Spatial: Three Houses

16-03-2004, 12:33 PM

You will need a large piece of paper and a pen for this puzzle. You do remember how to use paper dont you :?:

Connect all three houses to each of the three utilities without crossing the pipes :!:

+-----+ +-----+ +-----+
| oil | |water| | gas |
+-----+ +-----+ +-----+

+-----+ +-----+ +-----+
|HOUSE| |HOUSE| |HOUSE|
| one | | two | |three|
+-----+ +-----+ +-----+

Fifty Tokens to the first person to explain how to do it

**Benny** · 19-03-2004, 02:19 PM

The only way to do this on a flat surface is to run one pipe through a house:

For more information on this puzzle see this explanation.

**TheGuru** · 19-03-2004, 05:56 PM

A pipe through a house is not acceptable :shock:

However The Guru knows that this puzzle is impossible, Benny has provided the best possible answer and deems that Siliconhell should cough up the 50 tokens :!:

The Guru

21-03-2004, 04:39 PM

OK Guru you are correct as always!

I will give Benny his 50 tokens ;-)

Siliconhell

16-03-2004, 12:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
siliconhell Guest Posts: n/a Credits: 0 [Check]	Spatial: Three Houses You will need a large piece of paper and a pen for this puzzle. You do remember how to use paper dont you :?: Connect all three houses to each of the three utilities without crossing the pipes :!: +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ \| oil \| \|water\| \| gas \| +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ \|HOUSE\| \|HOUSE\| \|HOUSE\| \| one \| \| two \| \|three\| +-----+ +-----+ +-----+ Fifty Tokens to the first person to explain how to do it

21-03-2004, 04:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
siliconhell Guest Posts: n/a Credits: 0 [Check]	Houses OK Guru you are correct as always! I will give Benny his 50 tokens ;-) Siliconhell

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19-03-2004, 02:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Benny Super Duper Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: UK Posts: 604 Credits: 1,671 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	The only way to do this on a flat surface is to run one pipe through a house: For more information on this puzzle see this explanation.

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