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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 boy was doing his laundry. He took clean clothes out of the drier, and then accidentally dropped them onto his dirty clothes. They all looked exactly alike so he told his mom. She immediately picked out the clean clothes from the dirty ones. How?
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The clean ones were warmer than the dirty ones.Hide Answer Show Answer
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too easy
Easy but clever
Easy. I'm the mom.
what if someone just took off their shirt and put it in with the dirty laundry. it would still be warm.
way too easy
why would the dirty look just like the clean?
My answer stinks. That is, his mum would smell the clean clothes, fresh and scented from the laundry powder while the dirty ones would smell like a camel's armpit!
How is this a situation puzzle?
lol cool
Too easy
I THOUGHT SHE SMELLED THEM
Knew it! Also the warmth of the shirt you just took off would not compare to the dryer warmth. Put something into the dryer and take it out once it's done. It will be really warm!
I'm a mom and I'm telling you, we would SMELL them. Warm or cold, clean laundry smells clean and fresh.
For all we know, the kid didn't take the clothes from the drier immediately. Most kids would wait until they were wrinkly!
For all we know, the kid didn't take the clothes from the drier immediately. Most kids would wait until they were wrinkly!
I have to agree with scallio, though I'm not a mom, my mom does that all the time.
lolz i thought she smelled them 2
Well now there's a new, cleaner way, moms!
If it was a daughter, she probably would have been able to figure that out without asking Mom.
i agree with scallio, she could smell them,
too many possibilities, sry
good teaser though
too many possibilities, sry
good teaser though
If the dirty clothes looked exactly like the clean clothes, they can't have been that dirty, eh?
cool i agree with scallio, hummingbird, do you really think boys are stupid? i mean i am a boy and i wouldnt have asked my mom.
I said that she either smelled them, or the clean laundry was folded.
OK 1, Nightowl, why on earth would the drier instantly fold them?
2. She could have smelled them
3. Why would the clean and dirty ones be exactly the same?
4. How did the boy drop the clothes right on top of the dirty ones?
5. Couldn't she just use mother instincts?
2. She could have smelled them
3. Why would the clean and dirty ones be exactly the same?
4. How did the boy drop the clothes right on top of the dirty ones?
5. Couldn't she just use mother instincts?
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