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Mind Trap #322 - Ring in bottle: Question

Picture an empty wine bottle with a cork secured at the top in the usual way. Inside hte bottle a metal ring hangs suspended by a string. How is it possible to make the metal ring drop to the bottom of the bottle without touching the ring, the thread, the cork, or the bottle?

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[ and without damaging the bottle]

This is the hardest one in the handfull I could be bothered reading through.

Yes/no questions acceptable, not twice in a row..

Good luck

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I would use a magnifying glass and the sun to burn the string.

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[TALIEISN: Added spoiler]

I would use a magnifying glass and the sun to burn the string.

Well done, if only you had used spilers!

edit: added spoiler to Cleveland's post

Edited August 26, 2008 by taliesin

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use a very strong magnet to pull the ring to the bottom, snapping the string.

This, of course, would depend on what metal the ring was made of.

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Here's another way; oh no, wait you aren't allowed to touch the bottle. I was going to say turn it upside down. the top would then become the bottom. Ah well.

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use a very strong magnet to pull the ring to the bottom, snapping the string.

This, of course, would depend on what metal the ring was made of.

Good sugestion, lets just hope the ring is made of strong magnetic meterial.

Here's another way; oh no, wait you aren't allowed to touch the bottle. I was going to say turn it upside down. the top would then become the bottom. Ah well.

Nice try though

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This will take a very long, long, long time..... but it won't hurt...

Use a wet cloth or something to keep the cork always damp. The cork will absorb the moisture from the cloth, and after a long time passes, the moisture will reach the string. Then assuming the bottle is in the sun, the string will dry, and after a while it will break....

Edited August 26, 2008 by v333k

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This will take a very long, long, long time..... but it won't hurt...

Use a wet cloth or something to keep the cork always damp. The cork will absorb the moisture from the cloth, and after a long time passes, the moisture will reach the string. Then assuming the bottle is in the sun, the string will dry, and after a while it will break....

Asuming you pass the task on from generation to generation, and make it a family task fot 100's of years