Summer Sleuths 02

Young Ben Bright had a good idea.He bet his friends that they
couldn't take hold of the ends of a piece of string and,
without letting go , tie a knot in the middle of the string.
After they all failed miserably he showed them how it was done.
What did he do ?

Originally posted by ivanhoe

Young Ben Bright had a good idea.He bet his friends that they
couldn't take hold of the ends of a piece of string and,
without letting go , tie a knot in the middle of the string.
After they all failed miserably he showed them how it was done.
What did he do ?

It sure is a good one !! ....... hush , hush .

Originally posted by ivanhoe


It sure is a good one !! ....... hush , hush .

What normal people would call a normal knot ...

Never heard this before, so forgive me trying the obvious and probably wrong answers:

Does he use a really long piece of string, so that he can crawl his whole body through the loop of the string?

OR

Does he cut the string in the middle, and then tie the newly created ends together?

Originally posted by jimroebuck
Never heard this before, so forgive me trying the obvious and probably wrong answers:

Does he use a really long piece of string, so that he can crawl his whole body through the loop of the string?

OR

Does he cut the string in the middle, and then tie the newly created ends together?

The string stays in one piece and isn't amazingly long.

Correct.

Originally posted by iamatiger
Ahaha - I know that one, but its a good one, can anyone who doesn't know it get it I wonder...

Thanks , RoyalC.

Originally posted by ivanhoe


What normal people would call a normal knot ...

By a Normal Knot are you talking about a Pretzle knot where you
feed one end through to make a Pretzle shape, or can you fold the
string in half and throw a loop knot there? Plhabibit.

Yes , I guess what you would call a Pretzel knot , I would call a
normal knot .

pretzel n. Crisp knot-shaped biscuit flavoured with salt , used esp.
by Germans as relish with beer.

IvanH.

as with many 'lateral thinking' puzzles, there is more than one answer.

One solution, given the puzzle as described, is to take hold of one end of the string, put the other on the ground and twist it till the aforementioned 'pretzle' is near-formed, and only at that time take hold of the other end (through the pretzle loop) and pull.

There are others involving switching hold position (still within the 'rules'😉, cutting the string in the middle etc etc etc.

However, I suspect the answer you are looking for is to cross your arms before picking up the string, then pull your arms uncrossed (english?) and bingo: one knotted string.

How many edits and i still can't spell...

Don't give up , jimroebuck .

IvanH.

However, I suspect the answer you are looking for is to cross your arms before picking up the string, then pull your arms uncrossed (english?) and bingo: one knotted string. Toe



All right Toe , you've got it.
Ten points and a red Ferrari for you ...