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I'm the best jumper in the school. I can jump the highest and the longest. My teacher laid a pencil on the ground and told me to jump over it. I tried and I tried but I just couldn't. Why?
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The pencil was under a door.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Easy!
i don't get it....
Ok.......
Hard to figure out... you might want to add a hint to it. Good try.
Why would he try to jump over it? I would think the kid would figure out that it wasn't possible!
I reckon its easy!
lol. that's good!
This one had me laughing. I'm going to a wedding this weekend...think I'll try this one out on some of the guests!
Why can't you open the door ???
I thought it was next to a wall. If it was under a door, you could open the door and jump over it.
I thought it was next to a wall. If it was under a door, you could open the door and jump over it.
am i stupid? how am i supossed to know the teacher put it under a door?
This person is also not the brightest in world either. They tried and tried to jump over the pencil.
(jump) (hit door) ''bonk''
(jump) (hit door) ''bonk''
etc...
(jump) (hit door) ''bonk''
(jump) (hit door) ''bonk''
etc...
This got me. BUT there could be a few other possible answers to this. e.g. like it being against the wall as some people have said.
I loved this teaser and so did my friend, it is now in my favorites
keep them coming
i thought this was really dumb
sry
sry
I thought this was a bit dumb too, couldn't the guy just open the door. Also, isn't it possible that the teacher put the pencil far away from him, he wouldn't be able to jump over it because he couldn't jump that far.
if u lay down a pencil then you can step over it. and why doesnt he open the door and do it
haha very funny this one made me laugh for real
i thought it was either a huge pencil or a tiny organism.
Its cool! Its not dumb! I loved it! Its in my favourites.
Thats a easy one, but its fun
hard but easy
tricky!!!
I thought it was put next to the wall...
you could open the door
you could open the door
I was close! I guessed that it was next to a wall.
i think it was kinda dumb, cause there really are alot of other reasons too, cause the teacher could have been standing over it too.
i thought that you meant the word "it" and i thought you couldn't jump over a word but i was wrong
...if u open the door, the pencil is no longer under the door...duh
why would the teacher put the pencil under the door in the first place and then ask you to jump over it knowing the door what physically in your way? Makes no sense to me...sorry.
This is simple. You move the pencil away from the door or the wall or whatever it's next to, then you jump over it.
The teacher stood on the pencil.
That's an even better answer.
At least I think.
That's an even better answer.
At least I think.
I first thought the teacher stood on the pencil. Then, the thought that the pencil may be next to a wall came to mind. Seems our submitter left room for more than one answer...
It was different, but it was a lot of fun to solve.
Drummergirl nowhere in the teaser does it say that you cannot open the door or that it is indeed under one. The first mention is in the answer. So DUH to you
What if the door was open already!
there are thousands of possible answers for this.
ya got me.....
He could have opened the door!!
I thought that his leg was broken. cute teaser though!
LOL! That was a funny one. Great job.
lol funny
For all of you who don't get it, this is a 'trick' teaser, so it was meant for it to be tricky. Maybe the teacher saw a student who wasn't that bright, but was bragging about his jumping ability and decided that she wanted to trick him. maybe she said, "jump over this pencil without opening the door".
open the door o_O
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