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The Truth-Telling Ball
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A superstitious woman bought a truth-telling ball. It said that something devastating would happen to the woman the next day. From the moment she woke up to the minute she went to sleep, nothing drastic happened. The next day, the woman was still worried about what would happen. Why?
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The woman believed what the ball said word by word, and always thought that that devastating event would happen THE NEXT DAY.Hide Answer Show Answer
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good teaser keep it up
Then why would she be worried? Taken literally the next day would never come.
2 easy
wierd.
....i meant da woman in the puzzle not the actual puzzle!
excellant, keep it up
I thought that she went to sleep and woke up on the day she bought the ball so that the NEXT day was the day referred to by the ball.
IT WAS OK. didnt really get it
It's a good teaser, but I didn't understand it until I read the comments.
I thought you meant why didn't the devastating event happen to her, not why was she worried.
So the woman was stupid...just like the riddle..I get it now
That was dumb.... she would have been worried ANYWAYS!
It may have been posted almost exactly 5 years ago, but I still agree with 'jimbos' comment.
I thought that she just took a nap or something......
I see how someone wouldn't get this, but I got it the second I read it. The day she goes to sleep is the day that she was deciding to buy the ball. She didn't worry until the next day.
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(right?)
I don't get it
I like the idea, but don't quite understand it...could you explain?
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