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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 man and his wife were in their car. The man saw a sign. Without either of them saying a word, he drew a gun and shot his wife dead. Why?
Hint
The sign was in the car and the car was stationary.He shot her because he learned that his wife had been having an affair.
Answer
The car was stationary. The man's wife was deaf and mute. She used sign language to tell her husband she was having an affair and was leaving him.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Was she 'dumb' in the sense that she had an affair?
I believe he meant "dumb" as in unable to speak. Referring to Deaf people as "deaf and dumb" is something that is generally seen as close-minded and impolite. Most Deaf people can produce vocalizations, but since they can't hear, they haven't learned how to speak. (Actually, many have learned through great effort, but still use sign language when talking to each other.) The teaser should read, "she was deaf," which would be enough to explain why she was using sign language without being derogatory.
I agree with that. I have known handicaped people that couldn't speek right not because they couldn't hear. I also had a friend that was blind but could throw a basketball though the hoop just using his hearing, and the aid of someone standing underneath the basket talking.
braingle please change that phrase to "deaf and mute"
braingle please change that phrase to "deaf and mute"
I'm sure no one mean any offence by this, I thought it was a great teaser!
Cheers
Cheers
I changed it. Great teaser, though!
even with the change....that's pretty messed up.
i totally agree tehlagnored or whatever ur name is and who carrys a gun in the car with there wife.
The hint pretty much tells you the answer...
I guessed that there was an affair involved, but I thought he found a 'sign' of the affair, like a pair of men's underwear lodged between the seats.
If you reaaally want to get politically correct, you could call her 'hearing-impaired' and 'speech-challenged'. (If you ask me, all these PC phrases we use these days aren't very 'brevity-friendly'!)
it wouldn't be "a" sign. It would be a few.
Subtox, the person she was having an affair with wouldn't be stupid enough to leave a pair of underwear lodged between the seat.
talk about clingy
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