A Fly in his Coffee
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.
A man found a fly in his coffee and sent his coffee back to the kitchen. When the waiter returned with a new cup of coffee, the man took a sip and immediately knew that the waiter had just removed the fly and given him back the same cup of coffee. How did the man know that he wasn`t served a fresh cup of coffee?
Answer
Before the man had noticed the fly, he had added sugar to his coffee. When the waiter returned with the supposedly new cup of coffee, the man took a sip, noted it was sweet, and knew that the waiter had just removed the fly and served him the original coffee.
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Mogmatt16   
May 09, 2002
| maybe it had gotten cold? |
kgirlca 
Jan 26, 2004
| Maybe it tasted like flies.  |
stephiesd
Dec 21, 2005
| old. |
SPUTNIK2 
Jan 28, 2006
| That was a goodie  |
settra626
Mar 17, 2006
| yeah i thought it was cold, but flies taste good. what is wrong with a little protein? lol jk |
PineappleMama
Mar 17, 2006
| So gross, that's when a waiter gets scalded!  |
jntrcs
Mar 25, 2006
| loved it! i got it right off and i don't drink coffee. |
Crazycriely
Apr 13, 2006
| this is one of my favorite situation teasers. most just seem too far out there. thanks! nice |
elshawno
Jun 02, 2006
| i thought it had gotten cold, too... |
perrygf
Jun 21, 2006
| Nice one! I got the answer, but also thought it could be the coffee had gotten cold. |
hadel2u 
Jul 25, 2007
| Ewwwwww!  |
SamAlNik
Nov 28, 2009
| got it when i read the title and i havent heard of the teaser yet ... |
BookwormAnG
Sep 03, 2011
| What horrible service!
Anyway, fun teaser |
klsowell
Apr 29, 2012
| eew! |
donaldtrumpet
Jun 24, 2012
| He should just leave. Don't even say anything, just leave. |
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