Silly Riddle

[Lise]

This is an old riddle that I'm sure most of you have heard of. Anyways, can you guess the answer?

  A man needs to cross a lake. He has one boat, one sack of grain, one chicken and one fox. His boat can only carry him and one passenger. He needs to get across but he can't take all three passengers on board due to the following reasons.

  If he leaves his sack of grain behind, the chicken will eat it. If he leaves the chicken behind alone, the fox will eat the chicken.

  So how does he solve this problem?

[Lise]

Uhm.... doesn't anybody want to attempt this?

[P.C.]

Hi LIse.....I want to attempt it.  I'm busy doing catch up.  Been without power for a few days, so checking out what I've missed.

[Lise]

Hey PC. OK, thanks. Do it when you can.

  No wonder we haven't heard from you for so long. I was wondering where you were.

[TehBorken]

Optimal solution, minimal number of trips: Take the chicken across. Go back, get the fox, bring it across, take the chicken back. Leave the chicken, bring the grain across. Go back, get the chicken, bring it across.

[P.C.]

So you're NOT just good looking !!!!!!!

[Lise]

Damn! Trophy goes to TehBorken for solving it in mere seconds.

[kingy]

eat the grain, eat the chicken, then eat the fox?

[P.C.]

I'd eat the fox first.  Because if you cook the chicken first, the fox will want it.  And if you cook the fox first, it will give more time to the chicken to eat the grain....because who wants to eat grain anyway.....except the chicken.....plus the chicken will be fatter......and you can eat the chicken without the fox annoying you.  

[kingy]

if that is the case, have the chicken eat the grain, then have the fox eat the chicken, then eat the fox?!?!?!

[Russ]

Chicken tastes better than fox. Fox is gamey and fatty.

[Lise]

LOL! Guys! We're not supposed to eat anything here but OK, this is DS afterall.

[purelife]

ummmm, yes, what teh borken just said