Lateral thinking

Questions:

1. Acting on an anonymous phone call, the police raid a house to arrest a suspected murderer. They don't know what he looks like but they know his name is John and that he is inside the house. The police bust in on a carpenter, a lorry driver, a mechanic and a fireman all playing poker. Without hesitation or communication of any kind, they immediately arrest the fireman. How do they know they've got their man?

2. How could a baby fall out of a twenty-story building onto the ground and live?

3. There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each take one of the eggs. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?

4. A man was driving alone in his car when he spun off the road at high speed. He crashed through a fence and bounced down a steep ravine before the car plunged into a fast flowing river. As the car slowly settled in the river, the man realized that his arm was broken and that he could not release his seat belt and get out of the car. The car sank to the bottom of the river. He was trapped in the car. Rescuers arrived two hours later, yet they found him still in the river, but alive. How come?

5. A man buys rice at $1 a kilo from American growers and sells them at $0.05 a kilo in Africa . As a result of this he becomes a millionaire. How come?

Answers:

1. He was the only man. The others were women

2.The baby fell out of a ground floor window

3. The last person took the basket with the last egg still inside

4. The water in the river only came up to the man's chest

5. The man is a philanthropist who bought great quantities of rice to sell to poor people at prices they could afford. He started out as a billionaire, but lost so much money in his good works that he became a millionaire!

ok, one more:

Q. A man writes nonsensical blogs and several others spend their time reading them. How come?


A. This one you answer yourself....