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So you're walking through this dark, super dense forest. You can barely see what's going on around you, when all of the sudden you get ambushed by a tribe of savages. They want to make a game out of it, so they hang you upside down from a tree with a rope. One end of the rope is tied around your legs and the other end is nailed to the ground. They light a small candle near the end of the rope on the ground. To make things even more interesting, they find a hungry lion, place it beneath the tree, and then they leave. So the candle will slowly start to burn the rope, the rope will break, and then the lion will have you for dinner.
How are you going to escape??

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

The weak point of this plot is this hungry lion that forgot all its wild predatory instincts, got stupidly caught and forced to sit meekly under the tree.

CalifJim · Answer

Why not blow out the candle?

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

You can try to spit on the candle.

Anonymous · Answer

The candle flame might have initially been in contact with the rope, but a candle will burn down and then the flame will no longer be in contact with the rope and so the rope should hold.

Anonymous · Answer

AnonymousThe candle flame might have initially been in contact with the rope, but a candle will burn down and then the flame will no longer be in contact with the rope and so the rope should hold.

Hi,

That explanation doesn't hold water. There is enough oxygen in the hot African air that that initial contact of the flame with the rope is enough for it to burn.

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