
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?

if you put a letter where the question mark is the sequence makes perfect sense.

 

[Squizza]

t

 

[SorryIHammerChicken]

I love these:

It is Nov 3rd 1931. A man is reading the paper. He reads a headline:- World
War One fighter ace, Thomas Smith, has died.

Why could this never have happened?

Reminds me of the coin, with the issue date "2000 BC"

 

[Murray]

A man leaves home.
He makes 3 left hand turns to arrive back at home.
When he arrives home he finds two men waiting for him.

Explain

 

[Lenny*]

A man leaves home.
He makes 3 left hand turns to arrive back at home.
When he arrives home he finds two men waiting for him.

Explain

The man fell in the Kannanook river, and when he got home he found that there were two guys named Murray waiting to tell him he has 2 weeks, tops before noone remembers him.

 

[Murray]

The man fell in the Kannanook river, and when he got home he found that there were two guys named Murray waiting to tell him he has 2 weeks, tops before noone remembers him.

When you move out of the basement Lenny, you get way out of your league.
This is for lateral thinkers, which by definition excludes you.
Besides, there are no pretty colours here.

 

[Lenny*]

When you move out of the basement Lenny, you get way out of your league.
This is for lateral thinkers, which by definition excludes you.
Besides, there are no pretty colours here.

So was I the man who went for a walk?


P.s I didnt know I played baseball?

 

[Cassius_Clay]

The man fell in the Kannanook river, and when he got home he found that there were two guys named Murray waiting to tell him he has 2 weeks, tops before noone remembers him.

LoL.

 

[spell_check]

A man leaves home.
He makes 3 left hand turns to arrive back at home.
When he arrives home he finds two men waiting for him.

Explain

Repo men.

 

[Lenny*]

Repo men.

Nah the dude was playing baseball, and he went to first second and third base and eventually made his way to home base were the catcher and the umpire was waiting for him.

 

[Murray]

Nah the dude was playing baseball, and he went to first second and third base and eventually made his way to home base were the catcher and the umpire was waiting for him.

C'mon fess up - someone PM'd you with the answer, didn't they?

 

[Lenny*]

C'mon fess up - someone PM'd you with the answer, didn't they?

Yeah it was Mrs.Murray.

 

[Murray]

Yeah it was Mrs.Murray.

Not my GF, she hates BF.

 

[RoosterLad]

Your GF hates her BF which happens to be you?

 

[Murray]

Your GF hates her BF which happens to be you?

I bet your next ferk will be your second
[You have given up waiting for your first]

 

[nicky]

Your GF hates her BF which happens to be you?

you are