Callooh! Callay!1428010939 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Reading the OP from which this is spun and the subsequent explana-complications, I couldn't figure how that post worked as a math or logic puzzle ... "multiple scoutmasters hypothetically did something hypothetically hypothetical at hypothetical times, which one should have take a left turn at Albuquerque?" So I gave up trying to decipher it.... Quitter. Then I read Beavah's translation and answer in that thread and that clarified matters well, assuming the OP was an ethics question rather a math or logic puzzle. That assumption is probably correct. But... for anyone else who was disappointed when they figured out there was no solution to the hypothetical puzzle presented... here's an adaptation of a puzzle for wich there is a solution: There are 5 campsites in a row (running north/south), each named for a different animal, each occupied by a different troop. The scoutmaster of each troop, prefers a different drink, has a different bad habit, and sleeps in a different kind of tent. None of the scoutmaster have the same type of tent, the same bad habit, or prefer the same drink. Troop 275 is in Campsite Grizzly. The Scoutmaster of Troop 123 sleeps in a Euraka Timberline. The Scoutmaster of Troop 118 drinks Yoohoo. Looking from the main path, Campsite Mule Deer is just to the north Campsite Prairie Dog. The Scoutmaster in Campsite Mule Deer drinks Diet Coke. The Scoutmaster with Coleman dome tent sometimes lets his temper run away and yells angrily, later realizing that he ought not have. The scoutmaster in Campsite Osprey adds requirements to make earning merit badges and ranks advancements more difficult. The Scoutmaster in the center campsite drinks coffee. Troop 324 is in the northernmost campsite. The troop whose Scoutmaster stifles boy leadership is camped in the site next to the troop whose Scoutmaster uses a Big Agnes tent. The Scoutmaster who sleeps in an old canvas wall tent is in the site next to the troop whose Scoutmaster adds requirement to merit badges and rank advancments. The Scoutmaster who is a "helicopter scouter" drinks Gatorade. The Scoutmaster of troop 764 is too lax about curbing a bully in his troop. The Troop 324 is camped in the site next to Campsite Sea Lion. The Troop whose Scoutmaster stifles boy leadership is camped next to the troop whose Scoutmaster drinks orange juice. Now the question.... One of the five Scoutmasters sleeps in a Kelty backpacking tent - which one is it? (This message has been edited by Callooh! Callay!)(This message has been edited by Callooh! Callay!) edited thrice by the grammatically challenged Callooh! Callay!(This message has been edited by Callooh! Callay!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IM_Kathy Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 not sure if anyone has answered while I was figuring it out... but I'm not refreshing to check... if campsite 1 is northern most and 5 is southernmost then... campsite 4 which is mule deer with troop 764. SM drinks dt. coke allows bullying too much and sleeps in the kelty backpacking tent. and if they have the dt. coke then I'm THERE!!! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwntheNight Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I got distracted after the Yoo Hoo, what was the question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle732 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Are all the campsites 300 feet apart? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noname Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Who has the WoodBadge??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdidochas Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Has to be a trick question. All non-LDS scoutmasters drink coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-in-KC Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Is it Tuesday? Is this Belguim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunny2862 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Well clearly we've forgotten the Important discriminator - Which of the Troops haven't had a FOS presentation this year, and doesn't have it calendared either??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer61 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 "All non-LDS scoutmasters drink coffee." But so do the LDS scoutmasters, when there are no other LDS members around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Piece of cake! The Scoutmaster who drinks his coffee in the red coffee cup and has a daughter in Girl Scouts because only a Scoutmaster who sleeps in a Kelty backpacking tent would camp anywhere else other than his back yard. It was a trick question.... Stosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas54 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 The scoutmaster who drinks coffee is the one that sleeps in the backpacking tent. All the other habits are against the methods of the Boy Scouts so the one whose only bad habit is coffee is likely the more successful outdoor troop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer61 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I figured it out .... The answer is ... NETFLIX! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDPT00 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Thanks, Callooh. This was much easier to understand than the other hypothetical whatever it was. BDPT00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluejacketScouter Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 What a silly question!! How the heck does he get his cot into a backpacking tent?!!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoPenn Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Its the Scoutmaster of Troop 324, staying in Camp Osprey, drinking Orange Juice and adding requirement - or the person in the northernmost camp. The poor guy in the second most northern camp, with all his stifling, no wonder he has a hard time controlling the bullies. Or was that Professor Plum, in the Drawing Room, with the Lead Pipe? What game are we playing again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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