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Insomnia
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Puzzle ID: #3510
Submitted By: magisastar Corrected By: solarsistim321
Submitted By: magisastar Corrected By: solarsistim321
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 businessman is having trouble waking up in the morning. Before bed, he opens the curtains, and then wakes up at due time. Why?
Answer
The man is totally deaf, so an alarm clock cannot wake him. By opening the curtains the sun can wake him in the morning.Hide Answer Show Answer
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so, what has being deaf got to do with not being able to fall to sleep. the question wasn't about being able to wake up, but the answer was. strange very strange indeed. Have you mixed up two different puzzles?. we should be told.
Say WHAT...
Yeah sorry. I should have said that the worry of not being able to wake up was preventing him from falling asleep. It was my first submission, Ill try to lift my game.
What if it's a stormy day? How will he wake up then?
If you couldnt figure out that he has trouble because he cannot wake up then i feel sorry.
He obviously doesn't live in San Francisco.
This not too bad you know. It is better than some of the situation puzzles that give no clue whatsoever. I didn't get it but if you work backwards you see that something to do with the curtains being closed was keeping him awake. Fair enough!
i didn't get that he was deaf, i just assumed that by opening the curtains he was less likely to fall back asleep in the morning (instead of getting up) because the sun would help keep him awake/wake him up.
good job though
good job though
So what does our friend do in the winter when the sun rises so much later? He should get a clock that vibrates to wake him up!
In tersting teaser though!
In tersting teaser though!
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