Uncyclopedia:Featured articles/March 17

Lateral thinking puzzles are often referred to as Situation puzzles, "yes/no" puzzles, or "no, no oh my dear god no!" puzzles. Lateral thinking puzzles are usually played in a group, alone, in pairs, with limited resources, by deep sea divers, or in other situations. It is most often used to stimulate lateral thinking. Depending upon the settings and level of difficulty, other answers, hints or simple explanations of why the answer is "yes", "****", or "please, God, no more" may be considered acceptable.

One player initiates the game by asking in a high-pitched and awkward voice whether anybody wants to play a lateral thinking puzzle. Once all other alternatives are exhausted, the game begins. The initiator of the game "tosses" to the players a confusing or counter-productive situation while the players are allowed to ask the aforementioned "tosser" yes/no questions until they either arrive at an explanation for the situation or beat him savagely about the head and body with a blunt instrument. (Full article...)