Jolly_Boy_John_87 Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 This forum is full of talented intellectuals. Have a go at this. I'm stumped You're locked in a basement kitchen with a skylight window on the upper left wall that you cannot reach. The skylight window is open slightly and you need to get out fast. There is a fitted cooker, a fitted fridge/freezer and a fitted washing machine located on the other side of the basement. How do you get out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Arthur Blair Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Why would a basement have a skylight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly_Boy_John_87 Posted January 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 That's was my thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Unlock the door and go through it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portmahomack saint Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Eh wit aboot.. flooding the place with with the washing machine, and swim oot the skylight, or drown and get carried oot in a box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irvine_buddie Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Rip out the appliances and stack them up and climb up them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 19 minutes ago, Jolly_Boy_John_87 said: This forum is full of talented intellectuals. Have a go at this. I'm stumped You're locked in a basement kitchen with a skylight window on the upper left wall that you cannot reach. The skylight window is open slightly and you need to get out fast. There is a fitted cooker, a fitted fridge/freezer and a fitted washing machine located on the other side of the basement. How do you get out? Promise Div you'll shut the fcuk up about SMiSA and the 'community' and he lets you out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Dead easy . Wait for your wife to come downstairs to do a washing or make yer dinner !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougJamie Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Is the answer in Tommy Craig's list? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 14 minutes ago, Slartibartfast said: Ask Elisabeth Fritzl? Comments like that should never see the light of day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 10 hours ago, melmac said: Unlock the door and go through it? Yup. In order to have a set of fitted appliances there must be a door unless the fridge pixies installed it. Therefore simply open the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Maybe it's me and jolly boy's first phrase about being "in a LOCKED ROOM" is invisible... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboomyards Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Simple. Run around in circles until you are PUFFED OUT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, oaksoft said: Yup. In order to have a set of fitted appliances there must be a door unless the fridge pixies installed it. Therefore simply open the door. In these 'puzzles' don't you have to take the scenario as painted to you at face value? I'm hopeless at trying to work them out, but in this instance aren't you supposed to assume the only way out is through the skylight and the puzzle is how to do it only using the appliances mentioned? You have to take it as read that there's no door, nothing bar the items mentioned? The idea that you could use the washing machine to flood the place and eventually float up to the skylight? That sort of 'left field' answer? If the answer is just 'not only are there appliances in there, but also you're in there, so there must be a door, just open it and walk out' - then it's one almighty shite puzzle. No? Please tell me that isn't the answer... sin bin & wank tank... Edited January 18, 2017 by pozbaird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Fridge freezers usually have drawer type things in the freezer compartment. Could they be taken out, upturned and stacked, then used to stand on to access the skylight? Might not be strong enough if you're a fat bassa right enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 11 hours ago, antrin said: Maybe it's me and jolly boy's first phrase about being "in a LOCKED ROOM" is invisible... No I saw that. I also saw the key in the lock of the door and simply turned it. Result is the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, pozbaird said: In these 'puzzles' don't you have to take the scenario as painted to you at face value? I'm hopeless at trying to work them out, but in this instance aren't you supposed to assume the only way out is through the skylight and the puzzle is how to do it only using the appliances mentioned? You have to take it as read that there's no door, nothing bar the items mentioned? The idea that you could use the washing machine to flood the place and eventually float up to the skylight? That sort of 'left field' answer? If the answer is just 'not only are there appliances in there, but also you're in there, so there must be a door, just open it and walk out' - then it's one almighty shite puzzle. No? Please tell me that isn't the answer... sin bin & wank tank... Many of these types of puzzles are deliberately vague to test your ability to think outside the box. The skylight thing is misdirection to prevent you thnking about the door. It is deliberate. Companies like Google used to use questions like this during job interviews. They might still do. Crazy eh? Edited January 18, 2017 by oaksoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 1 minute ago, oaksoft said: No I saw that. I also saw the key in the lock of the door and simply turned it. Result is the same. I thought that, too, but the initial post actually specifies 'locked in a room' as opposed to 'in a locked room'. Arguably, there is a distinction there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 1 minute ago, Drew said: I thought that, too, but the initial post actually specifies 'locked in a room' as opposed to 'in a locked room'. Arguably, there is a distinction there. This is why I went for engineering and science rather than philosophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 It's not the Crystal bloody Maze or an Escher painting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 FCUKSAKE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Got it. I used the elastic in my underpants to form a sling and flew through the skylight like Eddie the Eagle on speed. Next problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Right. Here's one... You're rooted to the bottom of the league and all you've got is David Clarkson, a toaster and a Binatone radio cassette player. How do you get out of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsmfc Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Get a pair of tights out the washing machine and rip a ladder in them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 28 minutes ago, pozbaird said: Right. Here's one... You're rooted to the bottom of the league and all you've got is David Clarkson, a toaster and a Binatone radio cassette player. How do you get out of it? I wouldn't have got into the toaster in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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