Friday, October 8, 2010

logic puzzle

i am going to idaho (!!) this weekend to visit a friend who moved out there in july.  i am unspeakably excited about this.  one thing i've been thinking about, though...and i would love to hear your ideas on because i know it will be FINE any way you slice it...but it makes me giggle to think about it:

five people will be spending a long weekend together.  they are:
three 27-31 year old women (myself included).
one 28 year old man also known as willis.
one 60 year old woman.

we all work together and we are really good friends.  we are giddy about spending the weekend together.

the house where we are staying has the following places to sleep:
--queen-sized bed in the hostess's room
--queen-sized bed in the guest room
--couch
--air mattress

what should the sleeping arrangements be?  i think that willis has to sleep on the air mattress, but he assures me that he has to sleep in the guest bed alone.  um, excuse me willis?  you don't get the best sleeping arrangement just because you are the only boy.  or maybe you do?

[this is like the logic problem where a wolf, a sheep, and some grain (am i getting it right?) have to cross a stream, but only two can fit in the boat the same time and the wolf will eat the sheep and the sheep will eat the grain and ohmygod how can we get them all across in the fewest number of trips.]

happy friday, all!

4 comments:

  1. Willis has only two real choices: the air mattress or outside (which is where I would sleep).

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  2. 2 in 1 queen, 60 year old woman in the guest room by herself, 1 girl on couch, willis on aerobed.

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  3. I think Willis is definitely going to lose out on this one.

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  4. I think Willis can have his choice of air mattress or couch. His privileges as the only boy *certainly* extend no farther than that.

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