Saturday, October 30, 2010

lateral thinking puzzle 1

recently, i rmbed quite a few lateral thinking puzzles that people have shared with me, and i've been getting my roommate to guess at them. some of them are downright challenging and have super long backstories (eg. albatross sandwich one), while some are simply riddles with a play on words/conventional notions. here's an example that's not too difficult.

A boy and his father are injured in a car accident. Both are
taken to a hospital. The father dies at arrival, but the boy lives
and is taken to surgery. A grey-haired, bespectacled surgeon looks at
the boy and says, "I cannot operate on this boy -- he's my son."

try guessing and leave comments if you'd like. i'll reveal the answer the next time i blog xD

2 comments:

Ben said...

Whoa stories with holes, my teacher used to keep us guessing in P4. Was very fun (:

If I remember correctly...

the surgeon is the mother.

Anonymous said...

The age difference between the parents and the boy is quite odd. He must be adopted or the parent's hair must be greying quickly.