2.4 Lateral Thinking (continued)

Reversal

This involves taking something and turning it upside down. Where one direction is defined then the opposite direction is also defined by implication.

In a winding country lane a motorist came up behind a slow moving flock of sheep which filled the lane from side to side. The lane was bounded by high walls with no gap and the motorist was resigned to a long wait. Then the shepherd signaled the motorist to stop, and proceeded to turn the flock round and drive it back past the stationary motorist. It was a matter of getting the sheep past the car rather than the car past the sheep.