Two fifty foot ropes are suspended from a forty foot ceiling, about twenty feet apart.

Armed with only a knife, how much of the rope can you steal?

Well first you take the two ropes and bring them to the point where both ropes can cross over. There you double or triple knot it. So now you have 2 ropes suspended and they are tied to gether at a point. The distance from each rope to the knot is equal. So now you step on the middle knot and climb one of the ropes to the top and cut it. (You now fall to the floor in pain) Next you step on the same knot you made last time but when traveling up you use the piece of rope you fist cut (Still attached by a knot) to make knots up the second rope. thus allowing you to reach the top of the secong rope and cut it allowing you to steal all the rope.

Posted by Alan on 2003-02-07 09:40:41