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A Glass of Water
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 man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water. The bartender reaches under the bar and brings out a gun and aims it at the man. The man says thank you and leaves. What happened?
Hint
Why would the man want a glass of water?Answer
The man had the hiccups and wanted a glass of water to help get rid of them. The bartender could hear the hiccups when the man spoke, so he brought the gun out to scare the hiccups away. It worked and the man thanked him and left, no longer needing the glass of water.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Had the man actually been thirsty, the bartender would have pulled out his gun, pointed it at the man, and began to fire that squirt gun into his open mouth.
i've heard it before
Yeah, this is old stuff But i did submit myself old junk too, so ...
That as a good one, one of my personal favorites!
Well I haven't heard it before and I reckon it's one of the best in this category. Once you read the answer it all fits the clues almost uniquely, and yet it is not obvious (unless you've heard it before). Pity most of the other teasers in this category don't follow the pattern of this one. Fantastic!
good one
nice 1
ive hrd this b4
I love this one!
It took me, like, 20 min. to guess it when my sister told it to me on the car ride back from chicago, but then, it took me forever to guess that fish one about Jack and Jill.
It took me, like, 20 min. to guess it when my sister told it to me on the car ride back from chicago, but then, it took me forever to guess that fish one about Jack and Jill.
HA! HA! HA!
that's a good one!
that's a good one!
I liked this one. I never heard it before. Made me laugh
One time my sister had the hiccups and I had My wallet with me and I said to her "Hey sis, I'll give you $5 if you stop hicupping."
sister "Hic...hic...hic...hic........
Great teaser.
sister "Hic...hic...hic...hic........
Great teaser.
it duz seem vaguely familar...
seeing as i get the hiccups about 12 times per week, i feel stupid for not getting this one.
seeing as i get the hiccups about 12 times per week, i feel stupid for not getting this one.
Loved it!!!
I thought maybe he had a water gun
loved it
thanks 4 the great teaser
thanks 4 the great teaser
I think the man was trying to flirt with the barman's wife, so the barman got mad and threatened to kill the man.
THATS A GOOD ONE! :d that was great......keep it up!
I thought he gave him "a shot" of water instead get it? Ha
I got this right away. A great teaser though.
old but good
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!I would have never gotton that one.
i have also heard this many times, i think it should have been labled a group teaser, more of like a 20 questions type one
didnt get it but it was good
i heard something like that before except the bartender took out the soda gun and gave "shot" from the soda gun but yours was cute
copycat, my teacher has a book of these teaser things, and he told us this 1! COPYCAT!!!!!!!
OMG!!!! i LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! going into my favorites!
All these "situation" puzzles are completely random! But I like seeing the answers!
Thats a good one
i liked this one. keep em up!
that was tricky
haha, that was funny. good job!
heard it many, many times
i heard it a lot but it was still fun
HAH!
Great Teaser
i liked it. thought he was on fire, and it was a water gun. would have to be a REALLY good water pistol, but then, he's asking for a glass of water to put it out... long story short, i liked your solution.
Good one!!
I've heard this before.
Nah... I figured this out the moment i read about the gun, My mom asked me this question before...
Obvioous once you have read the answer! It made me laugh!!!!!
hiccups arent sentient
I knew it! Great teaser!
I just thought of that one! STEALER!
I figured he's an alcoholic, had agreed with the bartender for the bartender to scare him away if he can't resist going to the bar.
Had initially asked for water because that gave him an excuse to go to the bar, like the "I'll only use it one more time" kind of excuse addicts make.
Had initially asked for water because that gave him an excuse to go to the bar, like the "I'll only use it one more time" kind of excuse addicts make.
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