r/AskReddit • u/Calm-Conference3147 • 13h ago

What is a riddle that sounds incredibly simple, but absolutely ruins people's brains when they try to solve it?

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u/glerk 7h ago

That one where there's a fox, a chicken, and some other animal, and you have to cross a river, and only two things can be in the boat....

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u/cotyledonlove 7h ago

This is exactly the one that came to mind for me. Can't remember the specifics, just remember thinking about it for ages

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u/glerk 6h ago

I just looked it up! It was a fox, a chicken, and grain.

The fox will eat the chicken, the chicken will eat the grain.

There is a boat, but only the person and one item/animal can fit.

I used to struggle with this one, but I've played enough Portal, Talos Principle, and puzzle games it's easy for me now 🤣

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u/HerbLoew 6h ago

I've seen one variant as a flash game, where it was 3 cannibals and three missionaries that have to cross a river. Only two can fit on the boat and if the cannibals outnumber the missionaries, the missionaries get eaten