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The puzzles and their solutions are on this page. The answer is hidden somewhere in the description of the puzzle itself and can be detected with skilful use of your mouse. Look for it to confirm your own conclusions, not before. If you try to cheat and look for the answer before you even try to figure it out, it will be hard to find. You have been forewarned.
"Lateral Thought" puzzles
There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Every day he takes the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way. Unless it's raining!Why? A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene, but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says, "I can't operate on this boy, he is my son!" How can this be? A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down the middle of a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its lights off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?
One day Kerry celebrated her birthday. Two days later her older twin brother, Terry, celebrated his birthday. How? A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die? A man walks into a bar and asks the barkeep for a glass of water. The barkeep pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says 'Thank you' and walks out.
Thought-provoking puzzles
Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?    
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