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Yeah, another one! A perfect late-week distraction from work or family or other so-called “important” things.
In case you’ve forgotten how this works, here’s the standard intro:
Rules:
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The game starts out with one person who picks a theme of some sort and is the only person who is “in”. They then list three things that are part of that theme to get people started. Next, people start listing three things and anybody who is “in” will respond with yes or no to each of them. Once somebody puts down three things that are all “yes”, the people who are “in” will usually decide to declare him in (unless for some reason they are not sure that person has guessed the theme, but normally you just declare them in).
A sample game might go like this:
I post
red
blue
green
to start off the game. So Spooky guesses
orange
poop
dinosaur
to which I respond “Yes, no, no”. At this point, Spooky figures out that the theme is colors and guesses
magenta
cyan
black
To which I say “Yes, yes, yes. You are in.” Then Spooky can start answering yes or no to anybody’s questions. The game goes on until people decide to stop.
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This one’s tricky, so I’m doubling the initial clue. Your starting words are:
Justice
Wolf
Silence
Boxlike
Chants
Truly
Folks, forgive me for turning The International House of Lactose into my own personal soapbox for just a moment. I’ve been hanging around here for a couple of years now, and I believe I’ve got a handle on the kind of person who comes here. You are people who get a lot of enjoyment out of competition, consideration, mental gymnastics, and dick-jokes. Well, I’m here to tell you that three of those four things can be found IN ABUNDANCE in “The Witness,” a new video game I just can’t shut up about.
Guys, you’ve glanced at the BiCuriosities I’ve created. The puzzles and brain teasers and quizlets that I enjoy making. So you know I’m down wit’ da puzz. And I’m telling you without hyperbole: “The Witness” is the best puzzle-based video game I’ve ever played. In fact, it may be the most satisfying, edifying, epiphanic puzzle of ANY kind I’ve ever encountered. If you’ve enjoyed any of my puzzles at any point, I have no doubt in my mind that “The Witness” will make you very, very happy.
I’m not gonna go into detail about what the game is, or what it’s like; you can see any number of online reviews and think-pieces that’ll explain that for me. More than that, though, this truly is a game experience you’re better off entering as unspoilered as possible. But I’m telling you, if you have a gaming PC or a PS4, and you enjoy that sweet exhilaration that occurs when an internal paradigm shift happens and you have that full-body EUREKA moment, you owe it to yourself to drop some cash on this game.
Seriously. No kidding. I can’t even explain how often you get a braingasm while playing. Also the game is gorgeous. Okay. I’ll stop now. Thanks for reading, and thanks to Kelly for letting me post this.
I’ll figure something out with Milkyboy to reward whoever can get this puzzle worked out fastest. Got a solution? Need a hint? Send questions, requests and death threats to me: puzzleminz@gmail.com
I’m ready for online interaction, so I’m going to post the lateral thinking puzzle that I was taught as “the big one.” Not necessarily the best, nor the most satisfying to everyone (although I dug it), but the one that took us solvers on the biggest journey to that point.
I’m sure a few people might’ve heard this before. If enough already know it, tell me so in the comments and I’ll figure out which one to do instead/next. Here we go:
It’s summer. Man A gets onto the subway. A few stops later, Man B gets on as well. Soon the train arrives at a stop, and both Man A and Man B exit. Man A follows Man B until they get to a deserted part of the subway platforms, where Man A overpowers Man B, knocks him unconscious, and cuts his arm off. He leaves, carrying the arm home with him. The next day, he mails the arm to an address in California, where it is received by four other men. They take the arm outside and burn it in a bonfire.
A man is found dead in a field. He is clutching a broken match.
Anyone interested? I’ve got a few hours in front of the computer right now, so I’m happy to do one…Promise it won’t be another all-day affair.
EDIT: Okay, here’s one of the all-time classics (in fact, I bet most of you have already heard it. But just in case…)
A man walks into a bar. He asks the bartender for a drink. The bartender takes out a gun and points it at the man. The man says “thank you” and walks out.
I’ve got a relaxed evening ahead, it seems. So I’ll toss this one out there and wait for interested parties to take up the challenge. This one’s a little more involved.
Every day, a man leaves his house, walks seven blocks to the butcher store, and purchases one pound of fresh steak. He then walks back to his house, goes through the front door, out the back door, to the backyard, where he buries the steak.
Going to need to take a break after this one, but I’ll stick around until the solution is reached.
A man pushes his car up to a hotel. He realizes he has lost everything he had.
(This one may be more common. If you know this puzzle’s answer already, let me know in the comments WITHOUT SPOILING IT. If too many people know the answer, I’ll move on to another one.)
You walk into a cabin in the woods. All around you are dead bodies.
Hey Leche-ists. While Spooky is trying to cook up a one-day strategy game for the website, I thought I’d try and start up a fun little Lateral Thinking Puzzle thread. This’ll be something interested parties can participate in without committing to too much of a time investment, and it’d still be a challenge. An open-ended one too, as we can do as many of these as people have interest in.
In case you haven’t done these before, a Lateral Thinking Puzzle is a little oral riddle game. There’s a puzzle leader who sets things up by laying out an unusual, possibly misleading scenario. The rest of the people must try to figure out what is actually going on by asking ONLY yes-or-no questions. The puzzle leader then answers them, either yes or no, with the option of responding with “irrelevant” if he thinks the answerers are starting to move too far away from the answer. An example of one of these set-ups that you all might be familiar with is that classic “man found hung from the rafters of an empty fifteen-foot high room with nothing but a puddle of water beneath him.”
That’s just an example though. If you’re interested in taking part, look past the jump here and you’ll see the first puzzle. Ask your questions in the comments, and I’ll reply with the answers. Ready? Go! Read the rest of this entry »
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