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Parking Dodge
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
After trying for weeks, Clive Gordon managed to get two tickets for Sunset Boulevard at the Adelphi Theater on the Strand. Traffic was heavy and he arrived at the theater with only minutes to spare. He had neither the time nor the inclination to look for a garage. He parked the car at a meter, which he did not even bother to feed, although it was already on excess. He had no disabled badge and yet he knew he would not get a ticket. How did he manage it?
Hint
It wasn't a weekend, so the parking meter was enforceable.Answer
He removed a parking ticket from another car and stuck it on his. The police wouldn't give out two tickets.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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