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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
James is standing face to face with another man. They're only a few inches away from each other. James reaches out his hand to touch the man, but he can only touch the other man's hand and nothing else. Why?
Answer
James is looking in the mirror, and the other man is his reflection.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Ilike it, wouldn't ever think of that
i didnt get it at first,
but its a great teaser!
but its a great teaser!
The answer it's so obvious that you don't think of it as the real solution. LOL
I liked it!
I liked it!
that's cool.
What through me off was, you said he was standing face to face with ANOTHER MAN when in reality he is face to face with the SAME MAN.!?????
Very easy...but good nonetheless....
It was very easy, but I really liked it! Good job!
Woo hoo I got it! But yeah, very easy.
good one kinda hard i did not get it
Interesting- but if the man tryed to touch him with his foot, he would only be able to touch the foot, but not the hand.
GREAT teaser! I thought that one man was like SUPER tall and the other was like SUPER small..... good answer tho.
True he could touch his reflection's foot with his foot, but 'touching' generally refers to using the hands.
if you put your hand to touch your head wouldn't you be touching the reflections head too
i agree with luvajoke
i thought that there was like a sheet of glass between them and there was a whole in the glass and yeah.
i dant beleive i didnt think of a mirror!
i thought that there was like a sheet of glass between them and there was a whole in the glass and yeah.
i dant beleive i didnt think of a mirror!
sry i meant cant
wait, no i didn't, i really meant to day couldn't
AAUUUUUUUHHHHHHGGGGG, ok, the last comment say supposed to say, "wait, no i didn't, i really meant to say couldn't"
ok, i seriouly hope there arent any mistakes in this one
i dont know why i cant type
ok, i seriouly hope there arent any mistakes in this one
i dont know why i cant type
"Say supposed to say"???????
That was sooooo easy, it actually made ME, of all people, look smart.
He could touch the other "man" with his head, foot, etc.
Then he could only touch the mirror, not the hand?
I thought the other man was behind bars
If it was a mirror then how did he touch the hand. Cool teaser though.
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