Straw Teepee Puzzle
Need: One full length straw, and one cut in half.
Take the the full length straw and fold it in half. Crease the fold, so it stays in a "V" shape (figure 1). Now make a "lean-to" using the "V" and the small 1/2 length piece you cut off. Together, they should look somewhat like a pyramid.
Here's the challenge. How can you pick up both pieces of straw using only one other, full-length straw? You can't use your hands, and you have to pick up both straws at once.
Here's how you do it: Insert your "tool straw" under the pinnacle of your lean-to (figure 2). If you push outwards on the folded-over straw, the short straw will fall down onto your tool-straw.
Now slowly pull your tool upwards, and the short straw will lock into the folded over long one (figure 3). Now just lift, and you've done it!
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" And today we're gonna learn a straight up scam it that simple puzzle that will earn you a street Drake. Remember you do the entertaining stuff to get people's attention to get them but like you but the puzzles or restart or in the preakness."
" Check it out."
" In this case what I've done here is taking I didn't want strong political right after likes them."
" And his right here I actually cut in half a little bit of -- the planet and --"
" Not to cut -- with a not to actually. He does break it can happen is the next to kind of soften it and not allow me. To make this kind of he's right. Called the pyramid puzzle so the question this. And you -- had it over that had the right. We need to get vote is it one. Draws on here. Without touching. The rules that -- all of the lights are bush and it and it and that there have been if you live right."
" You're not allowed to use your hands. The only thing you're allowed to use."
" Is this strong. They're they're not allowed to you know other folded over and make like chopsticks and pick it up or anything like. I sense that the rules are both -- both -- On the pad -- without. Hot lava. Only isn't it. Try to -- tonight. Yeah yeah."
" Yeah."
" So that. It was a bold openings. I. Someone -- a bit of progress."
" It landed and I love him. He tried again later on as well I don't know."
" Do you really want to know the answer."
" No it's not static that's. Gonna cost you don't yeah."
" A different. -- Nicholas. I'm gonna take up smoking just enjoy this."
" Yeah. Thank you guys so much you guys were -- appreciate it. Well yeah. It. Yeah."
" When the setting -- puzzle you want to look at every possible thing they might try everything from hunting him he's and it randomly Atlanta has to do. Sucking through distraught to -- it isn't over you want to work out a way to make sure that they can't do those things. That's why we established a big about why Gore's top all the zone. We have one. And -- now there's a lot of new wants things that keep these puzzles I want to actually see you guys put together the video that you get it done. -- Dot -- and got a question I didn't make it work the site directly at Bryant repeatedly dot com don't forget also. We're looking for your submissions of your favorite -- and try to make Ferguson a -- that can't cool I Brian I listen to that fact. We drink responsibly. Or irresponsibly and -- pair of and I can't be expected to."
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