Riddles and indirect-thinking
Written by Alex Gensker on January 24, 2009
Some riddles are a form of indirect-thinking question. To answer them, you have to move laterally in your mind, away from the expected guesses. This is especially true of funny riddles. What did the others do when the cannibal was late for dinner? They gave him the cold shoulder, of course.
Then there are the riddles that aren’t really jokes, but they make you laugh when you hear the answer. If an airplane crashes on the border of the U.S. and Canada, in which country do they bury the survivors? They don’t bury survivors, of course. Laughter is good for the brain. Okay, I am waiting for the research on that, but it will be proven someday.
Oh, and no political jokes here. By the way, do you know what’s wrong with political jokes? They get elected! Okay, maybe just that one. Here are a few more riddles that will make you smile.
Q: What did the instructor at the school for Kamikaze pilots tell his students? A: Watch this closely. I’m only going to do this once.
Q: Imagine you are in a sinking boat and surrounded by sharks. How do you survive? A: Just quit imagining!
Q: What did the fish say when he ran into a concrete wall? A: “Damn.”
Q: What did the instructor at the school for Kamikaze pilots tell his students? A: Watch this closely. I’m only going to do this once.
Q: Is it legal for a man to marry his widow’s sister in the state of California? A: Probably not, since he’s dead.
Q: Imagine you are in a sinking boat and surrounded by sharks. How do you survive? A: Just quit imagining!
Q: Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth? A: Mount Everest, of course.
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