"Lateral thinking" problem
04 February 2003, 03:19 PM
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There was no water in the lake?
04 February 2003, 03:49 PM
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LOL with andys
Interesting definition of the word "trapped"!
[Edited: I meant "with", not @]
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[Edited by Ratman - 4/2/2003 4:05:45 PM]
04 February 2003, 04:58 PM
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There is no definition of the size of the island! Britain is an island. Perhaps he never leaves the island but does in fact 'escape' from whatever is 'trapping' him.
02 April 2003, 02:18 PM
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"A man was trapped on an island in the middle of a large and deep lake. He could not swim and had no boat or means of making one. He waited desperately for help, but none came. Eventually he managed to escape. How?"
02 April 2003, 02:21 PM
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he drank the water in the lake
02 April 2003, 02:26 PM
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02 April 2003, 02:26 PM
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was there a scooby in the lake?
02 April 2003, 02:27 PM
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XT - the flaw in your plan is that all the p1ss would have to go somewhere
02 April 2003, 02:36 PM
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he would **** on the island, and then the **** would evaporate to the atmosphere......
02 April 2003, 02:37 PM
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So he could wait until a really hot summer when the lake would evaporate anyway, or wait until winter
02 April 2003, 02:39 PM
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Nowhere in the question does it mention that the lake is in a climactic zone that would allow the water to freeze. As the question specifically mentions that the lake is both large and deep, making freezing less likely, I'll take it that just walking over the frozen surface come winter is not the answer. Besides, might the man not have starved to death waiting for this?
02 April 2003, 02:39 PM
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02 April 2003, 02:41 PM
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Ratman, whether it mentions likelihood of the lake freezing or not, I'm willing to bet that the answer is he waits 'til the lake freezes.
02 April 2003, 02:45 PM
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in the dead sea and he floated back to shore
02 April 2003, 02:47 PM
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02 April 2003, 02:48 PM
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What would you do if you were that man?
02 April 2003, 02:54 PM
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He may not have had a boat, but he did have a helicopter....
02 April 2003, 03:15 PM
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I know what you mean Ratman no offence taken
02 April 2003, 03:18 PM
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02 April 2003, 03:22 PM
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got a ride with a dolphin
02 April 2003, 03:23 PM
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02 April 2003, 03:24 PM
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define "escaping", if all he wanted to do escape the island surely jumping into the water would "escaping the island" ??
02 April 2003, 03:26 PM
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Frozen Lake.
02 April 2003, 03:28 PM
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He looked at his watch and said
02 April 2003, 03:31 PM
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Taking it at face value one could argue that he was simply "trapped" up a tree, for example, and the fact that the island was in the middle of the lake is superfluous. He merely wanted to get untrapped and eventually climbed down, say. Trapped in an odd word - marooned would have been better if you were meant to think that he wanted to get off the island. Perhaps he simply died - is that an escape?
02 April 2003, 03:35 PM
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He drove off in the scooby that was in the lake?
02 April 2003, 03:51 PM
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He died hence escaped from all the suffering and hate in this world.
02 April 2003, 03:58 PM
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Two "hences" in one mail Katana?
02 April 2003, 03:59 PM
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02 April 2003, 04:00 PM
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How would a footballer be able to help him?
04 February 2003, 04:58 PM
