Bilateral Thinking Puzzles
Q: A man is lying dead in a room. The floor has many valuable treasures
scattered over it, and a chandelier is on the ceiling. There is a large,
shattered window nearby. How did the man die?
A: He had been outside in a storm and had been thoroughly soaked, and
had come inside to warm himself by the fire. He was wearing a leather
collar, and as the collar dried, it shrank, strangling him.
This is another thing that seemed funnier a third of the way into
writing it, from
the Surrealist. 19th August 2005.