40% of the people in the world use...

...one of these every day, what is it?

So goes the Impossible Question competition on the local radio station that gets played in the office where I work. Now if someone would be so good as to post the answer then I'd be jolly grateful and all that. And potentially £1,100 (and rising) better off.

Every hour on the hour somebody calls up to guess. The answers (all wrong) that have been given so far are (the ones at the top are the most recent guesses):

Waxing Kit
Razor blade
Ear, nose and beard hair trimmer
Ladies' shaver
Electric shaver
PC (computer)
Razor
Radio
Pen
A deodorant
Television
Review on Google.com
Left hand
Pushbike
Mirror
Electric Toothbrush
Pair of glasses (spectacles)
Chopsticks
Microsoft on the internet
Computers
Work Mobile Phones

After 'razor' was suggested the presenter said that it was the closest guess so far (hence the subsequent guesses of 'razor blade' etc).

Apparantly the answer is located on some web site somewhere. But after spending quite some time searching I, and my colleagues, are no nearer the answer.

So, what gets used by 40% of the worldwide population every day?

PS: Quite what the person who said Left hand was thinking I'm not sure...

Originally posted by T1000
...one of these every day, what is it?

So goes the Impossible Question competition on the local radio station that gets played in the office where I work. Now if someone would be so good to post the answer then I'd be jolly grateful and all that. And potentially £1,100 (and rising) better off.

Every hour on the hour somebody calls up to guess. T ...[text shortened]... ulation every day?

PS: Quite what the person who said Left hand was thinking I'm not sure...

The person guessed "Left hand" - in other words guessed that 40%('and no more' I suppose it goes without saying) of people use their left hand every day. I'd wager that approx. 99%+ of the world's population use their left hand on a daily basis.

One of my buddies at work is adamant the answer is 'a knife'. Although far from sure, I think 'a flush toilet' may not be a bad guess.

shower?let us know if you hear the right answer somewhere!

Originally posted by genius
well-isn't about 40% of the population left handed?...*has no idea, is just wondering...*

Their brain?

soap
a toothbrush
a comb / hairbrush
a light
a swear word
who knows eh?

Originally posted by royalchicken
Their brain?

Originally posted by T1000
The person guessed "Left hand" - in other words guessed that 40%('and no more' I suppose it goes without saying) of people use their left hand every day. I'd wager that approx. 99%+ of the world's population use their left hand on a daily basis.

One of my buddies at work is adamant the answer is 'a knife'. Although far from sure, I think 'a flush toilet' may not be a bad guess.

Has to be "a flushing toilet"??

skeeter

I'd go with knife too.
I don't think 40% of the world population even owns a flush toilet,nor some of the other things suggested.I'm pretty sure less than 40% owns a brain,let alone use it! 😉

yes its got to be the knife.

Anything using electicity would be wrong. But you'd think a knife would be used by more than 40%.

Headwear?
Shoes?
4 legged transport?


Edit: Just noticed the part about the razor being close. Oh well.

Originally posted by eddie anders
yes its got to be the knife.

I would suggest a car of some form at irst thought, although this might be higher thinking about it, and is not close to a razor in anyway.

Definately not a flushing toilet, I have been to a lot of the developing world countries and their toilets, outside western hotels, do not flush, particually not "squatties"!!!

Andrew