Crossing the Creek
An ENFp has a boat and wants to get his friends across the river. It's a two-man boat and the ENFp must pilot the vessel (God help us).
The ISTp can't be left alone with the ENFj.
The ENFj and the INFp can't stand each other unless the ENFp is there to mediate.
None can swim, the river is deep.
How can you get these four across the river and keep them happy ?
ISTp :wink:
ENFj
INFp
ENfp<__ __>
ISTp
SLI
Enneagram 5 with a side of wings.
It's simple. ISTp goes with ENFp and they never return. Beta NFs fight forever and everyone is happy.
“Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”
Originally Posted by Gilly
ENFp
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ISTp
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Betas
Take ENFj. Drop off ENFj.
Go get ISTp. Drop off ISTp.
Bring back ENFj. Drop off ENFj.
Pick up INFp. Drop off INFp.
Go get ENFj. Drop off ENFj.
(ENFj causes all the conflicts)
You got it. The trick is to bring the ENFj back.
Take ENFj. Drop off ENFj.
Go get ISTp. Drop off ISTp.
Bring back ENFj. Drop off ENFj.
Pick up INFp. Drop off INFp.
Go get ENFj. Drop off ENFj.
(ENFj causes all the conflicts
ISTp
SLI
Enneagram 5 with a side of wings.
I underestimated polikujm
Yeah the trick is to come up with a reason for why the ENFj should go back, so it doesn't seem rude or odd. Steal his keys and hide them, then get him to mention it on the second run if he wants to go back to find them, meanwhile take the INFp.
“Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.”
What a weirdo.
So Parkster, Are you the cabbage?
ISTp
SLI
Enneagram 5 with a side of wings.
Here is one that only an ISTp (Parkster) will get.
You just finished remodeling your family room, but forgot which switch goes with which light bulb.
There are three bulbs and switches, each switch is wired to only one bulb.
You can't see the bulbs from where the switches are, they are around the corner.
Now, since you are an efficent ISTp, can you figure out which switch goes with each bulb, by only peeking around the corner one time?
ISTp
SLI
Enneagram 5 with a side of wings.
I'll try to guess.
Once you come up with a riddle that can't be called the oldest one in a book. (Regardless of said book's existence.)
Is the corner within reach of the switches?
Can you see a reflection off a wall e.g. is there a mirror or are the lamps spots that leave a distinctive hot spot?
I assume not... so ...
Are the lamps connected to dimmer switches, in which case you could leave one off, one on fifty and one on full?
IEE-Ne
you could grab a mirror. OR, you could turn 2 switches on, then while peeking around the corner turn one of those off.
The riddle's phrasing might be misleading. Whether purposefully or not, only Cyrano knows.
Don't make assumptions based on choice of words, is all I'm saying.
Ooh, I know the answer to this one, but only because I've had this problem before and the answer was told to me then. So, I'm going to wait and give others a chance to figure it out.
My life's work (haha):
http://www.the16types.info/vbulletin/blog.php?b=709
Input, PLEASEAnd thank you
It seems like it'd take longer to work it out in my head than it would to just do some simple trial and error. That could just be lack of intelligence on my part, though.
Oh, to find you in dreams - mixing prior, analog, and never-beens... facts slip and turn and change with little lucidity. except the strong, permeating reality of emotion.
You could use your intuition!
I thought this thread was a rhetorical question in itself. The solution for this riddle should be widely known. I really like this simple construction, because most people (especially children, who are probably the target group for this) wouldn't believe that a (perceived) step backwards could solve the whole problem.
EDIT: I'm referring to the OP of course.
„Man can do what he wants but he cannot want what he wants.“
– Arthur Schopenhauer
Just three on/off switches,completely out of view of the bulbs,
Three 60W incandescent regular bulbs. No mirrors.
ISTp
SLI
Enneagram 5 with a side of wings.
I'd thought, if you can unscrew one of the bulbs, and then turn on two switches and peak over the corner once, there will be a 66.6% chance of finding the answer. But it didn't sound acceptable to me.
No mirrors. Can't see bulbs while switching switches.
ISTp
SLI
Enneagram 5 with a side of wings.
Nope.
ISTp
SLI
Enneagram 5 with a side of wings.
No tricks. Three switches, three bulbs, a wall blocking the two, one peek.
ISTp
SLI
Enneagram 5 with a side of wings.
I think remember this one now - are you allowed to touch the bulbs during your peek?
IEE-Ne
hm. okay then. If you wanted to walk all the way into the room to check, rather than just looking, you could turn 2 switches on for a bit, turn one of those two off, and then check to see which of the unlit bulbs was warm.
If you only get to look at them, and nothing else, I'll have to think a minute on that one.
Here's a boring yet somewhat humorous mathematical riddle. Absurd can probably solve this in two seconds.
Q: A man has a 12 liter jug of beer, and wants to split it in half, but only has a 8 liter and a 5 liter jug. How can he do it?
A:
Why doesn't he just pour 6 of the liters into the 8 liter jug?
He must not be atype so he doesn't have a perfect measuring gauge in his head (should have included that.)
Turn two switches on for a bit, then turn one off and look in. Rather than walking all the way in to touch the bulb, detect the heat with yoursuper-sight.
LII-Ne
"Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and the Usenet is NOTHING like Shakespeare!"
- Blair Houghton
Johari
You got it!
One is on, one is off, and the third is warm.
ISTp
SLI
Enneagram 5 with a side of wings.
Yeah, but... that's less efficient, and anyway you prohibited it with your wording (yeah, Aiss caught that, but I'm not letting you off the hook
LII-Ne
"Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and the Usenet is NOTHING like Shakespeare!"
- Blair Houghton
Johari
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