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01-23-2004, 12:15 PM
|  | Geeky goof | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Boston, Mass.
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| | "The Man in the Bar": lateral thinking puzzle | |
Another one from Paul Sloane's "Lateral Thinking Puzzles":
A man walked into a bar and asked the barman for a glass of water. They had never met before. The barman pulled a gun from under the counter and pointed it at the man. The man said "Thank you" and walked out. Why should that be so? |
01-23-2004, 12:17 PM
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| | Re: "The Man in the Bar": lateral thinking puzzle | |
(Hee. I know this one: I've heard it before.) |
01-23-2004, 12:22 PM
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| | Re: "The Man in the Bar": lateral thinking puzzle | |
Had the barman seen a picture of the man in a most-wanted poster? |
01-23-2004, 12:22 PM
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Quote: | theeye said
(Hee. I know this one: I've heard it before.) | Me, too.
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01-23-2004, 12:23 PM
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| | Re: "The Man in the Bar": lateral thinking puzzle | |
Was the "Bar" a bar like in a drinking saloon or tavern?
Was the "barman" a bartender? |
01-23-2004, 12:27 PM
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| | Re: "The Man in the Bar": lateral thinking puzzle | |
 Oh yeah, I remember this one!
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01-23-2004, 12:29 PM
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Ya'll are being mean! |
01-23-2004, 01:01 PM
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| | Re: "The Man in the Bar": lateral thinking puzzle | |
Don't feel bad Wormie, I don't know it either.
Was the gun a water pistol? |
01-23-2004, 01:43 PM
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| | Re: "The Man in the Bar": lateral thinking puzzle | |
When is a bar not a bar?
.... oops wrong thread 
Ummm .... because the barman shot an evil person standing behind the man and then gave the man his glass of water?
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01-23-2004, 01:45 PM
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Quote: | theworm said
Ya'll are being mean! | If we told you, we'd be even meaner.
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01-23-2004, 02:26 PM
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Is it because those hand-held beverage dispensers that bartenders use mostly for soft drinks are called guns? |
01-23-2004, 04:07 PM
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Had the barman seen a picture of the man in a most-wanted poster? No.
Was the "Bar" a bar like in a drinking saloon or tavern? Yes.
Was the "barman" a bartender? Yes.
Was the gun a water pistol? No.
Ummm .... because the barman shot an evil person standing behind the man and then gave the man his glass of water? No.
Is it because those hand-held beverage dispensers that bartenders use mostly for soft drinks are called guns? No. |
01-23-2004, 04:37 PM
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Was the bartender pointing the gun to protect the water-wanting man from someone else? |
01-23-2004, 04:45 PM
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Was the bartender pointing the gun to protect the water-wanting man from someone else? No. |
01-23-2004, 04:47 PM
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Did he want a glass of water because he was thirsty?
Does the fact that he asked for WATER make a difference (as opposed to a beer or a whiskey etc.,) |
01-23-2004, 04:48 PM
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The bartender had never met the water-wanting man. Had the bartender's wife/girlfriend met him? |
01-23-2004, 05:04 PM
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Did he want a glass of water because he was thirsty? No.
Does the fact that he asked for WATER make a difference (as opposed to a beer or a whiskey etc.,) Yes.
The bartender had never met the water-wanting man. Had the bartender's wife/girlfriend met him? No. |
01-23-2004, 06:04 PM
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Did he want the water for another purpose besides drinking?
Was there a fire anywhere in the vicinity? |
01-23-2004, 06:11 PM
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Did he want the water for another purpose besides drinking? Yes.
Was there a fire anywhere in the vicinity? No. |
01-23-2004, 06:17 PM
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Was the gun a "pull the trigger bam you're dead" gun? (I mean, was it a "real" gun, in the sense of a pistol or rifle or shotgun-type gun.)
Was the man going to pour the water into something else?
Was the man going to take the water out of the bar?
Had the man ever been in the bar before?
Was Margaret Hamilton anywhere in the vicinity? |
01-25-2004, 01:18 AM
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Was the gun a "pull the trigger bam you're dead" gun? (I mean, was it a "real" gun, in the sense of a pistol or rifle or shotgun-type gun.) Yes.
Was the man going to pour the water into something else? No. I should amend one of my earlier answers ... yes, the man was going to drink the water, but there is a reason behind that.
Was the man going to take the water out of the bar? No.
Had the man ever been in the bar before? Irrelevant.
Was Margaret Hamilton anywhere in the vicinity? Er, no. *scratches head because she's missing the reference* |
01-25-2004, 08:16 AM
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Margaret Hamilton = the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz ("I'm melting! I'm melting!").
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01-25-2004, 03:12 PM
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Did the man have the hiccups and the bartender pointed the gun at him to scare away them away?
If this isn't it, how long will you let this go on? I'm tempted to get the book from the library so that I don't have to wait any longer, or try to borrow it from the local gun-toting bartender. | |
