12-27-2004, 10:58 PM | #1 |
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I know this is *so* last week, but I was in a bookstore today, and happened across a book of lateral thinking puzzles. One of them caught my eye when it flipped open, largely because it's supposedly based on a true story. Here it is...
A woman walked into a police station. A man was following her with one of his hands in her pocket. She said, "I'd like to report a pickpocket." At this point, the man with his hand in her pocket confessed. Why did he follow her in and confess?
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12-28-2004, 07:30 AM | #2 |
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My guess
. . . . . . . . . . . .He tried to pickpocket his own mother!
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12-28-2004, 01:44 PM | #3 |
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Yeah, I like Variol's explanation. Was the boy like 8 o something and his mom wanted to teach him a lesson?
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12-28-2004, 01:49 PM | #4 |
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Ohhh...I don't know. Let's go for something really off the wall.
My guess is that she had a mousetrap sewn into her pocket.
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12-28-2004, 01:53 PM | #5 |
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Because he never got what was in her pocket by the time he got in there.
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12-28-2004, 05:33 PM | #6 |
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Cerek's close, but not quite there. I'll post an answer tomorrow morning (my time).
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12-28-2004, 05:45 PM | #7 |
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because his hand was stuck?
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12-28-2004, 09:44 PM | #9 |
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The right thoughts... his hand was stuck. But given the speed with which a pickpocket must operate, why didn't he just flee, pulling his hand out?
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12-29-2004, 05:45 AM | #10 |
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Hmmm, uhhh she hand cuffed him???
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