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Is the man mad
« on: Nov 27th, 2006, 12:11am » |
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Mr. X has his home on twenty-fourth floor of a building in my city.The person takes the lift down on way when going office,the crux of the situation lies when he returns,its petty late and there is no one to take the lift accept him...still he takes the lift to eight floor and rest steps up the staircases.
why he does so
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #1 on: Nov 27th, 2006, 12:19am » |
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These riddles belong to another category: "What happened?", where you can find the answer to this very small riddle too. Probably even more threads.
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #2 on: Nov 27th, 2006, 12:47am » |
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Reding this one zillionth time.u can find it in any 'lateral
thinking puzzles'. The man's height was short and could reach only 8th floor's button
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #3 on: Nov 27th, 2006, 10:43am » |
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Another version: A basketball player, 2 meters high, enters a lift. He is in topnotch health, but he cannot reach 20th floor's button. Why? 
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #4 on: Nov 27th, 2006, 11:35am » |
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There is no 20th floor!!
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #5 on: Nov 27th, 2006, 5:43pm » |
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That, or the 20th floor's button is the button on the 20th floor..
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #6 on: Nov 27th, 2006, 6:09pm » |
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on Nov 27th, 2006, 12:11am, checker wrote:Mr. X has his home on twenty-fourth floor of a building in my city.The person takes the lift down on way when going office,the crux of the situation lies when he returns,its petty late and there is no one to take the lift accept him...still he takes the lift to eight floor and rest steps up the staircases.
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He's to short to reach any button above the 8th floor one.
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #7 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 12:01am » |
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on Nov 27th, 2006, 6:09pm, flamingdragon wrote:
He's to short to reach any button above the 8th floor one. |
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I take it.... 
I thought it has smething to do with mechanics of Lift 
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #8 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 12:04am » |
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on Nov 27th, 2006, 10:43am, Iceman wrote:| Another version: A basketball player, 2 meters high, enters a lift. He is in topnotch health, but he cannot reach 20th floor's button. Why? |
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What about this.......
he is to tall to bend upto that button.Take it or else u will bring misery to yourself 
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #9 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 2:51am » |
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No winner yet. Probably because I didn't mention one important little detail..
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #10 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 8:04am » |
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on Nov 27th, 2006, 10:43am, Iceman wrote:| Another version: A basketball player, 2 meters high, enters a lift. He is in topnotch health, but he cannot reach 20th floor's button. Why? |
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Again he is to short, because the elavator is still to big for him?
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #11 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 10:46am » |
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I'd say it is the other way around, so no.
About that detail I didn't mention.. it is made out of more details, but of same type. Hope this makes sense to you, because it does not make sense to me.
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #12 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 12:06pm » |
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on Nov 27th, 2006, 11:35am, Sameer wrote:| There is no 20th floor!! |
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Was this right?
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #13 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 1:12pm » |
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Only if you are crazy.
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #14 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 1:17pm » |
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So if I admit i'm crazy, it will be right?
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #15 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 1:33pm » |
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Yes. Crazy people have different perception of reality.
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #16 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 1:54pm » |
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So he can't bend down far enough to reach the buttons?
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #17 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 3:31pm » |
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That..... is not the problem. But yes, he can't bend down, and if you answer why, you pretty much got it.
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #18 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 4:03pm » |
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He is to tall to bend down far enough to reach the 20th floor button in the elevator?
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #19 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 5:44pm » |
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He can't bend down because he was injured in a game and is splinted in some fashion.
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #20 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 7:18pm » |
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The elevator's full.
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #21 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 7:24pm » |
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There is no elevator?
He's to tall to get in the elevator?
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"The fool doth think he is wise, yet the wise man knoweth himself to be a fool"
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #22 on: Dec 1st, 2006, 9:30pm » |
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Well, this might seem to contradict topnotch health, but he could be a wheelchair basketball player.
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #23 on: Dec 2nd, 2006, 4:03am » |
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on Dec 1st, 2006, 9:30pm, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:| Well, this might seem to contradict topnotch health, but he could be a wheelchair basketball player. |
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Then may be you should call him retired or else.....player in lame men Basketball Team.
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Re: Is the man mad
« Reply #24 on: Dec 2nd, 2006, 6:00am » |
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on Dec 1st, 2006, 7:18pm, cchris wrote:
Yep. Don't you love simple answers?
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