Lateral Thinking


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Lateral Thinking Puzzle : 

Lateral Thinking Puzzle

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http// 2 In the middle of the ocean is a yacht. Several corpses are floating in the water nearby. Answer: A bunch of people are on an ocean voyage in a yacht. One afternoon, they all decide to go swimming, so they put on swimsuits and dive off the side into the water. Unfortunately, they forget to set up a ladder on the side of the boat, so there's no way for them to climb back in, and they drown

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http// 3 A man called to a waiter in a restaurant, "There's a fly in my tea!" "I will bring you a fresh cup of tea," said the waiter. After a few moments, the man called out, "This is the same cup of tea!" How did he know? Answer:The man had already sugared his tea before sending it back.

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http// 4 Two children born in the same hospital, in the same hour, day, and year, have the same mother and father, but are not twins. Answer: The children are two of a set of triplets

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http// 5 A man marries twenty women in his village but isn't charged with polygamy. Answer: He's a priest; he is marrying them to other people, not to himself.

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http// 6 A policeman follows a burglar into a bar. When he enters the bar he finds a set of identical twins, dressed the same, with the loot between them. After several minutes he arrests one of the twins. Answer: Both twins were wearing glasses. The burglar, however, was wearing photosensitive sunglasses; the policeman noticed them changing shade and realized the man must have just entered.

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http// 7 A man is alone on an island with no food and no water, yet he does not fear for his life Answer:He is on a traffic island

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http// 8 A man is in a returning from Switzerland by train. If he had been in a non-smoking car he would have died. Answer: The man used to be blind; he's now returning from an eye operation which restored his sight. He's spent all his money on the operation, so when the train goes through a tunnel he at first thinks he's gone blind again and almost decides to kill himself. Fortunately, the light of the cigarettes people are smoking convinces him that he can still see.

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http// 9 A man walks into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man says, "Thank you," and walks out. Answer: The man has hiccups; the bartender scares them away by pulling a gun.

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http// 10 A thief escapes from a bank after robbing it. Police have got two information about the thief, the thief is a man and his name is Johnny. Learning that the thief had entered a house, police enters the house. They see that four people were playing cards. They arrested the thief at once. How did they recognize the thief so fast? Answer: The other three were women