Riddle: How to Escape an Island with Lava & Gun-Wielding Boats

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The thread presents a riddle involving a scenario where a person is trapped on an island surrounded by lava and armed individuals in boats. Participants explore various potential solutions to escape the island, engaging in a playful and speculative manner.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant suggests throwing clothes into the water to distract the armed individuals, allowing for a chance to swim away.
  • Another participant emphasizes the need to consider the wording of the riddle, hinting at a trick in the phrasing.
  • A clarification is requested regarding the location of the volcano and a potential typo in the word "islane," with a speculative idea about waiting for lava to solidify into a land bridge.
  • One participant proposes waiting for a helicopter to arrive, using clothes to signal for help, or inciting conflict among the armed individuals to create an opportunity to escape.
  • Another humorous suggestion is to swim towards the boats, allowing the armed individuals to shoot, thus technically escaping the island.
  • Two participants humorously suggest simply stopping the act of imagining the scenario as a solution.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants present multiple competing views and solutions, with no consensus reached on a definitive answer to the riddle.

Contextual Notes

Participants express uncertainty about the details of the riddle, such as the exact nature of the surrounding boats and the implications of the lava's presence.

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Readers interested in riddles, logic puzzles, or playful problem-solving may find this discussion engaging.

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here is one of my favorites

Ok, Imagine you are on a small island. Now, At this moment, lava is cascading down all sides of a volcano. You can not stay on this island and survive. Now, in the water surrounding this island their is a complete ring of people in boats with guns, who have to kill you if you leave land. They also have dropped a underwater circular wall that completely circles the islane so yo can't swim under them. All you have is your clothes. How do you get off the island?

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Throw your clothes in the water, so they shoot them, then when they leave, swin away.
 
Nope!
This is a tricky one. Think of the wording.
 
just wanting to clarify a couple of things-
one: you say lava cascades down the side of a volcano- it this volcano actually on the island in question?
two: I'm assuming this is just a typo, but you refer to the "islane". is it supposed to say Island?

This probably isn't the answer, but is it something to do with waiting until the lava solidifies & forms some kind of land bridge? [/color]
 
Two choices

I feel confident about these possibilities, both of which are viable solutions:

You have two options:

One, you can wait for a helicopter that usually captures an erupting volcano. It might be a newschannel or sort. You can use your clothes to call their attention. Two, you can yell insults and slurs at the people with guns. If you start rumors or gossip, they might turn on each other and kill themselves. Then you can hop on a boat and flee.
 
Easy.

Stop imagining.
 
Well, it would be kinda stupid, but:

Swim to the boats, and they will shoot you. You will float away and then be "off the island," just like the riddle asks.
 
My Guess:

if there is a ring of people in boats in the - water surrounding the island - then you just leave the island on the opposite side of where the ring is. Unless you meanth ofcourse that the ring of people surround the island like the wall does?

Jurgen
 
Cecil said:
Easy.

Stop imagining.
Thats no fun
 
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It's right though
 
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d'oh :cry:
 

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