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Ward 16!
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 is in the blood-testing ward in a hospital. "That's it! I have officially been a patient in each and every ward there is!" he said depressed.
"Oh, that's not true dear!" said his wife softly.
"Tell me one ward I wasn't a patient in!" he said annoyed.
"THE MATERNITY WARD!" his wife cried smugly.
He said he was a patient once. When?
"Oh, that's not true dear!" said his wife softly.
"Tell me one ward I wasn't a patient in!" he said annoyed.
"THE MATERNITY WARD!" his wife cried smugly.
He said he was a patient once. When?
Hint
It's not when accompanying his wife!Answer
When he was born! He would be part of it and therefore be one of the patients!Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Unfortunately, the asking of the question was a clue to the answer, but I still found this an amusing puzzle. Thanks.
Apr 29, 2003
Simple, but still fun.
It was a really cute teaser! It took a couple of minutes to figure it out, but it was pretty easy.
Fun! I feel sorry for the poor guy!
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I got it very quickly.
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