Thread: Lateral Thinking Puzzle #1

Originally Posted by Adair

So the shoes they stole already are not a pair?

Yes, that is correct - the shoes they have stolen were not stolen in pairs.

Originally Posted by Adair

Are the shoes they are going to steal the mates for the shoes they already stole?

Yes.

Now you need to figure out why they didn't have pairs of shoes .... (you are very, very close)

Originally Posted by Adair

Stupid question time:
Are the shoes meant to be worn on human feet? (I'm thinking horse shoes)

Haha, yes, they are human shoes.

Was the first shoe stolen from a house?

LOL, I got nothing...unless:

Did they steal the floor models from the display area of a shoe store and are now going to a second shoe store to steal the mates?

Originally Posted by Adair

LOL, I got nothing...unless:

Did they steal the floor models from the display area of a shoe store and are now going to a second shoe store to steal the mates?

Exactly, congratulations Adair, you were able to successfully solve the puzzle!

Please let me know what invite you would like (and remember, I still need ratio proofs/speedtest - so please post them in the thread)

Oh nice!

Please allow me a day or so to get back to you on that. The proofs are no problem, but I have a very little baby with a couple of doctor appointments today and I need to look into a couple of the trackers I haven't heard of before.

EDIT: After some internal debate I went with the Waffles invite.
PM sent with ratio proofs and speed test.

Thanks.

Congrats again to Adair on winning the Waffles invite.

***Sorry to kill his 15min of fame, but buzzarecool correctly solved the puzzle first (although he did so by PM because he wasn't interested in the invites, and didn't want to ruin the puzzle)

Unfortunately I am having a bit of trouble deciding who to hand out other invites to, or whether I should hand out more invites.

So, we're going to do this:

I have a bunch of eBookVortex and Demonoid invites people can have if they want them (just PM).

Other than that, DX and lVlonster got some crucial points in the puzzle - so PM me and let me know which invite you would like, although I can't guarantee I can give you it (running low in invites).

I also was hoping everyone else might be able to give me some general feedback/input as to what they liked (if anything), or didn't like about the competition.

So question for all you people still reading:

Would you be interested in another such puzzle?

buzzarecool was nice enough to offer to help me with the next puzzle (if we decide to do one), which would help it go faster with two people answering questions.

That being said, if there is enough interest we would be able to work out another puzzle, but are unfortunately lacking a variety of invites:

So, post something here (or PM me) if you would be interested in another puzzle, and if you might be willing to contribute invites to a pool for the winner(s) to choose from.

P.S. buzzarecool and I are also planning to make the next puzzle more structured to better figure out who to give invites to (besides the one who figures out the puzzle first)