Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Lateral Thinking

Just a quick one. Someone sent this to me and I thought you might all like to have a go...



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

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 )



I'm sure you'll have not problem getting this one.

ground
8. ---------------
feet feet feet feet feet feet








Ans. = six feet underground


Good One, try this!!


9. he's X himself








Ans. = he's by himself


! Here's an easy one!!


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 very fun- - -


13. ababaaabbbbaaaabbbbababaabbaaabbbb...








Ans. = long time no 'C'

4 comments:

em said...

Sorry BA, I seem to be 'wasting' a lot of space!!

Francis Ho said...

em! Not at all!

That was brilliant but I'm not as I'm kinda stewpig!

That was great fun!

Anonymous said...

When I tried it, it was very obvious I wasn't thinking like a wizard either!

geok lian said...

This is really good. Guess how MANY I had correct!!! ai yah, no need to guess with a small brainy.