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Puzzle. A boy fell off of a 30 meter ladder, but didn’t get hurt. Why not?
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Hemant:
He fell from the bottom rung 🙂
24 June 2018, 4:56 pmGregory Adam Marton:
It was lying flat on the ground at the time.
24 June 2018, 5:16 pmJessica:
Because he was falling in love with a girl on a balcony.
24 June 2018, 6:17 pmDavid A Petersen:
He was in space and everything was already (free) falling
24 June 2018, 7:31 pmChristy Lawlor:
He was a baby bird
24 June 2018, 8:25 pmSamuel Murphy:
He was working on a boat. He did get wet.
24 June 2018, 8:45 pmLeo B.:
That won’t be the cutest answer for sure, but nevertheless:
He was already dead.
24 June 2018, 9:36 pmlvps1000vm:
The ladder was laying sideways on the floor, and the boy was using it as balance beam.
25 June 2018, 9:23 amtanyakh:
I love all the answers.
25 June 2018, 10:54 amTom M:
His name was Clark Kent
25 June 2018, 11:30 amalexanderr:
the ladder was 30 meter wide, but it was not very long or tall
25 June 2018, 6:48 pmAry Tebeka:
The top of the ladder was next to the window on the side of a building and he just fell through the window to the floor (on the bed was was standing there!).
26 June 2018, 8:10 amDavid Shukan:
The question was asked 0.2 seconds after he started falling. Ask again in a few seconds and the answer will be different.
26 June 2018, 1:27 pmBert:
He wore his brand new fall protection harness, a present from his girlfriend.
26 June 2018, 1:35 pmFabio:
Zeno’s paradox: The boy cannot fall. First, he must get to 15 meters, but before there, to 7.5 meters, and so on. He will never leave the top… But how did he get there? 🙂
29 June 2018, 3:50 pmsuevanhattum:
It was the ladder to the diving board and he fell into the water.
29 June 2018, 5:38 pmmadeofmistake:
“30 meters” was the brand name of the ladder. The actual ladder itself wasn’t that high.
30 June 2018, 9:25 amGeoff Dunstan:
He fell into his mother’s arms.
6 July 2018, 7:28 amAP:
The loss of control triggered a shift in mentality and a boy became a man.
16 July 2018, 10:41 amVatsal:
It was all a dream !
20 July 2018, 1:58 pmLeon steed:
Because he didn’t fall off the ladder – it’s fake news.
23 July 2018, 8:19 pmyanwen xia:
I guess he won’t get hurt if he falls off the ladder on the moon, where no gravity pulls him down.
19 August 2018, 4:03 pmEd:
It was in VR.
22 September 2018, 12:37 pmMignon:
Because it is not the falling that hurts – it’s the landing
22 September 2018, 6:28 pm