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lateral thinking

Postby wendy » 28 Jun 2015, 14:33

This puzzle is called Lateral Thinking.
Scroll down slowly and be honest with yourself.


man
1. ------------
board








Ans. = man overboard



Okay, let's see if you've got the hang of it.




stand
2. ------------
i











Ans. = I understand



OK .



Got the drift ?





Let's try a few now and see how you fare ?








3. /r/e/a/d/i/n/g/
















Ans. = reading between the lines






4.
r
road
a
d














Ans. = cross road



Not having a good day now, are you ?

Redeem yourself.






5. cycle
cycle
cycle















Ans. = tricycle



Not easy to figure out ha!






0
6. ------------
M.D.
Ph.D.














Ans. = two degrees below zero




C'mon give it a little thought ! !





7. knee
light















Ans. = neon light



( knee - on - light )




U can prove u r smart by getting this one.





ground
8. ---------------
feet feet feet feet feet feet














Ans. = six feet underground





Oh no, not again ! !






9. ecnalg













Ans. = backward glance



Not even close ! !



10. death ...... life















Ans. = life after death


Okay last chance ...................
11. THINK













Ans. = think big ! !






And the last one is real fundoo - - -






12.
abababababababababababababababababababab...













Ans. = long time no 'C'



Don't know about you, but, gladly, I'm not quite brain dead, just brain drained. Hope you had a little fun anyway. .
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Re: lateral thinking

Postby annie » 28 Jun 2015, 15:04

Oh dear, didn't get many of those
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Re: lateral thinking

Postby Rosalind » 28 Jun 2015, 17:38

Did not get any ++!
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Re: lateral thinking

Postby JaneJ » 29 Jun 2015, 07:06

I got 5!
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