ESTONIAN DROODLES
10 variants

Question: A thief is standing in the middle of the garden and wants to get out of there. On one side a militiaman (i.e. a Russian policeman) is standing and on the other side a dog named AI (Ouch). How would he get out of there?
Answer: He hits the leg of the militiaman with the stone. The militiaman shouts, “Ouch!” and the dog runs to him and the thief escapes
Archive reference: RKM, KP 36, 88 (11)
Location: Trt Tartu 2. Kk, 7. kl
Date: 1992
Subject: Ouch
Question: These four persons are guarding two thieves in a room that is opened only from four corners. How do they get out?
Answer: The thieves throw stones at the militiaman, the militiaman shouts, “Ouch, ouch, ouch!” The dog runs to him and drops the guarding. From where the Ouch had run away, from there the thieves go out.
Archive reference: RKM, KP 33, 189 (10)
Location: Trt Nõo Reaalgümn
Date: 1992
Subject: Ouch
Question: Two criminals are in jail they want to escape, but don’t know how, because in one corner a fire brigade is guarding, in the second an emergency, in the third a police holding bricks and in the fourth a dog Ai (Ouch). What do they have to do?
Answer: Scare the police, the police drops the bricks on his toe and shouts, “Ouch”, the dog Ouch runs to the police and the prisoners get free.
Archive reference: RKM, KP 32, 148/9 (11)
Location: Nõo Nõo Reaalgümn, 4. kl
Date: 1992
Subject: Ouch
Question: How can a thief escape?
Answer: The thief says, “Ouch!” The dog runs at the militiaman and the thief escapes.
Archive reference: RKM I 20, 190 (1)
Location: Tln Tallinna 60. Kk
Date: 1988
Subject: Ouch
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Archive reference: RKM II 350, 349/50 (13)
Location: VJg
Date: 1978
Subject: Ouch
Question: How could a monkey escape, if a garden surrounded by fruit trees has two gates. But on one side of the gate there is a hunter and on the other side a dog Ai?
Answer: The monkey throws an apple at the hunter. The hunter shouts, “Ouch!” The dog runs to the hunter, but the monkey jumps down from the tree and slips out of the gate.
Archive reference: RKM, KP 17, 356/7 (8)
Location: Mär Märjamaa Kk, 7. kl
Date: 1992
Subject: Ouch
Question: How could a prisoner get out?
Answer: He hits commander’s head with a stone and he shouts: “Oi” and the dog runs to the commander and the prisoner runs away.
Archive reference: RKM, KP 14, 185 (1)
Location: Hps Haapsalu Sanat Internaatk, 6. kl
Date: 1992
Subject: Ouch
Question: How could a prisoner get out of the prison? The prison has two exits one is guarded by a dog named Ai, the other by a guard.
Answer: The prisoner takes a stone from the heap of gravel and throws it at the guard, the guard shouts, “Ouch!” The dog runs to the guard and the prisoner slips out.
Archive reference: RKM II 426, 130 (8)
Location: Vil Viljandi 4. Kk
Date: 1988
Subject: Ouch
Question: How could a man get out of the prison yard?
Answer: He throws stones at the militiaman, this shouts, “Ouch-ouch!” The dog runs there and the second gates gets free.
Archive reference: RKM II 441, 525 (3)
Location: Trt
Date: 1991
Subject: Ouch
Question: How can a criminal get out of the prison? The prison has two exits one is guarded by a dog named Ai, the other by a guard.
Answer: The prisoner takes a stone from a heap of gravel and throws it to the guard, this shouts, “Ouch,” the dog runs to the guard and the guard slips away.
Archive reference: EKRK III 41 (1), 231
Location: Vln Viljandi 4. Kk
Date: 1988
Subject: Ouch