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Shopping is Good for You
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
One day, a man spent so long reading the morning paper that he didn't have time to go shopping before his flying lesson. During his flying lesson, he listened to his instructor the whole time, until it was time to land. Then, he completely ignored his instructor and crashed the plane into the ground, killing them both. If he had gone shopping like he had planned, the plane wouldn't have crashed. Why?
Hint
Think of reasons why he would have ignored his instructor. He may not have done it on purpose...Answer
He was going to go shopping for a battery for his hearing aid. He ignored the instructor because he couldn't hear him.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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