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Post by Cannibal Monkey on Feb 1, 2004 12:40:22 GMT -5
*deflates*
Humbug.
Over to you, mr. Nash
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Post by Rick T.Nash on Feb 1, 2004 12:53:53 GMT -5
Okay, I'll try something a little more challenging, a variant of a well know riddle: Three couples, John and Mary, Sam and Claire and Paul and Jane, are standing, quite perplexed, on the northern bank of a river. They hope to get across to the southern side before supper, but there is no bridge in sight. The only boat they have can carry two people, and no more than two (regardless of stature), at any time. To make matters worse, none of the female companions is prepared to leave her husband in the company of another female unless she herself is also there to keep an eye or two on them. Have they any hope?PS. The fact that John, Sam and Paul are all excellent swimmers may not be appealed to in any acceptable solution.
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Post by O.H.Lee on Feb 19, 2004 8:43:15 GMT -5
It's impossible! I've tried all permutations but always get a 'jealousy' problem... Are you sure it's feasible?
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Post by Cannibal Monkey on Feb 21, 2004 6:55:36 GMT -5
It is, quite clearly, one of 2 possible answers:
a) They have no hope.
b) The women are excellent swimmers.
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Post by Rick T.Nash on Feb 21, 2004 12:17:00 GMT -5
There's a solution I can assure you of that...
And NOBODY needs to swim! ;D
I'll give you a clue: what can be said about the first time there's three people on each side of the river?
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Post by Agent Karl on Apr 2, 2004 4:43:52 GMT -5
Okay, I'll try something a little more challenging, a variant of a well know riddle: Three couples, John and Mary, Sam and Claire and Paul and Jane, are standing, quite perplexed, on the northern bank of a river. They hope to get across to the southern side before supper, but there is no bridge in sight. The only boat they have can carry two people, and no more than two (regardless of stature), at any time. To make matters worse, none of the female companions is prepared to leave her husband in the company of another female unless she herself is also there to keep an eye or two on them. Have they any hope?PS. The fact that John, Sam and Paul are all excellent swimmers may not be appealed to in any acceptable solution. EUREKA! Sam and John go first, Sam comes back. Sam and Paul go over, Sam comes back and stays with ClaireJane and Mary go over, Paul and Mary come back. Mary and Claire go over, John comes back. (Now the three women are on the other side!) John and Sam go over, Sam comes back to pick up Paul! And off to dinner they go! WOOHOO! Now, I have to come up with one... Okay, I'll try an easy one: OTTFFSSE... What comes next?
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Post by Cannibal Monkey on Apr 2, 2004 11:31:46 GMT -5
EUREKA! Sam and John go first, Sam comes back. Sam and Paul go over, Sam comes back and stays with ClaireJane and Mary go over, Paul and Mary come back. Mary and Claire go over, John comes back. (Now the three women are on the other side!) John and Sam go over, Sam comes back to pick up Paul! And off to dinner they go! hat cant be it - you have Paul and Mary going in the boat together.
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Post by Agent Karl on Apr 3, 2004 16:45:13 GMT -5
You're right CM... I made a mistake... It should read "Paul and Jane" (I mixed the couples!) So the whole thing should have been: Sam and John go first, Sam comes back. Sam and Paul go over, Sam comes back and stays with Claire Jane and Mary go over, Paul and Jane come back. Jane and Claire go over, John comes back. (Now the three women are on the other side!) John and Sam go over, Sam comes back to pick up Paul! And off to dinner they go! So, OTTFFSSE?
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Post by Rick T.Nash on May 15, 2004 11:27:09 GMT -5
N? (for Nine?)
(One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight...)
A really simple logical problem:
You have 2 cans of water, one of 10 liters, the other of 1 liter. How can you pour the contents of the 1liter can into the 10 liter one and still know which water come from which can?
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Post by Ombre on May 26, 2004 10:19:51 GMT -5
well...I would say : you just have to spill the content of the ten liter one on the ground and then pour the one liter from the one liter can in the big one...then you have a liter you can clearly identify in the 10-liter can while the water on the ground is the one from the bigger can...my solution sounds a little stupid even to me...but then again I'm just a French Cthulhu worshipper and thus maybe I didn't get the riddle straight... ;D
another solution would be to put the little can in the bigger one...
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Post by Rick T.Nash on Jun 3, 2004 9:09:28 GMT -5
Nope... None of these solutions are good... sorry
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Post by Cannibal Monkey on Jun 4, 2004 10:13:28 GMT -5
Put a divider in the 10 litre can and pour the 1 litre into a seperate section as the rest of the water?
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Post by Rick T.Nash on Jun 5, 2004 6:07:07 GMT -5
Nope...
The answer is much easier than that...
Pop Quizz: Just imagine you're at home when trying to do such a thing. What would you do? ;D
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