Thinking outside the goldfish bowl

[j4]

From Bilateral thinking puzzles:

Q: Deep in the forest was found the body of a man who was wearing only swimming trunks, snorkel and facemask. The nearest lake was 8 miles away and the sea was 100 miles away. What happened?

A: The man is a priest.

Also, if you haven't seen Michael Kelly's lateral thinking puzzles yet, you should.

Comments

[j4.livejournal.com]

The surgeon was the GHOST of the man who'd just been killed in the car accident!!

... er, no, I dunno, sorry. :-}

[lnr]

It's a female surgeon.

I don't get the priest though.

[j4.livejournal.com]

It's a female surgeon

Well that's usually the answer, yeah, but cartesiandemon says "The son was not adopted, and the surgeon was neither female nor gay."

the priest

Did you look at some more of the 'puzzles' on that site? Hint: they are bilateral thinking puzzles.

[lnr]

Oh dur, I should read the question more carefully.

[lnr]

Actually now I've found the one to which the answer is a priest I do.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

The surgeon was bi. That's not very well phrased, but it was the sort of atrocious pun I expected given the title, and the car accident surgeon puzzle...