Situation puzzles | Lateral thinking puzzles

At the end of the XIX century one american enterpreneur invented a system to withstand competition. This system we all use nowadays.

A little girl was crying bitterly in a barn. Through her tears, she noticed an old lamp lying in the garbage. She took it and dusted it off. Suddenly a genie appeared and said: "I’ll fulfill one of your wishes. But only one, so think it over." "Please make my parents disappear!" the girl said through tears, "I hate them!" "Consider it done," replied the genie. "Go to bed, and in the morning your wish will be fulfilled." The next morning, the girl woke up and went down to the kitchen. She found her mom and dad sitting at the kitchen table having breakfast. The girl immediately regretted her wish. She rushed into the barn and began to rub the lamp. The genie appeared and said, "Well, are you happy now?" "Please cancel my yesterday’s wish," the girl pleaded. "I'm sorry," the genie replied. "But once a wish is made, I can’t cancel it." And the girl burst into bitter tears. Why?

A dinner at a dormitory. The light went out. When they turned on the light, a student had blood all over his hands.

The parents lost their little daughter when she was playing on the playground. The police didn’t find her. The case was deemed as unsolved, and the investigation was closed. But the parents refused to give up. And they decided to contact a medium. This medium often helped the police and could often point out the exact location of a criminal or a missing person. When the medium arrived a few days later, she asked the parents to take her to the place where they had last seen their daughter. The mother and father took the medium to the park and watched her sit down on the grass, close her eyes, and do into a trance. Then she exclaimed, “Your daughter is alive! Her heart is beating and her lungs are breathing.” The happy parents held hands tightly. The mother asked, “But where is she now?” “She sees a luxurious house with expensive furniture,” the medium continued, “And only the most delicious food is in her stomach”. The mother breathed a sigh of relief again and pleaded, "But where is our daughter? Please tell us!" The medium hesitated for a while. Then her eyes opened wide, and she screamed, "She’s all over the world!" For a while, the parents of the missing girl stood motionless with their mouths wide open. Then they suddenly understood what the medium meant and fell on the floor, crying bitterly. What happened to the girl?

A company produced knives for peeling potatoes. The manufacturers wanted to increase sales of their products and decided: if the knives disappear more often in homes, then housewives will buy new ones. How did they embody their idea?

Two monkeys are looking through a pipe that happened to be in a glade. The pipe is straight, not too long and not clogged. Monkeys look through the opposite ends of the pipe, but don’t see each other there. Why?

Kirill is jailed for a murder he hasn’t committed. Bill can prove that it wasn’t Kirill. But he deliberately hides the evidence. Why?

Thieves broke into a woman’s house. She shut herself up in her room and called the police. She was told that there were no patrol cars available right now, and she would have to wait. She didn’t wait. 5 minutes later, 3 patrol cars and an ambulance were at her house. What did she do?

The husband lied to his wife that there were weapons buried in the backyard of their house. What for?

Igor breaks into Thomas' home to kill him but he doesn't do it. However he is immediately arrested and sentenced for the crime. Why?

A woman hits the windshield of a vehicle travelling down the road and falls to the ground.The driver calls the police. When the officer comes, he looks after the victim and takes her into custody. Why?

A horse is tied to a 15 ft. rope and there is a bail of hay 25 ft. away from him, yet the horse is able to eat from the bail of hay. How is this possible?