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sure, post more , i couldn't figure out the second one
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'k....I'll post some more, categorized. If anybody has questions relating to the problem at hand, I am allowed to answer yes/no questions, so feel free to ask in pursuit of the answer!
Here goes:
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The Silent Cabbie
A London cab driver picked up a lady who was a notorious chatterbox. He did not want to engage in conversation, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb. He pointed to his mouth and ears to indicate that he could neither speak nor hear. After she alighted, he pointed to the meter so that she could see how much she owed. She paid him and walked off. Then she realized that he could not have been a deaf mute. How did she know?
The Unseen Walker
On a busy Friday afternoon, a man walked several miles across London from Westminster to Knightsbridge without seeing anybody or being seen by anybody. The day was clear and bright. He had perfect eyesight and he looked where he was going. He did not travel by any method of transport other than by foot. London was thronged with people, yet not one of them saw him. How?
Moderate
Anthony and Cleopatra
Anthony and Cleopatra are lying dead on the floor in an Egyptian villa. Nearby is a broken bowl. There are no marks on their bodies, and they were not poisoned. Not a person was in the villa when they died. How did they die?
Five Men
Five men were proceeding together down a country path. It began to rain. Four of the men quickened their step and began to walk faster. The fifth man made no effort to move any faster. However, he remained dry and the other four got wet. They all arrived at their destination together. How could this be so?
(note: They relied only on foot power!)
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The Grateful Prisoner
In 1902 in the French West Indies, Mr. Cyparis was in prison awaiting trial for drunkenness. He was detained longer than he expected, was neglected, and was left without food and water, and yet, when he was released, he was grateful to have been in prison. Why should that be so?
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He couldn't hear where the lady had to go if he was deaf
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The Unseen Walker
Uhh, did he
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walk underground, through some pipes or whatever?
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Anthony and Cleopatra
Know this one.
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They're fish
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Five Men
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Assuming no water repelling cloak... could it be a dead man in a coffin?
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Uhh, he got laid by some women there ?
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In 1902 in the French West Indies, Mr. Cyparis was in prison awaiting trial for drunkenness. He was detained longer than he expected, was neglected, and was left without food and water, and yet, when he was released, he was grateful to have been in prison. Why should that be so?
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Some cataclism had wiped out the prison guards and townspeople. A rescue team let him out of the jail which had been spared.
West Indies - Hurricane?
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I'll post the answers tomorrow...GREAT stuff so far tho! (resisting the urge to say more)
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Shortly after she got away from the cab, she looked back, to see the cab driver talking with some other customer
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This man was dead, and walking around as a ghost, and since only very few people can see ghosts, nobody saw him, and some ghosts (so I've heard) only see what they wants to see, so he didn't see any people, since he didn't want to see them
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Anthony and Cleopatra
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Anthony and Cleopatra has been dead for a long time, but modern scientists has "repaired" their bodies, so they look normal. Anthony and Cleopatra was "objects" at an exhibition (?), where they should look like, if an fight has been going on between them (therefore the broken bowl).
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Five Men
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The fifth man was already walking faster than the other men, so he didn't have to speed up, and he was also wearing a rainsuit (?), so he couldn't get wet
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The Grateful Prisoner
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During his time in prison, a plague was going around. This plague killed 50% of those who ate any food, or drank water, while this plague killed 100% of those who got drunk during the time of the plague
Sure, the others are more logic, but I hate logic explanations
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How has the meaning of lateral thinking been established here? Does it just mean if we are for the war or not? Or does it mean if we are tolerant of other peoples idea? Or what?
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Interesting. But there were so many possibilities for that one. Most doughnuts pulled in parking lots along the way, or most cheesesteaks consumed, etc.
And having owned a Ford, I'd have to agree with the previous most breakdowns one.
Anyone willing to post the exact method to get the quote text set for the spoilers? I'm too lazy to experiment tonight.
I've got answers for all but the historical one. I suck at those.
As has already been mentioned, she told him where to go and that's where she ended up.
--"The Unseen Walker"
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He was a subway worker on the way home. So he took the maintenance trolley home.
--"Anthony and Cleopatra"
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Another one that's been answered. They were fish whose bowl had been broken. The butler's cat did it.
--"Five Men"
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Four of them were carrying the fifth in a palanquin
--"The Grateful Prisoner"
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As I said, I suck at these, but a quick Google revealed this:
On May 8, 1902 Saint-Pierre, the largest town in the French West Indies and the commercial capital of Martinique was completely destroyed by a volcanic eruption from Mount Pellee, the highest of the three mountains in the French Colony. All ships in the harbor was destroyed. All of the inhabitants, except one, a Mr. Cyparis, who was jailed for drunkenness, were lost. According to the 1901 census, Saint-Pierre's population was 23,400!
Oh, and those links I mentioned before? My mistake. Those were critical thinking links. I still can't find any good lateral thinking links.
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The Silent Cabbie
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A deaf person can't get a driver's license
The Unseen Walker
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He walked underground, along the Tube's tunnels
Anthony and Cleopatra
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There was a flood, everybody else fled. They died from drowning.
Five Men
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The fifth man had an umbrella
The Grateful Prisoner
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Kept him away from his wife
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He took the sewer system or walked through the subway tunnel.
Anthony and Cleopatra
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I would say gas but that might count as poison so how about they drowned themselves with water in the bowl? The second one dropped the bowl so it broke and the water evaporated.
Five Men
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The had to take different pathes since they went different speeds but arrived togeather. I'd say one took a short cut through the woods and the trees blocked out the rain while the others hurried along the old path which was exposed to the rain.
The Grateful Prisoner
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Was he a compuslive drinker? Maybe he had sirosises of the liver or something and would die if he didn't stop drinking so he was glad they locked him up. Either that or it kept him away from his b!tchy wife!
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All right, where are the answers?
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He was in a prison cell when the volcano of the island destroyed the town he was in.
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D'oh! Sorry guys, I *totally* forgot! See what happens when you put a scatterbrain in charge!?
Silent Cabbie - He had to have heard her instructions on where to take her.
Unseen Walker - Walked thru the sewer system (maintenance tunnel works too!)
Anthony and Cleopatra - Are fish. The bowl was their home.
Five Men - Four men, carrying the fifth in a casket.
Grateful Prisoner - yep....as the google search revealed, our Mr. Cyparis was one lucky sunuvagun! The only survivor of the disaster....
More? And this time, I promise I'll not be so long with the answers!
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Silent Cabbie - Not necessarily. She could have wrote down the destination after he had indicated he was deaf. I think that you can't get a driver's license if you are deaf.
Okay, I am ready for more punishment
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I was just laughing at this thread yesterday and here it is.
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, i couldn't figure out the second one 
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