Lateral Thinking – What will it cost him in wages?

Our intrepid explorer, Sir Edmund Hunkidoray, wishes to cross the desolate Saandhi Desert on foot. It will take six days, but any one man can take enough food and water for four days only. Fortunately, the local village of Igubwanatstan can supply him with men who will act as bearers, but they charge 100 pieces of gold per day for their arduous work. What is the least number of bearers Sir Edmund...

Lateral Thinking – How do you do that?

You have two traditional hourglass-type egg timers, named Ridley and Orson. One takes 7 minutes for the sand to run through, the other takes 11 minutes. You want to boil an ostrich egg for exactly 15 minutes. How can you do it? And how soon after the start of the whole process will the egg be ready? Needless to say, you want to consume the delicious ostrich egg as soon as possible, though not...

Lateral Thinking – Why does the government do this?

The Danish government issues all the staff in one government department free biscuits every morning. The biscuits are not for the staff’s own consumption, but are given away for their own protection. Why does the government do this? Scroll down to see the answer! Answer: The Danish government issues dog biscuits to all its postal delivery people every morning so that they can use them...

Lateral Thinking – Why?

A couple went on holiday for three weeks. They carefully locked their house, and had a neighbour check on the place while they were gone. When they returned, the wife was distressed to learn that because there had been a power failure she had lost all her fine jewelry. She had hidden the jewelry in what she thought was a very safe place. She was not robbed. Her jewelry was lost by accident....

Lateral Thinking – Why?

A woman dived into a swimming pool where other people were safely splashing about. The woman was a good swimmer in perfect health. As soon as she dived in, however, she immediately realized that she should not have done so and shrieked in horror. Why? Scroll down to see the answer! Answer: She realized that she was still wearing the new gold watch which her husband had given her for their...