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Category Archives: Lateral Thinking

Lateral Thinking – 5

19-Sep-08

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my Blog’s RSS Feed. Or my Comment’s RSS Feed. Your funny bone is definitely as big as your femur!Here goes a lateral thinking puzzle which will force you to think laterally:
As all women, the one in question also came home after a long day’s […]

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A business proposal for Ouchmytoe readers

23-Nov-07

We all know that every air plane in the air has a few people with cotton in their ear. They do this to avoid the air pressure getting to them. Read more about it here

Now, I have a related question…I have heard that in New York, there are buildings with more than 100 floors. Does […]

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Flirt with controversy but never marry her

26-Sep-07

In the last 32 years I have realized that the way we combine the words make all the difference between diplomacy and terrorism. Simply put, years have taught me to flirt with ‘controversy’ but never marry her.

Instead of asking –
“Do people in your country fart a lot?”
I ask –
“Is your country’s cuisine fart-friendly?”
Instead […]

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Self made PJs

18-Jul-07

These are originals and not lifted from anywhere. When somebody as intelligent as Jammy sits down and comes up with PJs, he is bound to raise some heavy questions. For example –
Do dining chairs actually dine?
(I say heavy questions because of the font size and nothing else)
Here are more –
Why does Gillette’s Mach […]

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Lateral Thinking – 4

23-Jun-07

Lateral thinking is in action when an individual or a group tries to make incremental changes in a mature product. Did that go over your head? It did for me when I read it for the first time. Read it again, if it helps.
A mature product is utility/item/gadget which has all the possible features […]

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Lateral Thinking – 3

17-Apr-07

Definition of Lateral Thinking - Lateral thinking is a term coined by Edward de Bono, a Maltese psychologist, physician and writer. It first appeared in the title of his book The Use of Lateral Thinking, published in 1967. De Bono defines lateral thinking as methods of thinking concerned with changing concepts and perception. Lateral thinking […]

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Lateral Thinking – 2

12-Apr-07

A man waved a cloth and another man died. Why?
Update:
Answer 1: The man waving the cloth was announcing the start of a duel. As soon as the cloth was waved, the fastest of them shot the other man down.
Answers which came out of all the comments the readers left:
Answer 2: The man waving […]

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How to create your own jokes

08-Apr-07

Ever wanted to create your own jokes? The best way to begin is to indulge in the simplest form of humor - ‘deviation from the normal’.
For example: You start telling a joke about an elephant. You say: “There was this he-elephant, and he wanted to get married.”
Your audience is already thinking of a she-elephant […]

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