Lateral Thinking

1. The man in the elevator.
A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he takes the elevator to go down to the ground floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returns he takes the elevator to the seventh floor and walks up the stairs to reach his apartment on the tenth floor. He hates walking so why does he do it?
Answer:
The man is a dwarf.

2. The man in the bar.
A man walks into a bar and ask the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out the gun and point it at the man. The man says 'thank you' and walks out.
Answer:
The man had hiccups. The barman recognized this from his speech and drew the gun in order to give him a shock. It worked and cured the hiccups - so the man no longer needed the water.

3. Death in a field.
A man is lying dead in a field. Next to him there is an unopened package. There is no other creature in the field. How did he die?
Answer:
The man had jumped from the plane but his parachute had failed to open. It is the unopened package.

4. Anthony and Cleopatra.
Anthony and Cleopatra are lying dead on the floor of  villa in Egypt. Nearby is a broken bowl. There is no mark on either bodies and thy were not poisoned. How did they die?
Answer:
Anthony and Cleopatra were goldfish whose bowl was knocked over by clumsy dog.

5. Trouble wit sons.
A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. Hw could this be so?
Answer:
They were two of the set of triplets or quadruplets.

6. Push that car. 
A man pushed his car. He stopped when he reached a hotel at which point he knew he was bankrupt. Why?
Answer:
He was playing Monopoly.

7. The blind beggar. 
A bling beggar had brother who died. What relation was the blind beggar to the brother who died if we know brother is not the answer.
Answer:
The blind beggar was the sister of her brother who died.

8. Friday.
A man rode into town on Friday. He stayed for three night and then left on Friday. How come?
Answer:
The man's horse was called Friday.