1. A Man went to a Party and Drank some of the Punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the Party who drank the Punch subsequently died of Poisoning. Why did the Man not Die?
2. 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?
3. A Man is wearing Black. Black Shoes, Socks, Trousers, 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?
4. 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.
5. 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. (This puzzle claims to be the best of the genre. It is simple in its statement, absolutely baffling and yet with a completely satisfying solution. Most people struggle very hard to solve this one yet they like the answer when they hear it or have the satisfaction of figuring it out.)
6. There is a Man who lives on the Top Floor of a very Tall Building. Everyday He gets the elevator down to the Ground Floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from Work though, he can only travel half way up in the Lift and has to Walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! Why? (This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral thinking puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible solutions which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answer is truly satisfying.)
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Solutions:
1. The Poison in the Punch came from the Ice Cubes. When the Man Drank the Punch, the Ice was fully Frozen. Gradually it melted, Poisoning the Punch.
2. The Surgeon was his Mother.
3. It was Day time.
4. 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.
5. The Man had Hiccups. The Barman recognized this from his Speech and drew the Gun in order to give him a Shock. It worked and cured the Hiccups- so the Man no longer needed the Water.
6. The Man is very, very Short and can only reach Halfway up the Elevator Buttons. However, if it is Raining then, he will have his Umbrella with him and can press the Higher Buttons with it.
A Man went to a Barber Shop to have his hair and his beard cut as always. He started to have a good conversation with the Barber who attended him. They talked about so many things and various subjects. Suddenly, they touched the subject of God.
The Barber said: "Look Man, I don't believe that God exists as You say so."
"Why do you say that?" asked the client.
"Well, it's so easy, You just have to go out in the street to realize that God does not exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God exists, there would be no suffering nor pain. I can't think of a God who permits all of these things."
The Client stopped for a moment thinking but, he didn't want to respond so as to prevent an argument.
The Barber finished his job and the Client went out of the shop.
Just after he left the Barber Shop, he saw a Man in the street with a long hair and beard (it seems that it had been a long time since he had his hair cut and he looked so untidy).
Then the Client again entered the Barber Shop and
He said to the Barber: "Know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How come they don't exist?" asked the Barber.
"Well I am here and I am a barber."
"No!" the Client exclaimed. "They don't exist because if they did there would be no people with long hair and beards like that man who walks in the street."
"Ah, Barbers do exist, what happens is that People do not come to Us."
"Exactly!" affirmed the client. "That's the point. God does exist, what happens is people don't go to Him and do not look for Him that's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
2. Write .LOG as the first line of the file, followed by a Enter.
3. Save the file and close it.
4. Double-click the file to open it and notice that Notepad appends the current date and time to the end of the file and places the cursor on the line after.
5. Type your notes and then save and close the file.
Once upon a time, there was a King who ruled a prosperous country.
One day, he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace, he complained that his feet were very painful, because it was the first time that he went for such a long trip, and the road that he went through was very rough and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather.
Definitely, this would need thousands of animals’ skin, and would cost a huge amount of money.
Then one of his wise servants dared himself to tell the king, “Why do you have to spend that unnecessary amount of money? Why don’t you just cut a little piece of leather to cover your feet?”
The king was surprised, but he later agreed to his suggestion, to make a “shoe” for himself.
Moral of the Story: There is actually a valuable lesson of life in this story: To make this World a Happy Place to Live, You better Change Yourself - Your Heart; and Not the World.