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One Man Catch?
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 throws a baseball about fifty feet when it turns around and returns to the man. The man catches it easily. How is this possible?
Hint
If you have ever done this, you could say it is uplifting.Answer
The man throws the ball straight up into the air and then catches it when it falls back down.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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I was going to say that he threw it and it bounced of a wall. But baseballs dont bounce very far.
Obvious!
i figured this out after a little while of thinking...
nice one but old
easy-peasy! wonderful i love em like that.
Or he was playing catch with somebody and they threw the ball back.
Easy? that is when you know the answer!!
that was way easy...
nice one
nice one
nice one
nice one
That was a good on! but sorta easy. My first thought was it hit a wall.
or he could have thrown it into a SUPER strong wind
. . .but then it might just knock him over so never mind
. . .but then it might just knock him over so never mind
How can anyone throw a ball 50 feet?
that was a good one... i got it though... it was easy enough 4 me to finally get it... yay!
Or he could be somewhere in space where there's no gravity or friction, and could throw it slowly against a solid object, and it would bounce back just as slowly, and accurately.
Furthmore, he could be in a depressurized, counter-gravitational man-made environment...but that's clutching at straws
Furthmore, he could be in a depressurized, counter-gravitational man-made environment...but that's clutching at straws
After I read the first sentence, I immediately though that he threw it upwards. When you asked, "How is this possible?" I just though, "How is it NOT possible to catch it if it's thrown up in the air?"
Then, I realized that you were trying to confuse us and meant throwing it out.
Silly me. (though it got me the answer )
Then, I realized that you were trying to confuse us and meant throwing it out.
Silly me. (though it got me the answer )
i didnt get it maybe you can explain it to me.
i liked it lol
I actually did the same thing as Unraveled.
Could it be that I'm not the only one who has done too many physics problems?
Could it be that I'm not the only one who has done too many physics problems?
That was so easy. I've heard it a million times. Can't you people think of something a little more original?
i liked it a lot............maybe that's cuz i got it right
Good one
Good one.
The answer was obvious without the hint (which sounded really wierd.)
I thought it hit a wall!
This is pretty easy, but i think you should have had more guidlines, mainly, that it wasn't thrown against anything, that it wasn't caught by anyone, stuff like that. Otherwise there were so many answers! Really easy, but still kinda fun...
That was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo easy.
This is teaser #196... It doesn't HAVE to be original.
I heard this one before.
Pretty stupid. Way too easy.
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