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Mr. Frisa AP Psychology

Lecture/Discussion Topic: Jokes, Riddles, and Insight

The text notes that insight provides a sense of satisfaction. The solution to a riddle or the joy of a joke may come in our sudden comprehension of an unexpected ending or a double meaning. A great example of double meaning to read in class follows. It’s an urban legend from (See travel/airline/ obnoxious.asp):

An award should go to the United Airlines gate agent in Denver for being smart and funny, and making her point, when confronted with a passenger who probably deserved to fly as cargo. During the final days at Denver’s old Stapleton airport, a crowded United flight was cancelled. A single agent was rebooking a long line of inconvenienced travelers. Suddenly an angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his ticket down on the counter and said, “I HAVE to be on this flight and it has to be FIRST CLASS.” The agent replied, “I’m sorry, sir. I’ll be happy to try to help you, but I've got to help these folks first, and I'm sure we'll be able to work something out.” The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind him could hear, “Do you have any idea who I am?” Without hesitating, the gate agent smiled and grabbed her public address microphone. “May I have your attention please?” she began, her voice bellowing throughout the terminal. “We have a passenger here at the gate WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to Gate 17.” With the folks behind him in line laughing hysterically, the man glared at the United agent, gritted his teeth and swore “(Expletive) you.” Without flinching, she smiled and said, “I’m sorry, sir, but you'll have to stand in line for that, too.”

The maker doesn’t want it, the buyer doesn’t use it, and the user doesn’t see it. What is it?

What number is next in this series: 10, 4, 3, 11, 15 . . . ? a. 14 b. 1 c. 17 d. 12.

How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?

Something extraordinarily unusual happened on the 6th of May, 1978, at 12:34 p.m. What was it?

Can you translate the following into a sentence? 100204180

What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?

A man left home one morning. He turned right and ran straight ahead. Then he turned left. After a while, he turned left again, running faster then ever. Then he turned left once more and decided to go home. In the distance he could see two masked men waiting for him. Who were they?

Can you translate the following? Y Y U R Y Y U B I C U RYY 4 M E

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