Lynda

Here they are.

Lynda

ANSWERS:

1. The man is very, very short and can only reach halfway up the elevator
buttons. However, if it is raining then he will have his umbrella with him
and can press the higher buttons with it.

2. The surgeon was his mother.

3. It was day time.

4. At the time she went into labor, the mother of the twins was traveling
by boat. The older twin, Terry, was born first early on March 1st. The
boat
then crossed a time zone and Kerry, the younger twin, was born on February
the 28th. Therefore, the younger twin celebrates her birthday two days
before her older brother.

5. A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal of
the manhole. A round manhole cannot be dropped down the manhole. So for
safety and practicality, all manhole covers should be round.

6. The poison in the punch came from the ice cubes. When the man drank the
punch, the ice was fully frozen. Gradually it melted, poisoning the punch.

7. He recognized Adam and Eve as the only people without navels. Because
they were not born of women, they had never had umbilical cords and
therefore they never had navels. This one seems perfectly logical but it
can sometimes spark fierce theological arguments.

8. They were two of a set of triplets (or quadruplets, etc.). This puzzle
stumps many people. They try outlandish solutions involving test-tube
babies or surrogate mothers. Why does the brain search for complex
solutions when there is a much simpler one available?

9. The man had hiccups. The barman recognized this from his speech and
drew the gun in order to give him a shock. It worked and cured the
hiccups-so the man no longer needed the water.