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Shopping Anyone?
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
Joe was an avid surfer. One day he walked past a shop to see a sign in the window that said "WET SUITS HALF PRICE - NOTHING ABOVE $20". Now Joe couldn't resist this kind of a bargain, so he went in and asked the shop assistant about the sign. The assistant pointed him towards a corner of the shop where all the sale items were located. When Joe got there he smiled, shook his head and walked out. Why?
Hint
The problem wasn't in the sizing of the items, nor was it to do with the colour. If Joe had wanted to, he could have worn one of the wet suits, no problem.Answer
The shop was actually having a sale on a bunch of suits which were wet (rather than wetsuits). Joe walked in, saw that the suits were dripping wet and realised his mistake.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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