the mind bending puzzle

Originally posted by latex bishop
I believe they would have a pilot light of some kind. If we are going to be picky, the original problem never stated whether ot not there was any fuel in the gas fire.

Andrew

Originally posted by latex bishop
I believe they would have a pilot light of some kind. If we are going to be picky, the original problem never stated whether ot not there was any fuel in the gas fire.

Andrew

Originally posted by genius
i wasn't trying to be picky-it was just that it struck me as strange😛 also-aren't most gas fires linked to a mains gas supply so it wouldn't need to be full of fuel...

Why don't you just light the match?

then the match would b the 1st thing u had 2 light

Originally posted by orkyboy
then the match would b the 1st thing u had 2 light

Precisely

i know this is completely off topic but waldorf do u play chess or just talk in the forums? 😛

Originally posted by orkyboy
i know this is completely off topic but waldorf do u play chess or just talk in the forums? 😛

Originally posted by waldorf
Even though its none of your business, I have challenged a few people but they have not moved against me yet.

is it a safety match because if not u wouldnt be able to light it unless u had the box.....

Originally posted by waldorf
Even though its none of your business, I have challenged a few people but they have not moved against me yet.

I don't care what any one says. The first thing I'd light is a cigarette. If it's an abandoned house, then no one will mind if I smoke inside.

Besides, being in an abandoned house like that sounds like the making of a horror story. If you're about to die anyway, smoke 'em if you got 'em. 😀

Originally posted by orkyboy
u r in a deserted house late at night. inside there is an oil lamp a gas fire and a stove full of wood. u only have 1 match. what do u light 1st?

if you can add 2 to 171 in the way described by bbarr, that is 17 1/2, to make it less than 18, surely you can also assume that 2+171 = 173 is less than 18 by alphabetical sorting instead of numerical sorting...

what gives us the right to make some assumptions and not others? the problem with lateral thinking puzzles is that the answer is always linked to the problem by some wholly contrived path of the author's choosing. there is either an assumed context or lack thereof: what a waste of effort even thinking about them. pooh. the authors would be better suited to inventing matchstick puzzles with which to amuse drunks.