Introduction to the Fun Page
This page gives you a mixture of 'stories and fables' that you can use as meeting icebreakers or to emphasise a point. There are also some riddles that you can try your hand at, with the answers if you get completely stuck. Use them as you will!
Stories and Fables
The farmer's dog
This story relates to interviewing and investigating processes.
A city gent was visiting the countryside and stopped in a village outside a local pub. Sat on a seat outside was a farmer, with a dog lying at at his feet. The city gent walked up to the farmer and said, 'Does your dog bite?', to which the farmer replied 'No.'
The gent reached down to the dog to stroke it, at which the dog jumped up and bit him on the hand. The gent jumped back holding his hand and said 'I thought you said your dog doesn't bite?'
'He don't.' the farmer said. 'This ain't my dog.'
The moral of the story is - if you want the right answers, you have to ask the right questions.
The lion, the wolf and the fox
A story to impress teamwork and honesty within your team.
The king of the jungle fell seriously ill, and retreated to his cave where he expected to die. All the other animals came to the cave to sit with the lion, with the exception of the fox. The wolf noticed this and jumped to the lion's side, proclaiming that the fox was unworthy and disloyal to his king for not being here whilst all the other animals were in attendance.
A few days later the fox arrived at the cave, and the wolf immediately sat by the lion and told him that his disloyal servant had reluctantly managed to turn up. The lion roared at the fox, demanding why he had not sat with him along with the other animals. The fox replied:
"Master, instead of sitting here and watching you die, I have been searching the world looking for a cure for you, and I have found one". The lion asked what the cure was, to which the fox replied "You must slay a wolf and wear his skin".
Within seconds the wolf lay dead.
The moral of this story is - he who plots against others eventually plots his own demise.
A story to describe company Policy.
Place 5 monkeys in a cage. Tie a banana to
the roof of the cage and place a set of stepladders below the banana. After a
while one of the monkeys will see the banana and will approach the ladders. As
soon as the monkey places one foot on the ladder, spray all the monkeys with
freezing cold water. Another monkey sees the banana and approaches the ladder.
Again, as soon as the monkey's foot touches the ladder, spray all the monkeys.
Repeat this until none of the monkeys approach the ladder.
Now remove one of the monkeys and replace it
with a new one. After a while, the new monkey will see the banana and approach
the ladder. as soon as its foot touches the ladder, the other monkeys will jump
on it and prevent it from climbing up to the banana. The new monkey tries once
more but, when the other monkeys attack it again, it knows that if it tries to
climb the ladder, it will get seriously beaten.
Now replace one of the other monkeys with a
new one. When this one tries for the banana, the other 4 monkeys will attack it
including the first new monkey, who joins in the attack with the others.
Now replace a third monkey. When this one
tries to climb the ladder and is subsequently assaulted by the other 4, 2 of the
monkeys have no idea why they are attacking this new monkey OR why they are not
allowed to climb the ladder.
Now replace the 4th monkey with a new one,
and finally the 5th.
None of the monkeys in the cage have ever
been sprayed with cold water. Yet none of them will ever try to climb the
ladder. Why? because that's the way things are done around here! The truth about management? A big mining company recently hired
several cannibals. "You are all part of our team now", said the HR manager
during the welcoming briefing. "You get all the usual benefits and you can go
to the cafeteria for something to eat, but please don't eat any of the other
employees". Can a man marry his widow's sister? A man is pointing at a portrait on a wall. He says: "Brothers
and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is the
portrait a picture of? To test drive a new car, a company asks its test driver to
drive along a 2-mile stretch of road at an average speed of 60mph. Due to a
technical fault the car completes the first mile at an average speed of 30 mph.
What speed must the driver travel at over the second mile, to reach an average
speed of 60mph? What word is depicted by the diagram below C TTTTTTTTTT TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America . CLYDE: No, sir. It's the same dog.
The 5 monkeys
The admin chick
The cannibals promised they would not.
Four weeks later their boss remarked, "You're all working very hard, and I'm
satisfied with you. However, one of our Admin girls has disappeared. Do any of
you know what happened to her?"
The cannibals all shook their heads indicating "no".
After the boss had left, the leader of the cannibals said to the others, "Which
one of you idiots ate the Admin chick?"
A hand rose hesitantly, to which the leader of the cannibals continued, "You
fool!!!!! For four weeks we've been eating Managers and Supervisors and no
one noticed anything, but noooooo, you had to go and eat someone who actually
works!!!!"
Riddles
Clever kids
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America?
CLASS: Maria.
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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
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TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
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TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
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TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as
your brother's. Did you copy his?