Lateral Thinking

With logic, you start out with certain ingredients just as in playing chess you start out with given pieces. But what are those pieces? In most real life situations the pieces are not given, we just assume they are there. We assume certain perceptions, certain concepts and certain boundaries.
Lateral thinking is concerned not with playing with the existing pieces but with seeking to change those very pieces. Lateral thinking is concerned
with the perception part of thinking. This is where we organize the external world into the pieces we can then 'process'
There are some stories for your group to find out answer !
1. Betty signals to the headwaiter in a restaurant, and says, "There's a fly in my tea." The waiter says, "No problem, madam. I will bring you a fresh cup of tea." A few minutes later Betty shouts, "Get the manager! This is the same cup of tea!" How did she know?

2. Coming home from work, Simon had just put his key in the lock of his door when he heard his wife Betty scream, "Bill, don't kill me!" He dashes in to find Betty dead with a knife buried in her chest. Standing around the body are a postman, a doctor, and a lawyer. The husband immediately knows the postman killed his wife. How?

3. A horse is tied to a five meter rope in front of an old saloon. Six meters behind the horse is a bale of hay. Without breaking his rope, the horse is able to eat the hay whenever he chooses. How is this possible?
4. A man is lying dead in a field. Next to him there is an unopened package. There is no other creature in the field. How did he die?
5. A man rode into town on Friday. He stayed for three nights and then left on Friday. How come?
6. 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. How had he died?
7. What occurs once in June, once in July and twice in August?
8. A woman had two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How could this be so?
9. There are six eggs in the basket. Six people each take one of the eggs. How can it be that one egg is left in the basket?

10. It was a dark stormy night and a couple were in a car racing madly through a foreign city. The car broke down and the husband had to go get help from someone who spoke his language. He was afraid to leave his wife alone in the car so he pulled up the windows and locked the car before leaving. When he came back, the car was in the same state as he had left it but his wife was dead, there was blood on the floor and there was a stranger in the car. What happened?

11. A police officer saw a truck driver clearly going the wrong way down a one-way street, but did not try to stop him. Why not?