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The Sailor's Bet
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
On a ship, a wimpy, small man makes a bet with the other sailors that he will exit the ship with a beautiful woman on each arm. Sure enough, he won the bet. How did he do it?
Hint
They didn't allow women to sail on ships during the days this took place.Answer
He had a woman tattooed on each arm!Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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