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   WaffleCheeseposted 14 years ago

   You have one match, and are trapped in a cold dark room, you have an Oil lamp, a gas heater and a gas stove, which one do you light first? (All of them have to be lit)

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      Uninvited Writerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      The match, then the oil lamp so you can see, then the heater so you can be warm, and then the gas stove.

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      IzzyMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Right, I use my one match to light my ciggie. My ciggie in turn can light the oil lamp, which I need to see if there is a way out.
      There isn't.
      After a while, I light the heater, because I am cold and I am pissed off because my cigarette is finished.
      I light the heater from the flame of the oil lamp.
      Finally, I light the gas cooker because I am hungry - hey I've been here...like...FOREVER....without another ciggie and no way out, but I am warm and comfortable, but I am also hungry.
      So I find a cockroach....as they tend to live in dark places.
      But I won't eat it raw because cockroaches spread diseases so I have to cook it first.
      So I use the burnt out matchstick to prong the cockroach and hold it over the gas ring..
      
      I've got this all wrong, haven't I? FAIL FAIL FAIL!!! lol

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         Lisa HWposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             (and - on top of it all - you get increasingly agitated that you don't have another match that would let you smoke the cockroach or anything else in the room you could possibly smoke).     A cold, dark, room ain't pretty - but a smoker without a cigarette is real ugly! 

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            IzzyMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Absolutely...that cockroach is getting it!! Heat and light are all very well, but WHERE IS MY DAMNED CIGARETTE!!!

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      always exploringposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      oil lamp, so you can see how to light the other two.

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      Kenkadeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      the match

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      Funreneeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      You cant light any of them because they said you have one match, an oil lamp, a gas heater and a gas stove.  They didn't say you had anything to light the match with. LOL

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      flyleafluver13posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      u light the oil lamp. Then you can light the rest of the two things with the flame  from the oil lamp. Duh.

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      Repairguy47posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      If you want any of the other things lit you would first have to light the match.

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   WriteAngledposted 14 years ago

   The match

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   IzzyMposted 14 years ago

   a cigarette, while I think about it.
   That's a smokers point of view anyway 

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      WriteAngledposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      LOL!

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         IzzyMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         But yeah, the match would have to lit first.

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      Lisa HWposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Izzy, besides feeling a whole lot better about being in a cold, dark, room; you could use the cigarette to light one or more of those other things - or else just start a fire in the couch (and both warm up and brighten the room).  Your answer is definitely the wisest.   

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   Lisa HWposted 14 years ago

   Is the pilot light in the gas stove on, and does the gas stove have an electronic ignition?  (But I think Izzy's answer smartest - no matter what the real answer is...    )

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   Cagsilposted 14 years ago

   Well, it looks like we have a winner within the first few posts.
   
   
   Oh well, I guess we can close the thread to reply.

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   Jane@CMposted 14 years ago

   A cockroach kabob

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      Lisa HWposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Eew!  I just checked back to see what had happened on this thread.  It looks like it's taken a turn for the "real-disgusting"   

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   kazemaru2posted 14 years ago

   gas stove as it is easier to light

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   Doc Snowposted 14 years ago

   I don't know about FIRST, but LAST would be the stove and heater.  Those suckers are *dangerous* in an enclosed space!
   
   What a choice I'm left with--hypothermia or carbon monoxide poisoning!

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      Time4Travelposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Good point! I also wouldn't want to light a heater in the dark!!

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