Lateral Thinking Exercise

This post is in connection to my  previous blog entry on Common Sense. A lot of people asked me to come up with some lateral Thinking Exercises. So I got my hands on one from  Albert Debono's Book "Simplicity"

Be honest and think Unconventionally :)

 






     man
Q1.    ---------
     board

 Ans. = man overboard





Okay, let's see if you've got the hang of it.








   stand
Q2.    ------------
 i

Ans. = I understand









OK .. . .



Got the drift ?







Let's try a few now and see

how you fare ?






Q3.    /r/e/a/d/i/n/ g/

Ans. = reading between the lines











Q4.      r
         road
          a    
      d










Ans. = cross road -->








Not having a good day now, are you ?


Redeem yourself.










Q5.      cycle
       cycle
     cycle













Ans. = tricycle








That was an easy one to figure out no??












    0
Q6.      ---------
     M..D.
     Ph.D.














Ans.. = two degrees below zero









C'mon give it a little thought! !










       knee
Q7.      ------------
     light














Ans. = neon light



( knee - on - light )









U can prove u r smart by getting this one.







                       ground
Q8.                      ------------ ---
                  feet feet feet feet feet feet

















Ans. = six feet underground






-->


Oh no, not again ! !












Q9.    he's X  himself













Ans. = he's by himself









Now u messing up big time.










Q10.      ecnalg













Ans. = backward glance








Not even close! !










Q11.      death ..... life














Ans. = life after death








Okay last chance ............ ......



Q12.     THINK














Ans. = think big ! !










And the last one is real fundoo - - -

Q13.  

ababaaabbbbaaaabbbb ababaabbaaabbbb. ..










Ans. =  long time no 'C' --> _

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