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Sunday, October 7, 2007

Puzzle : The smart thief

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A thief went inside a church to steal the bell ropes. The two bell ropes passed through holes in the high boarded ceiling and he wanted to take nearly the complete lengths of the two ropes. He had only a pocket knife with him. How did he do it ? No ladders, no other gadgets, etc.. are available. You may think that he might steal one rope and slide down the other. But how did he cutoff nearly the whole lengths of both without falling ?

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