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the Walrus try it this way:
three cannibals-
three missionaries-
boat holds two people-
someone must bring the boat back-
the cannibals can never out-number the missionaries or they will eat them-
get them all across
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paste! trip 1)
cannibal/missionary leave
cannibal stays
missionary returns

trip 2)
cannibal/missionary leave
missionary stays
cannibal returns

trip 3)
missionary/missionary leave
both missionaries stay
cannibal returns

trip 4)
cannibal/cannibal

trip 5)
cannibal/cannibal

trip 6)
cannibal in isolation, gives him time to daydream about thigh meat

i deserve a torta!
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paste! i am the smartest person alive 020827
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the Walrus wrong paste!

on trip 2 you have 2 cannibals and 1 missionary
on the same side!
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daxle OH CEDRIC 020827
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paste! nooooooooooooooo!

i am a dumb motherfucker
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paste! i just imagined how ominous it must have been for that poor missionary on trip 2. jesus christ, could you imagine?

he's thinking, "hey, i can take this guy on if he wants to get crazy and go for my liver." then suddenly, he looks across the river to the dock and there stands his buddy, licking his chops. "oh shit. thanks paste!, you are the dumbest motherfucker alive."

so what's the answer, mr. logic demon of misery?
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the Walrus 2 cannibals go over
1 brings the boat back
2 more cannibals go over
1 brings the boat back
2 missionaries go over
1 missionary and 1 cannibal
bring the boat back
the last 2 missionaries go
over and the 1 cannibal goes
back for the other 2 cannibals!
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paste! yeah!

let's have a party!

i'll bring the cancer.

(sigh, i feel a tad retarded, a bit ass-like.
that's a good one though, walrus.)
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the WAlrus hey paste!
most people have trouble
with that one

they just don't think about
two people bringing the boat
back

i learned it about the time
i was 12 yrs. old i think

i'm 62 now

you'd have gotten it if you
had taken more time
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squillo rabbit eats missionaries

wombat eats cannibals

each leaves in respective oldsmobile
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