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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
Duffus had an incident a while back that left him with a sizable hole in his boat. After repeated attempts to fix it failed, he became quite frustrated and called over Mr. Od-1 for help. "I get the thing patched, but every time I get it on the lake, it starts to leak again. If there was only a way to know if it was fixed without rowing it out on the lake each time," Duffus muttered. "Is that all you want? I thought you wanted me to fix it (but that's another teaser). Go get the garden hose, an ice tea, a lawn chair, and you'll never have to leave shore again to check for leaks," exclaimed Mr Od-1.
How was Mr. Od-1 planning to help Duffus find his leaks?
How was Mr. Od-1 planning to help Duffus find his leaks?
Answer
Mr. Od-1 put the garden hose in the boat and turned the water on. Then he sat on the chair and sipped his ice tea while they waited to see if the water leaked out of the boat.Hide Answer Show Answer
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ummm. What!?!
Ha Ha Ha
You are odd Od-1
OoOoO. Dur know I get it!! sorry.
:-)
:-)
except that won't work because when you fill the boat with water, pressure is pushing out, when it is in the water, the pressure is pushing in.
i'm seriously hoping that this "boat" is just some little rowing boat, and not an expensive yacht (or the like) otherwise i'd hate to think of all the things in the boat they'd be ruining by having water go places it wouldn't normally go
I'm with you, joediggity
I'm with you, joediggity
I thought since OD-1 sounds like the Jedi Obi-Wan i thought he was going to use the force or something.
I too hope the boat is a small one; otherwise if the leak is sealed, how does Duffus intend to get the water back out of the boat?
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