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Smart Suitor
A wise king devised a contest to see who would receive the princess' hand in marriage. The princess was put in a 50x50 foot carpeted room. Each of her four suitors was put in one corner of the room with a small box to stand on. The first one to touch the princess' hand would be the winner and become the new king. The rules of the test were that the contestants could not walk over the carpet, cross the carpet, or hang from anything; nor could they use anything but their body and wits. One suitor figured out a way and married the princess and became the new king.
How did he figure it out?
How did he figure it out?
Answer
He asked the princess, "Would you please come over here and touch my hand?"Hide Answer Show Answer
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easy
DOn't be silly, a girl like that would never go for an ugly bugger like him!
lol
You can do better than that Drunky!
why can't he just roll up the carpet? sure, it's a big carpet, but it also doesn't violate any of the rules...
That's more of a trick one...
Easy, and nicely done.
but why would princess neccessarily obet this man?????
I'd just hold on to the box and start jumping with it over to her... and hope I can outrace the others who follow in suit.
WHAT? I thought this teaser up MYSELF. Turns out someone beat me to it and thought up the same thing
That's a nice princess, then!
Should this not have been in "trick?"
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