Puzzle/Riddle Game

[Dullstar]

What does THAT have to do with the riddle?!  We all know you don't use hammers, wrenches, etc. to eat!

[The Doctor]

Clearly you are unaware of the concept of thinking outside of the box. http://www.lemmingsforums.com/Smileys/lemmings/wink.gif" alt=";)" title="Wink" class="smiley" />

[Dullstar]

*DING!*

This is a stupid idea, but did you use the tools to make the food?

I don't know if you are willing to answer this, but what was the tool you were missing?

[Simon]

but did you use the tools to make the food? No.

If I told you the missing object, the puzzle would be solved. :-) That thing can usually only be used for what it's intended to, which is what I managed to do with the weird collection of tools instead.

-- Simon

[Dullstar]

I think you need to give us another hint.

[Chmera]

  You were opening a can. You used the screwdriver and hammer to make a hole in the can, the wrench to open it and the towel to either clean up or hold the can in place. The tool you were missing was a can opener.
If you hadn't mentioned 'hungry' I would have guessed you were opening a can of paint and using the towel in place of a brush.

I figured those because that's the sort of thing I'd do in that situation. Going to the shop to buy the can opener is for boring people. =P

[Simon]

Way to go! That's the solution, complete with usages of all the tools.

The towel was put under the can. That way, the hammer-and-chisel operation produced less noise. I live in an apartment house and didn't want to wake up everyone else late at night. :-)

-- Simon

[Chmera]

  Here's my riddle, then. It's more on the lines of Simon's because I'm terrible at every other sort. =P

  You need to drop an egg from a height of three feet without it breaking. You can build something around the egg (not on the floor) to keep it safe, but your only materials are pipe cleaners, cardboard, cellotape and elastic bands. What would work best? Feel free to answer with a diagram if you like. =P

[Dullstar]

Okay.  You pack the stuff tightly together to make a shock absorber.  The best to use would probably be the pipe cleaners, elastic bands, and possibly cellotape, presuming it's soft.  You have to make sure that there is room to place the egg inside it.  You could use the cardboard to give your shock absorber the final touch (outer casing).  Is this correct?

[Chmera]

The box could crumple (it shouldn't) and pipe cleaners and elastic bands don't crumple well (they should). =P

[Dullstar]

Let's say the cardboard and the pipe cleaners/elastic bands are in the shape of an egg.  Would it work then?

If not, maybe you could make a soft surface using the  materials on the ground for the egg to land on?

[Simon]

I made an instructions sheet!

-- Simon

[Dullstar]

Clever.  Kind of hard to understand.  You lost me at the parachute, Simon.  What did you make it out of?  Cardboard?  That would not work, would it?  Eh, don't know.  I guess we have to wait for Chmera

[Simon]

Heh, yep, it's an error. I meant "cut it out from cardboard" where I said "cardbox", which would be dumb indeed.

-- Simon

[Dullstar]

Interesting idea, I have to say.  Do cardboard parachutes work?