Whats your favourite CONUNDRUM ?

Easy 10 · Sep 20, 2013

I like this one.

I work on the 55th floor of a tower block. My colleague works on the same floor as me. When we get in the lift together, we go all the way to the 55th floor. When my colleague gets in the lift alone, he gets out at the 20th floor and walks the rest of the way.

Why ?

Tricky Dicky · Sep 20, 2013

He's too short to reach the button for floor 55. I probably would be - I'm a short-arse.

Shy Talk · Sep 20, 2013

He's a dwarf?

Simster · Sep 20, 2013

He's a dwarf and the highest button he can reach is the button for the 20th floor?

Easy 10 · Sep 20, 2013

Tricky Dicky said:
He's too short to reach the button for floor 55. I probably would be - I'm a short-arse.

Shy Talk said:
He's a dwarf?

Correct.

Come on, its Friday. Lets have some more.

Stat Brother · Sep 20, 2013

Very very old skool.
It no longer seems as difficult as it once was, which is nice.

A young man and his father are involved in a terrible
car accident. Tragically, the father dies soon after.
When the young man arrives at the emergency
ward, the surgeon says:
“I cannot operate on this young man … he is my son!”
How can this be so?
Note: the man who died really was the young man’s father!

Seagull58 · Sep 20, 2013

A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays the night and leaves the next morning, which is Sunday. How?

father_and_son · Sep 20, 2013

"Monty Hall"...

You're a contestant on a game show and through to the final round. There are 3 doors and behind one is a new car and behind the others is nothing. You chose a door and Monty, our host, will open one of the others and show you its empty (he knows where the car is). Then you get a chance to stick with your choice or change to the 3rd door. Should you always stick, always change or does it not matter?

Seagull58 · Sep 20, 2013

Stat Brother said:
Very very old skool.
It no longer seems as difficult as it once was, which is nice.

A young man and his father are involved in a terrible
car accident. Tragically, the father dies soon after.
When the young man arrives at the emergency
ward, the surgeon says:
“I cannot operate on this young man … he is my son!”
How can this be so?
Note: the man who died really was the young man’s father!

The surgeon is his mother

Buzzer · Sep 20, 2013

After you eat an ice cream - do you shit it or piss it out your body?

father_and_son · Sep 20, 2013

Seagull58 said:
A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays the night and leaves the next morning, which is Sunday. How?

Friday is his horse. He and Friday arrived on Saturday!

Stat Brother · Sep 20, 2013

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.

Badger · Sep 20, 2013

Stat Brother said:
I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.

A pencil?

Tricky Dicky · Sep 20, 2013

father_and_son said:
"Monty Hall"...

You're a contestant on a game show and through to the final round. There are 3 doors and behind one is a new car and behind the others is nothing. You chose a door and Monty, our host, will open one of the others and show you its empty (he knows where the car is). Then you get a chance to stick with your choice or change to the 3rd door. Should you always stick, always change or does it not matter?

Always change, mathematically it makes a difference, even though it seems like it shouldn't. Can't remember the exact explanation offhand.

Seagull58 · Sep 20, 2013

father_and_son said:
Friday is his horse. He and Friday arrived on Saturday!

You too have been studying Edward de Bono

Tricky Dicky · Sep 20, 2013

Shy Talk said:
He's a dwarf?

To be pedantic - he may not be a dwarf - you don't know how high the buttons are, and Dwarfism is a very particular condition.

Seagull58 · Sep 20, 2013

Tricky Dicky said:
Always change, mathematically it makes a difference, even though it seems like it shouldn't. Can't remember the exact explanation offhand.

I think its because you've got a 1 in 3 chance of the first door being correct but a 1 in 2 chance of the third door being correct.

hans kraay fan club · Sep 20, 2013

Tricky Dicky said:
To be pedantic - he may not be a dwarf - you don't know how high the buttons are, and Dwarfism is a very particular condition.

This whole situation is outrageous. Does this company, or indeed the building management company have no kind of accessibility policies in place. This is discriminatory, and your colleague should really be talking to your HR department about some kind of resolution.

MattBackHome · Sep 20, 2013

In one to five you’ll see me round
But six I’m never seen.
And seven, when it’s tipping down.
I’m rarely ever clean.

When you look up, I’m in the skies,
Look down I’m not all there.
But if you close your little eyes,
You’ll see I’m everywhere.

WHAT AM I?

Bakero · Sep 20, 2013

Seagull58 said:
A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays the night and leaves the next morning, which is Sunday. How?

That's one I've often used with my students.

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