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A woman who lived in germany
during world war two wanted to cross the
german/swiss border in order to escape nazi
persuers. The bridge which she is to cross
is a half mile across, over a large canyon.
Every three minutes a guard comes out of
his bunker and checks if anyone is on the
bridge. If a person is caught trying to
escape german side to the swiss side they
are shot. If caught crossing the other direction
without papers they are sent back. She knows
that it takes at least five minutes to cross
the bridge, in which time the guard will
see her crossing and shoot her. How does
she get across?
She waits until the
guard goes inside his hut, and begins
to walk across the bridge. She gets a
little more than half way, turns around,
and begins to walk toward the german side
once more. The guard comes out, sees that
she has no papers, and sends her "back"
to the swiss side.
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