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Subject: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/09/03 at 07:58 p.m.

For the rules to this game:

Rule Posted in the First Thread:

Lateral thinking puzzles are designed as a form of game for a small group, where one person knows the answer and the others try to figure it out by asking questions. The questions can only be answered by yes, no or irrelevant. The puzzles in this way can also be used as a form of training because they test and encourage skills in questioning, imagination, inductive reasoning and later thinking.  

THE HAIRDRESSER
A New York City hairdresser recently said he would rather cut the hair of three Canadians than one New Yorker.  Why?

Edited to add rule.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/09/03 at 08:00 p.m.

Did the one New Yorker have really long hair?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/09/03 at 08:02 p.m.

Because he wanted to take a trip to Canada?



Cat

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/09/03 at 08:04 p.m.


Quoting:
Did the one New Yorker have really long hair?
End Quote


No

Quoting:Because he wanted to take a trip to Canada?End Quote


No

Clue: The New York hairdresser had nothing against New Yorkers and no particular love of Canadians.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/09/03 at 08:06 p.m.

The hairdresser wanted better tips from more people.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/09/03 at 08:08 p.m.

Because Canadians tip better?



Cat

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/09/03 at 08:11 p.m.

The hairdresser wanted better tips from more people. No

Because Canadians tip better? No

Clue: He charges everyone the same price for one haircut.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/09/03 at 08:12 p.m.

So he makes three times as much money cutting 3 than just one.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/09/03 at 08:14 p.m.

He would rather have 3 costomers than 1?



Cat

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/09/03 at 08:15 p.m.

You know, Rice. We are thinking the exact same thing at the exact same time but you always seem to beat me.    :'( ;)




Cat

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/09/03 at 08:21 p.m.

Earl Speedy-Fingers!
THE HAIRDRESSER
He gets three times as much money!

Tally-
Rice Cube - 1

BLUEBEARDS TREASURE
The pirate Bluebeard buried his treasure on a desert island.  Some time later he heard that one of his enemies had obtained a copy of the map which showed the exact location of the treasure.  But Bluebeard was not worried.  Why?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/09/03 at 08:23 p.m.

Because the map didn't say which island it was?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/09/03 at 08:24 p.m.

It didn't say what island it was on.




Cat

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/09/03 at 08:35 p.m.

Because the map didn't say which island it was? No

It didn't say what island it was on. No

Clue: The map did show the exact location of the treasure and the enemy would be able to reach the island and excavate the spot.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/09/03 at 08:36 p.m.

They didn't have a boat to get to the island.



Cat

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/09/03 at 08:37 p.m.

His enemy's ship had sunk?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/09/03 at 08:39 p.m.

Had he already gotten the treasure out?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/09/03 at 08:47 p.m.

They didn't have a boat to get to the island. No
His enemy's ship had sunk? No
Had he already gotten the treasure out? No

Clue: Bluebeard buried treasure in a way which he believed optimized his chances of recovering it.


Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/09/03 at 08:48 p.m.

Did he have to use a shovel?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Indy Gent on 02/09/03 at 08:53 p.m.

Bluebeard the pirate does not exist. The pirate was called Blackbeard; Bluebeard was the famed lady killer.  Apparently Blackbeard used Bluebeard as an alias to confuse his enemies.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/09/03 at 08:58 p.m.

Did he have to use a shovel? No
Bluebeard the pirate does not exist. The pirate was called Blackbeard; Bluebeard was the famed lady killer.  Apparently Blackbeard used Bluebeard as an alias to confuse his enemies. Maybe true, but irrelevant

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/09/03 at 08:59 p.m.

Is water involved?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/09/03 at 09:00 p.m.

He buried it in a bank account?  ::)

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/09/03 at 09:06 p.m.

Is water involved? No
He buried it in a bank account?No

It might profit someone to ask about the treasure.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/09/03 at 09:19 p.m.

Was there even anything in the treasure chest?  ::)

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/09/03 at 09:24 p.m.

Was there even anything in the treasure chest?  Who said anything about treasure chests?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Indy Gent on 02/09/03 at 09:28 p.m.

The treasure was buried in cement. :-/

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/09/03 at 09:36 p.m.

Was his treasure camouflaged?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/09/03 at 10:36 p.m.

He didn't bury it underground?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: karen (Guest) on 02/10/03 at 04:34 a.m.

Was treasure in the sense of something worth a lot to everyone, i.e. gold or jewels etc.?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/10/03 at 05:11 a.m.

He'd buried it under his own house?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: ThunderVamp9 on 02/10/03 at 06:05 a.m.

Was treasure is pet?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 06:39 a.m.


Was his treasure camouflaged? No
He didn't bury it underground? Yes.  Underground and undergrounder
Was treasure in the sense of something worth a lot to everyone, i.e. gold or jewels etc.? Yes
He'd buried it under his own house? No
Was treasure his pet? No

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/10/03 at 06:56 a.m.

Did he bury it, cover it up some, then bury another 'treasure' above it?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 07:46 a.m.


Quoting:
Did he bury it, cover it up some, then bury another 'treasure' above it?
End Quote



YES!  Point to 80scheerleader, to be tallied when I get home from work.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 08:59 a.m.


Quoting:


YES!  Point to 80scheerleader, to be tallied when I get home from work.
End Quote


In my defense, I WAS asleep :D

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Hairspray on 02/10/03 at 09:41 a.m.

Intermission

Rule Posted By Steve in the First Thread:

Lateral thinking puzzles are designed as a form of game for a small group, where one person knows the answer and the others try to figure it out by asking questions. The questions can only be answered by yes, no or irrelevant. The puzzles in this way can also be used as a form of training because they test and encourage skills in questioning, imagination, inductive reasoning and later thinking.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 03:58 p.m.

BLUEBEARD'S TREASURE
Bluebeard buried his treasure at the spot shown on the map.  He knew that a copy of the map might be made, so he dug a shaft 30 feet deep and buried three-quarters of his treasure there.  He covered that and filled in the shaft to a depth of 10 feet, where he buried a quarter of his treasure-- which he was prepared to sacrifice to protect the rest.  He reckoned that no one who had found a substantial treasure at 10 feet would dig a further 20 feet and that once word got out that his treasure had been taken no one else would look for it.

Tally-
Rice Cube - 1
80s Cheerleader - 1

SILENCE IS GOLDEN
A distinguished speaker once gave a very interesting talk to a packed and enthusiastic audience.  However, after the talk finished there was no applause whatsoever.  Why?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 04:00 p.m.


Quoting:


SILENCE IS GOLDEN
A distinguished speaker once gave a very interesting talk to a packed and enthusiastic audience.  However, after the talk finished there was no applause whatsoever.  Why?


End Quote



Was it a eulogy?

Did the audience have no hands?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Dude on 02/10/03 at 04:08 p.m.

Quoting:


Was it a eulogy?

Did the audience have no hands?
End Quote

I was thinking along the same lines only the "speech" was given in sign and the audience was deaf. Or mute. Or both.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 04:21 p.m.


Was it a eulogy? No
Did the audience have no hands? No
I was thinking along the same lines only the "speech" was given in sign and the audience was deaf. Or mute. Or both. No

Clue: The audience was not physically restricted from applauding the speaker.  They simply chose not to

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 04:28 p.m.

Was the speech boring?

Did the audience fall asleep and thus "chose" not to clap?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/10/03 at 04:41 p.m.

Was it a preacher giving a sermon?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 04:43 p.m.



Was the speech boring?No

Did the audience fall asleep and thus "chose" not to clap? Those in the audience who were able to understand what he was talking about did not fall asleep.

Clue: The audience was made up entirely of women.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/10/03 at 04:44 p.m.

Was it to pregnant women on how things such as handclapping would be bad for the fetus?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 04:46 p.m.

Were the women disappointed with the speech?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 04:53 p.m.


Were the women disappointed with the speech? No
Was it to pregnant women on how things such as handclapping would be bad for the fetus? No.  In fact, it's probably unlikely that many of these young women would be pregnant

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/10/03 at 04:55 p.m.

A speech made to a group of monks/nuns where silence and austerity were prized?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/10/03 at 04:56 p.m.

Were they infants?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 05:00 p.m.

The Pope to some nuns?  ???

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 05:00 p.m.


A speech made to a group of monks/nuns where silence and austerity were prized? No
Were they infants? Infants would not understand what was being said.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 05:05 p.m.

Was it a professor to his students?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 05:08 p.m.


Was it a professor to his students? No, although he did speak on a topic all the women were interested in.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/10/03 at 05:08 p.m.

Or a teacher to a kindergarten class?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 05:11 p.m.


Or a teacher to a kindergarten class? No.  All the women were adults.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/10/03 at 05:13 p.m.

Were they on a reality TV show?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 05:13 p.m.

Were they at an anti-abortion rally but the dude was pro-abortion, or the other way around?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 05:17 p.m.

The audience was not physically restricted from applauding the speaker.  They simply chose not to

The audience was made up entirely of women.

Those in the audience who were able to understand what he was talking about did not fall asleep.

No.  In fact, it's probably unlikely that many of these young women would be pregnant

Infants would not understand what was being said.



Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/10/03 at 05:20 p.m.

Hm, a homophobic Christian preacher quoting Leviticus to a roomful of lesbians?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 05:22 p.m.


Hm, a homophobic Christian preacher quoting Leviticus to a roomful of lesbians? Yes!  No, wait, that's the next question.
What does applause produce?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 05:22 p.m.

Bah, this is hard!  :-/

Uh...was he a girl scout troop leader (if such a thing exists)?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 05:24 p.m.

Was this in a public library?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 05:33 p.m.

Okay...so no sounds...

They could be in an old folks home, they could be doing pottery and don't want to get their clay flying all over the place, they could just be respectful of something inside a museum...

BAH!  :-/

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 05:37 p.m.

There were people in attendance who, because they couldn't understand what was being said, would not be considered part of an audience.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 05:39 p.m.

Great.  I feel dumb now.

Um...was the speech in a foreign language?  ::)

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: princessofpop on 02/10/03 at 05:41 p.m.

Was the audience Japanese?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/10/03 at 05:47 p.m.

Was it a speech on noise polution?




Cat

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 05:48 p.m.

Those not of the audience spoke no language.  The speaker was an expert on pediatric health issues.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/10/03 at 05:49 p.m.

Aha, lots of mothers holding babies? Babies who really didn't need to be disturbed with noisy applause?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 05:49 p.m.

Were they dogs listening to an obedience school guy?  :D

Aw, nuts... ^  ::)  I'm officially stupid.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 05:55 p.m.

TANGLE!  (Thank you.)
SILENCE IN GOLDEN
The talk, given by a doctor, was on the subject of breastfeeding.  It was given to a group of nursing mothers all of whom had their babies with them.  They agreed that applause would wake and scare the babies, so they waved their hands in the air instead.


Tally-
Rice Cube - 1
80s Cheerleader - 1
Tangle - 1

I'll post this and be gone for a while.
TRUCKLOAD
A fully loaded truck that weighs exactly 10 tons starts to cross a long bridge which at its center can carry exactly 10 tons -- no more.  As he reaches the center the driver hears the bridge creak so he slows right down.  Just then, a flock of starlings lands on the roof of the truck but the bridge does not break.  Why not?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: princessofpop on 02/10/03 at 05:55 p.m.

nevermind  :-/

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 05:56 p.m.

The truck had used some gas, so burned off enough so that truck + geese = 10 tons ::)

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: princessofpop on 02/10/03 at 05:58 p.m.

Did he not have a full tank of gas?

fast fingers Rice beat me to it!   ;D

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/10/03 at 05:59 p.m.

The truck driver got out of the truck.



Cat

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 06:05 p.m.


Quoting:
Did he not have a full tank of gas?

fast fingers Rice beat me to it!   ;D
End Quote


Indeed he did, Princess!  Since that one was knocked down so quick, I'll post another before I go.

TRUCKLOAD
It was a long bridge and the weight of gasoline used in reaching the center of the bridge exceeds the weight of the flock of starlings.  The truck still weighs no more than 10 tons.

Tally-
Rice Cube - 2
80s Cheerleader - 1
Tangle - 1

FRUITLESS SEARCH
A man was searching for blue-back frogs in an area where they were very common.  He caught one.  It started to rain and he became frantic.  The rain grew stronger and the man left, disconsolate.  Why?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 06:07 p.m.

Because frogs are slippery and will slip out of his wet hands?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: princessofpop on 02/10/03 at 06:10 p.m.

Because the frogs release some kind of poison when they are wet?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 07:38 p.m.


Because frogs are slippery and will slip out of his wet hands? No
Because the frogs release some kind of poison when they are wet?  No

Clue: Blue-back frogs are now extinct.


Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/10/03 at 07:56 p.m.

He wouldn't be able to find fossils in the mud?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 08:15 p.m.


He wouldn't be able to find fossils in the mud? No

Clue: The man was very religious.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 08:17 p.m.

Was it Noah and he couldn't find the other frog to make 2 for the ark?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 08:28 p.m.

Smarty pants!  ;D

FRUITLESS SEARCH
The man was Noah.  He knew that if he did not find a second blue-back frog they would become extinct in the flood.  Unfortunately, this is what happened.

Tally-
Rice Cube - 3
80s Cheerleader - 1
Tangle - 1

COVER THAT HOLE
A manhole is a hole which allows someone to gain access to the sewers or other pipes that are below ground.  Our local town council recently decided that all the towns manhole covers should be changed from square to round ones.  We are used to the town council making silly decisions, but this time they were absolutely right.  Why?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 08:30 p.m.

Because round ones would be cheaper since they take up less area and thus less materials needed to produce them?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/10/03 at 08:41 p.m.


Because round ones would be cheaper since they take up less area and thus less materials needed to produce them? No

Clue: Q- Was it something peculiar to the town? A- No.  It would be a good idea anywhere.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/10/03 at 08:42 p.m.

Did it make the lid less likely to collapse?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Indy Gent on 02/10/03 at 10:06 p.m.

Round covers are lighter than square ones. There would be less accidents as a result of covers. :-/

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Dude on 02/11/03 at 03:57 a.m.

Does it have something to do with the way the MH covers fit the MH's? (ie Square ones wearing out through usage and not fitting properly)

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Taoist on 02/11/03 at 04:10 a.m.

A square cover can drop through the hole as the diagonal width (corner to corner) is larger than the side of the square.  A round cover cannot possibly drop through the hole.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/11/03 at 06:22 a.m.

Shoot!  I actually knew this one :(  Darned migraines >:(

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 06:50 a.m.

TAOIST has the first and the best!  Tally after work.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/11/03 at 02:24 p.m.

BUMP

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 02:27 p.m.

COVER THAT HOLE
A square or rectangular manhole cover can fall down the hole, while a round manhole cover cannot.  The square cover will fit down the diagonal of the hole (unless the rim it sits on is very large) but no matter how you turn a circle it never measures less than its diameter.  So for safety and practicality all manhole covers should be round.

Tally-
Rice Cube - 3
80s Cheerleader - 1
Tangle - 1
Taoist - 1

HAND IN GLOVE
A French glove manufacturer received an order for 5,000 pairs of expensive sealskin gloves from a New York department store.  He then learned that there was a very expensive tax on the import of sealskin gloves into the United States.  How did he (legitimately) get the gloves into the country without paying the import tax?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/11/03 at 02:29 p.m.

Did he import the seals instead and had them manufactured in New York?

Did he have some workers wear gloves back to New York?

My brain's on backwards ::)

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/11/03 at 02:34 p.m.

Did he send them to a different location of the same store that is outside the US?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 02:49 p.m.


Did he import the seals instead and had them manufactured in New York?No
Did he have some workers wear gloves back to New York?No
Did he send them to a different location of the same store that is outside the US? I would say yes, but the question is too long, so No

Clue: Q- Did the glove manufacturer smuggle the gloves into the country?  A- No! He was a reputable businessman.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/11/03 at 02:53 p.m.

Did he send them as a different kind of skin?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 03:04 p.m.


Did he send them as a different kind of skin? No

Clue: Q- Did he disguise them as something else?  A- No.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/11/03 at 03:17 p.m.

Is the tax applicable from all countries importing to the US?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 03:23 p.m.


Is the tax applicable from all countries importing to the US? Irrelevant

Clue:  Q- Did he pay any duty?  A-No

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: shazzaah on 02/11/03 at 03:30 p.m.

He hired /asked some people to wear them into the country?  ???

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 03:43 p.m.



He hired /asked some people to wear them into the country?  ??? No

Clue: Q- Are your good impounded if you refuse to pay duty?  A- Yes, the goods are then sold at auction to the highest bidder.  (The value of the sets of glove at auction would be higher than the duty)

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/11/03 at 04:59 p.m.

Does it matter how he shipped the goods?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 05:16 p.m.


Does it matter how he shipped the goods? No

When is a pair of gloves not a pair of gloves?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: daddysgirl on 02/11/03 at 05:22 p.m.

he put the gloves in a box and shipped them to where ever they needed to go???

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: SamRice Gamgee on 02/11/03 at 05:34 p.m.

Were the gloves shipped legally?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 06:03 p.m.



he put the gloves in a box and shipped them to where ever they needed to go??? No, interestingly enough, he did not ship them to the department store
Were the gloves shipped legally? Yes

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/11/03 at 06:28 p.m.

Did he ship them to a territory of the US such as Puerto Rico?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/11/03 at 07:06 p.m.

Did he ship them as 10,000 single gloves, rather than 5000 pairs?

Or, did he send them as mittens?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: princessofpop on 02/11/03 at 07:14 p.m.

Did he ship each glove to a different location?  :-/

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 07:33 p.m.


Did he ship them to a territory of the US such as Puerto Rico? No

Did he ship them as 10,000 single gloves, rather than 5000 pairs? Yes

Or, did he send them as mittens? No
Did he ship each glove to a different location?They were not all shipped to the same location


Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/11/03 at 07:35 p.m.

He shipped all the left gloves to one store, outside the US, and all the right ones to the store in the US or vice versa?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/11/03 at 07:35 p.m.

Were the gloves shipped as gloves, or were they disguised?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/11/03 at 07:35 p.m.

Did he send them as "gifts" to individual people?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 07:41 p.m.



He shipped all the left gloves to one store, outside the US, and all the right ones to the store in the US or vice versa? No, the left hand gloves and the right hands gloves were both shipped to the United States
Were the gloves shipped as gloves, or were they disguised? Yes.
Did he send them as "gifts" to individual people? No

Clue: Q- Are your good impounded if you refuse to pay duty?  A- Yes, the goods are then sold at auction to the highest bidder.  (The value of the sets of glove at auction would be higher than the duty)


Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/11/03 at 07:42 p.m.

Okay, so did he have them shipped over, REFUSE to pay the duty, then have the buyer get them at the impound auction?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/11/03 at 07:43 p.m.

Was the auctioneer also the owner of the New York Department Store?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 07:53 p.m.

Point Earl!

Quoting:
Okay, so did he have them shipped over, REFUSE to pay the duty, then have the buyer get them at the impound auction?
End Quote



HAND IN GLOVE
The manufacturer sent 5,000 right-hand gloves to Miami and 5,000 left-hand gloves to New York.  He refused to pay the duty on them so both sets of gloves were impounded.  Since nobody claimed them, both lots were subsequently sold off at auction.  They went for a very low price (who wants 5,000 left-hand gloves?).  Naturally, it was the clever Frenchman who won with a very low bid at each auction.

Tally-
Rice Cube - 4
80s Cheerleader - 1
Tangle - 1
Taoist - 1

THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
A visiting school superintendent noticed that whenever he asked one class a question all the children would put up their hands.  Moreover, although the teacher always chose a different child to answer, the answer was always correct.  Why?


Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/11/03 at 07:55 p.m.

Was the question, "Would you like to go home right now?"  :D

Did the question have to do with patriotism?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/11/03 at 07:59 p.m.

Was it the same question every time?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: princessofpop on 02/11/03 at 07:59 p.m.

Did each of the students have a different answer to one question?

Was it a question of opinion?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 08:05 p.m.


Did each of the students have a different answer to one question?No
Was it a question of opinion?No
Was it the same question every time? No
Was the question, "Would you like to go home right now?"No  
Did the question have to do with patriotism? No

Clue: Q- Did the superintendent ask plenty of questions?  A- Yes

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/11/03 at 08:07 p.m.

Did he ask them what different letters of the alphabet were?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/11/03 at 08:07 p.m.

Did he ask them their names?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/11/03 at 08:08 p.m.

Did they answer the word "correct" to every question?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 08:18 p.m.


Did he ask them what different letters of the alphabet were? No
Did he ask them their names? No
Did they answer the word "correct" to every question? No

What was one of the unique features in the last answer?
Clue: Q- Did all the children raise their hands?  A-Yes.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/11/03 at 08:19 p.m.

Did they have some special incentive to raise their hands?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/11/03 at 08:19 p.m.

Did he ask them to raise their right or left hands?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/11/03 at 08:20 p.m.

Did he say, "Raise your right hand, now your left hand?"

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 08:44 p.m.


Did they have some special incentive to raise their hands? Yes
Did he ask them to raise their right or left hands? No, the superintendent did not ask them to raise their right or left hand.
Did he say, "Raise your right hand, now your left hand?" No

Clue: Q- Did the teacher always pick a child who knew the answer?  A- Yes.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/11/03 at 08:48 p.m.

Was it related to the number of fingers in one hand or what was in somebody's hand?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/11/03 at 08:51 p.m.

Did the teacher do a very unteacherly thing and give each child the answer to one of the questions beforehand, then pick the child she knew to have the answer?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/11/03 at 08:54 p.m.

Were the kids psychic?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/11/03 at 08:54 p.m.


Was it related to the number of fingers in one hand or what was in somebody's hand? No

Last clue for the night.
Clue: Q- Were they normal children? A- Yes.  
Q- Did all the children know all the answers?  A- No

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/11/03 at 09:17 p.m.


Quoting:

THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
A visiting school superintendent noticed that whenever he asked one class a question all the children would put up their hands.  Moreover, although the teacher always chose a different child to answer, the answer was always correct.  Why?

End Quote



Did the teacher just ask all the children to raise their hands, then single one out?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Shannon on 02/12/03 at 03:19 a.m.

Was the teacher starting the class with roll call?  Asking the children to raise their hands when he calls their names?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/12/03 at 06:50 a.m.


Did the teacher just ask all the children to raise their hands, then single one out? Right
Was the teacher starting the class with roll call?  Asking the children to raise their hands when he calls their names? Not right

Okay, what's left...?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/12/03 at 08:00 a.m.

Did the teacher tell them (before the super came)to raise their right hand if they knew the answer, and their left if they didn't or vice versa?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/12/03 at 08:14 a.m.


Quoting:
Did the teacher tell them (before the super came)to raise their right hand if they knew the answer, and their left if they didn't or vice versa?
End Quote



Bingo!  Score tallied when I get home!

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/12/03 at 09:18 a.m.

Man, you missed this clue...

Quoting:Did the teacher do a very unteacherly thing and give each child the answer to one of the questions beforehand, then pick the child she knew to have the answer? End Quote



Shame... ::) :D

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/12/03 at 10:45 a.m.

Au contraire, mon ami.  That one was not quite the book answer... :)

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/12/03 at 03:19 p.m.

THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
The teacher instructed her pupils always to raise their hands when a question was asked whether they knew the answer or not.  If they did not know the answer they should raise their left hand.  If they were sure they knew the answer they should raise their right hand.  The teacher chose a different child each time, but always one who had raised his or her right hand.

Tally-
Rice Cube - 4
80s Cheerleader - 2
Tangle - 1
Taoist - 1

THE MISSING FURNITURE
A man was doing his job but was killed because he lacked a certain piece of furniture.  Why?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/12/03 at 03:26 p.m.

Was he a mover and lost a wiseguy's couch?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/12/03 at 03:34 p.m.

Was he a mover and lost a wiseguy's couch? No

Clue: Q- Did he fall to his death?  A- No.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/12/03 at 03:37 p.m.

Was he a magician?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/12/03 at 03:53 p.m.


Was he a magician? No

Clue: Q- Was his death an accident? A- Yes.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/12/03 at 04:35 p.m.

Was he a lion tamer without a chair and the lion mauled him?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/12/03 at 05:13 p.m.

Did he drown?

Was it an electric chair?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/12/03 at 05:16 p.m.


Was he a lion tamer without a chair and the lion mauled him? YES
THE MISSING FURNITURE
The man was a circus lion tamer who had unfortunately forgotten his chair when he had to face a bad-tempered lion!

Tally-
Rice Cube - 4
80s Cheerleader - 3
Tangle - 1
Taoist - 1

THE DEAD MAN
A man lies dead in a room, with a cord tied tightly around his neck.  The door has been locked from the inside.  Outside of the body, there is nothing else in the room.  Remembering that one cannot choke oneself (one would pass out before dying), how did he die?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/12/03 at 05:18 p.m.

Did he stand on a big ice cube and hang himself on it as the ice melted?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/12/03 at 05:33 p.m.


Did he stand on a big ice cube and hang himself on it as the ice melted? No

Clue: Q- Was the cord atached to anything else in the room before or during his death?  A- No.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/12/03 at 05:43 p.m.

Was he murdered and then put inside somehow, despite the wording of your question?  (Because sometimes that's the trick)

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/12/03 at 06:02 p.m.


Was he murdered and then put inside somehow, despite the wording of your question?  (Because sometimes that's the trick) No

Clue: Q- Was any ice involved?  A- No. (What an odd question!)

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/12/03 at 06:04 p.m.

Was the cord stretchy?  

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/12/03 at 06:04 p.m.

How about, in an effort to hang himself, he locked himself into the room to prevent people from stopping him, but in deliberating, fell asleep and then died due to insufficient ventilation, as it was an isolated room?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/12/03 at 06:08 p.m.

Was the cord stretchy?  Hmmm... I guess that rates an all-caps NO
How about, in an effort to hang himself, he locked himself into the room to prevent people from stopping him, but in deliberating, fell asleep and then died due to insufficient ventilation, as it was an isolated room? no

Clue: Q- Was his death a suicide?  A- Yes.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/12/03 at 06:41 p.m.

He took poison, went into the room and locked it, then wrapped the cord around his neck in an effort to pass out and hasten the poison's action?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/12/03 at 06:53 p.m.


He took poison, went into the room and locked it, then wrapped the cord around his neck in an effort to pass out and hasten the poison's action? No

Clue: Q- Was any other person or thing involved?   A- No

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/12/03 at 07:00 p.m.

A leather cord, which he soaked in water prior to entering the room?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/12/03 at 07:06 p.m.

Did he starve himself?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/12/03 at 07:08 p.m.

Shoot!  9 minutes too late :(

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/12/03 at 08:49 p.m.

Quoting:

THE DEAD MAN
A man lies dead in a room, with a cord tied tightly around his neck.  The door has been locked from the inside.  Outside of the body, there is nothing else in the room.  Remembering that one cannot choke oneself (one would pass out before dying), how did he die?
End Quote



Starving himself doesn't explain the rope though...I'm thinking he soaked the rope in water and then allowed it to shrink around his neck so it'd do the choking for him even after he passed out.

Hmmm, I just realized that Tangle said the same thing (I didn't read your post when I posted, sorry dude).  So if that's the right answer, he should get the point.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Banasy on 02/12/03 at 08:57 p.m.

Somebody came in thru the window, which was unlocked, and murdered him. I like my answer best...why does it have to be suicide?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/13/03 at 06:09 a.m.


Quoting:
A leather cord, which he soaked in water prior to entering the room?
End Quote



BINGO!  Very well done!  Tally when I get home from work.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: princessofpop on 02/13/03 at 02:07 p.m.

bumpity bump

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/13/03 at 04:15 p.m.

THE DEAD MAN
The cord around the man's neck was a piece of rawhide which he had soaked in water before entering the room.  Once he had tied it tightly around his neck it naturally grew tighter and tighter as it dried.

Tally-
Rice Cube - 4
80s Cheerleader - 3
Tangle - 2
Taoist - 1

THE FALLEN SIGN
A man was walking in country unfamiliar to him.  He came to a crossroads where he found that the signpost showing the directions of the roads had fallen over.  How did he find out which way to go?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/13/03 at 04:17 p.m.

Did the signs say east vs. west, so that he could use the position of the sun and his watch as a gauge of direction?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Banasy on 02/13/03 at 04:31 p.m.

He asked the scarecrow.
Sorry.
How about: by day, look at the sun's position, by night, navigate by the North Star?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/13/03 at 04:51 p.m.


Did the signs say east vs. west, so that he could use the position of the sun and his watch as a gauge of direction? No

How about: by day, look at the sun's position, by night, navigate by the North Star? No

Clue: Q- Could the man see the correct position by matching the broken parts of the post or the post with the hole in the ground? A- No
Q- Did he use the sun, stars, wind, or a landmark as a guide? A- No

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/13/03 at 04:53 p.m.

Was there moss growing on the sign, so he could use that as an indicator of North vs. South, at least?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/13/03 at 05:07 p.m.

Was there moss growing on the sign, so he could use that as an indicator of North vs. South, at least? No.


Clue: Q- Did he use some piece of knowledge to replace the sign correctly in the ground?  A- Yes.  

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/13/03 at 05:07 p.m.

Did he already have a map?

Did he know the basic terrain?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/13/03 at 05:11 p.m.

When the sign fell out of the ground, it made a bigger hole and hit the dirt. So he looked at the side with the dirt. That went into the bigger side of the hole.




Cat

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Banasy on 02/13/03 at 05:13 p.m.

Did he match the broken peices of the sign together?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/13/03 at 05:19 p.m.

Was the sign faded from the sunlight, thus making it the southern side/or northern side depending on what side of the equator you are on?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/13/03 at 05:22 p.m.

Presumably he knew where he was travelling from, so he could have placed the sign using that knowledge.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/13/03 at 05:30 p.m.

BINGO!

Quoting:
Presumably he knew where he was travelling from, so he could have placed the sign using that knowledge.
End Quote



THE FALLEN SIGN
The man knew the name of the town he had left that morning.  So he replaced the sign so that it correctly named the direction he had come from.  It would then be correct for all other directions.

Tally-
Rice Cube - 4
80s Cheerleader - 3
Tangle - 3
Taoist - 1

EGGS
Ornithologists now agree that there is a very good reason why birds' eggs are generally narrower at one end than the other.  
What is the reason?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/13/03 at 05:31 p.m.

Because that is where the baby bird's feet are.




Cat

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/13/03 at 05:31 p.m.

So it would pop out of the mother bird easier?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/13/03 at 05:32 p.m.

I think it's because the bird's anus squeezes the egg out and compresses the last half - they're not brittle when they're just hatched.

Also, thinking about it, they don't roll in any given direction when they're shaped that way - they just weeble about in a vague circle.

Is weeble a verb? It should be!

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Banasylurker on 02/13/03 at 05:42 p.m.

I am thinking so that the eggs will fit better in the nest....narrow pointing towards the middle...bigger end outside.

And I wasn't aware that birds laid eggs out of their anus'?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Banasylurker on 02/13/03 at 05:45 p.m.

I am thinking so that the eggs will fit better in the nest....narrow pointing towards the middle...bigger end outside. More efficient that way; the maximum amount of warmth from the mother's body is utilized.

And I wasn't aware that birds laid eggs out of their anus'?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/13/03 at 05:52 p.m.

They have a kind of all in one vent which eggs, urine and faeces come out of. May as well call it an anus.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/13/03 at 06:01 p.m.

WEEBLE BINGO!

Quoting:
Also, thinking about it, they don't roll in any given direction when they're shaped that way - they just weeble about in a vague circle.
End Quote



EGGS
A spherical or oval egg would roll in a straight line.  However, an asymmetrical egg, which is narrower at one end than the other, will tend to roll in a circle. (Try it with a normal hen's egg.) If the eggs are on a cliff edge or other precarious place, the tendency to roll around rather than straight is a distinct advantage.

Tally-
Rice Cube - 4
Tangle - 4
80s Cheerleader - 3
Taoist - 1

Easy one as I head off for a while...
THE GUARD DOG
A landowner boasted that nobody could enter his orchard because of the fierce dog he had guarding it.  How did a crafty boy gain entrance without damaging the dog in any way?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/13/03 at 06:04 p.m.

He climbed the tree?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/13/03 at 07:24 p.m.


He climbed the tree? No

Clue: Q- Did the boy enter the orchard while the dog was there? A-Yes.
Q- Did he drug the dog or trap it?  A- No.  It remained free to move around.  

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube in disguise on 02/13/03 at 07:56 p.m.

He gave the dog a bone...OR he outran it.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/13/03 at 08:33 p.m.

He simply waited until the dog was asleep?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Indy Gent on 02/13/03 at 10:16 p.m.

He went through the back entrance, away from the dog.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: princessofpop on 02/14/03 at 04:39 a.m.

Did he give the dog fruit that had fallen on the ground out side the gate to distract him?  

Or maybe instead of fruit, a cat or a shoe or hat?  :-/

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/14/03 at 06:06 a.m.

Hmmmm.... think Valentine's Day, folks.  Think Valentine's Day...  :D

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/14/03 at 06:12 a.m.

Kaching!

He found a dog of the opposite sex and raided the orchard when the fierce dog found itself with better things to do!

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/14/03 at 08:07 a.m.


Quoting:
Kaching!

He found a dog of the opposite sex and raided the orchard when the fierce dog found itself with better things to do!
End Quote



BINGO! LOVE WAS IN THE AIR FOR THE GUARD DOG!  Point tallied when I get home.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Indy Gent on 02/14/03 at 01:24 p.m.

Hah! That'll teach the braggart to get his mutt neutered. ;)

Quoting:


BINGO! LOVE WAS IN THE AIR FOR THE GUARD DOG!  Point tallied when I get home.
End Quote

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/14/03 at 03:32 p.m.

THE GUARD DOG
The boy brought along with him a female dog in heat.  He released the dog into the orchard and the guard dog was thereby distracted.

Tally-
Tangle - 5
Rice Cube - 4
80s Cheerleader - 3
Taoist - 1

THE CELLAR DOOR
A little girl was warned by her parents never to open the cellar door or she would see things that she was not meant to see.  One day while her parents were out she did open the cellar door.  What did she see?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/14/03 at 03:34 p.m.

Wine?  Porn?  The bastard child?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/14/03 at 03:35 p.m.

Her Christmas presents before Christmas.




Cat

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/14/03 at 03:35 p.m.

Quoting:
THE CELLAR DOOR
A little girl was warned by her parents never to open the cellar door or she would see things that she was not meant to see.  One day while her parents were out she did open the cellar door.  What did she see?


End Quote



Oh wait, how about gifts for a surprise party?
Meow meow meow meow
Meow meow meow meow
Meow meow meow meow
Meow meow meow meow

::) :D

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: QueenAmenRa on 02/14/03 at 03:44 p.m.

Utter darkness?   ???

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/14/03 at 03:49 p.m.


Wine?  Porn?  The bastard child? No
Her Christmas presents before Christmas No
Oh wait, how about gifts for a surprise party? No
Utter darkness?   No

Clue: Q- Did the little girl see something which amazed or surprised her?  A-Yes

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/14/03 at 03:50 p.m.

Was it a present of any sort?

Was it an animal or anything alive?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/14/03 at 04:02 p.m.

The cellar?

Or the outside world, depending which side of the door she'd been living on.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: QueenAmenRa on 02/14/03 at 04:06 p.m.

OOH! OOH! I KNOW! Check this out:

She THOUGHT her parents were out, but in reality they were in the cellar makin out or things of that nature. ;D

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/14/03 at 04:08 p.m.

BINGO!

Quoting:
The cellar?

Or the outside world, depending which side of the door she'd been living on.
End Quote


THE CELLAR DOOR
When the girl opened the cellar door she saw the living room and, through its windows, the garden.  She had never seen these before because her parents had kept her all her life in the cellar. (This is a true lateral-thinking puzzler as nearly everyone makes the assumption that anyone opening the cellar door does so from outside the cellar.)

Tally-
Tangle - 6
Rice Cube - 4
80s Cheerleader - 3
Taoist - 1

THE DEADLY SHOT
A man lay dead in a field.  Next to him was a gun.  One shot had been fired and because of that shot the man had died.  Yet he had not been shot.  In fact, there was no wound or mark on his body.  How had he died?


Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/14/03 at 04:10 p.m.

Heart attack?  From the sound of the bullet that is...

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/14/03 at 04:10 p.m.

A heart attack brought on by the shock of his gun accidentally going off?

(Curses, Rice Cube beat me to it  :P)

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: QueenAmenRa on 02/14/03 at 04:14 p.m.

Old age? He shot off the gun and then his body just decided to quit?
Or maybe the loud sound of the gun firing caused him to fall backwards and have a ceizure and die?
I don't know...

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/14/03 at 04:16 p.m.


Heart attack?  From the sound of the bullet that is... No
A heart attack brought on by the shock of his gun accidentally going off? YES!!!  (Not really, just messing with Earl's head some)

Clue: Q- Does it matter what the man shot at?  A- No

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/14/03 at 04:18 p.m.

Did they ever find the bullet?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: QueenAmenRa on 02/14/03 at 04:20 p.m.

He tried to shoot himself but missed.  So he fell over backward and died of a massive headache.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: QueenAmenRa on 02/14/03 at 04:22 p.m.

No wait! I got a better one: He shot at his neighbors dog or something.  Then he decided to lay down and take a nap and died in his sleep.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/14/03 at 04:22 p.m.

Right - the man was out with his gun, poaching in the fields. He fired a shot at something irrelevant, attracting the attention of the local landowner, who responded by setting fierce dogs on him. Lacking a dog of the opposite sex to distract them, he took to his heels, until exhaustion and old age got the better of him and he expired in the field.

And if that turns out to be right, I'll wear a penguin costume for the whole of tomorrow!

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/14/03 at 04:26 p.m.


Quoting:


And if that turns out to be right, I'll wear a penguin costume for the whole of tomorrow!
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Please oh please tell him it's right ;D

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/14/03 at 04:28 p.m.



Old age? He shot off the gun and then his body just decided to quit? No
Or maybe the loud sound of the gun firing caused him to fall backwards and have a ceizure and die? No
Did they ever find the bullet? Irrelevant
He tried to shoot himself but missed.  No
No wait! I got a better one: He shot at his neighbors dog or something.  Then he decided to lay down and take a nap and died in his sleep. No
Right - the man was out with his gun, poaching ... No

Clue: Q- Did he hit what he shot at? A- Irrelevant.
Q- Was any other human or animal involved in his death? A- No


Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/14/03 at 04:30 p.m.

Did whatever wound that was afflicted upon him heal?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/14/03 at 04:33 p.m.

Slightly more plausible than the last (and thankfully my penguin costume can stay in the cupboard)

He unwittingly caused an avalanche by firing the gun and suffocated under snow. The next spring, the snow thawed and he was found next to his gun.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/14/03 at 04:35 p.m.


Quoting:
Slightly more plausible than the last (and thankfully my penguin costume can stay in the cupboard)

He unwittingly caused an avalanche by firing the gun and suffocated under snow. The next spring, the snow thawed and he was found next to his gun.
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If that is right, I bow before you and hope that you have a penguin costume picture posted somewhere on this board tomorrow :)

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/14/03 at 04:37 p.m.

I bloody hope it's right, I'm completely out of ideas on this one!

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/14/03 at 04:43 p.m.

Right, right, you're bloody well right!
THE DEADLY SHOT
The man died through suffocation.  He was covered by an avalanche of snow which had been started by the sound of his gunshot as he stood at the foot of a snow-covered mountain

Tally-
Tangle - 7
Rice Cube - 4
80s Cheerleader - 3
Taoist - 1

Here's an easy math problem:
FLAT OUT
A driver whose car had no brakes was approaching a level crossing at 60 miles per hour while a train was approaching the same crossing at 60 miles per hour.  The crossing was unmanned and had no barriers.  The train was 100 yards long and 50 yards from the crossing.  The car was 100 yards from the crossing.  Neither train nor car stopped or changed direction or speed.  The driver did not get out of his car.  How did he survive the crossing?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/14/03 at 04:45 p.m.


Quoting:
Here's an easy math problem:
FLAT OUT
A driver whose car had no brakes was approaching a level crossing at 60 miles per hour while a train was approaching the same crossing at 60 miles per hour.  The crossing was unmanned and had no barriers.  The train was 100 yards long and 50 yards from the crossing.  The car was 100 yards from the crossing.  Neither train nor car stopped or changed direction or speed.  The driver did not get out of his car.  How did he survive the crossing?


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It was a bridge.

And Tangle has 7 points.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/14/03 at 04:50 p.m.

Probably being overly literal about the wording here, but was the driver sitting on the train while his car (which had suffered a minor accident due to brake failure) happened to be sitting 100 yards from the crossing?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/14/03 at 04:54 p.m.


Quoting:
Probably being overly literal about the wording here, but was the driver sitting on the train while his car (which had suffered a minor accident due to brake failure) happened to be sitting 100 yards from the crossing?
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Man, you are so GOOD at these!  :D

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/14/03 at 04:57 p.m.

Yup!

Quoting:
Probably being overly literal about the wording here, but was the driver sitting on the train while his car (which had suffered a minor accident due to brake failure) happened to be sitting 100 yards from the crossing?
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FLAT OUT
Who said that the car was on the road?  The car was being transported on the train

Tally-
Tangle - 8
Rice Cube - 4
80s Cheerleader - 3
Taoist - 1

Last one for a while:
FREE MAPS
At some stage between the two world wars, the British government decided that it would be desirable to produce accurate maps of the whole country by using the new technique of aerial photography.  They were very concerned that the cost of the project would be high as it involved many flights, much film, and long hours of painstaking matching of photographs.  In the end the whole process ended up costing the government nothing.  Why not?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/14/03 at 04:58 p.m.

Thanks (although I suspect I'm wrong in this case). My second guess would be that it's a freight train and he's sitting in his brakeless car onboard the train.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/14/03 at 05:00 p.m.


Quoting:
FREE MAPS
At some stage between the two world wars, the British government decided that it would be desirable to produce accurate maps of the whole country by using the new technique of aerial photography.  They were very concerned that the cost of the project would be high as it involved many flights, much film, and long hours of painstaking matching of photographs.  In the end the whole process ended up costing the government nothing.  Why not?
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Let's see...

Did someone else do it and just submitted their map to the Brits?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/14/03 at 05:00 p.m.

At a very, very vague guess, it was becuase German spy planes had done the job for them during WW1.

And I need to get up for an antiwar demo in not very many hours, so I'll see if I'm right or not and then call it a night. Take care, all.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: QueenAmenRa on 02/14/03 at 05:09 p.m.

They didn't make any maps.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/14/03 at 08:56 p.m.

Did someone else do it and just submitted their map to the Brits? No
it was becuase German spy planes had done the job for them during WW1. No
They didn't make any maps. No

Clue: Q- Did the British government sell the maps to cover the costs?  A- No


Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/14/03 at 08:59 p.m.

Is it really literal, like "it didn't cost the government anything because it was the taxpayers' money"?  ::)

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/14/03 at 10:31 p.m.


Is it really literal, like "it didn't cost the government anything because it was the taxpayers' money"?  ::) No, although I will admit this is a taxing question...

Clue: Q- Did they get the use of the planes, photographers, and other needs free?  A- No

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/14/03 at 10:40 p.m.

Did they make prisoners do it?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: CatwomanofV on 02/15/03 at 09:09 a.m.

They decided not to do it.





Cat

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/15/03 at 09:58 a.m.


Did they make prisoners do it? No
They decided not to do it. No

Clue: Q- Were the maps produced accurate?  A-Yes

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: princessofpop on 02/15/03 at 10:04 a.m.

Did they just draw the maps?  :-/

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/15/03 at 11:15 a.m.


Did they just draw the maps?  :-/ No.

Clue: Q- Did they reveal useful or unexpected information?  A- Yes

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/15/03 at 12:24 a.m.

Was it done by divers?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/15/03 at 05:30 p.m.

Was it done by circus midgets shot out of cannons?  :D

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/15/03 at 05:58 p.m.

Certainly as valid an idea as any of mine - this one's knackered me!

Give us a clue, Steve!

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/15/03 at 05:59 p.m.


Was it done by divers? No
Was it done by circus midgets shot out of cannons?  No

Clue: Q- Did the government sell this information?  A- No

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/15/03 at 06:02 p.m.

Did the government use any resources at all?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/15/03 at 06:02 p.m.

OK, I know that planes weren't used very much during WW1, but certainly a lot during WW2. So did the government incorporate the mapping into it's piloting and cartography training programmes after WW1 and kill 2 birds with 1 stone?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/15/03 at 06:08 p.m.


Did the government use any resources at all? Yes
...kill 2 birds with 1 stone? No

A devilishy tricky and taxing puzzle, what?

Clue: Q- Did they raise money because they now had this information?  A- Yes

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/15/03 at 06:11 p.m.

Did they have the lowest bidder do it and then behead him when he finished?  ::)

Did this involve tax money?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/15/03 at 06:16 p.m.


Did they have the lowest bidder do it and then behead him when he finished?  ::) No

Did this involve tax money? Yes

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/15/03 at 06:19 p.m.

They used maps from before, sold them to finance the drawing of the new maps?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/15/03 at 06:25 p.m.

They levied a brief Ariel Mapping tax?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 02/15/03 at 11:38 p.m.

Did they utilise the services of the Airships of the day that were running between Britain and the Continent ?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Tangle on 02/16/03 at 06:13 a.m.

They sold the methods and techniques developed to other countries?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 10:39 a.m.

No points on this one!
FREE MAPS
The aerial photography enabled a much clearer definition of land boundaries, and sizes.  A tax on land at that time was based on its estimated area; and these had been largely underestimates.  The new maps revealed correct land sizes and the government received more income from the land tax.

Tally-
Tangle - 8
Rice Cube - 4
80s Cheerleader - 3
Taoist - 1

WHAT A SHOCK I
A man woke up.  He lit a match.  He saw something and died of shock.  What was going on?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 10:42 a.m.

Did he see his own reflection in a mirror and freak out?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/16/03 at 10:47 a.m.

Did he see a propane tank with a hose?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 10:52 a.m.


Did he see his own reflection in a mirror and freak out? No
Did he see a propane tank with a hose? No

Clue:  Q- Did he see something or someone?  A- Someone

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 10:53 a.m.

Did he see Death?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 11:11 a.m.

Did he see Death? If you're talking about the dude with the scythe and the long robe, No.

Clue: Q- Was the person he saw alive?  A- No

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 11:13 a.m.

Was it a mummy with a curse?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/16/03 at 11:18 a.m.

Did he see Tammy Faye Bakker with  no makeup?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 11:25 a.m.


Was it a mummy with a curse? No
Did he see Tammy Faye Bakker with  no makeup? No, although that can't be much scarier than seeing her in full warpaint

Clue: Q- Did he expect to see someone else?  A-Yes

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 11:28 a.m.

Was he frightened by the person he expected to see?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 11:35 a.m.


Was he frightened by the person he expected to see? Not really.  He was frightened because he saw the ONE person he didn't expect to see

Clue: Q- Did he now know he was going to die soon?  A- Yes

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 11:37 a.m.

He saw his assassin.

Or he saw his wife while he was lighting his cigarette after the nookie, thinking she was his mistress...

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Thunderbolt on 02/16/03 at 12:09 a.m.

Was he a disabled man that saw that his caretaker was dead and that he had no way of getting help before his death?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 02:44 p.m.


He saw his assassin. No
Or he saw his wife while he was lighting his cigarette after the nookie, thinking she was his mistress...No
Was he a disabled man that saw that his caretaker was dead and that he had no way of getting help before his death? No


The man's occupation, or lack of, is important.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 02:51 p.m.

It was his bookie?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: princessofpop on 02/16/03 at 03:36 p.m.

Was it Jesus?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 04:31 p.m.

It was his bookie? No
Was it Jesus? No

The occupation of the person he saw is also important.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: princessofpop on 02/16/03 at 07:03 p.m.

Was it the gas man or some kind of repair person?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 07:10 p.m.

The undertaker?  The taxman?  ???

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 07:22 p.m.


Was it the gas man or some kind of repair person? No
The undertaker?  The taxman?  Yes

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 07:24 p.m.

Was he a vampire and he saw the sun coming up because the undertaker had opened his coffin during the day?  

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: princessofpop on 02/16/03 at 07:25 p.m.

So, he was in a coffin when he lit the match and saw the someone in the coffin with him? :-/

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 07:28 p.m.


So, he was in a coffin when he lit the match and saw the someone in the coffin with him? :-/ YES, and it wasn't the taxman
Was he a vampire and he saw the sun coming up because the undertaker had opened his coffin during the day?   No

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: princessofpop on 02/16/03 at 07:29 p.m.

Mortician?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 07:31 p.m.

Okay, was it a grave robber who expected to see a dead body but saw a policeman instead?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 07:34 p.m.

Mortician? Yes.  Who, if you remember, is dead
Okay, was it a grave robber who expected to see a dead body but saw a policeman instead? No, in fact he probably wasn't at liberty to rob graves or anything else, for that matter...

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 07:36 p.m.

Was he trying to escape from the coffin, if he was in the coffin?

Was he even in the coffin when he lit the match?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 07:47 p.m.


Was he trying to escape from the coffin, if he was in the coffin? Yes

Was he even in the coffin when he lit the match? Yes

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 07:48 p.m.

Was there a corpse in the coffin?

Was the corpse someone he knew?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/16/03 at 07:52 p.m.

was it his twin, who was a mortician?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 07:55 p.m.

Was there a corpse in the coffin? Yes, and it wasn't the taxman
Was the corpse someone he knew? Someone he knew and had an arrangement with
was it his twin, who was a mortician? No

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 07:56 p.m.

Was the corpse his wife?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/16/03 at 08:00 p.m.

was it the dr who was supposed to treat some illness for him?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 08:03 p.m.

was it the dr who was supposed to treat some illness for him? No, Princess already correctly guessed that the other person in the coffin was the undertaker

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 08:05 p.m.

The undertaker corpse have some kind of note that was of shock value?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/16/03 at 08:10 p.m.

was he a large man who was trying out the coffin, and realized when he lit the match that he was about to be buried with the dead mortician?

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 08:17 p.m.

You guys done good, but we'll have to end this thread with a no pointer.
WHAT A SHOCK I
The man was a prisoner who had been condemned to a very long jail sentence.  He paid the prison undertaker to help him escape.  The plan was that when the next prisoner died, the man would get into the coffin with the corpse.  Later, after the coffin was buried outside the prison walls, the undertaker would dig it up to release the man.
When he heard that a man had died, the prisoner put his plan into action.  In the dead of the night he climbed into the coffin with the corpse.  He fell asleep.  He awoke after the burial and lit a match.  He then saw that the face of the corpse was that of the undertaker!

Final Tally

Tangle - 8
Rice Cube - 4
80s Cheerleader - 3
Taoist - 1

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 08:18 p.m.

Well, THAT'S lame ::)

How the hell were we supposed to know THAT?  :D

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Steve_H on 02/16/03 at 08:21 p.m.


Quoting:
Well, THAT'S lame ::)

How the hell were we supposed to know THAT?  :D
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I dunno.  But, you did figure out the undertaker was the person he saw, so I don't think it would have taken too much longer to figure out who the shockee was.

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Rice Cube on 02/16/03 at 08:22 p.m.


Quoting:


I dunno.  But, you did figure out the undertaker was the person he saw, so I don't think it would have taken too much longer to figure out who the shockee was.
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Says the guy with the (*#&%ing answer book ::)  ;D

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 02/16/03 at 08:22 p.m.

well, I was close...maybe the inmate WAS a large man ;D

Subject: Re: Son of Lateral Thinking

Written By: Crazy Don on 02/16/03 at 08:51 p.m.

¿Dónde está Ud, Hairspray?  Please lock up this incomprehesible thread!