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Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
A doctor was operating on a man who had been at the scene of an explosion. When the man came into the hospital, he was quickly diagnosed with a compound fracture. There was a broken bone in his right leg, but he was otherwise uninjured.
After seeing the x-rays, the doctor told the attending staff that it should be removed because he would be better off without it. Why?
After seeing the x-rays, the doctor told the attending staff that it should be removed because he would be better off without it. Why?
Hint
What does the "it" refer to?Answer
The bone could be removed from his leg because it wasn't his bone. It was the bone of someone else at the explosion. It was flying through the air fast enough to lodge into the man's leg and appear to be his own.(This was on an episode of MASH.)
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easy! thanx'z
Nice one, and I love MASH.
Keep 'em comin'
Keep 'em comin'
wow, my brain must be really off today, nice teaser
If it was in m*a*s*h - then it must be true!!! lol
good teaser though!
good teaser though!
i like M*A*S*H also
nice one okkk
I didn't get the riddle, but i love M*A*S*H!
That was cool.
And congratulations!! Your teaser just got on the radio in New Zealand!
And congratulations!! Your teaser just got on the radio in New Zealand!
I love M*A*S*H too-- I remember that episode
THIS IS A CUTE TEASER BUT I THINK IT IS A LITTLE GRAPHIC. I THREW UP WHEN I HEARD IT.
M*A*S*H* ROCKS.
M*A*S*H* ROCKS.
that was a little hard and easy i am off today
Took me a minute, but I got it! Very fun one!
That was gross I now have that image in my head forever.
I thought I had seen every episode of MASH, but I don't remember this one. Great teaser though.
ditto what blueteez said.
nice but kinda freaky...
I thought the "it" was referring to the fracture itself and the doctor was going to "remove" the fracture by fixing it! Oh well! I guess both ways work!
i liked your teaser.....but i got it wrong
hee hee, gross, but really cool
that is nasty!but really cool.who knew that could happen?
holy cow!
thats a good one.
thats a good one.
I agree with atomsmasher22
Interesting. Wonder if it ever happened in real life.
I thought it was because it was a radioactive explosion, and only his leg was in it, and if the leg stayed there the cancer would spread. Not exactly logical...
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