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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malchior" data-source="post: 1340430" data-attributes="member: 16415">Re: Hat riddle. How are the hats affixed to their heads? I would suggest stating in the riddle that the hats cannot be removed, otherwise, tilt your head down to make it fall off. ;-) (Unless their heads are completely immobile) Any, yes, I havve already read the solution on the previous page.Okay, here's my riddle (told to me by my cousin).You have two lengths of rope that are alchemically treated to burn. You have to accomplish a very important task in exactly 45 minutes. You have absolutely nothing except the ropes for using to tell time (no sunlight to make a sundial, magic won't work, etc.) In the riddle as given to me, a boy needed CPR for exactly 45 mins to live but the actual task could be anything needing exactly 45 mins of time.As mentioned, the ropes have been alchemically treated to burn completely. You know that one rope (we'll call it rope A) will burn completely in exactly one (1) hour. You know that the second rope (let's call it, oh, I don't know, rope B?) will burn completely in thirty (30) minutes.IMPORTANT: The ropes do NOT burn consistantly! ie. Rope A might burn really quickly for a while, then slowly, then quickly, etc. unpredictably until consumed in one hour. Thus cutting a rope will NOT help.Soooo... how do you utilize these ropes to time exactly 45 minutes?The answer....  coming soon. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile    :-)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></blockquote>

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