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Nails
Fun: (2.16)
Difficulty: (0.55)
Puzzle ID: #32409
Submitted By: dolphingurl12 Corrected By: MarcM1098
Submitted By: dolphingurl12 Corrected By: MarcM1098
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 woman was building a birdhouse. She had exactly the right amount of nails to complete the project - no extras. While she was hammering, she broke a nail! But she was still able to finish the birdhouse. How?
Hint
No other materials can be used to put the house together. She didn't get any more nails.Answer
She broke a fingernail!Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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This was a good teaser, but personally, I thought that this one was a little too EZ.
Yay! First one!!LOL
Yay! First one!!LOL
Cute, but easy Perhaps if you had said, "A carpenter was building a birdhouse"? Knowing that the builder is a woman makes the solution much more apparent - everyone knows how obsessive women are about their fingernails!
P.S. What you really wanted to say was that she had the exact NUMBER of nails, not "amount." When you're counting things, it's "number ," when you're weighing or measuring them, it's "amount."
P.S. What you really wanted to say was that she had the exact NUMBER of nails, not "amount." When you're counting things, it's "number ," when you're weighing or measuring them, it's "amount."
This one is more fun, then tough. But, a good one, none the less. Even some men are quite conscious of their nails, including my dear father...lol Just keep those bandages handy.
Way too easy smeezy... fun though.
Easy, but i like it. As soon as you said "she broke a nail" I assumed she had broke a finger nail anyway lol.
Right...
I have another one like that coming up...
IF I GET 250 POINTS!
I have another one like that coming up...
IF I GET 250 POINTS!
niz very ez not saying its a bad thing
well make more funny 1s!!!!
well make more funny 1s!!!!
I liked it , though it was rather easy...
THAT WAZ EASY AND I LIKES IT SO YAY!!!!!!!!!(I LIKE 2 TYPE IN ALL UPPERCASE!!!!!)
simple and easy! I like it!
He said nail , not fingernail .
Thats funny.
while i agree that it is any easy teaser, it is a great teaching device for children to learn about homophones
I was asking my brother about this one, and he said:
"I think that she was using one nail for the birdie to stand on, so she really didn't need it."
When I told him the real answer, here's his response:
"That makes no sense, why did she break a fingernail? Why not a normal nail?!? "
He's an absolute idiot.
But, I did have to think about it a little
"I think that she was using one nail for the birdie to stand on, so she really didn't need it."
When I told him the real answer, here's his response:
"That makes no sense, why did she break a fingernail? Why not a normal nail?!? "
He's an absolute idiot.
But, I did have to think about it a little
i got that in 2 seconds because i am female
shouldn't this be under trick?????????????????????????????
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