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The impossible task...or is it? (Posted on 2002-12-03) Difficulty: 2 of 5
There was once a man named Harold. Harold was from England. The king would always get upset with Harold because it seemed like Harold never failed at anything and the king was jealous.

So one day, the king was determined to prove Harold a failure. He drew a line across the floor. He said:
"Harold, make this line shorter. You may not erase it in any way".
Harold said
"No problem your highness".
And he made the line shorter.

How is this possible?

  Submitted by Erin    
Rating: 2.6250 (16 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
The king did not specify that Harold must actually shorten the line itself. So Harold drew a secong line across the floor, longer than the first. Therefore, the line that the king drew is shorter.

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  Subject Author Date
SolutionPuzzle SolutionK Sengupta2007-03-20 12:17:41
Original (Well, I haven't seen the other comments though.)Jak Dakars2005-06-20 00:12:52
SolutionA SolutionMichael2004-11-27 05:13:41
re: solutionchucky2004-06-25 11:20:58
alternate solutionBrian2004-01-07 19:37:13
watup!@#%^$dorkdork2003-08-02 22:19:13
SolutionSolutionrajesh2003-06-30 21:04:10
Solutionsolutionhemalatha2003-06-11 02:14:39
more solutionsbenard2003-04-10 15:15:35
ANSWER!!! >.<...2003-02-01 17:41:04
The Impossible Task....Or Is It ?Ravi Raja2003-01-06 03:14:35
re: It seemsErin2002-12-12 16:06:15
It seemsAngela2002-12-06 09:13:33
re(2): orCory Taylor2002-12-05 03:49:17
re: orErin2002-12-04 15:21:21
Solution IIPaula2002-12-03 05:32:12
orCory Taylor2002-12-03 03:56:06
SolutionGautam Joshi2002-12-02 18:59:52
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