Lando_Griffin wrote:Lando_Griffin wrote:OK. You and your family have been kidnapped by a really evil Mafia mob, and using a series of steel wires and pullies, they have tied your family (but not you) up in seperate areas of a room, counter-balanced by one another. All but the actual wrist and ankle clamps are electrified, and the only tool you have is a small, blunt metal hacksaw. The room is sealed by an iron door (elecrified), which is the only possible means of escape. The floor is solid concrete, and the walls are 2m thick. The ceiling has been coated in sheet metal and is also electrified.
There is one loophole;the mob decided that because you were once one of them, it wouldn't be right to just let you all starve to death. It would be much better to give you a chance, no matter how sick.
There are a set of scales attached to the counter-balanced ensemble, which have the following riddle enscribed upon them;
To save thine family thy must be sure,
To enter the weight I have in store,
Be not too light, be not too heavy,
For death waits here for thy levy,
The item I seek can be used at will,
To empty a vessel, or another one fill,
The Watcher from the Land of the Rising Sun,
Gives the last hint of what must be done.
What do you have to do? (You have one attempt. If you get it wrong your entire family dies immediately, and you starve to death.)
I can't believe no-ones got this!!!!!
WATER!