How to marry the princess
A wise king devised a contest to see who would receive the Princess’ hand in marriage. The Princess was put in a 50 x 50 foot carpeted room.
Each of her four suitors were 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 were, the contestants could not-
- Walk over the carpet,
- Cross the plane of the carpet, or
- Hang from anything
- Nor could they use anything but their body and wits (i.e. no magic, telepathy, nor any items such as ladders, block and tackles etc).
One suitor figured out a way and married the Princess and became the new King.
What did he do?
It’s only the suitors who are bound by the movement restrictions, not the princess. So, a suitor can ask the princess her hand. 🙂
The suitor ran over the carpet. It says you are not allowed to “walk”.
That won’t do… Because Condition No. 2 says he can’t “Cross the plane of the carpet” (by any means, which includes running, jumping… etc.)
choke the other 3suitors.
throw one down on the carpet, drag suitor 2,
walk to the end of that one, drop suitor 2,
walk back and grab suitor 3, walk to the end, drop
repeat as necessary to walk across the other suitors and repositioning until you reach the princess.
Option2:
choke the other suitors and throw them off the box.
roll the box until you reach the princess.
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