Lateral Thinking Puzzles

17. Angry Wife!

A man phones his wife from work. He tells her he won't be home until eight o'clock. He arrives home two minutes past eight, and his wife goes crazy at him. Why? 8)

Submitted by ANTFROG2000 · Added 15 August 2008

Solution:

The wife is angry because the man did not specify whether he meant 8:00 AM or 8:00 PM. He arrived home two minutes past 8:00 PM, but she expected him home at 8:00 AM, making her wait all day for him.

Additionally, he may have been out drinking with friends and stayed out until 8:00 AM, causing her to worry and become upset.


Comments (17)

skintc 19 September 2008

Cos she's an insane control freak?

aisha 21 January 2009

he arrives two minutes past eight a week later with lipstick stains on his shirt

Hahaveryfunny:3 26 June 2009

Obviously he's on a buissness trip, and the wife expects him home at 2 min past 8 that night, but he prob ment that the train/plain was delayed!! :mrgreen:

Hahaveryfunny:3 26 June 2009

Or she expected him at 8:00 at night, when he ment 8:00 AM

ramesh4fun 9 June 2010

Because she is busy in watching daily serial while he come from office, he came by 2 mins past 8. So it creates disturbance to her.

slueth 25 June 2010

He had arrived home stone-drunk after spending a couple of hours at a bar.

Chrisam 2 February 2013

As he opened the door his wife had resolved to proteck herself from the stranger lurking around her home who vanished ina shadow on seeing her husband pull into the drive way, she first saw snooping around her home since 7:45 but assuming it was her husband she waiting for him to come in but then noticed his car had not pulled in by 7:55 as the stranger moved closer to the door, as she checked to lock on the door *my husband will use his keys so i should lock the doors he will be here soon* she was mentally blown away to feel it turn in her had and she know her only way out was to fight back and run for help thus she went crazy at the first person to enter the door.

merman 27 October 2013

Because his wife is a woman and all women are crazy, too easy!

V7Theory 1 November 2013

I've listed these in order of probability- Most to least.

She accidentally crapped herself in anticipation and turned to anger to hide her embarrassment.

He works as a radio dj, she was listening to his show and noticed that it went off the air at 6 and he's only a 20 min drive away.

She's on a business trip and needed him to record her show which started at 8 for her. Now she'll never know why lightning boy was taken to the principal's office.

He works downstairs, at the barbour shop they own which is part of their house, but 2 minutes still isn't much, so if it's something like this, she's needs to learn some patience.

She set the oven, counting on him to come home by 8. Now there are burnt cookies. Thanks a lot, bro.

ValhallaStarfire 14 November 2013

He went out drinking with his friends and stayed out until 8:00 in the morning. Being extremely mad and worried (not crazy), she blew up at him.

jayantkumarz48 11 January 2014

This man lives in an apartment,
At about 8 o clock when his office hours were over, he phoned his wife and told her that he'll be at work till 8 o clock in morning, and that night he was to have his nightstay with the next door lady neighbour whom he has an affair with, but but but.... he accidentally entered his own residence (room no 302) instead of 301.

smrao 5 February 2014

he returned after taking dinner some where. So wife was angry why ATE? She supposed to dine together.

Scarface37 3 March 2014

she see on the news that where he works was blown up and the reporter said there where no survives

Gazza 6 May 2014

Because he had just spent $25,000 on a new Rolex, and obviously it was not keeping good time, he thought it was 8pm, it was really 8.02..........she thought it was an absolute waste of good "Shoe" money.

a4amit 10 May 2014

his wife goes crazy because it was the next day

marsway 1 January 2016

He works from home so when the wife gets home and he isn't there knowing that he has no reason to not be in the house she realizes that he is lying to her

123532 8 November 2016

¯\_?_/¯

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