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maritime riddle

 
 
owi
 
Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2003 09:21 am
There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How can they smoke?
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TechnoGuyRob
 
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2003 10:21 am
They rub the cigarettes until sparkles form (pretty silly idea).
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Equus
 
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2003 10:49 am
Fortunately, although they have no matches, they each have a butane lighter.
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Equus
 
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2003 10:53 am
Or, perhaps the woman not mentioned, who is in the boat with them, has matches.
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Equus
 
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2003 10:54 am
Or could they light the cigarettes by 'striking' the flag?
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Equus
 
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2003 10:54 am
Maybe it is moot because this is a non-smoking cruise.
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Equus
 
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2003 10:56 am
Row/sail/motor the boat back to harbor for some matches.
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Equus
 
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2003 10:57 am
Or they could catch a starfish or a sunfish and light them on that.
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Equus
 
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2003 10:58 am
Or, the one wearing glasses could fashion a crude magnifying glass, and by concentrating the rays of the sun, light the cigarettes.
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Equus
 
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2003 10:58 am
Who cares about the cigarettes? They already had cigars going when they got in the boat.
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Equus
 
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2003 10:59 am
If they are 3 men in a boat, one of them is a candlestick maker- they can use one of his candles.
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Equus
 
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2003 11:00 am
Each of them could spontaneously combust.
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Equus
 
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2003 11:01 am
One of the men could sell his soul to the Devil, and when he bursts into flame, the other two can light their cigarettes on him.
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mikey
 
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Reply Thu 10 Apr, 2003 02:05 pm
ones already lit
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laura nav nedu
 
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Reply Fri 11 Apr, 2003 04:57 pm
The guy throws one cigaret into the sea.
Now the boat got a little lighter.
Then he uses the lighter to lite his cigaret.


Laura Razz
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owi
 
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Reply Sat 12 Apr, 2003 04:01 am
laura nav nedu, got it.

btw. very good theories equus
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Equus
 
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Reply Mon 14 Apr, 2003 08:42 am
Laura, excellent answer. I figured the right answer had something to do with that fourth cigarette. But assuming these guys are all smokers, why waste a good cigarette? The two big guys can throw the littlest guy overboard, making the boat lighter, and have TWO cigarettes each.
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roger
 
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Reply Mon 14 Apr, 2003 08:43 am
Thug! Beast!
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laura nav nedu
 
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Reply Mon 14 Apr, 2003 08:59 am
Well Equus me! Laughing


No seriously, you're right if cigarettes were
scarce, and if you can't get by without them,
your idea would be defendable. Problem is
who gets thrown over?


Laura
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Equus
 
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Reply Mon 14 Apr, 2003 01:03 pm
The two largest would toss over the smallest and easiest to overpower. Of course, the largest could then overpower the second-smallest and then he'd have all four cigarettes to himself.
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