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Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
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cute!
Hehehehehehehehe
lol, now THAT is funny
Thanks
hahahahaha
Hahaha! that was a good one. very clever.
That was a somewhat hard, but funny one. Good job!
Hrm, never liked these types of questions. Normally a riddle is undertaken to puzzle out a logical/hidden answer. When the answer is simply not to figure out an answer for the question, it's pointless. Glad some people enjoyed it.
those kinds of teasers make me feel sooo stupid, i need to pay more attention to the least expecting word
Jun 06, 2002
Brilliant and funny. Added it to my favourites.
oh yeah and shryke it obviously tricked you
"Stop imagining" did come to mind - but, I figured that if it were merely an imagination then it would not be truly harmful. So I then thought that I should just get out of the boat that has the sharks in it.
Shryke, it stumped u didnt it? it was a good 1! i liked it!
Cute, but obvious. :-)
nice 1
Imagine your with someone that can't swim as fast. That is a better answer.
Good one, i liked it! I got it wrong, I thought it was imagine you are some where else, so i guessed i touched upon the answer.
funni funni!! and NotSoLilGeorge i like ur answer too!! hee hee!! =¬D
I absolutely love this riddle... It caught me completely by surprise. Excellent teaser.
It was possible that the sharks were all dead (though it would b quite unlikely) so u wouldn't die! Yeah, I'm a little weird.
that's stupid! I like stupid! :-)
Heh, I liked it too... I must admit that I made the assumption that if I was 'imagining' it, that I was also supposed to imagine how I would get out of it. I went down the track of: I was sinking 'in the rowboat' so I should stop slouching down into the rowboat, sit up, and start rowing... ;o) (and wallop said sharks with the oars)
D***! I know that if I would have checked out the category, TRICK, I would have got this one.
Jun 13, 2003
Fun teaser got it right away though
Thanks I like when that happens!
Thanks I like when that happens!
That one is FANTASTIC!
I love it.
I love it.
Very cute! I also said 'club the sharks with the oars!!'
Very clever, I like it!!!!
sorry, i had 2 vote it asy ONLY BCUZ i hav herd sumthing like it b4: imagine urself trapped in a titanium steel box with absolutley NOTHING in it: no doors or windows or anything. how wuld u get out? i wuz gunna submit that, but i figured sum1 wuld hav alredy, & i was rite! gr8 teaser tho!8^)
i ment i had 2 vote it easy. lol!
this is a very clever teaser!!!
I love this one but I'd never think of that!
How is it clever? It's basically an old joke retooled. You people are too easy to please.
clark, fair opinion which you are entitled to, but you may be better heard if you had reviewed a few more teasers and maybe submitted some yourself before pointing the finger at others efforts.
Best teaser ever!!!!!
Lol! tricked me!
This ones my favorite.
I thought it was cute. Made me laugh because the answer was right there and I just overlooked the obvious. Thanks.
That one is in my favorites now! :
it was pretty easy. good one though.
Omg ~This Is The Very Best Teaser I Have Read Thus Far. LoL
My answer was, 'Wake up and get out of bed'! I guess I sort of nearly got it...
Nice 1 !!
I knew it...
But with some reasoning it is right:
Rowboats aren't used in deep waters where sharks r..
LOL LOL
I knew it...
But with some reasoning it is right:
Rowboats aren't used in deep waters where sharks r..
LOL LOL
nice one
hehehehehehehehehe!!! Great one!!!
Very nice
If you were really in a rowboat surrounded by sharks, you could get into the water and swim calmly away from them. Sharks don\'t usually attack humans in the water unless they are flailing around and look like they are dying anyway, and that\'s just to put them out of their misery. We don\'t taste good. Nice try though!
gave me the giggles.
At first I was gonna say it is stupid and that I didn't get it, but just now I understood. Very nice teaser
Feb 25, 2005
hahaha---not funny
Lmao!!! sooo easy though!!!!
That was one of the best I've seen.
Good one. I like it.
lol. that was cute
I hate missing the answer when it stares you in the face!
A very good one though!
A very good one though!
easy one!!
That was so easy it was hard!
(if that makes sence)
(if that makes sence)
I cant believe I missed that. Great one!
It is good to be able to get a correct answer immediately. Thanks
Jun 13, 2005
I finally got one right !!!!! WHEW !!!! LOL
Why are we seeing this one again. It was first posted June 2 and my comment is above... and it's only June 13! Are you that short on teasers?
That was awesome! Those are the kind of teasers I love!Thanx for that one!
One of the worst ones. If I don't stop imagining, what - am I NOT going to survive? No, I'll still survive, even if the sharks devour me in my imagination, I still survive. So the answer is not even correct. Could I not imagaine that a boat comes and saves me, or that the sharks are vegetarians? I can't believe so many people liked this one. This qualifies better as a second grade joke than a "brain teaser"
HEHEHEHEHEHE I should have got it, but I didn't and it made me laugh!!!tee-hee!! It's one of things that just make you smile and you know you don't have to be a total hard-ass all the time(not mentioning any names or anything)!!! Lighten up a little...jeez!!!!
Yeah this really is a funny trick, and I liked it a lot! Great job, keep it up!
ha ha very funny!!
I got easily, but it was fun!!!
Nice one. I though it said:
You're in a boat surrounded by sharks. How do you survive?
You're in a boat surrounded by sharks. How do you survive?
i saw that the cat was :trick so as soon as i saw the word imagine i knew that was the key so when i finished reading it i knew right away... very good and well done
i knew there was a simple trick to this one....but i never realized that it would have to do with "imagining!"
i loved this 1- i even added it to my favorites
OLD, OLD, OLD, REPEAT, REPEAT REPEAT, 2002, O LD NEWS, USE SOMETHING NEW.
THIS WAS FUNNY IN 2002
Docfriday, do you have to be such a pessimist. Maybe you should have a better outlook on life and you will be nicer
Very Clever! I liked it. I added it to my favourites!
that was really funny!! and docfriday, i think you should lighten up...you're probably only uspet because you didnt get it.
I dont see how everyone liked this, it was horrible, really bad.
But, nice Job, making it
But, nice Job, making it
I didn't pick up on the "imagine" clue. When I read the answer, I went "D'oh!", then burst out laughing. That was fun! Thanks for posting the teaser.
that had me stumped but it was very good i think ill add to my favirotes
I have to agree with the naysayers. This was one was illogical and not at all fun. And EVERYONE needs to lighten up. Where does it say that this should only be the "Good comments" section, or "Comments only from people who liked it" section. We're free to put up positive AS WELL AS negative feedback. Am I wrong? Am I wrong?
That's a really good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's kind of stupid and not really a teaser.... but clever nonetheless
What the. Oh, you're messing with my head . Great teaser. Even though I somehow can't stop imagining.
your stupid kim
good one
i've heard something like that b4. it was about a car over the cliff tho. still funny, loved it
easy but still funny
Got it the first time
its very funny
loved it..heard it before...so i got it right
Actually, the answer isn't "Exactly Correct" (leave it to me to find this)
Saying "How WOULD you survive" leads us to believe we have to come up with some scheme to get him out of his little dreaming predicament. When it should say "How do you survive".....
Right?
Tell me I'm right
just do it...
fine....... don't
Because if you were at a near death situation, you couldn't just "stop imagining" (unless you were imagining) (which you are here, so this comment isn't exactly needed) you would say "how would i get out" As in, asking how you would get out, not that you don't "have" to get out, just "how".
Instead of "How DO, as in physically stoping imaginging"
Woah.... i care too much
Saying "How WOULD you survive" leads us to believe we have to come up with some scheme to get him out of his little dreaming predicament. When it should say "How do you survive".....
Right?
Tell me I'm right
just do it...
fine....... don't
Because if you were at a near death situation, you couldn't just "stop imagining" (unless you were imagining) (which you are here, so this comment isn't exactly needed) you would say "how would i get out" As in, asking how you would get out, not that you don't "have" to get out, just "how".
Instead of "How DO, as in physically stoping imaginging"
Woah.... i care too much
wow...nice...i got it right!! i feel so special
I Love it!
I've heard this one before
oops
I'm proud of me. Seems at least quite a few people didn't get it, and I did. Really cute one though. And I do like the "imagine you're with someone who doesn't swim as fast" answer
i can't beleive i fell for that one!! it's the oldest trick in the book!
good 1, though!
good 1, though!
Hilarious really enjoyed it and I was eating so I almost chocked once I read the answer.
awesome, awesome, awesome. didn't get it though.......
All I can say is...LOLLERSKATES!!!!
I can't believe I missed that! I feel so stupid!
Lol. Easy. I heard it before but still liked it.
That's hilarious!
I first read this as: Imurray you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive? I thought, great idea...then I re-read it.
It's a funny teaser, just hits the spot. Thanks.
It's a funny teaser, just hits the spot. Thanks.
My answer was to imagine a rescue ship arrived in the nick of time..hahahahahahaha
CHU1JI2 DAN4SHI4 BU2CUO4(ELEMENTARY BUT NOT BAD).
FulanitoGM true you can put negative comments but there is no point if it is not constructive if you have to put negatvie things on at least make them constructive criticism not it was bad
i was really "lol" ing! but i think its becuase i'm tired! i've got finals tomorrow! wish me luck!
I think I am with Shryke on this one. The whole point of these teasers is to imagine the answer, so it's funny to be told to stop.
Moreover, in what sense does imagining the scenario threaten lack of survival? It seems to me that it doesn't, so I'm not sure the answer actually makes sense.
Looks like some did enjoy it though, so keep up the good work!
Atrac.
Moreover, in what sense does imagining the scenario threaten lack of survival? It seems to me that it doesn't, so I'm not sure the answer actually makes sense.
Looks like some did enjoy it though, so keep up the good work!
Atrac.
lol easy got it first time guess it was a bit funny though...
You got it... temisho...ace 'em.
Good old fashion fun, a teaser we can laugh at or a chance to laugh at ourselves if we miss it.
Good old fashion fun, a teaser we can laugh at or a chance to laugh at ourselves if we miss it.
That's wonderful...I love it!
This one sure ruffled a lot of feathers! I enjoyed it!
lol very good. i also thought about something like killing the sharks!
Just like when I was new here in Braingle, I see by the comments that many people don't understand why there are old comments - wayyyy back to 2002. It is because this teaser was submitted in 2002, it has been to the left in the "Browse Teasers" column, and people have been seeing it there and commenting. It just now became the "Teaser of the Day."
Fun "Trick," by the way!
Fun "Trick," by the way!
Got it!
Very, very funny!!! LOL!
Technically, I agree with above that if you are imagining it then your survival isn't really threatened anyway. But, as a trick or joke, type, teaser its very funny and I will probably tell it at my annual Family Easter Dinner/Bad Joke Telling Celebration. Thanks!
Technically, I agree with above that if you are imagining it then your survival isn't really threatened anyway. But, as a trick or joke, type, teaser its very funny and I will probably tell it at my annual Family Easter Dinner/Bad Joke Telling Celebration. Thanks!
Once again I would put this in the joke category. This is not a teaser, it's a joke and you either know the joke (therefore you know the answer) or you don't.
how very odd, i must say
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! This was such a funny "trick question!" and qualifies as a JOKE! I didn't get it, but then again maybe I wasn't really paying close enough attention to every word in the riddle.
Ok, my son was posed with THIS riddle yesterday, and I don't know what the answer is for sure, but here it is:
A man walks into a bathroom with a loaded gun, and shoots himself right between the eyes, yet walks out of the bathroom unharmed. How did he do that?
Ok, my son was posed with THIS riddle yesterday, and I don't know what the answer is for sure, but here it is:
A man walks into a bathroom with a loaded gun, and shoots himself right between the eyes, yet walks out of the bathroom unharmed. How did he do that?
the answer to the above riddle is "he shot a mirror." this teaser was cute...
I finally got one! Easy, Easy, Easy!
Jun 14, 2006
Quite honestly I thought this was cute...and I think that everyone who has a huge issue with this being here when its "old"...well I'm fairly new to Braingle...and this is the first time I've heard it. And judging by the reactions to many...it was there's as well.
This one made me giggle...Thank you!
This one made me giggle...Thank you!
good job i wish everyone will stop saying OLD OLD because i am OLD and i didn't get it. but my answer was kinda nice too, just imagine a strong handsome guy in a sailboat came and saved me..
this a very good site for people watching. A BIG GOOD JOB to todays teaser.
this a very good site for people watching. A BIG GOOD JOB to todays teaser.
LOVE IT!
It was tricky and fun and awesome!
THANKS!
It was tricky and fun and awesome!
THANKS!
I got it. Easy but cute.
I imagined the boat had a manual bilge pump and I started pumping.....
Cute!
soooo much fun!!!!!! loved it! going into my favorites!!!
this is so cute and hilarious and just totally brightened up my day... thanks!
At the risk of being "booed" by all the people that enjoyed this one, I have to say it barely qualifies as a grade-school joke.
Yes- I did not "get it." I read the riddle assuming that the writer could properly craft a sentence in English. When the answer is a play on the words, rather than an actual solution to the question, the sentence should be properly constructed.
In order for the answer to make sense, the question would have to be written, "How do you survive if you imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks?"
Frankly, I'm surprised that so many people like this one. There are many more that are more challenging and interesting than this one.
Yes- I did not "get it." I read the riddle assuming that the writer could properly craft a sentence in English. When the answer is a play on the words, rather than an actual solution to the question, the sentence should be properly constructed.
In order for the answer to make sense, the question would have to be written, "How do you survive if you imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks?"
Frankly, I'm surprised that so many people like this one. There are many more that are more challenging and interesting than this one.
to the above comment:
to the teaser: hee hee cute!!!!
to the teaser: hee hee cute!!!!
I was thinking you can't survive but that's another funny answer
PSH I WAS SO RIGHT!
good one i liked it
and not just cuz i got it right
but it was good
yea it was
i thought i was just bein silly and would get it wrong
but i didnt
ok ill shut up
good one i liked it
and not just cuz i got it right
but it was good
yea it was
i thought i was just bein silly and would get it wrong
but i didnt
ok ill shut up
that was a really funny teaser. good job.
lol i absolutely adored tht one!!
HAHAHA,VERY tricky Kinda cute, Will try to remember it and stump my friends like you just did to me.
Same thing works when you're having a bad dream - just wake up! Clever!
made me laugh. Good enough for me!
How clever!
HA HA! I loved it, I couldn't get the answer, and then I looked at the answer, I started laughing histerically!
very good one and i love that idea of imagining
P.S. I like the faces
P.S. I like the faces
To Doka13: Your answer to the riddle I posed earlier was exactly the answer I gave my son when he asked me!! I think it's a good answer, but here's another scenario..... it never spoke of what KIND of gun it was.... it could have been a loaded water pistol!!!
I loved it when I read it on this site last year and love it as much this time around. I 'lurked' on the site for several weeks before joining in 7/05. If I see it next year, it will still have me smiling!
Simple and cute.... made ME laugh!! For those who are irritated because you've read it before.... I say just skip over it and move on!! There are plenty more you probably HAVEN'T read!
LOL May be an old joke, but was a real groaner for me when I had to look up the answer. Loved it - great job.
very odd, i would say!
It was pretty good!!!
It was pretty good!!!
GREAT ONE!!! luved it
cool... my 1st response was 2 hav m wake up, but then i red it agen n it sed "imagine...", so i got it... whoop whoop...
nys job...
nys job...
I, like many, read too much into it and tried to figure out a "logical" answer for a "hypothetical situation." Regardless, the answer made me smile!
I thought this one was cute and good for a laugh. Also, why are people bothering to comment on things that other people said over a year ago?
i thought u had to turn over the boat and paddle back but ur answer was hilarious. so going in the favs
very Very VERY funny!
actually, you tell the sharks you are a lawyer and receive professional courtesy.
beautiful loved it funniest one i seen so far!!! i cant stop laughing!!!
I saw this one before and guessed the ans right away. it's so funny!
Oh... my... god... that was so stupid! That's the easiest. Right when I saw it, I'm like, "The answer is to stop imagining, duh!" But I thought maybe it'd have a different answer since in my case it always has to be the other answer I thought of, but I stuck with the "Stop Imagining!" and I got it right... Nice one, lol.
That was good........I never would've thought of that!!!
Kinda dumb, but o.k.
THATS THE FUNNIEST THING IV EVER HEARD!!! THATS MY FAVEORITE TEASER EVER!! REALLY, IM NOT KIDDING!!
Good one! I had to read it like 4 times before I got it. It was fun!
That was the funniest 1 yet!!! Loooovvveedddd it!!! I didn' t get @ first because I kept thinking more realistically. Fantabulous!!!
Not to gloat, that is what I did, I stopped using my imagination
That was incredibly easy.
I heard this one from a joke bk. so it was easy.
Clever! Love It!
nice one dude.....
Personally, I agree with docfriday (June 13, 2005) and bigSWAFF _69
(August 19, 2005).
Technically, this teaser should be rewritten as: Imagine you are in a sinking boat surrounded by sharks. How can you avoid dying in your imagination?
Because the original teaser implies that you are going to die in real life, I can imagine that many people were actually misleaded by the wording of the whole teaser.
(August 19, 2005).
Technically, this teaser should be rewritten as: Imagine you are in a sinking boat surrounded by sharks. How can you avoid dying in your imagination?
Because the original teaser implies that you are going to die in real life, I can imagine that many people were actually misleaded by the wording of the whole teaser.
Now I suppose that a lot of people will now come and tell me off because i'm just jealous that i could not figure out the answer. But after reading all the comments made on this teaser, I have noticed that no one has actually pointed out any mistakes in the two comments mentioned above.
I think that quite a few people will also not be bothered to ead the comments in the middle. So I am just implying that the teaser is a little misleading.
I think that quite a few people will also not be bothered to ead the comments in the middle. So I am just implying that the teaser is a little misleading.
I read all comments
yongrenjie:IT IS A TRICK!!!!!
You're right on target, naturelover! Yongrenjie said "I am just implying that the teaser is a little misleading". umm.... isn't that the DEFINITION of a TRICK?!!
Also, I just noticed the following comment by nu rob roy, that I had missed the first time around: He said, "I first read this as: Imurray you are in a sinking rowboat". Good one roy!!
And last but not least, I see that IMURRAY actually LIKED this teaser!!!! Reminds me of that cereal commercial with the little kid, Mikey.... "He likes it!!"
Also, I just noticed the following comment by nu rob roy, that I had missed the first time around: He said, "I first read this as: Imurray you are in a sinking rowboat". Good one roy!!
And last but not least, I see that IMURRAY actually LIKED this teaser!!!! Reminds me of that cereal commercial with the little kid, Mikey.... "He likes it!!"
omg...
i hate u ... in a good way.
probaly the #1 teaser in the site (for trick)
i hate u ... in a good way.
probaly the #1 teaser in the site (for trick)
I LOVED IT!!
Nice teaser, I think that was way fun.
-Coltonr1-
-Coltonr1-
For all of you that posted negative comments because you thought this teaser was too "misleading":
The whole POINT of a trick teaser is to be misleading, they're supposed to TRICK you (I'm guessing that's why it's called the TRICK category) and rewording the question to make it easier to understand would ruin the teaser You people are just upset because it stumped you (it stumped me also)
Anyways, great teaser, I added it to my faves
The whole POINT of a trick teaser is to be misleading, they're supposed to TRICK you (I'm guessing that's why it's called the TRICK category) and rewording the question to make it easier to understand would ruin the teaser You people are just upset because it stumped you (it stumped me also)
Anyways, great teaser, I added it to my faves
i was gonna make a teaser like that but the titile isjust pretend! it goes like this:pretend your in a house with all your fears and there is no door no window no escape but their is one way out what is it?
answer:stop pretending
not fair!!!now it got rejected thanks alot
answer:stop pretending
not fair!!!now it got rejected thanks alot
i thought the answer was: 'you don't'!
LOL i LUV it!
teehee
...I think I'm the only person here that doesn't understand this. I don't see how imagining or not imagining makes a difference on my survival.
...I think I'm the only person here that doesn't understand this. I don't see how imagining or not imagining makes a difference on my survival.
The mind is a powerful thing.
The mind is a powerful thing.
Is this a TEASER page,or it a JOKE page?
What the heck. It is a TRICK. It isn't ment to be logical, it is ment to be misleading. That is why it is a trick
And good teaser by the way
'Offiicial answer" pretty dumb. But auntiesis, you rock! Persnallly, I wpuld have told the sharks I was a lawyer. They would have then lined up on the surface of the ocean and allowed me to step on their backs to walk to shore. Professional courtesy!
Excellent! Super easy but at the same time, clever enough to be GOOD!
NICE!!!
Quite imaginative! Nice one.
I don't care what catagory it is in; except saying that it was a "trick," gave me the answer!
That was a good one!
I see there are 193 comments dating back to 2002.
That proves it's a good one.
Easy or not, it's cute and funny.
Thanks!!
I see there are 193 comments dating back to 2002.
That proves it's a good one.
Easy or not, it's cute and funny.
Thanks!!
And, Auntie Sis, as someone said,
"You ROCK!"
"You ROCK!"
Okay okay you got me. Well done cool teaser
i read this one on the back of a cereal box
Well, if you were only imagining it, you wouldn't die anyway.
@Gmoney-Gdog: I've also heard that teaser. Anyway, just thought I'd point out that titanium and steel are different things, so one would have to have one, the other, or a titanium AND steel box but not a titanium steel box.
also if the box truly had nothing in it then you would not be in it ;)
That was fun.
It is amazing to me that so many people did not get it. It was so simple and easy. Folks ...it said "Imagine" That should have clued you in. Duh!!!
Gee Babe, not everybodys as smart as you.
two days in a row we get silly riddles (yes Iknew the answer) instead of a real brain teaser.
Any answer would work for this anyway. Like: Imagine I survive - do nothing because I would survive anyway since its just imagination. Imagine the sharks have no teeth, etc. .
Any answer would work for this anyway. Like: Imagine I survive - do nothing because I would survive anyway since its just imagination. Imagine the sharks have no teeth, etc. .
Am I the only one who thought this was stupid?
Thumbs down.
Thumbs down.
If I may be so bold, it was rather silly...
Also, there are a couple of problems:
1) The conditional mood in the interrogative implies that the interrogative is inquiring about what the reader should do in the situation that he or she is told to imagine in the first sentence.
2) Even if you use the future simple in the interrogative, the answer should be 'do nothing' as imagining itself does not prevent the reader from surviving.
Also, there are a couple of problems:
1) The conditional mood in the interrogative implies that the interrogative is inquiring about what the reader should do in the situation that he or she is told to imagine in the first sentence.
2) Even if you use the future simple in the interrogative, the answer should be 'do nothing' as imagining itself does not prevent the reader from surviving.
Stupid! I could then imagine any scenarios to escape; another boat comes along side me; a helicopter swoops down on me, etc... this is just plain dumb
silly, but simple and fun!!
for not getting the clue.....then I
IMAGINE some new teasers
NICE way to say it, Cutebug!
My guess is that those who found this little toy of a puzzle "stupid" were those who failed to solve it, and who then projected their own shortcomings onto the puzzle. Tough darts, y'all.
I agree w/ the comments that said it was pointless and not really a 'teaser', BUT.... I will use it on my kids.
Except you don't die if you continue to imagine it.
Brilliant fun Teaser, thanks!
Although, survival does not necessarily depend on whether you continue imagining?
Although, survival does not necessarily depend on whether you continue imagining?
Solid meh-blecch for me for all the reasons people have stated above.
Given the trick category I considered:
1) "Row to shore, because the sinking rowboat is sinking very slowly".
2) "Jump out of the boat, because if you are in a rowboat surrounded by sharks, you would prefer to be in the lake leaving the sharks in the boat".
I'm not a fan of the Wargames solution: "The only winning move is not to play."
Given the trick category I considered:
1) "Row to shore, because the sinking rowboat is sinking very slowly".
2) "Jump out of the boat, because if you are in a rowboat surrounded by sharks, you would prefer to be in the lake leaving the sharks in the boat".
I'm not a fan of the Wargames solution: "The only winning move is not to play."
To fix the teaser somewhat, I would change "how would you survive" to "how do you survive"? The "would" seems to accept the situation imagined, the "do" puts you back in the present.
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser; I got it very quickly.
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