contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoA cool guide on moving a lamb over a walli.redd.itimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoOkay, but what if I have a lamb, a cabbage, and a wolf? Obviously I can only bring one at a time over the wall, but the lamb will eat the cabbage if I’m not there…
minus-squareMinFapper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIs that from a riddle? Based on what you’ve given so far, you can just take the lamb first, since the wolf won’t eat the cabbage.
minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThe original riddle is a boat or gondola across the river that can only fit yourself and one thing. It’s not that hard of a riddle, it’s just that you have to apply the same logic to the other side too.
minus-squareMindTraveller@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoRight, but what do you take next? And what do you do when you’re going back to get the third thing, leaving whatever’s on the other side unsupervised?
minus-squareCaptnNMorgan@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoBut then what are you putting over the fence next?
minus-squarethanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWolf eats sheep while you’re yeeting the cabbage.
minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThat’s some genius-level out of the box thinking. You’re hired!
Okay, but what if I have a lamb, a cabbage, and a wolf? Obviously I can only bring one at a time over the wall, but the lamb will eat the cabbage if I’m not there…
Is that from a riddle?
Based on what you’ve given so far, you can just take the lamb first, since the wolf won’t eat the cabbage.
The original riddle is a boat or gondola across the river that can only fit yourself and one thing.
It’s not that hard of a riddle, it’s just that you have to apply the same logic to the other side too.
Right, but what do you take next? And what do you do when you’re going back to get the third thing, leaving whatever’s on the other side unsupervised?
But then what are you putting over the fence next?
Cabbage, wolf, sheep
Wolf eats sheep while you’re yeeting the cabbage.
What if you eat the wolf first
That’s some genius-level out of the box thinking. You’re hired!