Lateral thinking

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Velociryx
and, one more from the "fiendish" category:

The Mongolian Postal Service

-=Vel=-

Strange, this one is easy for me.

Spoiler:

Put the flute diagonally in a 1m x 1m box.

[Velociryx]

You are indeed a lateral thinker, UR!

Any luck on the first one yet?

-=Vel=-

[Dauphin]

Spoiler:

That question appears mis-stated. A box 1*1m is still longer than 1m if you view it diagonal on.

Also the version I heard was that the instrument was 1.7m long. The answer is pretty much the same.

[Sava]

I'm lateral but I don't think...

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Velociryx
I've got a trio of Lateral Thinking puzzle books on my desk....good stuff!

Here's another example, taken from the "Historical" segment of the book:

I have some answers for both of them, without they being logical, so I guess I'm a lateral thinker


EDIT:

And I use much time, to think of strange explanations, to "looks-like-logical-problems/questions"

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Velociryx
I've got a trio of Lateral Thinking puzzle books on my desk....good stuff!

Here's another example, taken from the "Historical" segment of the book:

A remarkable Journey
In 1930, two men drove from New York to Los Angeles in a Ford motor car. The journey of 3,340 miles took 18 days. This wasn't the first, the fastest, or the slowest journey of its kind. They drove on normal roads. The car was not remarkable, and the two men were normal. But because of this journey, these two men hold a world record that endures to this day. What is it?

Most break downs? It was a Ford after all...

The Mongolian Postal Service
The mongolian Postal Service has a strict rule stating that items sent through the post must not be more than 1 metre long. Longer items must be sent by private carriers, and they are notorious for their expense, inefficienty, and high rate of loss of goods.

Boris was desperate to send his valuable and ancient flute safely through the post. Unfortunately, it was 1.4 metres long, and could not be disassembled, as it was one long, hollow piece of ebony. Eventually, he hit on a way to send it through the Mongolian Postal Service. What did Boris do?

-=Vel=-

He did what everyone else does in Asia and bribed an official?

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Strange, this one is easy for me.

Spoiler:

Put the flute diagonally in a 1m x 1m box.

My math might be wrong but wouldn't the diagonal of a 1m^3 box be 1 times the square roote of 3? (1*1^1/3) Wouldn't that be ever so slightly smaller then 1.4m?

[Dauphin]

Square root of 3 is 1.732....
Square root of 2 is 1.414....

[Velociryx]

Hey now, I resemble that remark, having a Ford Ranger and all (and, I might add, no troubles in six years!)

Will post the answer to that one tomorrow though, if nobody gets it before....

-=Vel=-

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Velociryx
A remarkable Journey
In 1930, two men drove from New York to Los Angeles in a Ford motor car. The journey of 3,340 miles took 18 days. This wasn't the first, the fastest, or the slowest journey of its kind. They drove on normal roads. The car was not remarkable, and the two men were normal. But because of this journey, these two men hold a world record that endures to this day. What is it?

Spoiler:

Normal men, tend to forget... they forgot to put fuel in the tank, so one of them was driving, while the other one was pushing

Originally posted by Velociryx
The Mongolian Postal Service
The mongolian Postal Service has a strict rule stating that items sent through the post must not be more than 1 metre long. Longer items must be sent by private carriers, and they are notorious for their expense, inefficienty, and high rate of loss of goods.

Boris was desperate to send his valuable and ancient flute safely through the post. Unfortunately, it was 1.4 metres long, and could not be disassembled, as it was one long, hollow piece of ebony. Eventually, he hit on a way to send it through the Mongolian Postal Service. What did Boris do?

Spoiler:

The rule is: It must not be longer than 1 metre, but no rules was written about the width, so Boris just told the Mongolian Postal Service, that his post was 1.4 metres wide, and thereby he was allowed to send it

[Stefu]

Re the guys driving to Los Angeles: They were athletes going to some kind of a sporting event?

[Richelieu]

Spoiler:

The rule is: It must not be longer than 1 metre, but no rules was written about the width, so Boris just told the Mongolian Postal Service, that his post was 1.4 metres wide, and thereby he was allowed to send it

Boris will love this.

[Dauphin]

Ford car

Spoiler:

They never used a forward gear, drove in reverse all the way

[ColdWizard]

Originally posted by Velociryx
A remarkable Journey
In 1930, two men drove from New York to Los Angeles in a Ford motor car. The journey of 3,340 miles took 18 days. This wasn't the first, the fastest, or the slowest journey of its kind. They drove on normal roads. The car was not remarkable, and the two men were normal. But because of this journey, these two men hold a world record that endures to this day. What is it?

Spoiler:

they drove backwards

[Velociryx]

ADG gets the prize for the most intriguing answer!

Stefu - according to the rules of the game, I'm allowed to answer yes/no questions about it, and the answer to yours would be: No.

Big C, and Cold Wizard: Yep. Correct answer! Good work!

-=Vel=-