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A Piece of Cake
Situation
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 woman goes grocery shopping for a party, comes home and puts all her groceries on the dining table. While she isn't looking, her four year old son sees a cake that his mother bought on the table, opens the wrapper and promptly eats some of the cake just when his mother notices what he is doing. Instead of getting angry at her son for eating a cake meant for a party, she panics and rushes him off to a hospital. Fortunately, the doctors inform her that her son will be fine. Why did she panic when there was nothing wrong with the cake, and she meant it to be for her party guests?
Answer
The boy ate a cake of soap.Hide Answer Show Answer
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I thought the boy was diabetic. Why would there be a cake of soap for a party?
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Ha! I thought he had either was alergic OR he was choking and the mother couldn't help.
The guests would need to use soap to wash their hands if it gets dirty while eating.
I thought it was a King Cake for Mardis Gras...whoops Good teaser
oh! That's why there was a wrapper on the cake!
Well, I found it pretty obvious myself, but maybe thats because I have over 30 soaps in my bathroom
I like it, though - will keep an eye out for others ;)
I like it, though - will keep an eye out for others ;)
Ahhh Kids, ya just never know what they will eat!
I never knew it was called a cake of soap, so you totally stumped me.
i thought he was allergic
well... why would the mother rebuke the child?
i said he was choking....what is a cake of soap anyways??
LOL!!! I couldn't believe it!
Great Teaser. Keep it up.
I thought he was allergic too
That's a good one!
thought he was allergic but that would mean he only needs an asthma pump
Bit silly with the soap too
Bit silly with the soap too
To many possibilities, he could have been diabetic, or if the frosting water dairy based, he could have been lactose intolerant, or if the cake was not cooked, he could get botulism from the raw eggs, especially because he was young. I personally did not like this teaser.BAAAAAAD!!!!!!
I meant if the frosting WAS dairy based
what? is it a shower party or something?
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