A little puzzle

[The Riddler]

Can you stop the Missionaries been eaten by the Cannibals
http://www.learn4good.com/games/puzzle/boat.htm

 

[661-Pete]

errr... can't open that link at work (surprise!) but I can guess at what it's about . In my day a more 'politically correct' version of the age-old puzzle was circulating: in which the roles were reversed, i.e. you had to stop the indigenous people ('cannibals' if you must) having their culture subverted by the missionaries...

 

[asterix]

Let's be even more PC and accept that it is reasonable for the cannibals to be allowed to eat missionaries.

 

[Speicher]

If I carry on trying with this puzzle, there will be no missionaries left, and some very fat cannibals, too fat to travel in the boat.

 

[Speicher]

Have you solved it yet? I think I have

 

[numbnuts]

missionaries should be on push bikes......meals on wheels

yes I know it's an old one

 

[Dayvo]

Have you solved it yet? I think I have

Come on, then. Spill the beans; the human beans!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

- not telling though!

 

[ColinJ]

Have you solved it yet? I think I have

I've solved it and I 'get' the smilies!

 

[Speicher]

I do not think Dayvo has tried it.

Do you think we should give him a clue?

 

[Dayvo]

I have indeed tried it, but hitherto without a chance!

 

[Speicher]

I will pm you the first three journeys.

 

[theclaud]

I've done it now, but not before getting a missionary eaten on the first go - I thought they'd be safe until they got out of the boat .