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Punished For Good Behavior?
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 woman tells her three sons to do something. Only one son obeys. The woman says something to him and he storms away and sulks. What's happening?
Hint
The son isn't upset because he got in trouble. He is simply rather competitive.Answer
The family is playing a game of Simon Says. The one son acted when his mom didn't say "Simon says," and he got angry when his mom told him he's out.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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It was ok. Kind of easy.
well done! i liked it .
Nice one
I thought this was hard. I had no guess for an answer!
I didn't get it correct but still, nice teaser!
Good one, never thought of the answer though!
Feb 05, 2010
Didn't think of simon says. I thought of the fact that the boys were already doing something, hence the other boy's behavior in response to the request was irrelevant and as a result lost or did not get the possible sarcasm/joke behind his mother's words.
E.g. if the boy's are just standing there with no added movements there stance or behavior is still considered 'doing something'.
E.g. if the boy's are just standing there with no added movements there stance or behavior is still considered 'doing something'.
Ohhhh...
hahaha sounds like me!! i always get bummed when i lose...
i found this hard!!! But the answer totally makes sense. I get very upset when I lose this game!
Apr 24, 2011
Nice one I should have gotten it...
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