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Situation
Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
A cleaning woman asked the man she worked for if she could take home his empty bottles. When she got home, she threw them out. Why did she do this?
Hint
The bottles remained unbroken, unchanged, and unused throughout.They were worthless when empty, but had been expensive when full.
Answer
She took home the man's empty champagne bottles after a party. She then left them out with her garbage for collection in order to impress her neighbors.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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