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wu :: forums    riddles    what happened (Moderators: SMQ, towr, ThudnBlunder, Icarus, Eigenray, Grimbal, william wu)    Telephone « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1 2  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Telephone  (Read 828 times) alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Telephone   « on: Sep 18th, 2016, 10:35am » Quote Modify An average man has 20/20 vision. He is in his living room which is sufficiently illuminated by daylight. He aims a hand lamp at a telephone keypad and turns the lamp on. Why? IP Logged dudiobugtron Uberpuzzler     Posts: 735 Re: Telephone   « Reply #1 on: Sep 18th, 2016, 3:54pm » Quote Modify This has happened to me more times than I care to admit.  Although my aim is usually a little off... IP Logged dudiobugtron Uberpuzzler     Posts: 735 Re: Telephone   « Reply #2 on: Sep 19th, 2016, 6:03pm » Quote Modify Because, like me, he dropped it down the back of the couch; or into a similar dark recess. IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: Telephone   « Reply #3 on: Sep 20th, 2016, 12:04am » Quote Modify There is a catch, of course, but he deliberately turned it on. IP Logged dudiobugtron Uberpuzzler     Posts: 735 Re: Telephone   « Reply #4 on: Sep 20th, 2016, 6:54pm » Quote Modify Oh, I was referring to the phone, rather than the torch.  Apologies for the ambiguity! He turned the torch on to see where he had dropped the phone. « Last Edit: Sep 20th, 2016, 6:54pm by dudiobugtron » IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: Telephone   « Reply #5 on: Sep 21st, 2016, 1:06am » Quote Modify No. The phone is sufficiently illuminated by the Sun.     No need to apologize. I am dumb. IP Logged dudiobugtron Uberpuzzler     Posts: 735 Re: Telephone   « Reply #6 on: Sep 21st, 2016, 2:02am » Quote Modify He is a detective and he is using his hand-lamp to find clues. IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: Telephone   « Reply #7 on: Sep 21st, 2016, 3:34am » Quote Modify That's not the reason he is using the lamp. IP Logged dudiobugtron Uberpuzzler     Posts: 735 Re: Telephone   « Reply #8 on: Sep 21st, 2016, 6:44pm » Quote Modify The ink on the keypad has worn off, and so he needs to use the reflection from the lamp light to see the small indentations. IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: Telephone   « Reply #9 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 1:26am » Quote Modify Nope. It's a new phone.     At the moment you're far away from the solution. IP Logged dudiobugtron Uberpuzzler     Posts: 735 Re: Telephone   « Reply #10 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 5:29am » Quote Modify To make his phone think it is even brighter, so it will reduce the backlighting on the screen. « Last Edit: Sep 22nd, 2016, 5:29am by dudiobugtron » IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: Telephone   « Reply #11 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 7:25am » Quote Modify Not the intended answer which is a simple one. It can't be simpler, let me tell you. IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Telephone   « Reply #12 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 10:06am » Quote Modify A UV light to detect traces of organic material? IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: Telephone   « Reply #13 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 10:52am » Quote Modify on Sep 22nd, 2016, 10:06am, Grimbal wrote: A UV light to detect traces of organic material? If this is simple then I am an alien. IP Logged dudiobugtron Uberpuzzler     Posts: 735 Re: Telephone   « Reply #14 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 12:41pm » Quote Modify He is wearing sunglasses. IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: Telephone   « Reply #15 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 1:23pm » Quote Modify Not bad. In my scenario no unmentioned objects have a role. IP Logged dudiobugtron Uberpuzzler     Posts: 735 Re: Telephone   « Reply #16 on: Sep 22nd, 2016, 11:45pm » Quote Modify He is on a video call, and showing off his new hand lamp.   Of course he wouldn't aim it at the phone's camera, that would just be mean! IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: Telephone   « Reply #17 on: Sep 23rd, 2016, 1:29am » Quote Modify Negative. IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: Telephone   « Reply #18 on: Sep 24th, 2016, 10:45am » Quote Modify The clue: Coincidence is involved.   IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Telephone   « Reply #19 on: Sep 27th, 2016, 8:08am » Quote Modify on Sep 18th, 2016, 10:35am, alien2 wrote: He aims a hand lamp at a telephone keypad and turns the lamp on. Why? He likes to arouse lamps sexually? IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: Telephone   « Reply #20 on: Sep 27th, 2016, 12:50pm » Quote Modify Not at all. IP Logged AkashM Newbie     Posts: 9 Re: Telephone   « Reply #21 on: Sep 30th, 2016, 3:42am » Quote Modify Because , He was a member of this forum, he read this question and thought why would anyone do this?   And after some time in an attempt he  tried doing it to find the answer.  This is why he did this.   Or maybe you forced him to do that !!    Maybe he wanted to see if there is any scratch on the phone which he could not see in sunlight « Last Edit: Sep 30th, 2016, 3:47am by AkashM » IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: Telephone   « Reply #22 on: Sep 30th, 2016, 4:37am » Quote Modify Nope.   There is a simple explanation. IP Logged dudiobugtron Uberpuzzler     Posts: 735 Re: Telephone   « Reply #23 on: Sep 30th, 2016, 5:41am » Quote Modify He forgot his swipe password.   on Sep 30th, 2016, 3:42am, AkashM wrote: Because , He was a member of this forum, he read this question and thought why would anyone do this?   And after some time in an attempt he  tried doing it to find the answer.  This is why he did this. Classic IP Logged alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6991 Re: Telephone   « Reply #24 on: Sep 30th, 2016, 7:01am » Quote Modify on Sep 30th, 2016, 5:41am, dudiobugtron wrote: He forgot his swipe password. Nope. He knew exactly what he was doing. Though he is not Sledge Hammer.   « Last Edit: Oct 1st, 2016, 7:14am by alien2 » IP Logged Pages: 1 2  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i => what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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