this is a classic word puzzle.
the man looks in the mirror to see what he saw. he took the saw, cut the table in half, put the halves together to make a whole and climbed out the hole.
its a groaner.
heres the thing:
in certain context, this answer makes complete sense, even though the logic has no place in the real world. it is a manipulation of known (words) to produce a desired outcome, which just happens to be absolutely ridiculous. it works in theory, philosophically.... but will never be reality.
frustrating, right?
would it make any sense to replicate this? of course not. even to imply that is ridiculous. trying to figure out what the man did with the table and mirror is a waste of time.
i have my own opinions about how this lesson applies, and i think thats about all im gonna say about that.