[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Here's an original answer. You have an infinite supply of towels. So
fill the space between the tables with enough towels to make a bridge
from one table to the other. Then slowly push all three pies at once
along the bridge.
---David
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Ok, I've already figured out that the towels catch fire if they touch the
metal rims. Guess I'll have to add that they ignite if they hit the floor.
So it'll be better if I add a thin rubber ring to the edge of the rim, and
they'll get a shock if they touch any part of the metal.
This seems to be getting pretty involved. What were the towels FOR,
anyway? I admit to not reading _Contacting Aliens_. Are the Rousit
known for fastidiousness, or something? Or do you mean that the
presence of towels is supposed to indicate to the Rousit that the
solution involves getting dirty?
Anyway, a closer reading shows that the problem is impossible:
There are three cream pies on a table.
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If any part of a pie touches either table or the ground inbetween, you're
disqualified.
It looks to me as if everyone is immediately disqualified. Or are
you trying to make a distinction between "pie" and "pieplate"?
---David
Pieman's Blues
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