THINKING Time For The Mind

PUZZLE # 1• A woman has incontrovertible proof in

court that her husband was murdered by her sister. The judge declares, "This is the strangest case I've ever seen. Though it's a cut-and-dried case, this murderess cannot be punished."Can you explain?

Answer To PUZZLE # 1

The sisters are Siamese twins!

PUZZLE # 2

A man is found hanging in a locked room with no furniture and there is a puddle of

water under his feet. Explain.

Answer to PUZZLE # 2

He stood on a block of ice to hang himself!

PUZZLE # 3

A man is lying, dead, face down in the desert wearing a backpack. Can you suggest an explanation?


He jumped out of an airplane, but his parachute failed

to open!

PUZZLE # 4A man walks into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him.

The man says, "Thank you," and walks out. Explain.

Answer To PUZZLE # 4The man has hiccups; the

bartender scares them away by pulling a gun!

PUZZLE # 5A man is returning from

Switzerland by train. If he had been in a non-smoking

car he would have died.Explain.

Answer To PUZZLE # 5The man used to be blind; he's now

returning from an eye operation which restored his sight. He's spent all his money

on the operation, so when the train goes through a tunnel he at first thinks he's

gone blind again and almost decides to kill himself. Fortunately, the light of the

cigarettes people are smoking convinces him that he can still see

PUZZLE # 6

A man goes into a restaurant, orders abalone, eats one bite, and kills himself.

Explain.

Answer To PUZZLE # 6The man was in a ship that was wrecked on a desert

island. When there was no food left, another passenger brought what he said was abalone but was really part

of the man's wife (who had died in the wreck). The man suspected something fishy, so when they finally returned to civilization, he ordered abalone, realized

that what he ate before was his wife, and killed himself.

PUZZLE 7

A man is driving his car. He turns on the radio, listens for five minutes,turns around, goes home, and shoots

his wife. Explain.

Answer To PUZZLE 7

The radio program is one of the call-up-somebody-and-ask-them-a-question contest

shows; the announcer gives the phone number of the man's bedroom phone, and a

male voice answers.

PUZZLE # 8

Two women are talking. One goes into the bathroom, comes out five minutes later, and kills the other.

Explain.

Answer To PUZZLE # 8Both women are white and single. A black male friend of the one who goes into the bathroom was

recently killed, reportedly by the KKK. The woman who goes into the bathroom discovers a bloodstained KKK robe in the other's laundry hamper, picks up a nail file from the medicine cabinet, and goes out and

kills the other.

PUZZLE # 9

Using standard mathematical symbols, e.g. +, -, x,

etc., rearrange (4) fives to equal the numbers one to ten. For example,

5/5 + 5 - 5 = 1, 5/5 + 5/5 = 2, etc.


1 = (5 / 5) x (5 / 5), 2 = (5 / 5) + (5 / 5), 3 = (5 + 5 + 5) / 5, 4 = ((5 x 5) - 5) / 5 5 = ((5 - 5) / 5 ) + 5, 6 = ((5 x 5) + 5) / 5, 7 = 5 + ((5 + 5) / 5), 8 = (5 - (5 / 5)) x .5 9 = 5 + 5 - (5 / 5) 10 = 5 + 5 x (5 / 5)

PUZZLE # 10

Caris, Tina and Stephen each won a prize at the Christmas party. Caris gave her chocolate

to Tina in exchange for her water pistol. Caris then changed with Stephen for the book. Then Tina and Stephen swapped

prizes. Who has which present?


Stephen now has the chocolate. Tina now has the water pistol. Caris now has

the book.

PUZZLE # 11A woman comes home with a bag of groceries, gets

the mail, and walks into the house. On the way to the kitchen, she goes through the living room and looks

at her husband, who had blown his brains out.

She then continues to the kitchen, puts away the groceries, and makes dinner.

Can you explain?


The husband killed himself sometime ago; it’s his ashes in an urn on the mantelpiece that the

wife looks at.

PUZZLE # 12

While walking across a bridge I saw a

boat full of people. Yet on the boat there

wasn't a single person. Why?


Everyone on the boat was married!

PUZZLE 13This teaser must be done

IN YOUR HEAD and NOT using paper and a pen. Try it!

Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000.Now add 30. And another 1000.

Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10.What is the total?

Answer To PUZZLE 13

4100

PUZZLE # 14

Igor told his parents "When I grow up I

want to shoot people and blow them up." And yet his parents were happy with his choice. How is this

possible?

Answer to PUZZLE # 14

Ivor was telling he wanted to be a photographer

when he grew up!

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