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(Message started by: K Sengupta on Apr 7^th, 2006, 7:56am)

Title: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
Post by K Sengupta on Apr 7^th, 2006, 7:56am

Mr. A placed the Do Not Disturb sign on the handle and closed the door. He noted the time as 1:00 AM and called the front desk for a wake up call at 11:00 AM. Exhausted Mr. A fell into bed and tried in vain to fall asleep. By 3:00 AM, unable to sleep, Mr. A asked the front desk to page Mr. B, his business associate in the next room, with an urgent message.

Luckily, Mr. A heard the phone ringing in Mr. B’s room, and a few moments later, he mercifully fell asleep. What could the ringing phone in Mr. B’s room have had to do with Mr. A’s ability to fall asleep?

Source: Puzzle Magazine

Title: Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
Post by towr on Apr 8^th, 2006, 6:12am

[hide]Mr B was making noise, which was interupted when he got a call.[/hide]

Title: Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
Post by Noke Lieu on Apr 9^th, 2006, 9:07pm

alternatively, Mr A was checking Mr B was on watch.

Title: Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
Post by william11141 on Jan 6^th, 2007, 8:48pm

Maybe the pager Mr. B had was a soothing melony, because it said he coud hear it. Dunno, wild guess :)

Title: Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
Post by Icarus on Jan 7^th, 2007, 7:49pm

towr's answer was a hint that goes halfway to the solution. There is a reason Mr. A cannot sleep. Calling Mr. B in the middle of the night removed that reason - at least long enough for Mr. A to get to sleep.

Title: Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
Post by Locke64 on Jan 8^th, 2007, 3:57am

[hide]Mr. B was snoring.[/hide]

Title: Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
Post by hiyathere on Jan 8^th, 2007, 4:46am

on 01/08/07 at 03:57:40, Locke64 wrote:

[hide]Mr. B was snoring.[/hide]

I heard this one before. Locke is correct.

Title: Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
Post by K Sengupta on Jan 8^th, 2007, 11:20pm

True.

[hide]According to the puzzle book, Mr. B was snoring loudly. Mr. A could not fall asleep.

The ringing phone woke Mr. B up, enabling Mr. A to finally fall asllep.[/hide]

Title: Re: A Wake Up Call Puzzle
Post by jollytall on Jan 19^th, 2007, 10:41pm

Yes, this is the simplest solution, but I can imagine, he forgot his [hide]telly on[/hide], and that was making noise once the program ended.