16 People Who Were Smarter Than The Average Bear

Every now and then, you'll see a bunch of folks crowd around a problem that seems like it can't be solved. Whether it's because something's broken, a machine has a weird error, or somebody's going through something they haven't dealt with before, people are just at a loss. They're trying, bless their hearts, but nobody's having much success.

That is, until one person comes along and fixes it like it wasn't no thang in the first place. A lot of the time, these awesome people leave the scene just as quickly as they entered it, but if the problem was annoying enough, they might actually get everybody applauding while they do.

Until you see it, you'd think the whole thing where someone starts a slow clap and everybody joins in is just something that happens in the movies...but there it is.

For these 16 folks, that would probably be all in a day's work.

1. Ah, the importance of having a plan B.

After all, you don't wanna disappoint the guy who was waiting all month to yell "Worldstar" at something.

2. Haha, these two are about to be a problem for pastry chefs everywhere.

I mean, if they're smart enough to do this, they're probably smart enough not to hit the same place twice.

3. It's just subtle enough that this dude probably won't realize what happened until the ride's over.

Meanwhile, his fare will have a knowing smirk on their face all day.

4. You don't have to actually play the game to be a chess master.

Really, there are a lot of times in life where you need to think a couple of moves ahead.

I'd be curious to see how much he makes off this.

5. You know there's at least one person who fell for this.

And he probably has a whole song and dance prepared for when they complain about not being invisible.

6. Yeah, I really can't argue with that.

Birds and Netflix does sound like a good combination for some reason.

7. Hahaha, now all you gotta do is find a way to make those messages self-destruct.

From there, you just cue the Mission Impossible theme.

8. Good thinking. Now you can get out of Oz without doing someone else's dirty work.

I mean, Glinda said she was a good witch, but she didn't really do anything to back it up, right?

There are levels to the laziness game.

9. I guess there's an advantage to everyone looking right through you all the time.

How else are you gonna be able to do your job without actually doing it?

10. Hahaha, I'll bet he just does a confident nod every time he tries this.

And then victory comes when they shake their heads and smile at the same time.

11. Well, that's pollution solved, I think.

Though for the record, it's a good idea to keep Uranus clean too, or it's a bad time all around.

12. Oh yeah, you definitely don't wanna give people the wrong idea.

I feel like that's a lesson this bank learned the hard way.

I guess you can't lose it this way.

13. The only problem with this plan is that you can get a tattoo before you're old enough to get in.

Still, it's not like people are gonna go out of their way to wear the wrong birthday on their skin for the rest of their lives...right?

14. Well, I'm glad somebody figured out you can't always take people at their word.

Otherwise, we probably never would've stopped letting them get away with this.

15. Whoa, this is like when Mr. Miyagi teaches you karate by making you do his housework.

I wonder what secrets of the universe we'll unlock when we discover why the chicken crossed the road?

16. Yeah, people always underestimate the impact that last one had.

Never again will we see such a world-changing amount of awkward flailing.