Lateral thinking puzzles

Coco · July 09, 2016, 09:58:10 PM

So I thought this'd make a decent forum-game. Lateral thinking puzzles involve figuring out a scenario based on the vague/insufficient information that I provide.

To start:

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A bell rings
A man dies
A bell rings

Try to figure out what I'm talking about. I'll answer any yes/no questions related to the topic and let you know if you guess the scenario correctly.

DAS B00T x2 · July 09, 2016, 09:59:49 PM

Oh wait I'm drunk and read everything wrong

SecondClass · July 09, 2016, 10:00:02 PM

omg I love these

check out a podcast called Futility Closet, they do one every show

ok, first question: is the man a prisoner?

Coco · July 09, 2016, 10:07:28 PM

Quote from: SecondClass on July 09, 2016, 10:00:02 PM

omg I love these

check out a podcast called Futility Closet, they do one every show

Oh sweet, I'll have to look into that.

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ok, first question: is the man a prisoner?

Nope.

SecondClass · July 09, 2016, 10:45:51 PM

Is the man's career connected to the existence of the bell?

Tyger · July 09, 2016, 10:55:43 PM

Answer
A man takes his blind friend swimming. The seeing man stands on the shore with a handbell to ring so that the blind man can find his way back to shore if he starts getting too far out. There is a buoy with a bell on it floating out far from shore. The blind man hears the buoy's bell and thinks it's his friend's bell so he follows the sound- further out in the water. The friend on shore sees what is happening and begins shouting and ringing his bell furiously. The blind man becomes exhausted out near the buoy and drowns.

Coco · July 09, 2016, 11:14:16 PM

Quote from: Tyger on July 09, 2016, 10:55:43 PM

Answer
A man takes his blind friend swimming. The seeing man stands on the shore with a handbell to ring so that the blind man can find his way back to shore if he starts getting too far out. There is a buoy with a bell on it floating out far from shore. The blind man hears the buoy's bell and thinks it's his friend's bell so he follows the sound- further out in the water. The friend on shore sees what is happening and begins shouting and ringing his bell furiously. The blind man becomes exhausted out near the buoy and drowns.

Why would you do this to me?

Tyger · July 09, 2016, 11:14:44 PM

Quote from: Coco on July 09, 2016, 11:14:16 PM

Quote from: Tyger on July 09, 2016, 10:55:43 PM
Answer
A man takes his blind friend swimming. The seeing man stands on the shore with a handbell to ring so that the blind man can find his way back to shore if he starts getting too far out. There is a buoy with a bell on it floating out far from shore. The blind man hears the buoy's bell and thinks it's his friend's bell so he follows the sound- further out in the water. The friend on shore sees what is happening and begins shouting and ringing his bell furiously. The blind man becomes exhausted out near the buoy and drowns.

Why would you do this to me?

I guessed

Coomer · July 10, 2016, 12:24:04 AM

Quote from: Tyger on July 09, 2016, 10:55:43 PM

Answer
A man takes his blind friend swimming. The seeing man stands on the shore with a handbell to ring so that the blind man can find his way back to shore if he starts getting too far out. There is a buoy with a bell on it floating out far from shore. The blind man hears the buoy's bell and thinks it's his friend's bell so he follows the sound- further out in the water. The friend on shore sees what is happening and begins shouting and ringing his bell furiously. The blind man becomes exhausted out near the buoy and drowns.

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