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An Old Riddle
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Puzzle ID: #31195
Submitted By: youdumbsavage Corrected By: Winner4600
Submitted By: youdumbsavage Corrected By: Winner4600
In medieval England, a king's jester was imprisoned (the king didn't like the jester's jokes). The jester was locked in a room at the top of a high tower. The room had only one tiny window. The jester found a piece of rope. It wasn't long enough to reach the ground. So, he divided it in half and tied the two halves together. This made the rope long enough and he escaped. How?
Answer
He divided the rope vertically, not horizontally.Hide Answer Show Answer
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i am glad to place the first comment and i think it is a good laugh
Hï½ï½ï½ï½ï¼Žï¼Žï¼Žwasn't the answer obvious?
well, i mean it was clever i guess, but pretty stale
NO DUH! talk about obvious!
wouldn't the rope unravel?
It was ok, i mean it was ofcourse OBVIOUS!!!!!!!!!!
Man - some harsh comments. Yeah, it was easy but still fun!
Certainly obvious - and much easier to say than do. You'd have to assume a rope of at least 4 strands, then you'd have to unlay the strands and re-lay two lengths of two-strand rope, which wouldn't be nearly as strong.VERY time-consuming, but then again, what else did the jester have to do with all that time on his hands. Medium decent teaser.
talk about boring
No Duh!
oh well
oh well
What did he cut it with??? A chainsaw?!
I just saw that in the comics Sunday. It was one of those Slylock Fox things! I got it, but I probably would have gotten it anyway, but easy teasers make me happy!
i knew he tied it vertically but i thought the trick was thea the window was too small
CUTE BUT EASY
some of the comments were quite harsh - actually although it was easy it was still fun. some people do like easy teasers.
obviously he didnt divide it horizontally beacuse that would make it the same length if not shorter..not a very good one
jeez harsh crowd
It was easy. I got it first try. I need an easy one every once and a while.
Hm. I thought that's exactly what the teaser said. I mean, I know it didn't say that he divided it vertically, but I thought that it was just assumed.
Way too easy. I only thought of dividing the rope along the length. I thought the trick was to figure out what he tied the end to or how he attached it to the tower.
Shouldn't the teaser have asked more like this:
A man in a 47 foot high stone tower has nothing in the room other than a piece of average cotton rope that is 20 feet long. How does he escape?
Answer: divide the rope along it's length, tie the two pieces together, tie a small knot at the top end, wedge the knot between stones in the window sill and climb down.
Shouldn't the teaser have asked more like this:
A man in a 47 foot high stone tower has nothing in the room other than a piece of average cotton rope that is 20 feet long. How does he escape?
Answer: divide the rope along it's length, tie the two pieces together, tie a small knot at the top end, wedge the knot between stones in the window sill and climb down.
absolute stupid (der vodka)
This one was easy because there weren't any components other than a rope and a "tiny window". I'm suprise the jester's life was sparred in the first place.
i knew he tied it vertically but i thought the trick was thea the window was too small
(Hahaha! Yeah, I was wondering about the tiny window myself, but hey, if he can divide a rope length wise and repel from it without it breaking, that just goes to show how small of a man he really was.)
What did he cut it with??? A chainsaw?!
(LOL! Good question.)
i knew he tied it vertically but i thought the trick was thea the window was too small
(Hahaha! Yeah, I was wondering about the tiny window myself, but hey, if he can divide a rope length wise and repel from it without it breaking, that just goes to show how small of a man he really was.)
What did he cut it with??? A chainsaw?!
(LOL! Good question.)
I'm sorry I just don't understand. How is dividing in half then put the halves together makes the rope longer, horizontally or vertically?
Okay assume the rope is 6in long. If you divide in half, you will have two 3in ropes. If you tied together these two ropes, you will come back with a 6in rope(technically it will be slightly shorter because you will have to make a knot)
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Okay assume the rope is 6in long. If you divide in half, you will have two 3in ropes. If you tied together these two ropes, you will come back with a 6in rope(technically it will be slightly shorter because you will have to make a knot)
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