Tuesday 15 March 2011

The Man in the Elevator


THE MAN IN THE ELEVATOR

For a start, here's one of the oldest and best- known lateral thinking mysteries. It goes like this:
A man lives on the tenth floor of a­
building. Every day, he takes the elevator to ­
the first floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returns, he always takes the elevator to the seventh floor and then walks the remaining flights of stairs to his apartment on the tenth floor. Why does he do this?
Please send me an mail with the answer( alejandra.quaglia)

32 comments:

Eugenia F. said...

Miss Ale,
I dont know yet so much what he ment to do, he is so strange but also funny. Miss Ale keep on blogging this things and this will be one of the best blog i ever seen. I will send you an email with the answer of what I could understand.

Sofi C Olivos said...

Hi Miss Ale,
If it has nothing to do with the words then I think I know but I am also no so sure!!!

Pilar m Olivos said...

I didn´t realy understand the meening of that but keep on bloggin I love your bog. I WILL send you the Email with what I thik why he do that, it`s a big mistery.

milo.c said...

I think is very good post because i love mistery stories

Ariana G. said...

Hi Miss Ale, I read the short mystery and I think I know the answer. I will email it to you soon. I love this type of guessing mysteries. I will think about the answer a lot because I dont know really why he did that. I think since the question is easy its hard to answer it. I think this short story is strange but fun to read because its funny how it says that he walks from the seventh floor to the tenth. Keep on blogging trick questions!!

Teo V Olivos said...

Miss Ale, I know these msytery, it is because he is short.

juli Ch Olivos said...

Hi Miss Ale!!
I am not shure what the answer is but I will send you a mail with what I think. I like the posts were you put a mystery for us to solve!!

Paulina B said...

Hi Miss Ale
I don´t really know the answer but I´m thinking about it... He is a strange man, because nobody would do that. When I finish thinking on this I like to solve this type of mysteries.
I will send you a mail with the answer

Luca M said...

I know why he goes to the 7 and then goes to the 10 by the stairs. Because he couldn't reach to the tenth button because he is short.
I liked it because its something funny.

Bianca F said...

That is what mystery is about. You dont know what or why he/she is doing.
I think he visits someone in the seventh floor, and the three remaining there is someone that he wants to avoid.

ines m said...

It´s very dificult, and why does he do that?

Agus T said...

Very difficult....... I do´'t know yet the answer, when I finish thinking it I will send you the mail!!!! I like very much this type of mysteries, but they are not so easy, still.. continue doing them.
See you tommorrow

Franco S said...

I really dont know whats the answer but I think I already listen to it. Im going to send you an e-mail.

Franco S said...

I know that I shouldnt put this Comment but I know the answer. Maybe he do because he maybe think there are spying him so he stop at the seventh floor to dont know where he lives.

justo l olivos said...

Well, that is really odd. The oly thing I can think about is that he is a criminal, he always comes back home after commiting a crime,he knows that on the floor number eight lives a famous detective so he does it to avoid being in the same elevator as the detective because there might be a chance that the detective ricognises him.

Manuel said...

what a nice mystery!!!
it's not too obvious but later you get the hang on it

Lourdes I said...

i think ill never guess...

Francisco I said...

Hi mis Ale,it was very funny but was a prat that i didnt undersanded very weel.I like mistery stories.

Francisco I said...

i think the video was very short and i wanted to see more.

Clara G said...

It´s very difficult at first I cudn´t understand I didn´t understand what he ment to do but then I understood!
Clara G

Sofi K said...

MMh... It´s dificult but also there are many answers!! I agree with Eguenia, you have to keep blogging it´s EXCELLENT!!

Ana G said...

Hi Miss Ale
I got theh answer for the mtstery, it was hard but I got it.
I send you a mail.

Anonymous said...

I think that maybe he was fat so he wanted to do excerzize.

andy e said...

I have to be an imaginative way of saying the answer, there are so many.It is a rather mystery story but I like it.

Pedro.A said...

I really dont know but I will try to solve it

Abril C said...

MISS ALE
tis is very tricky. i'm still thinking. I think something but i'm not sure i'll think a little more and then i'll send you the unser. I think it's a very good idea to put this things because i love tu think detectives and mystery problems

jeronimo A said...

its a very cool game i liked it at the 1 st time i didn t undestand but then yes, it was difficult i think a lot but i didn t foundthe answed but i kept on thinking, and i found it

gabor.g said...

they already told me that story and i now the answer!!!when they told it to me i was very intrigued, but now not anymore.

juana O OLIVOS said...

Miss Ale,
I coudnt find out why he does it,
there are many posibilitys of why he does it. Wish you the best luck in USA!!!

SilvestreB said...

Hi Miss Ale
The Mysterie story is impossible to know the answer i thought like twenty minutes and i couldnt take the answer can you say me the answer it gives me intrigue.

Mariano P said...

its very tricky but i will find out

Lucas E said...

It is difficult to know the answer but soon I will know it