1. 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?
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, 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?
4. One day Kerry celebrated her birthday. Two days
later her older twin brother, Terry, celebrated his
birthday. How?
5. 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?
6. UNIVERSAL CLASSIC - 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.
ANSWERS :
1. 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.
2. The surgeon was his mother.
3. It was day time.
4. At the time she went into labor, the mother of the
twins was traveling by boat. The older twin, Terry,
was born first early on March 1st. The boat then
crossed a
time zone and Kerry, the younger twin, was born on
February the 28th. Therefore, the younger twin
celebrates her birthday two days before her older
brother.
5. 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.
6. 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.