A boy goes and buys a one-piece fishing pole that is 6' 3" long. As he goes to get on the bus, the bus driver tells him that he can't take anything on the bus longer than 6'.

The boy goes back to town, buys one more thing, and the bus driver allows him on the bus.

He did not damage the fishing pole in any way.

What did he buy, and what did he do with it?

(In reply to re(3): solution is wrong by Gamer)

What does the bus driver's clothes have to do with anything? We are talking about what this kid cannot bring with him onto the bus. And because his organs are a part of him, he is not taking them with him, they ARE him. And the bus driver did not explicitly state he couldn't take anything of length dimensions greater than 6'. Besides, length, height, and width aren't specific measurements and it all depends on how something is oriented. I could orient the diagonal of a box so that it could be considered the length.

And if we are to assume that the rule given by the bus driver does not have to be followed, and that the kid only gets away with bringing the rod onto the bus because he is concealing it, then we could also assume that the bus driver realizes that he could have something longer than 6' in the box and inspect it.

it's just a bad problem, even for a trick.

Posted by donnmike on 2003-12-29 02:38:47