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MEMBER & GUEST INTERACTION SECTION => HUMOR IS A FUNNY THING => Topic started by: BjornBee on November 23, 2008, 01:44:48 pm
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This one is a classic, and is a great one for the kids at home. It does not involve arms in boxes, suicide, or guns. ;) Many can get this through simple reasoning, and is sometimes solved rather quickly.
As always, if you know the answer from playing this before, please let others play out the game.
Please ask single, yes or no questions. You need to come up with the explanation that tells the story as to why the circumstances happen the way they do.
Every day, a man living on the 40th floor, leaves to go to work by using the elevator. When he leaves, he goes all the way to the first floor, then departs the building. But upon arriving back home, he enters the elevator, goes to the twentieth floor, gets out, and takes the stairs for the last twenty floors. Why?
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I know this one. :)
So I'll be good.
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I want to suggest that we do as Bjorn lightly mentioned in the prior post, we can collaborate info - like dectives sharing notes. Here is what I observe, and Bjorn if any math needs correcting, please fix - thanks.
First thing to come to my mind, he walked or sprinted the last 20+ flights as his nighty gym work, but the math don't add up - he comes home, goes to the 12th floor (wonder if there is a 13? floor twist) but 12 floors plus 20 which he climbs or runs wont make him to his floor? he still have 7 floors to go.
Does the building have a thirteens floor and if so, can the UP elevator make it to the fortieth floor? I assume it must, or he couldn't have gotten on it earlier that morning.
SO, my one question after a few observations. Is he clastrophic (I suffer panic disorder and know what panic is like) becuse a DOWN ELEVATOR can typically go down faster than it will UP, did he have a limit to the time he COULD STAND BEING IN AN ELEVAOR??
That is as dective as I get, HELP!!!!! Lets get this one together.
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:'( i know this one also.
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:-X Thank you for those that know this one.
Beemaster, No, he is not claustrophobic.
And Yes, the elevator does go all the way to the 40th floor.
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Does he deliver newspapers?
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good another one
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is he a window washer?
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Every day, a man living on the 40th floor, leaves to go to work by using the elevator. When he leaves, he goes all the way to the first floor, then departs the building. But upon arriving back home, he enters the elevator, goes to the twentieth floor, gets out, and takes the stairs for the last twenty floors. Why?
i know i know the answer to why
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Why not :evil: :evil:
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Does he deliver newspapers?
No, but I like the thinking.. ;)
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is he a window washer?
No
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does he have a girlfriend on every floor from 20 - 40 ?
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does he have a girlfriend on every floor from 20 - 40 ?
Hey! This is not about me... :-D It' about someone else... :'(
I like your thinking.... :evil:
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You said to ask important questions... Does SYMBOLICALLY the 20th to the 40th have a special meaning to him? If I were allowed a followup, I'd ask what's so special about 20th thru 40th when RETURNING, which I assume is going up. Is that the case, or does the importance of only climbing "up" the issue or is the climbing DOWN from 40th to 20th every come into his daily routine?
Answer anyone you feel like, something I'm close on please (if that is the case) and I'll have to share the puzzles I mde for a young member of the forum - who enjoys riddles. I made several multiparters, some involving morse code, scrabbled sentences, all this (rated T for Tough) and he is and eigth grader now - been doing this almost 3 school seasons. I travel the world and make you think out of the box with my THOUGH riddles I make ( all online in html) so you can just click on them - I need to check the filenames. I'm proud of Buzzbee Jr. for ALWAYS answering tough puzzles, definitely aimed at a 11th to 12th grader.
There I regress :'(
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Beemaster,
No, there is no symbolic meaning. And the stairs whether going up or down are the same. And he never walks down the stairs.
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Did all the buttons work?
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Did all the buttons work?
Yes
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He got off on the first floor in the morning:
On his return,did he enter on the first floor also ?
Bee-Bop
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He got off on the first floor in the morning:
On his return,did he enter on the first floor also ?
Bee-Bop
Yes
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does he work for the hotel?
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Boy, and here I thought this thread would be shorter than the other two... :roll:
Are there ever other people on the elevator?
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does he work for the hotel?
No
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Boy, and here I thought this thread would be shorter than the other two... :roll:
Are there ever other people on the elevator?
Yes
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his wife told him to
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his wife told him to
Somewhere in my mind, back in the darkest corner, there is a reply, but it's just way too early this morning..... :evil:
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Does he stop at the twentieth for OTHER REASONS then walking to the 40th each day? I'm suggesting like a split up family where x-fife and kids are on 20 - I guess the QUESTION IS: WHY THE 20TH FLOOR? Is that two big of a question. or don't that matter?
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Beemaster,
For other reason (like he had to do something)....No.
Why the twentieth floor is a good question. That's one of the things of what your trying to find out... :-D
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Ok I have to ask outriggt to get it out of the way, does he do it for excercise?
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Ok I have to ask outriggt to get it out of the way, does he do it for excercise?
No
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is he afraid of heights?
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does he get motion sickness?
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is he afraid of heights?
No
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does he get motion sickness?
No
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Does the elevator go faster down than up (or vice versa)?
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and- last question, does he work in the building he lives in?
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Does the elevator go faster down than up (or vice versa)?
No
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and- last question, does he work in the building he lives in?
No
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Does he do anything different if there are people on the elevator with him?
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Does he do anything different if there are people on the elevator with him?
Unique question. It depends. It may change the outcome or it may remain the same. Hmmmm.....ok, I would say that it changes something.... :-D
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Does he take the stairs because it takes longer?
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I would have to say he is a complete idiot for not taking the elevator all the way up, he was doing this so you could ask us this question :-P , or he might be superstitious.
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does the floors above 20 need a special key and he lost his key?
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I would have to say he is a complete idiot for not taking the elevator all the way up.
I agree
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Is he the height of a child?
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Good question Ken!
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Does he take the stairs because it takes longer?
No
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I would have to say he is a complete idiot for not taking the elevator all the way up, he was doing this so you could ask us this question :-P , or he might be superstitious.
No :-P
No :-P
and.........No! :-P :-P :-P :-P
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does the floors above 20 need a special key and he lost his key?
No
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Is he the height of a child?
As a famous beekeeper once said...."It depends" :-D
How big of a child you talking about? Have you seen kids nowadays. :shock:
The answer.... Yes.
Are you going to put it together... :-D
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This person is vertically challenged and cannot reach any of the buttons above the twentieth? :-D
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This person is vertically challenged and cannot reach any of the buttons above the twentieth? :-D
I think someone is close here ;)
Keith
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because of being PC in the answer Perrybee sounds on the money with "The midget could only reach the button for the 20th floor, no higher! I believe we have a winner, although if it were me, I'd get a little collaapsable rod with me for such occations. I'd climb those 20 floors once, but shame on me if I don't have a reach rod for my SECOND trip back to the lobby!!! Good answer, good luck.
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This person is vertically challenged and cannot reach any of the buttons above the twentieth? :-D
Correct!
This had me stumped when I first heard it. It actually is fun to see the same thought patterns for many people as they try to figure it out. But the answer is so basic.
I have used this for young children, and many times they will solve it much sooner than adults. I think it's due to them visualizing what happens in the elevator, and their heads are not filled with so many side distraction like asking about girlfriends, evil intentions, etc. They just solve it on basic practical matters.
I once had a group so stumped, I had to draw a picture of the elevator buttons, and asked them to explain what would happen if he was going down or up. And it took them just as long to finally figure out that there was more than pushing two buttons. Like Charades, I had to actually go through the motions, before a light bulb had gone off.
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lateral thinking takes practice and requires that people think outside their comfort zone. keep going. it's fun.
my brother and i used to do these all the time. now he does that numbers puzzle thing and that just makes my eyes cross :(
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lateral thinking takes practice and requires that people think outside their comfort zone. keep going. it's fun.
my brother and i used to do these all the time. now he does that numbers puzzle thing and that just makes my eyes cross :(
Long Live Sudoku! The ones I like are where they interlace severl puzzles at once...5 entertwined Sudokus are a ton of fun. Once you get good at it use a pen. I switched to Sudoku because the normal crosswords were getting to predictable with the limited options for clues. I mean there's only so many choices for a clue of "Large flightless bird" and the answer is automatic given the number of spaces.
With Sudoku you are challenged just not in recall, but in spacial relationship and logic.
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Credit must go to Buzzbee, he asked the first question about height and I just crossed the t's and dotted the i"s.
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I mentioned the riddle to a guy at work who told me the answer so I did not participate in this one. It was still fun watching were things were going.
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