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Benny
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A convict's escape plan
« on: Jun 15th, 2009, 2:11am » |
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Two convicts are locked in a cell. There's an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other they can't reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunneling because it will take too long. Finally one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan?
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Re: A convict's escape plan
« Reply #1 on: Jun 15th, 2009, 3:13am » |
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They flood the room?
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Re: A convict's escape plan
« Reply #2 on: Jun 15th, 2009, 3:42am » |
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Use the dirt from digging to get close enough to the unbarred window?
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Re: A convict's escape plan
« Reply #3 on: Jun 15th, 2009, 6:51am » |
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Heard this one before. I think towr is right, unless BenVitale has thought of some alternative solution.
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Re: A convict's escape plan
« Reply #4 on: Jun 15th, 2009, 10:54am » |
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Yep, Towr is right.
I have revisited some of the old puzzles and have been trying to put a new spin on them, looking for alternative solutions.
I did not find any other solution to this one though.
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Re: A convict's escape plan
« Reply #5 on: Jun 16th, 2009, 4:25am » |
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Stand on top of the bed, then on top of each other. How much dirt could you get from digging away at a cell anyway ?
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Re: A convict's escape plan
« Reply #6 on: Jun 25th, 2009, 4:51am » |
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My first answer was to flood it too, but the dirt thing make much more sense.
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Re: A convict's escape plan
« Reply #7 on: Apr 28th, 2010, 9:51am » |
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I don't suppose tipping the bed would help them at all?
It would certainly give them more height than a pile of dirt would, with out alerting the guards anyway (they seem to have a dislike for inmates creating larges holes in the floors of their cells for some reason...  )
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