the riddle is " once upon a time a man lived in an apartment on 20 floor. when he come from work he takes the elevator but he gets out on 13th floor and walk the rest. Why does is he do that?
2006-10-27 11:35:01 · 11 answers · asked by sharukh92 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
he is not superstitious.
2006-10-27 11:58:54 · update #1
Well, actually you've left out part of it. In the full version, when the man goes to work he rides all the way down, but when he comes home he only rides part way up (in your version that would be the 13th floor), and then gets out and walks the rest of the way.
The answer is that the man is a dwarf. Since on an elevator the buttons for the lower floors are at the bottom of the "keypad," a short man would have no trouble reaching the button for the first floor. But, in a tall building he would have trouble reaching the buttons for the higher floors, so he would press the highest button he could reach. He would then have to get out of the elevator and walk the rest of the way up.
There is a variation on this riddle that has the man riding all the way up only on rainy days. This is because he would be carrying an umbrella on a rainy day, so he could use the umbrella to reach the higher buttons.
Of course this brings up the question of why the man doesn't just always carry an umbrella, or a walking stick, or some other object with which he could reach the higher buttons, but then that wouldn't make for much of a riddle, would it?
2006-10-27 11:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by Jeffrey S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is thought to be bad luck to ride an elevator past the 13th floor of a building. This man is obviously superstitious. 13 is a very unlucky number in architecture. Most hospitals do not have a room 13 and just skip the number.
2006-10-27 18:43:55 · answer #2 · answered by Gettysburg Ghost 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he is a fat c$nt and wants to exercise a wee bit at a time so next week he will get off at the 12 floor etc
Or he is really small and cant reach higher then the 13th button. Maybe he works on the 13th floor and forgets he is going home and automatically presses 13 as if he is at work!
2006-10-27 18:52:42 · answer #3 · answered by SunGod 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The elevator only went to the 13th floor.
2006-10-27 18:42:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The elevator only went as high as the 13th floor.
2006-10-27 18:44:08 · answer #5 · answered by BobbyD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is because he is too short to reach the top buttons and thus had to exit on the 13th and walk up the rest of the way.
2006-10-28 04:48:33 · answer #6 · answered by Hardrock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The elevator's broken? He has a wierd phobia of the number 14? He's just mad? Some drunk who needed to pee and couldn't hold it in was in there with him? He accedently lit a small fire in there? He was on weed and though he saw his doupleganger in there but it was just a mirror? The elevator didn't go up all the way? He's can't reach the 14th button?
If any of these are correct, please let me know.
2006-10-27 18:56:00 · answer #7 · answered by Jegis H. Corbet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he's too short to reach past the 13th floor button.
2006-10-27 18:43:51 · answer #8 · answered by Sylvia M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
b cuz 13 is bad luk n the remaining 7 are good luk
2006-10-27 18:44:17 · answer #9 · answered by mystic h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think takes a elevater but that was the best one i ever herd
2006-10-27 18:46:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋