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More lateral puzzles #106561 November 29th, 2004 at 06:32 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A A father was speaking to his teenage daughter. "You arrived very late, at 3 o'clock in the morning, and you kept me and your mother up waiting anxiously for you. I do not want that to ever happen again." "But, Father," the girl replied, "I will never be able to do that again." What did she mean?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106562 November 29th, 2004 at 07:35 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA I think they must be talking about the day she was born. ??

Re: More lateral puzzles #106563 November 29th, 2004 at 10:11 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A You got it, GG!!! <img border="0" alt="[clappy]" title="" src="graemlins/clappy.gif" />

Re: More lateral puzzles #106564 November 29th, 2004 at 10:32 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Okay, here's another: A man stared through the dirty soot-smeared window on the 26th floor of the office tower. Overcome with depression he slid the window open and jumped through it. It was a sheer drop outside the building to the ground. Miraculously after he landed he was completely unhurt. Since there was nothing to cushion his fall or slow his descent, how could he have survived?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106565 November 29th, 2004 at 03:27 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A There were window washers on a scaffold outside the window...he landed on the scaffold? G-Mom

Re: More lateral puzzles #106566 November 29th, 2004 at 11:04 PM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA Oh, I've heard this one! I think G-mom is close, but no cigar, right Cricket?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106567 November 30th, 2004 at 01:07 AM Joined: Aug 2004 Madison Heights,Va MissJamie Member MissJamie Member Joined: Aug 2004 Madison Heights,Va was he dreaming that he jumped?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106568 November 30th, 2004 at 09:48 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A GeeGee is right, G'Mom, very close but no cigar. Good guess though! You're headed in the right direction - almost.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106569 November 30th, 2004 at 09:49 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Sorry, Miss Jamie, he was awake and knew exactly what he was doing!!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106570 November 30th, 2004 at 02:27 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A He was the window washer,looking IN through the window. He opened it and went in the building? G-Mom

Re: More lateral puzzles #106571 December 1st, 2004 at 04:25 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A You got it right on, G-Mom!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106572 December 1st, 2004 at 06:29 AM Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada Shani Member Shani Member Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada I love it!!!!!! Thats ones truely great

Re: More lateral puzzles #106573 December 1st, 2004 at 09:56 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A A horse jumps over the tower and lands on a man, who disappears. How can such a thing be?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106574 December 1st, 2004 at 10:32 AM Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada Shani Member Shani Member Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada Well given that a horse jumping over a tower isn't that likely to occur I'm gonna guess that the man was either a ghost or he disappeared cause he got plowed into the ground from the horse landing on him and disappeared into the ground

Re: More lateral puzzles #106575 December 1st, 2004 at 10:48 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Good try, Shani, but that's not it.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106576 December 1st, 2004 at 03:53 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas suzydaze Member suzydaze Member Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas it's a chess game right? A knight jumped over a rook and captured a pawn.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106577 December 2nd, 2004 at 06:14 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A You got it, Belinda! And at that time of morning!!!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106578 December 2nd, 2004 at 11:14 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A A policeman follows a burglar into a bar. When he enters the bar he finds a set of identical twins, dressed the same, with the loot between them. After several minutes he arrests one of the twins.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106579 December 3rd, 2004 at 03:19 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A There had to be some kind of difference between them...One of them was wearing jewelry(necklace,earrings or rings)or maybe glasses? G-Mom

Re: More lateral puzzles #106580 December 3rd, 2004 at 04:40 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A G-Mom, you are on the right track...there was a difference between them, but they were dressed identically and both wore glasses.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106581 December 3rd, 2004 at 05:31 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA I was going to say he fingerprinted them, because identical twins still have different fingerprints, but now your glasses remark has thrown me off. Hmmm.....

Re: More lateral puzzles #106582 December 3rd, 2004 at 02:49 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A 1 wore sunglasses and the other 1 wore regular glasses? G-Mom

Re: More lateral puzzles #106583 December 3rd, 2004 at 11:17 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A You're on the right track...but not quite, G-Mom!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106584 December 4th, 2004 at 04:50 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA Was one of them wearing a blind person's glasses, thus making it unlikely he would be the burglar?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106585 December 4th, 2004 at 11:34 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Good guess, Geegee, but...nope. Keep trying though!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106586 December 4th, 2004 at 05:02 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A My 13yo son,Alex,helped me on this one. He just got new glasses and they're tinted. One twin had regular lenses and the other one had tinted lenses(get darker outside)? G-Mom

Re: More lateral puzzles #106587 December 4th, 2004 at 08:43 PM Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada Shani Member Shani Member Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada Were the frames identical?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106588 December 5th, 2004 at 01:06 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A You got it, G-Mom (and Alex)!! <img border="0" alt="[clappy]" title="" src="graemlins/clappy.gif" /> The thief had photosensitive lenses which were still dark, indicating he had just come in from the outdoors.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106589 December 5th, 2004 at 01:21 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A A woman goes into a convenience store to buy a can of Coke. She pays for it with a $20 bill and receives $21.50 in change. No mistake was made.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106590 December 5th, 2004 at 01:44 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Cedar Hill Washington B Bill The Garden Helper Bill The Garden Helper B Joined: Aug 2002 Cedar Hill Washington She's in Canada and pays with a US $20.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106591 December 5th, 2004 at 02:14 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA Bill's answer sounds good to me!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106592 December 5th, 2004 at 06:15 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Bill got it! Our dollar hasn't yet caught up with yours!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106593 December 6th, 2004 at 12:26 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A A woman tells her children to do something, but just one boy obeys. The woman says something to him, and he stomps away, sits down, and sulks.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106594 December 6th, 2004 at 12:43 AM Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada Shani Member Shani Member Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada In anger did she tell them to go jump off a bridge" and then got mad at the one for actually doing it?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106595 December 6th, 2004 at 11:19 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas suzydaze Member suzydaze Member Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas they're playing a game "Simon Says"

Re: More lateral puzzles #106596 December 7th, 2004 at 12:25 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A That's it, Belinda!! <img border="0" alt="[clappy]" title="" src="graemlins/clappy.gif" /> You must have kids!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106597 December 7th, 2004 at 04:23 AM Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas suzydaze Member suzydaze Member Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas actually only 2 but I use to sub at school some and it was a game they liked

Re: More lateral puzzles #106598 December 7th, 2004 at 04:51 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Three switches outside a windowless room are connected to three light bulbs inside the room. How can you determine which switch is connected to which bulb if you may enter the room only once?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106599 December 7th, 2004 at 06:37 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA Okay, I'm thinking of this in a smart-alecky way, BUT, I'd go open the door, stand by the door, look in, and switch the switches one by one. If the switches are out of reach from the doorway, then I'd go in the room, and have someone else switch the left switch, then middle, then right, and see which lights up when.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106600 December 7th, 2004 at 02:47 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas suzydaze Member suzydaze Member Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas I'm gonna skip this one cause I heard it a long time ago

Re: More lateral puzzles #106601 December 8th, 2004 at 08:33 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Hmmm, Geegee, that IS a logical guess, but let's say you are alone and the light switches are situated so that you would have to leave the room to operate them and cannot see the open door from them. (Your answer IS simpler, though! )

Re: More lateral puzzles #106602 December 8th, 2004 at 09:38 PM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA Okay. Flip one switch on, but don't go in the room. Leave it on for like a year, so it burns out. THEN flip a second switch. Go in the room, find out which of the bulbs is burned out, and that's the first switch. The second switch is the bulb that's lit up, and the third is the unlit, unburned out bulb. HA! Is that it?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106603 December 8th, 2004 at 10:39 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas suzydaze Member suzydaze Member Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas OMG, I just sprayed the computer, okay you're getting warmer

Re: More lateral puzzles #106604 December 8th, 2004 at 11:41 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Geegee, you are so CLOSE! Keep thinking the way your are and here's a hint...you don't have to wait for the first bulb to burn out!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106605 December 9th, 2004 at 06:01 AM Joined: Feb 2004 18626 hisgal2 Member hisgal2 Member Joined: Feb 2004 18626 You flip one switch on, then wait for like 2 minutes. Then flip a 2nd switch on and go into the room. Of the two that are lit, you feel wich one is the hotest, that was the first switch, the other one that is on is the 2nd switch and the one that is off is the 3rd switch.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106606 December 9th, 2004 at 06:49 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA Oh, God! THANK YOU, Jenn! I've been thinking about it all afternoon. :rolleyes:

Re: More lateral puzzles #106607 December 9th, 2004 at 07:19 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A That's it, Jenn!! And, Geegee, you would have gotten it - if I'd known it was taking up your whole afternoon, I would have left better clues!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106608 December 9th, 2004 at 09:55 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Adults are holding children, waiting their turn. The children are handed (one at a time, usually) to a man, who holds them while a woman shoots them. If the child is crying, the man tries to stop the crying before the child is shot.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106609 December 9th, 2004 at 03:29 PM Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada Shani Member Shani Member Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada That ones kind of easy given the season, the kids are going to see santa

Re: More lateral puzzles #106610 December 10th, 2004 at 12:43 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Yes, Shani, that's it! <img border="0" alt="[clappy]" title="" src="graemlins/clappy.gif" />

Re: More lateral puzzles #106611 December 10th, 2004 at 03:36 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A What is special about the number 854917632? (I hope others start posting some lateral puzzles that we haven't yet seen because I'm going to run out of them soon! )

Re: More lateral puzzles #106612 December 10th, 2004 at 09:31 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA Yeah,Cricket, I had that same problem. And I can't answer this one, cause I already saw the answer somewhere else. I think this one is hard.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106613 December 10th, 2004 at 10:21 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Yep, Geegee, this IS a hard one! I'll try to think of hints.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106614 December 11th, 2004 at 05:57 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Quote the number 854917632? It has all the numbers from 1-9? No...thats can't be it...it's too easy.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106615 December 11th, 2004 at 07:46 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA That's a start, but there's more to it...

Re: More lateral puzzles #106616 December 11th, 2004 at 08:00 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Geegee is right, you're on the right track, G-Mom! Throw it on the water and see where it will float to! Toss it in the wind and see where it flies! Throw it in the mailbox and see where it is delivered! Okay, okay, I'm out of BAD METAPHORS! You are on the right track - it just needs expanding!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106617 December 11th, 2004 at 08:06 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Quote Throw it on the water and see where it will float to! Toss it in the wind and see where it flies! Throw it in the mailbox and see where it is delivered! G-Mom

Re: More lateral puzzles #106618 December 12th, 2004 at 01:53 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A This puzzle is a tough one; perhaps that's why so few guesses are being ventured. If no one posts further guesses by tomorrow, I'll post the answer along with a new puzzle.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106619 December 12th, 2004 at 02:24 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA Also, I think it's just a real slow day on here, Cricket.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106620 December 12th, 2004 at 04:07 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Northern California, Zone 9b P papito Member papito Member P Joined: Jul 2003 Northern California, Zone 9b I agree with G-Mom, it has numbers 1 to 9. Could it be that the arrangement of the 9 numbers is not numerical but alphabetical?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106621 December 12th, 2004 at 05:03 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Quote 854917632? eight five four nine one seven six three two e,fi,fo,n,o,se,si,th,tw Alphabetical order? G-Mom

Re: More lateral puzzles #106622 December 12th, 2004 at 05:36 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Northern California, Zone 9b P papito Member papito Member P Joined: Jul 2003 Northern California, Zone 9b G-Mom, I really think you got it G-Mom.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106623 December 13th, 2004 at 01:29 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A You got it, G-Mom! Here's another: A man finds a $20 bill but instead of being happy, he sinks into a depression.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106624 December 13th, 2004 at 07:30 AM Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada Shani Member Shani Member Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada He realizes it came from his wallet and that the rest of his money has blown away

Re: More lateral puzzles #106625 December 13th, 2004 at 09:32 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A That would work, Shani. But let's assume the money was not found in any of his current possessions.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106626 December 13th, 2004 at 03:15 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Did the man get robbed and all he has left to his name is the $20? G-Mom

Re: More lateral puzzles #106627 December 14th, 2004 at 01:19 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Northern California, Zone 9b P papito Member papito Member P Joined: Jul 2003 Northern California, Zone 9b The man probably found a $20 bill with my picture on it instead of Jackson. One look at the picture and he went into shock...heh heh heh...the shock caused the depression. The real truth is, I don't have the answer yet.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106628 December 14th, 2004 at 02:20 AM Joined: Feb 2004 18626 hisgal2 Member hisgal2 Member Joined: Feb 2004 18626 He can't get out of the hole he found the $20 in??

Re: More lateral puzzles #106629 December 14th, 2004 at 07:12 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA ROFL.! That's a good one, Jenn! My guess: He finds it in the suit jacket he's wearing which he took out of his closet that morning, but he knows he didn't have 20 bucks in his jacket, so he realizes he must be wearing another man's jacket, and his wife must be having an affair. Okay, that may be a little far-fetched.....

Re: More lateral puzzles #106630 December 14th, 2004 at 11:05 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A ROFL! I love all those answers better than the "real" one! Okay, here's a clue: It has to do with the man's profession and a tracking method.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106631 December 14th, 2004 at 03:14 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas suzydaze Member suzydaze Member Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas because it's A counterfeit $20 bill

Re: More lateral puzzles #106632 December 14th, 2004 at 06:56 PM Joined: Feb 2004 18626 hisgal2 Member hisgal2 Member Joined: Feb 2004 18626 He's part of the mob and that's how they tell a member of the mob that they are going to get "taken care of" next???

Re: More lateral puzzles #106633 December 14th, 2004 at 10:13 PM Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada Shani Member Shani Member Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada hehe i like the mob one, but i want to expand on the counterfeit one that not only is he counterfeiter but in the process of exchanging fake money foe real money he's only got fake money back.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106634 December 15th, 2004 at 04:53 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A He, he, he, these answers are really GREAT! Another clue: The money is real and the denomination is irrelevant. No one is after the man and he is NOT involved with any illegal activity. My earlier clue, especially the part about the tracking method, is RELEVANT. There is a reason he did NOT want to find the money...why?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106635 December 15th, 2004 at 05:44 AM Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada Shani Member Shani Member Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada IS the man a police officer, who has put a tiny tracking device on the bill in hopes of chatching someone else only he filndds the bill which means he's lost the crook?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106636 December 15th, 2004 at 06:21 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Good try, Shani, but nope! There are no criminals or illegal activities involved in the answer and the money itself is a tracking method. The answer lies in what is being tracked. And how?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106637 December 15th, 2004 at 10:29 PM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA I'm stumped. Papito, where are you on this one?! This doesn't have anything to do with Monopoly again, does it?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106638 December 15th, 2004 at 11:24 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A No, Geegee, not Monopoly. This is a tough one, guys, so I'll add one more clue. I won't be around until tonight so if no one has posted the correct answer would you like me to post it along with a new puzzle or try to add more clues until it's solved? Today's clue: The man is a published author.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106639 December 15th, 2004 at 11:24 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Northern California, Zone 9b P papito Member papito Member P Joined: Jul 2003 Northern California, Zone 9b Hey Geegeeburr, papito is scratching his head and pulling his hair... Suppose the man is a collector of valuable coins and paper money. The man probably possessed an old US bill worth millions of dollars if it is the only one in existence. He attends big antique shows in every state hoping that he won't find another bill which could devalue his money. Unfortunately he found one just like his and became extremely depressed because of impending monetary loss. Still scratching his head... now with less hair.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106640 December 16th, 2004 at 09:23 AM Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada Shani Member Shani Member Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada The money is tracking itself eh? Is it a bill that some one has entered into the Wheres George website and written on so that others can track it there and the man who currently has possesion of it finds it disgraceful to write on money? Hey, did he find a bill that has his wifes name and phone number on it?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106641 December 16th, 2004 at 09:25 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Hey, Papito, great answer! I really am enjoying all your answers so much more than the proposed one. To recap: A man who is a published author found $20, resulting in depression. The $ is a method of tracking something. What and how is the author tracking? There is no illegal activity involved, no one chasing the man, and nothing unusual about the $20 bill - it's valid currency and has only face value. The denomination is also irrelevant to the puzzle - it could also have been a $5 or $100 bill. Another clue: The man who found the $20 is the same person who put it where he found it to begin with.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106642 December 16th, 2004 at 09:42 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Shani,

Re: More lateral puzzles #106643 December 16th, 2004 at 09:49 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA Okay. The man is a sociologist (or something in behavioral sciences) who has published a paper or thesis that people are inherently greedy or dishonest. To prove his theory, he planted money in a public place, possibly in a wallet, or with something that could identify him, on the assumption that people would find the money and just take it. Because he found the money exactly where he left it, untouched by anyone, his theory is proven wrong and he is ruined professionally. Oh, Geez, I have no clue! It can't be that!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106644 December 16th, 2004 at 09:50 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA What about wind patterns? Is that what he's tracking?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106645 December 16th, 2004 at 10:07 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Geegee, he isn't tracking windpatterns but your other guess was warmer. He isn't a sociologist - just an author. Quote he planted money Quote on the assumption that people would find the money and just take it. Hmm...the chill is going out of the air! Why would he want someone to take the money he planted?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106646 December 16th, 2004 at 05:15 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A He put the money in a book he had written,when he saw the money still there he knew noone had bought or read his book? Borrowed it from the library or purchased it at a book store? G-Mom

Re: More lateral puzzles #106647 December 16th, 2004 at 10:16 PM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA Oh! That HAS to be it, G-mom! Good job!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106648 December 17th, 2004 at 03:44 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A That's it, G-Mom! <img border="0" alt="[clappy]" title="" src="graemlins/clappy.gif" /> The author placed $20 in a library book (which he wrote) and when he checked it out again some time later, the money was still there, so he assumed the book hadn't been read and became depressed. Good for you for getting it - it was a tough one!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106649 December 17th, 2004 at 07:39 AM Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada Shani Member Shani Member Joined: Jun 2004 Brampton, ON, Canada Thats GRRRREAT!!! I must share this with my friends, one question at a time of course

Re: More lateral puzzles #106650 December 17th, 2004 at 08:59 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Okay, here's a new one: A college class is given 1 hour to complete a final exam. The best students studied for weeks and used the entire hour. The class clown, who didn't study at all, finished in less than a minute, and received the highest grade in the class.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106651 December 17th, 2004 at 02:38 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas suzydaze Member suzydaze Member Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas the class is a philosophy class the teacher is a professor who has repeatedly stressed that theory is empty until instantiated in action. The exam consisted of one question: "What is courage?" Many students write and quote numerous philosophers and works studied in class on their essays. The class clown read the question, and wrote "This" and turned it in to the professor :This" being the "action" he got the highest grade in the class.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106652 December 17th, 2004 at 07:16 PM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA Hot da#@, Sunnydaze, that's good. If that isn't the right answer, then it ought to be!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106653 December 18th, 2004 at 02:56 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Wow, Belinda...that's it! Great job!!!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106654 December 18th, 2004 at 05:48 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A A man comes in a store; the clerk says: Four will cost you $3, Ten will cost you $6, Two-Hundred will cost $9. What is the man buying?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106655 December 18th, 2004 at 06:45 AM Joined: Aug 2004 Madison Heights,Va MissJamie Member MissJamie Member Joined: Aug 2004 Madison Heights,Va is it the price of shipping items from a store?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106656 December 18th, 2004 at 10:09 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Good guess, Miss Jamie, but nope!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106657 December 19th, 2004 at 07:25 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA At first I thought it might be rolls of pennies, with a 1$ surcharge, but the two hundred blew that theory out of the water. Maybe it's stationery? A single sheet is 75 cents, 10 or more, they're 60 cents, or if you need a lot, you can buy a box of a hundred for 4.50 each? Or is it a bookie, giving odds? (Dunno if that makes sense, never been to a bookie.)

Re: More lateral puzzles #106658 December 19th, 2004 at 02:38 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Is he having copies made? G-Mom

Re: More lateral puzzles #106659 December 20th, 2004 at 09:25 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A Good guesses, Geegee and G-Mom, but nope! I'll try to come up with some hints but for now, the only thing I can tell you is the man is buying something you wouldn't usually need very often, unless maybe you're a nomad.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106660 December 20th, 2004 at 03:57 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas suzydaze Member suzydaze Member Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas oh wait!! I've heard this one before....let me think. House numbers!! he's buying house numbers Right?

Re: More lateral puzzles #106661 December 20th, 2004 at 08:05 PM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA Oh, of course! Way to go, sunny!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106662 December 21st, 2004 at 12:17 AM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A That's it, Belinda! Each digit costs $3.

Re: More lateral puzzles #106663 December 21st, 2004 at 03:24 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA geegeeburr Member geegeeburr Member Joined: Sep 2004 Van Nuys, CA Huh. Belinda, I've been misreading your username for 3 months. The whole time, I thought it was sunnydaze. What a dork!

Re: More lateral puzzles #106664 December 21st, 2004 at 03:17 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas suzydaze Member suzydaze Member Joined: Aug 2004 Arkansas I wanted Sunnydaze, but someone at yahoo was already using that one, so I ended up with Suzydaze, makes me sound like an air head and don't ask me why I picked this blonde in the corner for my pic, *L* I guess to me she looks like a suzydaze, but I have brownish-red hair. I stuck with Suzydaze because it matches my yahoo mail address, or rather it is my yahoo mail address. It's kind of grown on me now. I'm starting to like it, might even keep it as my pen name (if and when ) I ever finish my book