Down They Go!
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.
Two workmen were repairing a roof. Suddenly, they both fell down the chimney and found themselves in the large fireplace.
One man`s face was smeared with soot and one wasn`t. The one with the clean face washed his and the dirty man did not and went back to work. Why?
HintNeither one said a word.
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Answer
When the two men looked at each other, the clean man thought his face was dirty as well. The dirty man, looking at the first`s face, thought his was clean.
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Comments
jimbo   
May 19, 2003
| HA ha! Thats like the guy who takes his girlfriend to the footy game. He figures he wants to go so she does too! Good one. |
kgirlca 
Jan 26, 2004
|  Clever! I wouldn't have thought about that. |
username 
Jul 29, 2004
| Good one. |
stephiesd
Dec 31, 2005
| this is really old. |
PineappleMama
Mar 18, 2006
| Sounds like a day in my life! |
Vigo95
Apr 06, 2006
| very good !!!! i never would have thought of that !!! |
akl21
Jul 30, 2006
| Good one, but I've heard this before in a magazine. |
foraneagle2
Oct 04, 2006
| interesting one, saw it in mindtrap |
grungy49
Nov 27, 2006
| They could have just touched their face and see if any soot is on their hand. Cool teaser, though.  |
Shadows 
Nov 12, 2008
| This is an old teaser, but I love it! Shouldn't it be logic? Actually, never mind, situation works for me. |
zero0darkness
Feb 23, 2009
| i've heard this in the form of twin children playing in the mud...
still a good one though. |
beyonce123
Jun 02, 2010
| haha good one lol |
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