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(Message started by: turtler7 on Sep 13^th, 2003, 6:23am)

Title: Elevator question.
Post by turtler7 on Sep 13^th, 2003, 6:23am

There is a lady that lives on the 30th floor of a building. Every day after she gets back from work she goes into the elevator. If it is raining she goes straight up to the 30th floor. If it is not raining she goes to the 27th and walks the next 3 stories. She does not need nor want the exersise. She does not stop to talk or say hi to people. There are no windows or open areas to admire the weather. So why does she do this?

Title: Re: Elevator question.
Post by maryl on Sep 13^th, 2003, 8:36am

Unless you have changed the answer, this is a very familiar riddle.

Title: Re: Elevator question.
Post by Icarus on Sep 13^th, 2003, 3:46pm

Yes - there is a version of it already in one of the forums. But this version is better IMO, so I won't link.

I must say, though, that the lady is not very bright.

Title: Re: Elevator question.
Post by wowbagger on Sep 23^rd, 2003, 8:21am

Does this strange habit of this lady have anything to do with her job?
And are the numbers important or would it be the same with 37 and 42 storeys?

on 09/13/03 at 15:46:21, Icarus wrote:

I must say, though, that the lady is not very bright.

Sometimes I wish I was better at putting myself in a not very bright person's position. ::)

Title: Re: Elevator question.
Post by Sir Col on Sep 23^rd, 2003, 9:19am

on 09/23/03 at 08:21:33, wowbagger wrote:

Does this strange habit of this lady have anything to do with her job?
And are the numbers important or would it be the same with 37 and 42 storeys?

No.
Yes, and probably.

Title: Re: Elevator question.
Post by Speaker on Sep 23^rd, 2003, 6:10pm

About relating to the job. I first heard this riddle when I was a kid, and the information given included that the person, a man at the time, worked at the circus. This was in pre-politically correct times when it was thought that people of this stature could only find work in circuses.

Title: Re: Elevator question.
Post by wowbagger on Sep 24^th, 2003, 4:27am

Aha! So the lady is probably a [hide]little shorter than usual (a dwarf, midget, pygmy, runt, whichever non-politically correct term you like best or least)[/hide] and therefore [hide]can't reach the button for the 30th floor, only the one for the 27th[/hide]. If it's raining, however, she [hide]carries an umbrella and uses it to press the higher button[/hide].

Title: Re: Elevator question.
Post by Redingensian on Oct 26^th, 2003, 12:03pm

id agree with wowbagger except that maybe if it was raining, [hide] there might be an elevator operator instead of an umbrella [/hide]

Title: Re: Elevator question.
Post by Icarus on Oct 27^th, 2003, 5:28pm

Why would there be an elevator operator only when it was raining ???

Title: Re: Elevator question.
Post by Sir Col on Oct 27^th, 2003, 5:58pm

Maybe it's to avoid insurance claims: the soggy lift users may electrocute themselves on the buttons?

Title: Re: Elevator question.
Post by Jess_13 on Feb 21^st, 2004, 9:51am

Oh my god i though about this for 10 minuts and now i know!!

::[hide] The lady is a midget and she cant reach the high buttons by herself so she has to walk for the next three floors..when its raining she has an umbrella so she can reach the buttons![/hide]

Title: Re: Elevator question.
Post by Kazn on Aug 2^nd, 2004, 12:53pm

But why doesn't she always carry something so she can push the button everyday? ???

Title: Re: Elevator question.
Post by towr on Aug 3^rd, 2004, 1:21am

because she's sofa king we tall did.. :P