Lateral Thinking : Really a nice one ...

From: Amit
Date: Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:08 AM
Subject: Lateral Thinking : Really a nice one ...
To:

Many years ago in a small Indian village, A farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The Moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful Daughter. So he proposed a bargain.  He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his Daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the Proposal. So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter. He told them that he would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag. 1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven. 2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be forgiven. 3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into Jail. They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field. As They talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he Picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two Black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick A pebble from the bag. Now, imagine that you were standing in the field. What would you have Done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would you Have told her? Careful analysis would produce three possibilities: 1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble. 2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag And expose the money-lender as a cheat. 3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order To save her father from his debt and imprisonment. Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with The hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral And logical thinking. The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with Traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses The above logical answers. What would you recommend to the Girl to do? Try to answer before scrolling down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Well, here is what she did .... The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without Looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path Where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles. "Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the Bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I Picked." Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had Picked the white one. And since the money-lender dared not admit his Dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into An extremely advantageous one. MORAL OF THE STORY: Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don't Attempt to think.

  

 

Strange Sound

From: Smits

To:

Date: 2/16/2006 2:54 AM

go through this email. at the end at least you will laugh a little bit ( of couse sarcastically)

A man is driving down the road and breaks down near a monastery. He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, My car broke down. Do you think I could stay the night?
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>The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, and even fix his car. As the man tries to fall > > asleep, he hears a strange sound. The next morning, he asks the monks what the sound was, but they say, We can't tell you. You're not a monk.
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>The man is disappointed but thanks them anyway and goes about his merry way. Some yea! rs later, the same man breaks down in front of the same monastery.
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>The monks gain accept him, feed him, and even fix his car.
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>That night, he hears the same strange noise that he had heard years earlier.
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>The next morning, he asks what it is, but the monks reply, We can't tell you. You're not a monk.
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>The man says, All right, all right. I'm dying to know. If the only way I can find out what that sound was, is to become a monk, how do I become a monk?
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>The monks reply, You must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of grass there are and the exact number of sand pebbles. When you find these numbers, you will become a monk.
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>The man sets about his task. Some forty-five years later, he returns and knocks on the door of the monastery. He says, I have traveled the earth and have found what you have asked for. There are 145,236,284,232 blades of grass and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth.
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> The monks reply, Congratulations. You are now a monk. We shall now show you the way to the sound.
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> The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, The sound is right behind that door.
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>Th! e man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He says, Real funny. May I have the key?
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>The monks give him the key, and he opens the door.
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>Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone. The man demands the key to the stone door.
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>The monks give him the key, and he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby. He demands another key from the monks, who provide it. Behind that door is another door, this one made of sapphire. So it went until the man had gone through doors of emerald,....
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>.......silver, topaz, and amethyst.
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>Finally, the monks say, This is the last key to the last door.
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>The man is relieved to no end. He unlocks the door, turns the knob, and behind that door he is amazed to find the source of that strange sound.
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>. . . . But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk.
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>DONT HUNT ME DOWN COS I'M STILL HUNTING THE PERSON WHO SENT ME THIS !! ;-)

New Inventions

date Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:53 AM

subject New Inventions

Thanks & Regards,

Amit

New Inventions -- Last few ones are really good...

This one would help a lot with the nightly debate over who has more covers!

FW: [Fwd: Speed Control Device]

FW: [Fwd: Speed Control Device]
From: Mark
to
Apr 10 (3 days ago)

This is actually a speed control device, look at all three pictures!

FW: Clever ads ... Brand New Inbox

FW: Clever ads ... Brand New Inbox
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Vikas

A print of a cup of Folgers coffee was placed on top of manhole covers in New York City, USA. Holes on the print allow the steam to come out. Wording around the cup reads, "Hey, City That Never Sleeps. Wake up. Folgers."

An innovative idea on a large billboard in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It really makes people want to grab that "Heineken".

This is a great advertising campaign for Valentine's Day at Unicenter Shopping Mall in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It magnifies the romantic ambience with a simple idea.


Life-size stickers of people were stuck on automatic sliding doors at a mall in Mumbai, India. When someone approaches, the doors move apart and it feels like the people on the door are moving away. The person entering finds the message, "People move away when you have body odor".


An advertisement found in Malaysia. A sticker was placed on the high voltage box depicting that powerful Duracell batteries were used.

An ambient exercise to promote Eatalica burgers. A "Caution ? Wet Floor" board was placed near an Eatalica burger signboard. The copy on the board reads, "Oogling at the burger may involuntarily cause drooling, which may in turn lead to a wet floor. Issued for your safety by the management of Eatalica Restaurant". Eatalica is an American-Italian food joint in Chennai, India

A giant mirror was built that allowed passers-by to stop and look at themselves wearing Individual clothes at a shopping mall in Tokyo, Japan.

Advertisements for a job-recruiting company in Berlin, Germany depict people working in vending machines and ATMs. It delivers the message, "Life is too short for the wrong job".


Stickers were placed in selected car park locations and car workshops where M-Tech Plasma HID lights are sold in Malaysia. It delivers the message that these headlights are 300% brighter than regular headlights. The burn-effect sticker from the headlights really leaves an impression

This is an advertisement found in Vancouver during their National Non-Smoking Week. The car was placed at the Vancouver Art Gallery and the message. It reads, "Death from car accidents: 370. Death from smoking-related causes: 6,027. Quit now before it kills you."



Life-size images were stuck on glass doors at shops and airports in South Africa advertising the glass and window cleaner, I.C.U. The expression on the face is priceless.
In another creative idea by The Fitness Company, "dumbbells" were placed at various subways in New York City, which create an illusion that the person holding the safety bar is doing weights

A very cost-effective advertisement in Hong Kong for a yoga school showcases the prowess of a yoga practitioner on the flexible stems of drinking straws. Enquiries and enrolment went after up this promotional stunt


A creative ad by Mini Cooper placed at the Zurich, Switzerland train station, shows people climbing into or out of the car, when they are actually entering or exiting stairs.

Fwd: [TIL] LEGAL & LOGICA‎L

Fwd: [TIL] LEGAL & LOGICA‎L
From: durgesh
Sent: Fri 8/17/07 6:49 PM
To:


---------- Forwarded message ----------

After having failed his exam in "Logistics and Organization", a student goes and confronts his lecturer about it.
Student: "Sir, do you really understand anything about the subject?"

Professor: "Surely I must. Otherwise I would not be a professor!"

Student: "Great, well then I would like to ask you a question. If you can give me the correct answer, I will accept my mark as is and go. If you however do not know the answer, I want you give me an "A" for the exam. "

Professor: "Okay, it's a deal. So what is the question?"

Student: "What is legal, but not logical, logical, but not legal, and neither logical, nor legal?"

Even after some long and hard consideration , the professor cannot give the student an answer, and therefore changes his exam mark into an "A", as agreed.

Afterwards, the professor calls on his best student and asks him the same question.

He immediately answers: "Sir, you are 63 years old and married to a 25 year old woman, which is legal, but not logical. Your wife has a 18 year old lover, which is logical, but not legal. The fact that you have given your wife's lover an "A", although he really should have failed, is neither legal, nor logical."

Fwd: Question Answers

Fwd: Question Answers‎

From: durgesh

Sent: Thu 7/19/07 5:42 PM

To:

Do u know, wen i was a kid
many girls wanted to kiss me, i allowed, &
now, i want 2 kiss many girls, but
they don't allow.

SELFISH GIRLS !!!!

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Height of Optimism... Soldier: "Sir, we are surrounded by the enemies",
Major: "Excellent ! We can now attack in any direction" !.

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What is the height of mixed emotions???
when ur mother in law falls from 7th floor on ur mercedes!!!!

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Dad : Son, what do you want for your birthday?
Son : Not much dad, just a radio with a sports car around it.


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Bhikari-sahab ek rupiya de do.

Sahab-tumhe sharam nahi aati road par khade hokar bhikh mangte.

Bhikari-abe tere ek rupiye ke liye office kholu kya?



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Q: What did the gangster's son tell his dad when he failed his
examination?
A: Dad they questioned me for 3 hours but I never told them anything."

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Fwd: [telecom_2005re-vamped] Letter to Father - Too Smart (Do read the PS)

Fwd: [telecom_2005re-vamped] Letter to Father - Too Smart (Do read the PS)‎

From: durgesh

Sent: Wed 11/29/06 7:15 PM

To:

A father passing by his teenage daughter's bedroom was astonished to see the bed was nicely made and everything was neat and tidy. Then he saw an envelope propped up prominently on the centre of the pillow. It was addressed "Dad". With the worst premonition, he opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands:-

Dear Dad,

It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you, but I'm leaving home. I had to elope with my new boyfriend Randy because I wanted to avoid a scene with Mom and you. I've been finding real passion with Randy and he is so nice to me. I know when you meet him you'll like him too - even with all his piercing, tattoos, and motorcycle clothes. But it's not only the passion Dad, I'm pregnant and Randy said that he wants me to have the kid and that we can be very happy together.


Even though Randy is much older than me (anyway, 42 isn't so old these days is it?), and has no money, really these things shouldn't stand in the way of our relationship, don't you agree?

Randy has a great CD collection; he already owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. It's true he has other girlfriends as well but I know he'll be faithful to me in his own way. He wants to have many more children with me and that's now one of my dreams too.

Randy taught me that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone and he'll be growing it for us and we'll trade it with our friends for all the cocaine and ecstasy we want. In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so Randy can get better; he sure deserves it!! Don't worry Dad, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself. Someday I'm sure we'll be back to visit so you can get to know your grandchildren.

Your loving daughter,

Rosie.

At the bottom of the page were the letters "PTO". Hands still trembling, her father turned the sheet, and read:

PS: Dad, none of the above is true. I'm over at the neighbour's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than my report card that's in my desk centre drawer. Please sign it and call when it is safe for me to come home. I love you!

Fwd: Real life I A S . . . @...

Fwd: Real life I A S . . . @...
hemang
Thursday, November 11, 2004 8:44:21 AM
To:

Real life IAS i.e. UPSC Exam 1998 Interview Questions


Q.How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
A.Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC Topper)

Q.If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall,how long would it take four men to build it?
A. No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23 Rank Opted for IFS)

Q.If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?
A. Very large hands.(Good one) (UPSC 11 Rank Opted for IPS)

Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
A. It is not a problem, since you will never find an elephant with one hand. (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for IES)

Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?
A. No Probs , He sleeps at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 98)

Q. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
A. It will Wet or Sink as simple as that. (UPSC IAS Rank 2)

Q. What looks like half apple ?
A : The other half. (UPSC - IAS Topper )

Q. What can you never eat for breakfast ?
A : Dinner.

Q. What happened when wheel was invented ?
A : It caused a revolution.

Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?
A : Liquid (UPSC 33Rank )
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THINK

THINK‎

From: anju

Sent: Sun 5/06/07 1:52 PM

To:

This puzzle is called Lateral Thinking . . Just Check ThisOut - Scroll down slowly and be honest to yourself. Think like a wizard . . . man 1. ------------ board Ans. = man overboard Okay, let's see if you've got the hang of it. stand 2. ------------ i Ans. = I understand OK . . . Got the drift ? Let's try a few now and see how you fare ? 3. /r/e/a/d/i/n/g/ Ans. = reading between the lines 4. r road a d Ans. = cross road Not having a good day now, are you ? Redeem yourself. 5. cycle cycle cycle Ans. = tricycle Not easy to figure out ha! 0 6. ------------ M.D. Ph.D. Ans. = two degrees below zero C'mon give it a little thought ! ! knee 7. ------------ light Ans. = neon light ( knee - on - light ) U can prove u r smart by getting this one. > ground 8. --------------- feet feet feet feet feet feet Ans. = six feet underground > Oh no, not again ! ! 9. he's X himself Ans. = he's by himself Now u messing up big time. 10. ecnalg Ans. = backward glance Not even close ! ! 11. death ... life Ans. = life after death Okay last chance .................. 12. THINK Ans. = think big ! ! And the last one is real fundoo - - - 13. ababaaabbbbaaaabbbbababaabbaaabbbb... Ans. = long time no 'C' ( see )