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Guess Your Weight
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 boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."
The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agreed, thinking no matter what the carny wrote, he'd just say he weighed more or less.
In the end, the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agreed, thinking no matter what the carny wrote, he'd just say he weighed more or less.
In the end, the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
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That is one of the best I have seen so far! I did not read it probely, thinking he would all of a sudden pull out a scale and prove to the boy, he is right! I have heard some thing like this before, and I never stoped to think they might be the same.
smart!! i liked this one 
excellant, but a bit out of order, taking $50 frm a lil kid!
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bmotts, your comments are getting old. And so's this teaser. But, I like it! Good job!
Haven't heard it, nice! 
Darn those evil carnies!
Haha Even those these elementry scholl *i sadi spell IT* jokes and what not are gettting old, I still like em.
Even those these elementry scholl *i sadi spell IT* jokes and what not are gettting old, I still like em. 
Ok. Seems like every time you take a bet there is some sort of loophole in it.
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