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Blind Monkey Fingers
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Difficulty: (1.86)
Puzzle ID: #5045
Submitted By: im_para_noid Corrected By: ThinksForFun
Submitted By: im_para_noid Corrected By: ThinksForFun
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You are imprisoned within a small jail cell. Your cellmate is a large monkey that is blind in one eye and does not have all its fingers on one hand. Your captors turn to you and say, "Do you feel more sorry because of the monkey's eye or hand? If you answer correctly, we will set you free."
Answer
Say "EYE". The monkey's hand is normal. Its fingers should be equally spread over two hands, so it's okay that it does not have all its fingers on one hand.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Or you could answer "correctly"
always the ultium matium "The Correct Answer"
I think peppermint twist was saying that the captors said "If you answer CORRECTLY.." Therefore you should just answer by saying "correctly" not "The correct answer"
bar the pessimistic play on words- I think this teaser is the best I've seen so far. FANTASTIC!
I got this one!!
Good job on this teaser! I had to think a while, but I finally got it!
HUH!
What if you answered, "Aye"?
i thought the question was phrased "do you feel more sorry because of the monkeys 'eye or hand'?" rather than, do you feel more sorry for the monkey because of its hand OR because of its eye.... (with the eye and hand as alternatives)
i'm a bit of a meanie so i said "no" (i didn't feel more sorry for it), was hoping the trick was that they were trying to make me feel sorry for the monkey
i'm a bit of a meanie so i said "no" (i didn't feel more sorry for it), was hoping the trick was that they were trying to make me feel sorry for the monkey
i felt bad for the monkey because he was in jail
Why would a huge dissabled mokey be held captive in the same cell as a human? And why would the captor let you go if you answered correctly?
Considering you could see that the monkey had nothing wrong with his hand, the only rational choice would be the hand....
Oops...I mean the eye...
Clever!!!! And i agree with deepsea.
GO MONKEYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO MONKEYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
itd have been easy if ur there to see the monkeys hands
i agree with peppermint twist
I never knew that. I was going to say "Hand."
Actually either could be correct. The guards asked for YOUR opinion so anything would be correct because it is what you think. Great teaser though
Even if the hand wasn't normal, I would still feel more sorry for the eye.
the answer was very confusing
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