[Crazy_Ivan80]

 

Originally posted by Setekh:
Bombs Away!

The bomber was, yes, flying upside-down.

[/B]

this is silly, why would a bomber fly upside-down during WW2. And we all know how large those bombers are...

[Setekh]

One of the questions is about a guy who dies and goes to Heaven, where everyone is aged 21. Now you tell me what's silly again?  

Don't worry, a lot of lateral thinking questions are ridiculous situations. Just go with them and try to solve them  

[KillMeNow]

coal question
snowman melted and they fell on the floor

[Jabu]

Easy, A snowman melted there  

Another easy one:
A man is found dead in an empty field with a pack strapped to his back. How did he die?

[Nico]

nothing to eat? pfff... dunno, I'm not smart enough for those things, even more if it's in english and i'm not sure about some words (loan, strapped...   )

[Shrike]

 

Originally posted by Jabu:
Easy, A snowman melted there  

Another easy one:
A man is found dead in an empty field with a pack strapped to his back. How did he die?

Stung by a black widow.  

[Top Gun]

 

Originally posted by Jabu:
Easy, A snowman melted there  

Another easy one:
A man is found dead in an empty field with a pack strapped to his back. How did he die?

I would have thought that if he died the way he did in the answer to this Q, that he would be totally splatted rather than found dead but Nevermind.

[^Graff]

How's this? A man goes to a resturaunt and sees that albatross soup is on the menu.  He orders it.  He takes one sip, pays his bill, and then leaves.  He goes to the river and commits suicide by jumping off of a bridge.  Why did he kill himself?

That's the toughest one that I know.

[The Claw]

kinda depends if the man was a sailor or not  

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by ^Graff:
How's this? A man goes to a resturaunt and sees that albatross soup is on the menu.  He orders it.  He takes one sip, pays his bill, and then leaves.  He goes to the river and commits suicide by jumping off of a bridge.  Why did he kill himself?

That's the toughest one that I know.

coz that's an albatros soup   should I go on?  

[Styxx]

 

Originally posted by Setekh:
Bombs Away!

The bomber was, yes, flying upside-down.

Or it wasn't carrying bombs. The question didn't state that it was actually carrying something, it just stated that it was working perfectly. And the situation is as ridiculous as the plane flying upside down (you know, it's not easy to maintain altitude flying upside down on one of those huge WWII bombers)...

These questions always have multiple answers. Some of the 'classic' answers are the silliest ones, I could think of a million different answers that would be much more likely to happen. But it's nice to think about them anyway, keep'em coming.

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Styxx:

Or it wasn't carrying bombs. The question didn't state that it was actually carrying something, it just stated that it was working perfectly. And the situation is as ridiculous as the plane flying upside down (you know, it's not easy to maintain altitude flying upside down on one of those huge WWII bombers)...

These questions always have multiple answers. Some of the 'classic' answers are the silliest ones, I could think of a million different answers that would be much more likely to happen. But it's nice to think about them anyway, keep'em coming.

If the plane was up side down, the bomber couldn't have seen the target, and wouldn't have released the bombs.

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Styxx:

Or it wasn't carrying bombs. The question didn't state that it was actually carrying something, it just stated that it was working perfectly. And the situation is as ridiculous as the plane flying upside down (you know, it's not easy to maintain altitude flying upside down on one of those huge WWII bombers)...

These questions always have multiple answers. Some of the 'classic' answers are the silliest ones, I could think of a million different answers that would be much more likely to happen. But it's nice to think about them anyway, keep'em coming.

If the plane was up side down, the bomber couldn't have seen the target, and wouldn't have released the bombs.

[Top Gun]

 

Originally posted by venom2506:
If the plane was up side down, the bomber couldn't have seen the target, and wouldn't have released the bombs.

 

Originally posted by Setekh:
Don't worry a lot of lateral thinking questions are ridiculous situations, Just go with them and try to solve them

[Carl]

here is one:

a man was walking in a park that was deserted except for 1 other person. suddenly, a horde of angry squirrels attacked him. later, the other person saw the man's dead, squirrel eaten carcass on the ground. then he too was attacked by a horde of angry squirrels. then both were dragged away by the squirrels and never seen form again. there were no blood marks or anything else that would give away that the two men were attacked by the squrrels, yet for some reason someone knew about it, and told the authorites. assumeing the story is true, how did this person know?

[Shrike]

Because he was talking on a cell phone.

"argh argh, I'm being attacked by killer squirrels!"

[Styxx]

 

Originally posted by Shrike:
"argh argh, I'm being attacked by killer squirrels!"

LOL!!    

[Anduril]

It really IS upside-down for the bomber? That's pretty silly- why would a B-17 do that?

Oh well...for the record, I DID think of it, I just discounted it immediately as too silly.   The no-bombs scenario dissapeared immediately for the same reason.  

Dang! The one that I ALMOST got immediately, but I thought I was being too silly.


Squirrels? Easy- the squirrels are a gang of violent youth cannibals, not the pleasant furry creatures we're used to. One of the squirrels was caught in a drug bust later that week, and in a futile attempt to get a lighter sentence, spilled the story to the police.

Well, you wanted lateral...  

[Carl]

the answer is, someone else saw them. i said there were only 2 people in the park, but when i said later, it was much later, so more people had come in.

[Setekh]

You guys are no fun - too smart, the lot of you. I'm gonna skip to the fiendish ones instead...   But first, to resolve this...

The Coal, Carrot and Scarf

A snowman melted, leaving its ingredients there.  

The Turkish Bath Mystery

Four men met every Thursday lunchtime at the Turkish baths. Joe, a musician, always brought his personal cassette player so that he could listen to music. Jack, a banker, brought a thermos containing a drink. Jim and John were both lawyers and brought paperback books to read.

One day in the mist-filled room, John was found dead from a deep wound through his heart. The police were called immediately. They questioned all three suspects, but no one said that they had seen anything happen. A thorough search was carried out, but no murder weapon could be found. What happened?