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Wind Chimes
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 lady buys a set of wind chimes for $100 and takes it home. After three days, she realizes that it hasn't made a sound! She runs back to the store to complain, but the store owner refuses to replace it.
Why wouldn't the store owner replace her chimes?
Why wouldn't the store owner replace her chimes?
Answer
After asking a few questions, the owner realized that she had placed the chimes inside the house in a spot with no wind.Hide Answer Show Answer
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We've got wind chimes inside in a couple places around the house... you just have to place them strategically (e.g. next to a vent).
That's probably right Deuce but if you read the answer again...
"After asking a few questions, the owner realised that she had placed the chimes inside the house IN A SPOT WITH NO WIND."
Cheers.... D^2
"After asking a few questions, the owner realised that she had placed the chimes inside the house IN A SPOT WITH NO WIND."
Cheers.... D^2
I thought she had not taken them out of the box. But inside the house works well too.
NOONE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THAT SHE COULD HAVE BEEN DEAF thats what occured to me before reading the answer
not enough information
u all talking hot air!
Store owners are not responsible (without warranty) for products abused by the customer. The lady could have broken it.
i like the deaf answer!
i decided she'd either put the chimes inside where there was no wind, or she hadn't taken them out of the box
i decided she'd either put the chimes inside where there was no wind, or she hadn't taken them out of the box
I thought she was deaf as well
i liked it know matter what anybody else said. i couldn't figure it out right away. good teaser.
I thought the lady was deaf....oh well
Yeah! Good point Misty! She could have been deff... but I thought maybe she lived in the desert and there was no wind! Silly me!
She was blond, not deaf.
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