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Phone Box
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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 man is found dead in a phone box. There is glass everywhere and two broken windows.
How did he die?
How did he die?
Answer
He was a fisherman who phoned home to say he had caught a fish that was "this big" - flung his arms out and cut his wrists on the glass as he broke the 2 windows.Hide Answer Show Answer
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or maybe he was shot to death throuhg the glass?
kool, ive heard it in a joke b4 tho still gd tho
why would he try to say how big it was with his arms if he was using the phone?
Maybe he's a bit dull.
Funny...
I like it!
The guy was obviously either very stupid or very sleepy...
You should probably have a hint somewhere saying that there was a fishing pole by the phone booth...
I have heard this one before, definetely one of my favorites!
You should probably have a hint somewhere saying that there was a fishing pole by the phone booth...
I have heard this one before, definetely one of my favorites!
can we all say "Pwned"
Very clever
Very clever
thats so funny and cute!!! great!! "I caught a fish this big" **phone line silence** "hello, hello, are you there????? ok just bring home the fish ok?
How would he hold the phone if he did that? On his shoulder? Hmmmm...
hate to tell ya, but he'd take half the day to die just from wrist lacerations. you sure he wasn't found alive?
This is so funny! It's going on my favourites. Thanks!
I thought he had been in the phone booth and he shot himself. When he died he fell and broke the window. There is glass all around because isn't a phone booth made of glass. I know- the real answer is much better 8P
I meant
OK that wasn't supposed to come out looking like this . =P. There. happy?
Wow this must have been pretty good if Shadows didn't say it was from Mindtrap
Not sure how to die from that... But he wasn't very smart. Was he in a videochat box?
Nah, that's the Tenth Doctor regenerating into the Eleventh.
I'm not sure there's a telephone box on Earth with glass that flimsy... But I could be wrong...
There are three problems with your answer:
1. Why would you make a gesture while talking on the phone? The person you're talking to can't see it!
2. The fisherman would have to have been holding the receiver in one hand, so he wouldn't be able to make the gesture and talk to the person he's calling at the same time unless he was awkwardly holding it on his neck.
3. How hard would you have to thrust your arms in order to shatter the windows?! Windows don't break as easily as movies depict.
1. Why would you make a gesture while talking on the phone? The person you're talking to can't see it!
2. The fisherman would have to have been holding the receiver in one hand, so he wouldn't be able to make the gesture and talk to the person he's calling at the same time unless he was awkwardly holding it on his neck.
3. How hard would you have to thrust your arms in order to shatter the windows?! Windows don't break as easily as movies depict.
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