Kitkattail Posted 23 years ago
Jokes, Puzzles & Riddles
Mind Boggler
This was in my newspaper today:
Arthur is conducting an experiment. He places his stepladder on his basement's cement floor, and climbs up while holding a raw egg (in its shell) in one hand. While climbing, he accidentally drops the egg. However, it does not smash into a gooey mess after falling a distance of six feet. Why not?
(The answer is really frustratingly simple and stupid. You will be extremely annoyed at it when you figure out what it is — or when I tell you, whichever happens first.)
Arthur is conducting an experiment. He places his stepladder on his basement's cement floor, and climbs up while holding a raw egg (in its shell) in one hand. While climbing, he accidentally drops the egg. However, it does not smash into a gooey mess after falling a distance of six feet. Why not?
(The answer is really frustratingly simple and stupid. You will be extremely annoyed at it when you figure out what it is — or when I tell you, whichever happens first.)
Top answer
but is it because the egg was already smashed even before Arthur dropped the egg?
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Tricky one...but is it because the egg was already smashed even before Arthur dropped the egg?
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Because he falls too and quicker than the egg and receive it again in his hand?
Because the egg was already a chick?
Because he had a experiment-mate down the stepladder waiting for the egg?
Because the egg smashed but little far where there was no cement?
'Cos the mother of the egg rescued it before smashing?
Because the egg was already a chick?
Because he had a experiment-mate down the stepladder waiting for the egg?
Because the egg smashed but little far where there was no cement?
'Cos the mother of the egg rescued it before smashing?
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All good guesses, and some of them make a lot of sense. Keep going and you'll get it.
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Another guess:
He fell down from the ladder, then dropped the egg from his hand when he was already on the floor.
He fell down from the ladder, then dropped the egg from his hand when he was already on the floor.
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That couldn't be it because we know the egg fell a distance of six feet. Any hint, kit?
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