Lateral Thinking · Ages 18+
Riddle #220
A man drinks a glass of punch at a party and leaves early. Later that night, everyone else who drank the punch becomes seriously ill. He's completely fine. Why didn't he get sick too?
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Answer: The poison was in the ice cubes, which hadn't melted yet when he drank his glass — by the time everyone else drank later, the ice had melted and poisoned their punch.