OMG! I’m thinkin’ about it and i can imagine what it really means! I’m sorry but i cannot solve it! Ana Luiza you are kidding me! Haha Love you my favorite teacher!
I think he is a dwarf and he reaches only to number ten
Yep, Neusa, that’s right :)
by the time that Ira answered the puzzle, I think that he already knew the puzzle.
If not he has too much capacity abstraction. ( lateral thinking)
Hi Luis, I think a few people were able to figure out the solution!
Ira solved the puzzle, and why he goes to the 10th floor? Because the #10 button is the last that he can push.
Great way to think in english. :D
So, Ana, do you think is good for me to do the Curso Básico if I can listen the podcast without much difficulty?
Of course I used the translator to write this post, because I don’t know some expressions…
Hi Felipe,
That’s right – the guy can’t push beyond the 10th.
The Curso Básico is a great course and the first few lessons will be a breeze for you – you should really look at the content, and watch the video to see what the methodology is like. Many non-beginners have taken the course and benefited from it, so.. up to you!
If the man is short like Ira said how can he go to the 10th floor?
I no have any idea, what is the answer, so I looking forward for the answer.
Why wouldn’t he be able to go to the 10th floor?
About the Ira’s answer. What if not was raining when the guy left his building?
So what if it wasn’t raining? Maybe the guy always looks at the weather forecast before leaving in the morning so he knows it’s gonna rain later!
Hi Ana, good keeping touch to you again I’ve been busy lately….
Well, I think Freaud could explain it, not me…. I couldn’t catch it….there are so many reasons to so many behavours….
I’ll wait for your explanation later.
Hi Vera, nice to “see” you!
By the way, I agree w/ Ira´s ideas.
Really It makes sense, for me he got it!
Ana,
when you say about flights of stairs ” lances de escada”, i know that flights of stairs can be “escadaria” in portuguese as well..so could it be both cases?
actually I didn´t get it on context “lances de escada”….
could u help us?
thanks a lot…
Hi,
I understand “flights of stairs” as “lances de escada”. Tipo quantos lances vou ter que subir pra chegar no seu ap.?
Pelo que vi, uma maneira de dizer “uma escadaria” seria “a flight of stairs”.
Thanks Ana,
I got it !
I appreciated it….
Ana Luiza, you are terrific, I like so much to listen to your pod cast. Congratulations.
Thanks, gilson. I deleted the answer (like I said on the podcast – answer will be given next week – for now we’re just guessing)
Hi Ana. I had heard that story as a kind of joke. I did not get it from net.
Thanks
You got it right!
Challenging
Hum, Ira is very intelligent.
I think that it´s correct.
So, what do you guys think? Is Ira on to something?
Maybe he’s too short. So when there’s somebody in the elevator, they can help him press the button. Or when it’s raining he has an umbrella with him and he uses it to reach the button for his floor. :D
I just noticed that I got a little confused about the situation. Actually when there is somebody in the elevator, he goes directly to his floor..so forget about what I just said…
The fact that there’s somebody in the elevator could be related to his desire of people not knowing where, which floor he lives. And the text says one condition OR another. So probably there are two reasons. I believe that there’s something to do with the numbers 10 and 12. But I’ll be thinking about it during the day. And if I come up with some new ideas I’ll be back here to post them. I’m just brainstorming. ;)
Alright! Can’t wait to hear them!!
But what does the rain have to do with “being fat”? Keep ‘laterally’ thinking, guys!
As julianinha says, maybe he is fat and need some exercises …
I think he is fat guy and he does that because he wants to make exercises climbing stairs and he’d be embarrassing if someone sees him during the climbing. But he is lazy too. If he’d lose much weight, he’d climb all the twelve floors. Am I being bad with this thought? =P Oh God, I can’t imagine any reasonable answer.