| Author | Message | ||
| Absinthe (Absinthe)
New member Username: Absinthe Post Number: 1 Registered: 3-2009 |
Two men carry a heavy sack between them. It contains something very precious to both of them, and though they barely have the strength to lift it, the question of abandoning the sack does not even occour to them. Soon the men see a third man in the distance. The immediately bury the sack and join the new man, never to return to it. What was in the sack? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 402 Registered: 11-2008 |
Ooh, classic style and I don't know it! Men = human? adult? males? All three of them? Heavy -- of great mass? Could this occur on Earth? Could it occur anywhere on Earth? Is the third man's occupation relevant? Did they bury the sack because they no longer needed it? Or, perhaps, because it contained evidence for a heinous crime? That, in the absence of other men, they might also need to stay alive? Were they in a desert? And they killed a man and took his water, etc. and were drinking that and eating him? (Or, perhaps, they were in a cold desert and could eat snow and the man?) And they saw a rescuer? So they quickly buried the evidence and rushed to the rescuer? | ||
| Absinthe (Absinthe)
New member Username: Absinthe Post Number: 3 Registered: 3-2009 |
Damn. You're too good. **************SPOILER************** This puzzle is based on the story of the football team whose plane crashed in the Andes. Without food, the survivors had to resort to eating those who died in the crash. When it became obvious that they weren't going to be rescued, the two fittest men took a supply of meat and trekked over the mountains in search of civilisation, but buried the food in shame when they found rescue. | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
Moderator Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 41 Registered: 3-2009 |
Welcome to the forum, Absinthe! Do enjoy your time with us! | ||
| Absinthe (Absinthe)
New member Username: Absinthe Post Number: 20 Registered: 3-2009 |
(Er, I'm not sure if I'm allowed to reply to threads moved to this section, but...) Thank you! This place looks fun. | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
Moderator Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 45 Registered: 3-2009 |
You can post anywhere you like :-) | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 406 Registered: 11-2008 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571 -- here's the Wikipedia article about the basis of this puzzle. | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 166 Registered: 10-2008 |
This is a wonderful puzzle for people less familiar with the concept of lateral puzzles. Takes 'em hours. | ||
| Absinthe (Absinthe)
New member Username: Absinthe Post Number: 74 Registered: 3-2009 |
Haha, yeah. The first time I came across it I had to cheat and check the answers at the back of the book. ^^ | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 409 Registered: 11-2008 |
Book, you say? Was the book by any chance written by Paul Sloane? :-P | ||
| Absinthe (Absinthe)
New member Username: Absinthe Post Number: 106 Registered: 3-2009 |
I don't remember! It may have been, but I read it (and subsequently lost the book) a very long time ago. |
