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The Not-So-Miraculous Jump
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 young boy jumped off the top of a 5 storey building and landed unharmed, except for sore feet. How is this possible?
Hint
The top of the building had round bumps on it...Answer
The boy jumped off a Lego building! He landed on some loose Lego bricks, which hurt his feet.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Good teaser. I guessed something along those lines (prototype building) but still it's creative.
I liked this! I thought it was going to be something like "he jumped off the front step" - good twist!
the hint gave it away lol :/
Nice teaser. You had me thinking for a second.
I don't want to sound like THAT guy, but i feel like this should be in trick.
Those are some tough Legos that a boy can climb to the fifth story.
I thought it was going to be like, he jumped off onto a scaffolding just 3 feet from the roof, or something. Then I read the hint, and became thoroughly lost. Good one!
I agree with doctapeppa, wouldn't the building have collapsed? Also, when I build a one-story building, it is like 8 inches high. The building would be two thirds of the boy's height, how did he get up there?
Could have jumped into water. Could have jumped off the top to a ledge on the level below. Could have jumped in place.
I thought this was a misplaced trick brainteaser until i read the hint. Good one!
Or like a construction worker, jumped off wearing a harness. Just hurt his feet 'landing' on the side of the wall as the harness prevents him from going down. Or jumped off onto something like a bundle of shingles being lifted up by a crane.
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