Post by Rhonda on Aug 18, 2007 20:00:15 GMT -5
1 Three Americans are standing at the entrance to a British Museum, and are about to enter. One of them is the other's son. How is this possible?
2 A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How can this be?
3 A heavyset man who works in the butcher's shop is 6'2" tall. What does he weigh?
4 There is a man dead in a locked office, sitting at his desk. On the desk there are a couple of pieces of blank paper, a pen and a sealed envelope. The office is locked from the inside. No-one has directly killed him. How was he killed?
5 Joe wants to go home, but he can't because a man wearing a mask is waiting for him. The masked man does not want to harm Joe. Home is not Joe's house. What is the problem?
6. A man dressed entirely in black and wearing a black mask, is standing in the middle of a crossroad. All of the streetlights at the intersection are broken. A car speeds down the road, heading stright for the man, yet it turns in time and doesn't hit him. the lights of the car were not on. How does the car manage to miss him?
Answers below...
1. Two are husband and wife.
2. They were two of a set of triplets.
3. The heavyset man weighs meat.
4. The seal on the envelope was posioned, so when he licked and sealed it, he was poisoned.
5.They are playing baseball. Joe is on third base and the masked man is the catcher.
6. It is daytime.
2 A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How can this be?
3 A heavyset man who works in the butcher's shop is 6'2" tall. What does he weigh?
4 There is a man dead in a locked office, sitting at his desk. On the desk there are a couple of pieces of blank paper, a pen and a sealed envelope. The office is locked from the inside. No-one has directly killed him. How was he killed?
5 Joe wants to go home, but he can't because a man wearing a mask is waiting for him. The masked man does not want to harm Joe. Home is not Joe's house. What is the problem?
6. A man dressed entirely in black and wearing a black mask, is standing in the middle of a crossroad. All of the streetlights at the intersection are broken. A car speeds down the road, heading stright for the man, yet it turns in time and doesn't hit him. the lights of the car were not on. How does the car manage to miss him?
Answers below...
1. Two are husband and wife.
2. They were two of a set of triplets.
3. The heavyset man weighs meat.
4. The seal on the envelope was posioned, so when he licked and sealed it, he was poisoned.
5.They are playing baseball. Joe is on third base and the masked man is the catcher.
6. It is daytime.