Lateral thinking puzzle

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  • FearOfFrying
    FearOfFrying Posts: 127 Member
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    tell me...what does this man look like?

    You have to find out, if you want to know
  • FearOfFrying
    FearOfFrying Posts: 127 Member
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    tell me...what does this man look like?

    You have to find out, if you want to know
  • Shweedog
    Shweedog Posts: 883 Member
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    Does he pull the lift? Does he push buttons to make the lift go up?
  • JEK717
    JEK717 Posts: 1,497
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    Hint; he doesn't
    want to do this, he has to

    Did the elevator break down? Was someone following him?:bigsmile:

    I gotta be right....right?
  • FearOfFrying
    FearOfFrying Posts: 127 Member
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    Hint; he doesn't
    want to do this, he has to

    Did the elevator break down? Was someone following him?:bigsmile:

    I gotta be right....right?

    The elevator is fine, no mechanical defects
  • End6ame
    End6ame Posts: 903
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    so, here's how it works, I give you a quandary and you need to ask me questions that I answer yes or no, I may give hints. If you know this one please don't spoil it;

    A man lives in an apartment on the 14th floor. He leaves his apartment at 8am, gets in the lift, takes it to the ground floor and gets on the bus to work. On his return he enters the lift, takes it to the 9th floor, gets out and walks the rest of the way up the stairs.....why does he do this?

    He is too short to reach the top buttons in the elevator.
  • FearOfFrying
    FearOfFrying Posts: 127 Member
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    Does he pull the lift? Does he push buttons to make the lift go up?

    What do you mean does he pull the lift.
  • Shweedog
    Shweedog Posts: 883 Member
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    [He is too short to reach the top buttons in the elevator.

    That's what I'm thinking!
  • zave
    zave Posts: 238
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    He is short. He can only reach the 9th floor button.
  • FearOfFrying
    FearOfFrying Posts: 127 Member
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    so, here's how it works, I give you a quandary and you need to ask me questions that I answer yes or no, I may give hints. If you know this one please don't spoil it;

    A man lives in an apartment on the 14th floor. He leaves his apartment at 8am, gets in the lift, takes it to the ground floor and gets on the bus to work. On his return he enters the lift, takes it to the 9th floor, gets out and walks the rest of the way up the stairs.....why does he do this?

    He is too short to reach the top buttons in the elevator.



    Correnct:bigsmile:
  • Shweedog
    Shweedog Posts: 883 Member
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    Does he pull the lift? Does he push buttons to make the lift go up?

    What do you mean does he pull the lift.

    There are self propelled lifts where you basically pull yourself up.
  • FearOfFrying
    FearOfFrying Posts: 127 Member
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    Yes, he's a dwarf, can't reach the top buttons
  • pannacottayum
    pannacottayum Posts: 96 Member
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    he's either too short or doesn't have arms or something to reach the elevator button.
    OR
    he's super forgetful of where he lives
    OR
    he's totally OCD
    OR his name is Roger aka "that creepy dude" and lives in my building
  • JEK717
    JEK717 Posts: 1,497
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    Yes, he's a dwarf, can't reach the top buttons

    Ah man....psh shoot!
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
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    HA! That was cool! :bigsmile:
  • Tzavush
    Tzavush Posts: 389 Member
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    Yes, he's a dwarf, can't reach the top buttons
    And on a rainy day he would go up to the 14th floor without having to take the stairs.
    Hence my initial comment about the rain.

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