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10/06/2005 11:00:10 PM · #1 |
Here’s a diversion for you DPC junkiesâ€Â¦.
(If you post the right answer, I will confirm it. If not I̢۪ll post the answers later tonight.)
1. A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene,
but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says,
"I can't operate on this boy, he is my son!" How can this be?
2. A man is wearing black; black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, gloves,
and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off.
A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to
stop in time. How did the driver see the man?
3. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones? (This is
logical rather than lateral, but it is a good puzzle that can be solved by
lateral thinking techniques. It is supposedly used by a very well-known
software company as an interview question for prospective employees.)
Have fun?
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10/06/2005 11:02:17 PM · #2 |
1. The doctor is his mother
Have to think a second on the others
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10/06/2005 11:03:07 PM · #3 |
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10/06/2005 11:05:24 PM · #4 |
2. It's daylight.
3. Manholes are round?
Message edited by author 2005-10-06 23:06:24. |
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10/06/2005 11:05:28 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by mystical_princess:
what is a balaclava? |
a knit cap for the head and neck -- it covers the head, face, & neck |
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10/06/2005 11:06:06 PM · #6 |
1. A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene,
but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says,
"I can't operate on this boy, he is my son!" How can this be?
It's a CSI episode and the Writers Guild only had permits available to work, and this is the result of a new rookie writer. Reshoots, rewrites, and alot of angry producers.
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10/06/2005 11:06:31 PM · #7 |
| #1 & #2 solved. Good job! |
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10/06/2005 11:06:45 PM · #8 |
| 3 round man hoel covers dont fall down the hole when turned |
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10/06/2005 11:06:52 PM · #9 |
1...surgeon is the sons mother
2...it is daylight
3...do not have a clue LOL |
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10/06/2005 11:07:13 PM · #10 |
2. A man is wearing black; black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, gloves,
and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off.
A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to
stop in time. How did the driver see the man?
Night vision goggles.
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10/06/2005 11:08:12 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by kendall6:
3. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones? (This is
logical rather than lateral, but it is a good puzzle that can be solved by
lateral thinking techniques. It is supposedly used by a very well-known
software company as an interview question for prospective employees.)
Have fun? |
So the covers can't fall through the hole. |
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10/06/2005 11:08:21 PM · #12 |
| 3) a circle is the only shape that when turned in any direction can't fall through the hole |
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10/06/2005 11:09:09 PM · #13 |
3. Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones? (This is
logical rather than lateral, but it is a good puzzle that can be solved by
lateral thinking techniques. It is supposedly used by a very well-known
software company as an interview question for prospective employees.)
The same reason why airplane windows are round, to keep the demons from entering the real world (fusilage).
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10/06/2005 11:10:59 PM · #14 |
FUN FUN FUN-Give us some more!!!
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10/06/2005 11:11:07 PM · #15 |
#3 solved - congratulations you guys are good!
A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal of the manhole. A round manhole cannot be dropped down the manhole. So for safety and practicality, all manhole covers should be round.
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10/06/2005 11:12:33 PM · #16 |
"At night they come without being fetched,
And by day they are lost without being stolen."
Hint: They belong to the night.
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10/06/2005 11:14:41 PM · #17 |
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10/06/2005 11:16:33 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by kendall6:
"At night they come without being fetched,
And by day they are lost without being stolen."
Hint: They belong to the night. |
The newspaper
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10/06/2005 11:19:16 PM · #19 |
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10/06/2005 11:30:41 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by kendall6:
#3 solved - congratulations you guys are good!
A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal of the manhole. A round manhole cannot be dropped down the manhole. So for safety and practicality, all manhole covers should be round. |
They are also round so the people who move them can do it more easily by themselves. |
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10/06/2005 11:31:27 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by kendall6:
The stars it is! |
woohoo |
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10/06/2005 11:54:02 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by rikki11:
Originally posted by kendall6:
The stars it is! |
woohoo |
Nice job Rikki!
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