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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 steady stream of people enter John's place of business and remove its treasured belongings. The people do not pay for what they take. John allows them to take as much as they can carry as long as they keep their mouths shut. What are the people taking and which type of business employs John?
Answer
The people are taking books and John works for a library.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Why did they have to keep their mouths shut?
No talking in the library!!
i liked that , it was very well put
Good one. Had me thinking for a while. Got it though. 8^)
This is the cutest teaser I've seen since I've joined Braingle! It's going into my favorites!
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Cant they even breathe?!?!
Good idea but too many misleading statements. Where I come from, libraries are not businesses, they are public utilities. Also, there is a 5 book limit on most public libraries so you can't take as much as you want. These kind of clues make it impossible to solve really.
I never would've gotten that-AND I'm a librarian at high school!
I was thinking a bank. Keep your mouth shut about your bank number so no one else can take it.
I agree with jimbo; libraries aren't businesses. Good teaser though!
I got it! Great job! By the way Jimbo, John could've been working at the Orange County Library in Florida, where they let you take as many books as you want/need.
It could be a garage sale...
I like this one. I didn't get it and then thought 'Oh, of course', which is enjoyable. It's true that a library isn't a business, but in puzzles I think it is allowable to stretch things to avoid making it too easy. The bit about as many as they can carry needs refinement e.g. John often lets them take quite a lot or something.
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