[Jabu]

They use inverse logic. Instead of going from cause -> effect, they go effect -> cause.

[Nico]

that's rubish. it's just nonsense. You make up a prob, you make up the most stupid reason to it, et voila.

[Top Gun]

The solutions to good lateral thinking puzzles are the only possible causes for the events.

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Top Gun:
The solutions to good lateral thinking puzzles are the only possible causes for the events.

Ah? yeah? let's put that bling guy story this way: I make up that stuff but I decide that he met his former wife, soimething like this, in the train. Thing happen and he jumps off the train. If he hasn't taken the train he wouldn't have met that girl etc...
If I made up the story, I would have kaugh to the blind thing and yold yo about the ex-wife. You can't say this wouldn't work.So to that only way thinguy: LOL.

[Jabu]

Each cause can have infinite effects, as all effects can have infinite causes.

[Top Gun]

   

Originally posted by venom2506:
Ah? yeah? let's put that bling guy story this way: I make up that stuff but I decide that he met his former wife, soimething like this, in the train. Thing happen and he jumps off the train. If he hasn't taken the train he wouldn't have met that girl etc...
If I made up the story, I would have kaugh to the blind thing and yold yo about the ex-wife. You can't say this wouldn't work.So to that only way thinguy: LOL.

Ah shaddup, just because you can't solve them   Seriously, That's a bad puzzle as there are many different possibilities. I'll Give you a good one with only one solution (which is very satisfying when you find it out or hear it)  
n in the Bar A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says 'Thank you' and walks out.
     
   


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[Setekh]

Got it.  

The guy had hiccups, which is why he wanted the water. The bartender pointed the gun at him to scare him, which cured his hiccups, for which he thanked the bartender.

I always like that one. Here's another Bar related one...

A man walks into a bar. Before he has a chance to say anything, he's knocked senseless. What happened?

[Shrike]

Duuuuh....... the bar is in fact a metal post/pole.  Gawd, that one's lame.  Go back and get a new one.  

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[Setekh]

Eh? That was off the top of my head. Besides, don't see you putting up any, smarty.  

[The Avenger]

another q plz

[^Graff]

What about my albatross soup one?  One person gave a vague answer that may or may not have been the correct one.  How about figuring that one out?

[Martinus]

OK this is a real oldie but a goodie none the less:

A cab driver is going down a one way street the wrong way, a cop sees him and he waves to the cop who just smiles and goes about his business. Why did he get away with it?

[Top Gun]

 

Originally posted by Maeglamor:
OK this is a real oldie but a goodie none the less:

A cab driver is going down a one way street the wrong way, a cop sees him and he waves to the cop who just smiles and goes about his business. Why did he get away with it?

He was on foot

[Unidan]

 

Originally posted by Setekh:
A man walks into a bar. Before he has a chance to say anything, he's knocked senseless. What happened?

We said that at school for the last 2 years. Except we said: "A guy walks into a bar."

[Jabu]

The man was walking. Or cycling.  

[Setekh]

 

Originally posted by ^Graff:
What about my albatross soup one?  One person gave a vague answer that may or may not have been the correct one.  How about figuring that one out?

Oh no... I remember this question, but not it's answer - suffice to say that if there is a frustrating lateral thinking question out there, it's this.

Has something to do with war heroes, IIRC - but as to the actual answer, I'm lost...

[^Graff]

War heroes?  Not the answer that I was told.
Hint:The answer that I heard had something to do with a cruise ship

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[Setekh]

In the one I know about, the albatross soup reminds someone of something so he goes out and... argh, I can't remember.  

[Artimus]

Albatross -> It goes something like this- The man spent many years in a prision camp or something. He was there with many other people, but they would dissapear every so often. To stay alive, they were fed "albatross" soup. After eating it for so many years, he began to like it. When he got out, he wanted to have the soup again. When he ordered it, he discovered that it tasted nothing like the "soup" he ate before. Realizing that he had been eating people ffr years, he killed himself.

[Setekh]

Oh... ewwww...