A bunch of useless crap
Published on June 4, 2004 By MasonM In Humor
Ok, here's a question to think about.

There is a man who lives in a 20 story apartment building. He lives on the 17th floor.

Every morning he leaves his apartment and rides the elevator to the lobby and goes to work.

Every evening he returns to his building and rides the elevator to the 14th floor. From there he climbs the stairs to his apartment.

He does this every day, whether he feels like it or not.

Why?

Comments
on Jun 04, 2004
The elevator only goes to the 14th floor.
on Jun 04, 2004
Because he's a midget. He can reach the L (Lobby) button easily for descent. But going back up, 14 is as high as he can reach when standing on tippy toes?
on Jun 04, 2004
The most common addition to this is that if it was raining when he left, then he takes the elevator all the way to the 17th floor (with the aid of the umbrella he took with him in the morning).
Of course this makes you wonder, why doesn't he always carry a pen or a pocketknife or some other useful medium-length stick?
on Jun 04, 2004
Very good. Yes, he's a midget. Good question citahellion. I've often wondered that myself but presented the question as presented to me.
on Jun 04, 2004
I've never understood how people can do questions like this cold i.e. without asking questions about the situation. I always end up with a completely ridiculous answer for these types of questions
on Jun 04, 2004
I think they've heard/seen it before dream. it's an old one.
on Jun 04, 2004
No, hadn't heard it, but deftness at answering such things is NOT necessarily a good thing. It has been said that for some puzzles, the smarter you are the longer they take to figure out. I figured this one out in about ten minutes, so I accept I must be a moron .

Link

on Jun 04, 2004
Been working on that link ock. baffles the sh*t outta me and I like to think I'm good at these things
on Jun 04, 2004
Oooooh geez ock! I finally figured it out! That's a pretty good one.
on Jun 04, 2004

baffles the sh*t outta me


Oh good...I thought it was just me that couldn't get it!

on Jun 04, 2004
Hmmm....took me a while.....I was trying too hard to find patterns
on Jun 05, 2004
It has been said that for some puzzles, the smarter you are the longer they take to figure out. I figured this one out in about ten minutes, so I accept I must be a moron .


Then I must be a freakin' genius, because I've been sitting here all night clicking at the bloody thing and I still haven't figured it out. Grrrrrrr.
on Jun 06, 2004
How embarassing. Got it straight away. And I am apparently a genius (just to toot my own horn). Hmmm - now I'm confused
on Jun 06, 2004
Got it straight away. And I am apparently a genius



And, no, I haven't solved it yet. I'm obviously over-thinking the blessed thing.
Maybe I'll pretend to be dumb person and try again later "in character"? hehehehehe Now whom should I pretend to be...?