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Grandpa: "You young'ins have it easy. When I was your age, I had to walk to school and home again uphill both ways!"
Grandson: Grandpa, that's imposs--
Grandpa: Don't interrupt me child! I'm telling the truth, I walked uphill both ways!
Grandpa isn't lying. How can this be (note: this is a lateral thinking puzzle with many possible solutions--most creative wins)?
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Grandpa: "You young'ins have it easy. When I was your age, I had to walk to school and home again uphill both ways!"
Grandson: Grandpa, that's imposs--
Grandpa: Don't interrupt me child! I'm telling the truth, I walked uphill both ways!
Grandpa isn't lying. How can this be (note: this is a lateral thinking puzzle with many possible solutions--most creative wins)?
lateral-thinking
asked Jan 24 at 16:28
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Bah. Your grandpa had it easy. My grandpa had to swim across a river full of crocodiles to go to school.
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– Sid
Jan 24 at 19:07
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Oh yeah, well my great-grandpa had to (cough) swim across a river of lava to go to school.
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– bob
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My uncle would've loved to swim across a river of lava to go to school, he would've been so lucky!
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– MikeTheLiar
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You mean he got to swim in shark free lava? Luxury.
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To the mods: If I reword this question to have fewer answers then it will lose it's beauty and interest; it is a creative thinking exercise meant to show how many ways there are to do something that on the surface appears impossible. It cannot be anything but broad. Perhaps this time a rule needs an exception? What harm was caused here that the rule protected us from?
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Grandpa: "You young'ins have it easy. When I was your age, I had to walk to school and home again uphill both ways!"
Grandson: Grandpa, that's imposs--
Grandpa: Don't interrupt me child! I'm telling the truth, I walked uphill both ways!
Grandpa isn't lying. How can this be (note: this is a lateral thinking puzzle with many possible solutions--most creative wins)?
lateral-thinking
asked Jan 24 at 16:28
bobbob
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Grandpa: "You young'ins have it easy. When I was your age, I had to walk to school and home again uphill both ways!"
Grandson: Grandpa, that's imposs--
Grandpa: Don't interrupt me child! I'm telling the truth, I walked uphill both ways!
Grandpa isn't lying. How can this be (note: this is a lateral thinking puzzle with many possible solutions--most creative wins)?
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Bah. Your grandpa had it easy. My grandpa had to swim across a river full of crocodiles to go to school.
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– Sid
Jan 24 at 19:07
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Oh yeah, well my great-grandpa had to (cough) swim across a river of lava to go to school.
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– bob
Jan 24 at 19:52
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My uncle would've loved to swim across a river of lava to go to school, he would've been so lucky!
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– MikeTheLiar
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You mean he got to swim in shark free lava? Luxury.
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– plasticinsect
Jan 25 at 2:37
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To the mods: If I reword this question to have fewer answers then it will lose it's beauty and interest; it is a creative thinking exercise meant to show how many ways there are to do something that on the surface appears impossible. It cannot be anything but broad. Perhaps this time a rule needs an exception? What harm was caused here that the rule protected us from?
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Bah. Your grandpa had it easy. My grandpa had to swim across a river full of crocodiles to go to school.
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– Sid
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Oh yeah, well my great-grandpa had to (cough) swim across a river of lava to go to school.
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– bob
Jan 24 at 19:52
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My uncle would've loved to swim across a river of lava to go to school, he would've been so lucky!
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– MikeTheLiar
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You mean he got to swim in shark free lava? Luxury.
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– plasticinsect
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To the mods: If I reword this question to have fewer answers then it will lose it's beauty and interest; it is a creative thinking exercise meant to show how many ways there are to do something that on the surface appears impossible. It cannot be anything but broad. Perhaps this time a rule needs an exception? What harm was caused here that the rule protected us from?
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– bob
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Bah. Your grandpa had it easy. My grandpa had to swim across a river full of crocodiles to go to school.
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– Sid
Jan 24 at 19:07
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Bah. Your grandpa had it easy. My grandpa had to swim across a river full of crocodiles to go to school.
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– Sid
Jan 24 at 19:07
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Oh yeah, well my great-grandpa had to (cough) swim across a river of lava to go to school.
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– bob
Jan 24 at 19:52
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Oh yeah, well my great-grandpa had to (cough) swim across a river of lava to go to school.
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– bob
Jan 24 at 19:52
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My uncle would've loved to swim across a river of lava to go to school, he would've been so lucky!
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– MikeTheLiar
Jan 24 at 22:34
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My uncle would've loved to swim across a river of lava to go to school, he would've been so lucky!
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– MikeTheLiar
Jan 24 at 22:34
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You mean he got to swim in shark free lava? Luxury.
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– plasticinsect
Jan 25 at 2:37
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You mean he got to swim in shark free lava? Luxury.
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– plasticinsect
Jan 25 at 2:37
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To the mods: If I reword this question to have fewer answers then it will lose it's beauty and interest; it is a creative thinking exercise meant to show how many ways there are to do something that on the surface appears impossible. It cannot be anything but broad. Perhaps this time a rule needs an exception? What harm was caused here that the rule protected us from?
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– bob
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To the mods: If I reword this question to have fewer answers then it will lose it's beauty and interest; it is a creative thinking exercise meant to show how many ways there are to do something that on the surface appears impossible. It cannot be anything but broad. Perhaps this time a rule needs an exception? What harm was caused here that the rule protected us from?
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He lived on a small iceberg floating in the ocean. The residential area is on one side and the school is on the other. When everybody is at home, the residential area is more heavily weighted and the berg slopes upward towards the school. When everyone is at school, that side is heavier and the way home is uphill. Of course, when about half the people have crossed the midpoint, the iceberg would tilt the other way, but maybe your grandpa was an early riser and a diligent student and left before everyone else, and also went home early, so for him it was uphill both ways. For the lazy folks that slept in and arrived late (and maybe because of that got kept late for detention), it was downhill both ways.
answered Jan 24 at 18:29
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Bonus that this also solves the unstated (but well-known) snow part of the story.
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– bob
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Take my upvote!
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Psh easy
Gramps walked down a street named uphill to school and then he walked down the same street home every day.
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Answer:
Grandpa's house and the school were both situated at the top of separate hills, so he had to walk downhill and then uphill in both directions.
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That's how I always understood it worked.
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– Arturo Torres Sánchez
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The school had multiple buildings and Grandpa's first class in the morning was in a building on a hill that was uphill from his home. And his last class in the afternoon was in a little valley at the base of the hill so it was uphill back home. During the day, he moved up and down to get from building to building for his classes.
Poor Grandpa. He forgot to mention the snow and 15 miles.
answered Jan 24 at 16:36
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Yeah, he was getting to the snow but kids today just don't know how not to interrupt. :)
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– bob
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Not to mention living in a paper bag and getting up 2 hours before they went to sleep.
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Your Grandpa:
wasn't lying. He lived on a Penrose Field, with the school on the other side. Uphill both ways, unless of course some days he felt lazy and went downhill both ways!
answered Jan 24 at 18:05
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Those aren't physically possible, so this answer is as valid as saying "magic"...
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– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
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Lolol @ an impossible answer!
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He had a dog named "uphill". $ $ $ $
answered Jan 24 at 19:09
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Interesting. I wish my school was like that!
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– bob
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A possible answer
Your grandpa travelled to and from school on a team boat that used a human treadwheel system of propulsion.
To operate the paddles and gain forward motion, he would have to walk uphill in both directions.
answered Jan 24 at 17:58
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Very interesting take on this!
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– bob
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This would probably be my first runner up if I could indicate that on this site. Very creative!
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– bob
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He lived part way up a mountain and went to skiing school. Uphill to the lesson at the top, and uphill from the bottom of the slope back home.
answered Jan 24 at 19:54
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This is trivially true if
there is at least one hill or valley in between the two endpoints of the journey, in which case the person walking will go both uphill and downhill both ways.
answered Jan 24 at 18:08
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Interesting; I like the idea of slightly re-interpreting the wording in a way that is still plausible. Cool!
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– bob
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I believe that this question has been most accurately answered in the following scenario.
Your grandfather lives on one side of a ravine. The building is on the other side. A tightrope with room for some slack is strung between the two sides.
Because of the weight distribution, when your grandfather uses the tightrope, he would have to walk uphill either way to reach the end of the tightrope.
answered Jan 24 at 20:49
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This answer is quite clever.
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– bob
Jan 24 at 21:56
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And in this case, grandpa has more to complain about than just the walk uphill :)
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– jafe
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Actually, I've seen that for real on the TV, only with a zipline instead of a tightrope. In some South America country, there are kids who go to school like that, so if the endpoints are the school and Grandpa's house, both will involve a walk uphill to the startpoints. See here, but video broken.
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Grandpa's family owned six houses, all distributed at different heights along the same mountainside. (Needless to say, his family was quite wealthy.) There were also five different schoolhouses along the mountainside, each one in-between two of Grandpa's houses. On Monday, Grandpa would start at the lowest house on the mountain, and would walk uphill to the lowest school. When school was done, he would walk home, uphill, to the second-lowest house. The next day, he would walk uphill to the next school up the slope, and so on. Each morning he would walk to a different school, and then go home to a different house. On the weekend he would ski down the mountain and start over.
answered Jan 24 at 19:27
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Very clever solution!
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– bob
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Grandpa lived in the valley of a mountain with the school halfway up. In the morning he'd walk uphill to school. After school he'd walk uphill to a cliff at the top of the mountain overlooking the valley. He'd then paraglide home.
answered Jan 24 at 23:00
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An answer that avoids Grandpa conveniently omitting that he
also walked downhill
He...
walked his bike uphill, and rode it downhill!
answered Jan 24 at 20:51
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This is how I always pictured it as a child.
The school is built on the side of a mountain. The entrance is at the top. The exit is at the bottom. The house is in the middle. This can also explain why it was "in the snow" as many of these stories are. :)
Picture:
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+1 for the picture and for including the snow!
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– bob
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Possibility:
His house was on a hill above the school, but the school was at the top of a high-rise building, higher than his house. He walked up stairs in the morning but took the elevator down and then walked the rest of the way in the afternoon. Thus he had a walking elevation gain both ways.
answered Jan 24 at 18:31
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That certainly works!
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– bob
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Unironically this actually happened to me when I grew up.
There was a...
valley in between my house and the school so I would start off downhill then have to go up hill both ways
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Interesting real-life example.
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– bob
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Your grandpa
lived on the top of a hill and his school was on the top of a different hill. Both the school and his house had a mechanism to get to the base of the hill quickly, such as a fireman's pole or a cart on rails going downhill. However, although the fastest way to go downhill, none of these mechanisms could be used uphill, so he had to walk uphill both ways, but never walk downhill!
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Grandpa lived on a...
houseboat, which great-grandpa would dock overnight in the bay. Grandpa would walk uphill to school, and while he was there, great-grandpa would sail the boat upstream through some locks. By the time grandpa got out of school, he'd have to walk uphill to the houseboat, before sailing back downstream to the bay.
Alternatively, Grandpa lived on a...
houseboat and went to a maritime school that was only in session between low and high tide. He'd get off the boat at low tide and walk uphill to school, but when school let out at high tide, he'd have to walk uphill to get back to his house.
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Is "Uphill" his dog, which he walked to school with him everyday? Therefore he "walked Uphill both ways"?
answered Jan 24 at 20:38
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Fun answer! You and Accumulation both arrived at the same solution.
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– bob
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Grandpa had to work at a job after school which was located at a lower elevation than his house, which in turn was lower than the school. So, in the morning he would walk up a hill to school, then after school he would walk downhill to where he worked (not mentioned), then at the end of work his trip home would be uphill again.
answered Jan 24 at 21:55
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Grandpa had to walk into a headwind both ways - perhaps he lived somewhere with a regular and predictable weather pattern, and the prevailing wind would reverse twice a day.
Riding/walking/running into a headwind would replicate the added resistance of walking uphill, same as on a soft sandy beach.
Inspired by cycling, and this definitely makes the flats feel like hills.
answered Jan 24 at 19:19
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Interesting. Maybe a little bit of a stretch?
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– bob
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There's quite a few "ravine|canyon|valley" in the middle answers, where each trip is downhill then uphill. My personal walk to elementary school had a ridge in the middle. Same kind of answer, but opposite. First uphill then downhill both ways.
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He lived on a small iceberg floating in the ocean. The residential area is on one side and the school is on the other. When everybody is at home, the residential area is more heavily weighted and the berg slopes upward towards the school. When everyone is at school, that side is heavier and the way home is uphill. Of course, when about half the people have crossed the midpoint, the iceberg would tilt the other way, but maybe your grandpa was an early riser and a diligent student and left before everyone else, and also went home early, so for him it was uphill both ways. For the lazy folks that slept in and arrived late (and maybe because of that got kept late for detention), it was downhill both ways.
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Bonus that this also solves the unstated (but well-known) snow part of the story.
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– bob
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He lived on a small iceberg floating in the ocean. The residential area is on one side and the school is on the other. When everybody is at home, the residential area is more heavily weighted and the berg slopes upward towards the school. When everyone is at school, that side is heavier and the way home is uphill. Of course, when about half the people have crossed the midpoint, the iceberg would tilt the other way, but maybe your grandpa was an early riser and a diligent student and left before everyone else, and also went home early, so for him it was uphill both ways. For the lazy folks that slept in and arrived late (and maybe because of that got kept late for detention), it was downhill both ways.
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Bonus that this also solves the unstated (but well-known) snow part of the story.
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– bob
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Take my upvote!
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He lived on a small iceberg floating in the ocean. The residential area is on one side and the school is on the other. When everybody is at home, the residential area is more heavily weighted and the berg slopes upward towards the school. When everyone is at school, that side is heavier and the way home is uphill. Of course, when about half the people have crossed the midpoint, the iceberg would tilt the other way, but maybe your grandpa was an early riser and a diligent student and left before everyone else, and also went home early, so for him it was uphill both ways. For the lazy folks that slept in and arrived late (and maybe because of that got kept late for detention), it was downhill both ways.
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He lived on a small iceberg floating in the ocean. The residential area is on one side and the school is on the other. When everybody is at home, the residential area is more heavily weighted and the berg slopes upward towards the school. When everyone is at school, that side is heavier and the way home is uphill. Of course, when about half the people have crossed the midpoint, the iceberg would tilt the other way, but maybe your grandpa was an early riser and a diligent student and left before everyone else, and also went home early, so for him it was uphill both ways. For the lazy folks that slept in and arrived late (and maybe because of that got kept late for detention), it was downhill both ways.
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Bonus that this also solves the unstated (but well-known) snow part of the story.
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– bob
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Take my upvote!
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Bonus that this also solves the unstated (but well-known) snow part of the story.
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Take my upvote!
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– Riddler
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Bonus that this also solves the unstated (but well-known) snow part of the story.
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– bob
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Bonus that this also solves the unstated (but well-known) snow part of the story.
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Take my upvote!
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Psh easy
Gramps walked down a street named uphill to school and then he walked down the same street home every day.
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I love this one!
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– bob
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Psh easy
Gramps walked down a street named uphill to school and then he walked down the same street home every day.
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I love this one!
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Psh easy
Gramps walked down a street named uphill to school and then he walked down the same street home every day.
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Psh easy
Gramps walked down a street named uphill to school and then he walked down the same street home every day.
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I love this one!
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I love this one!
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Answer:
Grandpa's house and the school were both situated at the top of separate hills, so he had to walk downhill and then uphill in both directions.
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That's how I always understood it worked.
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Grandpa's house and the school were both situated at the top of separate hills, so he had to walk downhill and then uphill in both directions.
answered Jan 24 at 16:30
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That's how I always understood it worked.
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– Arturo Torres Sánchez
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Answer:
Grandpa's house and the school were both situated at the top of separate hills, so he had to walk downhill and then uphill in both directions.
answered Jan 24 at 16:30
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Answer:
Grandpa's house and the school were both situated at the top of separate hills, so he had to walk downhill and then uphill in both directions.
answered Jan 24 at 16:30
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answered Jan 24 at 16:30
AHKieranAHKieran
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answered Jan 24 at 16:30
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That's how I always understood it worked.
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– Arturo Torres Sánchez
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That's how I always understood it worked.
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– Arturo Torres Sánchez
Jan 25 at 13:55
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That's how I always understood it worked.
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– Arturo Torres Sánchez
Jan 25 at 13:55
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The school had multiple buildings and Grandpa's first class in the morning was in a building on a hill that was uphill from his home. And his last class in the afternoon was in a little valley at the base of the hill so it was uphill back home. During the day, he moved up and down to get from building to building for his classes.
Poor Grandpa. He forgot to mention the snow and 15 miles.
answered Jan 24 at 16:36
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Yeah, he was getting to the snow but kids today just don't know how not to interrupt. :)
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– bob
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Not to mention living in a paper bag and getting up 2 hours before they went to sleep.
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The school had multiple buildings and Grandpa's first class in the morning was in a building on a hill that was uphill from his home. And his last class in the afternoon was in a little valley at the base of the hill so it was uphill back home. During the day, he moved up and down to get from building to building for his classes.
Poor Grandpa. He forgot to mention the snow and 15 miles.
answered Jan 24 at 16:36
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Yeah, he was getting to the snow but kids today just don't know how not to interrupt. :)
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– bob
Jan 24 at 16:51
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Not to mention living in a paper bag and getting up 2 hours before they went to sleep.
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The school had multiple buildings and Grandpa's first class in the morning was in a building on a hill that was uphill from his home. And his last class in the afternoon was in a little valley at the base of the hill so it was uphill back home. During the day, he moved up and down to get from building to building for his classes.
Poor Grandpa. He forgot to mention the snow and 15 miles.
answered Jan 24 at 16:36
SteveVSteveV
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possibly
The school had multiple buildings and Grandpa's first class in the morning was in a building on a hill that was uphill from his home. And his last class in the afternoon was in a little valley at the base of the hill so it was uphill back home. During the day, he moved up and down to get from building to building for his classes.
Poor Grandpa. He forgot to mention the snow and 15 miles.
answered Jan 24 at 16:36
SteveVSteveV
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answered Jan 24 at 16:36
SteveVSteveV
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answered Jan 24 at 16:36
SteveVSteveV
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answered Jan 24 at 16:36
SteveVSteveV
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Yeah, he was getting to the snow but kids today just don't know how not to interrupt. :)
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– bob
Jan 24 at 16:51
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Not to mention living in a paper bag and getting up 2 hours before they went to sleep.
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– WhatRoughBeast
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Yeah, he was getting to the snow but kids today just don't know how not to interrupt. :)
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– bob
Jan 24 at 16:51
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Not to mention living in a paper bag and getting up 2 hours before they went to sleep.
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– WhatRoughBeast
Jan 24 at 22:39
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Yeah, he was getting to the snow but kids today just don't know how not to interrupt. :)
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– bob
Jan 24 at 16:51
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Yeah, he was getting to the snow but kids today just don't know how not to interrupt. :)
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– bob
Jan 24 at 16:51
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Not to mention living in a paper bag and getting up 2 hours before they went to sleep.
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– WhatRoughBeast
Jan 24 at 22:39
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Not to mention living in a paper bag and getting up 2 hours before they went to sleep.
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Your Grandpa:
wasn't lying. He lived on a Penrose Field, with the school on the other side. Uphill both ways, unless of course some days he felt lazy and went downhill both ways!
answered Jan 24 at 18:05
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Those aren't physically possible, so this answer is as valid as saying "magic"...
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– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
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Lolol @ an impossible answer!
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Your Grandpa:
wasn't lying. He lived on a Penrose Field, with the school on the other side. Uphill both ways, unless of course some days he felt lazy and went downhill both ways!
answered Jan 24 at 18:05
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Those aren't physically possible, so this answer is as valid as saying "magic"...
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– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
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Lolol @ an impossible answer!
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– Riddler
2 days ago
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Your Grandpa:
wasn't lying. He lived on a Penrose Field, with the school on the other side. Uphill both ways, unless of course some days he felt lazy and went downhill both ways!
answered Jan 24 at 18:05
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Your Grandpa:
wasn't lying. He lived on a Penrose Field, with the school on the other side. Uphill both ways, unless of course some days he felt lazy and went downhill both ways!
answered Jan 24 at 18:05
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answered Jan 24 at 18:05
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
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answered Jan 24 at 18:05
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
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answered Jan 24 at 18:05
JonMark PerryJonMark Perry
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Those aren't physically possible, so this answer is as valid as saying "magic"...
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– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
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Lolol @ an impossible answer!
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– Riddler
2 days ago
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Those aren't physically possible, so this answer is as valid as saying "magic"...
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– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
Jan 24 at 22:07
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Lolol @ an impossible answer!
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– Riddler
2 days ago
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Those aren't physically possible, so this answer is as valid as saying "magic"...
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– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
Jan 24 at 22:07
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Those aren't physically possible, so this answer is as valid as saying "magic"...
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– BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
Jan 24 at 22:07
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Lolol @ an impossible answer!
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– Riddler
2 days ago
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Lolol @ an impossible answer!
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He had a dog named "uphill". $ $ $ $
answered Jan 24 at 19:09
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Interesting. I wish my school was like that!
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– bob
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He had a dog named "uphill". $ $ $ $
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Interesting. I wish my school was like that!
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– bob
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He had a dog named "uphill". $ $ $ $
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He had a dog named "uphill". $ $ $ $
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Interesting. I wish my school was like that!
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Interesting. I wish my school was like that!
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– bob
Jan 24 at 19:45
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Interesting. I wish my school was like that!
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A possible answer
Your grandpa travelled to and from school on a team boat that used a human treadwheel system of propulsion.
To operate the paddles and gain forward motion, he would have to walk uphill in both directions.
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Very interesting take on this!
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– bob
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This would probably be my first runner up if I could indicate that on this site. Very creative!
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A possible answer
Your grandpa travelled to and from school on a team boat that used a human treadwheel system of propulsion.
To operate the paddles and gain forward motion, he would have to walk uphill in both directions.
answered Jan 24 at 17:58
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Very interesting take on this!
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– bob
Jan 24 at 18:00
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This would probably be my first runner up if I could indicate that on this site. Very creative!
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– bob
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A possible answer
Your grandpa travelled to and from school on a team boat that used a human treadwheel system of propulsion.
To operate the paddles and gain forward motion, he would have to walk uphill in both directions.
answered Jan 24 at 17:58
hexominohexomino
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A possible answer
Your grandpa travelled to and from school on a team boat that used a human treadwheel system of propulsion.
To operate the paddles and gain forward motion, he would have to walk uphill in both directions.
answered Jan 24 at 17:58
hexominohexomino
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answered Jan 24 at 17:58
hexominohexomino
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answered Jan 24 at 17:58
hexominohexomino
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answered Jan 24 at 17:58
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Very interesting take on this!
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– bob
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This would probably be my first runner up if I could indicate that on this site. Very creative!
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– bob
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Very interesting take on this!
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– bob
Jan 24 at 18:00
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This would probably be my first runner up if I could indicate that on this site. Very creative!
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– bob
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Very interesting take on this!
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– bob
Jan 24 at 18:00
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Very interesting take on this!
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– bob
Jan 24 at 18:00
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This would probably be my first runner up if I could indicate that on this site. Very creative!
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– bob
Jan 25 at 15:26
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This would probably be my first runner up if I could indicate that on this site. Very creative!
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He lived part way up a mountain and went to skiing school. Uphill to the lesson at the top, and uphill from the bottom of the slope back home.
answered Jan 24 at 19:54
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He lived part way up a mountain and went to skiing school. Uphill to the lesson at the top, and uphill from the bottom of the slope back home.
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He lived part way up a mountain and went to skiing school. Uphill to the lesson at the top, and uphill from the bottom of the slope back home.
answered Jan 24 at 19:54
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He lived part way up a mountain and went to skiing school. Uphill to the lesson at the top, and uphill from the bottom of the slope back home.
answered Jan 24 at 19:54
bjornebjorne
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answered Jan 24 at 19:54
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This is trivially true if
there is at least one hill or valley in between the two endpoints of the journey, in which case the person walking will go both uphill and downhill both ways.
answered Jan 24 at 18:08
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Interesting; I like the idea of slightly re-interpreting the wording in a way that is still plausible. Cool!
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– bob
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This is trivially true if
there is at least one hill or valley in between the two endpoints of the journey, in which case the person walking will go both uphill and downhill both ways.
answered Jan 24 at 18:08
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Interesting; I like the idea of slightly re-interpreting the wording in a way that is still plausible. Cool!
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– bob
Jan 24 at 18:24
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This is trivially true if
there is at least one hill or valley in between the two endpoints of the journey, in which case the person walking will go both uphill and downhill both ways.
answered Jan 24 at 18:08
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This is trivially true if
there is at least one hill or valley in between the two endpoints of the journey, in which case the person walking will go both uphill and downhill both ways.
answered Jan 24 at 18:08
Mason WheelerMason Wheeler
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answered Jan 24 at 18:08
Mason WheelerMason Wheeler
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answered Jan 24 at 18:08
Mason WheelerMason Wheeler
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answered Jan 24 at 18:08
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Interesting; I like the idea of slightly re-interpreting the wording in a way that is still plausible. Cool!
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– bob
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Interesting; I like the idea of slightly re-interpreting the wording in a way that is still plausible. Cool!
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– bob
Jan 24 at 18:24
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Interesting; I like the idea of slightly re-interpreting the wording in a way that is still plausible. Cool!
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– bob
Jan 24 at 18:24
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Interesting; I like the idea of slightly re-interpreting the wording in a way that is still plausible. Cool!
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I believe that this question has been most accurately answered in the following scenario.
Your grandfather lives on one side of a ravine. The building is on the other side. A tightrope with room for some slack is strung between the two sides.
Because of the weight distribution, when your grandfather uses the tightrope, he would have to walk uphill either way to reach the end of the tightrope.
answered Jan 24 at 20:49
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This answer is quite clever.
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– bob
Jan 24 at 21:56
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And in this case, grandpa has more to complain about than just the walk uphill :)
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– jafe
Jan 25 at 5:43
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Actually, I've seen that for real on the TV, only with a zipline instead of a tightrope. In some South America country, there are kids who go to school like that, so if the endpoints are the school and Grandpa's house, both will involve a walk uphill to the startpoints. See here, but video broken.
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– Ken Y-N
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I believe that this question has been most accurately answered in the following scenario.
Your grandfather lives on one side of a ravine. The building is on the other side. A tightrope with room for some slack is strung between the two sides.
Because of the weight distribution, when your grandfather uses the tightrope, he would have to walk uphill either way to reach the end of the tightrope.
answered Jan 24 at 20:49
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This answer is quite clever.
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– bob
Jan 24 at 21:56
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And in this case, grandpa has more to complain about than just the walk uphill :)
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– jafe
Jan 25 at 5:43
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Actually, I've seen that for real on the TV, only with a zipline instead of a tightrope. In some South America country, there are kids who go to school like that, so if the endpoints are the school and Grandpa's house, both will involve a walk uphill to the startpoints. See here, but video broken.
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– Ken Y-N
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I believe that this question has been most accurately answered in the following scenario.
Your grandfather lives on one side of a ravine. The building is on the other side. A tightrope with room for some slack is strung between the two sides.
Because of the weight distribution, when your grandfather uses the tightrope, he would have to walk uphill either way to reach the end of the tightrope.
answered Jan 24 at 20:49
visualnotsobasicvisualnotsobasic
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I believe that this question has been most accurately answered in the following scenario.
Your grandfather lives on one side of a ravine. The building is on the other side. A tightrope with room for some slack is strung between the two sides.
Because of the weight distribution, when your grandfather uses the tightrope, he would have to walk uphill either way to reach the end of the tightrope.
answered Jan 24 at 20:49
visualnotsobasicvisualnotsobasic
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answered Jan 24 at 20:49
visualnotsobasicvisualnotsobasic
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answered Jan 24 at 20:49
visualnotsobasicvisualnotsobasic
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answered Jan 24 at 20:49
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This answer is quite clever.
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– bob
Jan 24 at 21:56
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And in this case, grandpa has more to complain about than just the walk uphill :)
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– jafe
Jan 25 at 5:43
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Actually, I've seen that for real on the TV, only with a zipline instead of a tightrope. In some South America country, there are kids who go to school like that, so if the endpoints are the school and Grandpa's house, both will involve a walk uphill to the startpoints. See here, but video broken.
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– Ken Y-N
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This answer is quite clever.
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– bob
Jan 24 at 21:56
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And in this case, grandpa has more to complain about than just the walk uphill :)
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– jafe
Jan 25 at 5:43
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Actually, I've seen that for real on the TV, only with a zipline instead of a tightrope. In some South America country, there are kids who go to school like that, so if the endpoints are the school and Grandpa's house, both will involve a walk uphill to the startpoints. See here, but video broken.
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– Ken Y-N
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This answer is quite clever.
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– bob
Jan 24 at 21:56
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This answer is quite clever.
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– bob
Jan 24 at 21:56
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And in this case, grandpa has more to complain about than just the walk uphill :)
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– jafe
Jan 25 at 5:43
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And in this case, grandpa has more to complain about than just the walk uphill :)
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– jafe
Jan 25 at 5:43
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Actually, I've seen that for real on the TV, only with a zipline instead of a tightrope. In some South America country, there are kids who go to school like that, so if the endpoints are the school and Grandpa's house, both will involve a walk uphill to the startpoints. See here, but video broken.
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– Ken Y-N
Jan 25 at 6:28
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Actually, I've seen that for real on the TV, only with a zipline instead of a tightrope. In some South America country, there are kids who go to school like that, so if the endpoints are the school and Grandpa's house, both will involve a walk uphill to the startpoints. See here, but video broken.
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Grandpa's family owned six houses, all distributed at different heights along the same mountainside. (Needless to say, his family was quite wealthy.) There were also five different schoolhouses along the mountainside, each one in-between two of Grandpa's houses. On Monday, Grandpa would start at the lowest house on the mountain, and would walk uphill to the lowest school. When school was done, he would walk home, uphill, to the second-lowest house. The next day, he would walk uphill to the next school up the slope, and so on. Each morning he would walk to a different school, and then go home to a different house. On the weekend he would ski down the mountain and start over.
answered Jan 24 at 19:27
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Very clever solution!
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– bob
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Grandpa's family owned six houses, all distributed at different heights along the same mountainside. (Needless to say, his family was quite wealthy.) There were also five different schoolhouses along the mountainside, each one in-between two of Grandpa's houses. On Monday, Grandpa would start at the lowest house on the mountain, and would walk uphill to the lowest school. When school was done, he would walk home, uphill, to the second-lowest house. The next day, he would walk uphill to the next school up the slope, and so on. Each morning he would walk to a different school, and then go home to a different house. On the weekend he would ski down the mountain and start over.
answered Jan 24 at 19:27
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Very clever solution!
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– bob
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Grandpa's family owned six houses, all distributed at different heights along the same mountainside. (Needless to say, his family was quite wealthy.) There were also five different schoolhouses along the mountainside, each one in-between two of Grandpa's houses. On Monday, Grandpa would start at the lowest house on the mountain, and would walk uphill to the lowest school. When school was done, he would walk home, uphill, to the second-lowest house. The next day, he would walk uphill to the next school up the slope, and so on. Each morning he would walk to a different school, and then go home to a different house. On the weekend he would ski down the mountain and start over.
answered Jan 24 at 19:27
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Grandpa's family owned six houses, all distributed at different heights along the same mountainside. (Needless to say, his family was quite wealthy.) There were also five different schoolhouses along the mountainside, each one in-between two of Grandpa's houses. On Monday, Grandpa would start at the lowest house on the mountain, and would walk uphill to the lowest school. When school was done, he would walk home, uphill, to the second-lowest house. The next day, he would walk uphill to the next school up the slope, and so on. Each morning he would walk to a different school, and then go home to a different house. On the weekend he would ski down the mountain and start over.
answered Jan 24 at 19:27
plasticinsectplasticinsect
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answered Jan 24 at 19:27
plasticinsectplasticinsect
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answered Jan 24 at 19:27
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Very clever solution!
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– bob
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Very clever solution!
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– bob
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Very clever solution!
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– bob
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Very clever solution!
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Grandpa lived in the valley of a mountain with the school halfway up. In the morning he'd walk uphill to school. After school he'd walk uphill to a cliff at the top of the mountain overlooking the valley. He'd then paraglide home.
answered Jan 24 at 23:00
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Grandpa lived in the valley of a mountain with the school halfway up. In the morning he'd walk uphill to school. After school he'd walk uphill to a cliff at the top of the mountain overlooking the valley. He'd then paraglide home.
answered Jan 24 at 23:00
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Grandpa lived in the valley of a mountain with the school halfway up. In the morning he'd walk uphill to school. After school he'd walk uphill to a cliff at the top of the mountain overlooking the valley. He'd then paraglide home.
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Grandpa lived in the valley of a mountain with the school halfway up. In the morning he'd walk uphill to school. After school he'd walk uphill to a cliff at the top of the mountain overlooking the valley. He'd then paraglide home.
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An answer that avoids Grandpa conveniently omitting that he
also walked downhill
He...
walked his bike uphill, and rode it downhill!
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also walked downhill
He...
walked his bike uphill, and rode it downhill!
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also walked downhill
He...
walked his bike uphill, and rode it downhill!
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An answer that avoids Grandpa conveniently omitting that he
also walked downhill
He...
walked his bike uphill, and rode it downhill!
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This is how I always pictured it as a child.
The school is built on the side of a mountain. The entrance is at the top. The exit is at the bottom. The house is in the middle. This can also explain why it was "in the snow" as many of these stories are. :)
Picture:
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+1 for the picture and for including the snow!
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This is how I always pictured it as a child.
The school is built on the side of a mountain. The entrance is at the top. The exit is at the bottom. The house is in the middle. This can also explain why it was "in the snow" as many of these stories are. :)
Picture:
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+1 for the picture and for including the snow!
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This is how I always pictured it as a child.
The school is built on the side of a mountain. The entrance is at the top. The exit is at the bottom. The house is in the middle. This can also explain why it was "in the snow" as many of these stories are. :)
Picture:
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This is how I always pictured it as a child.
The school is built on the side of a mountain. The entrance is at the top. The exit is at the bottom. The house is in the middle. This can also explain why it was "in the snow" as many of these stories are. :)
Picture:
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+1 for the picture and for including the snow!
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+1 for the picture and for including the snow!
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+1 for the picture and for including the snow!
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+1 for the picture and for including the snow!
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Possibility:
His house was on a hill above the school, but the school was at the top of a high-rise building, higher than his house. He walked up stairs in the morning but took the elevator down and then walked the rest of the way in the afternoon. Thus he had a walking elevation gain both ways.
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That certainly works!
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Possibility:
His house was on a hill above the school, but the school was at the top of a high-rise building, higher than his house. He walked up stairs in the morning but took the elevator down and then walked the rest of the way in the afternoon. Thus he had a walking elevation gain both ways.
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That certainly works!
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Possibility:
His house was on a hill above the school, but the school was at the top of a high-rise building, higher than his house. He walked up stairs in the morning but took the elevator down and then walked the rest of the way in the afternoon. Thus he had a walking elevation gain both ways.
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Possibility:
His house was on a hill above the school, but the school was at the top of a high-rise building, higher than his house. He walked up stairs in the morning but took the elevator down and then walked the rest of the way in the afternoon. Thus he had a walking elevation gain both ways.
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That certainly works!
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That certainly works!
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That certainly works!
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That certainly works!
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Unironically this actually happened to me when I grew up.
There was a...
valley in between my house and the school so I would start off downhill then have to go up hill both ways
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Interesting real-life example.
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Unironically this actually happened to me when I grew up.
There was a...
valley in between my house and the school so I would start off downhill then have to go up hill both ways
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Interesting real-life example.
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Unironically this actually happened to me when I grew up.
There was a...
valley in between my house and the school so I would start off downhill then have to go up hill both ways
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Unironically this actually happened to me when I grew up.
There was a...
valley in between my house and the school so I would start off downhill then have to go up hill both ways
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Interesting real-life example.
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Interesting real-life example.
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Interesting real-life example.
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Your grandpa
lived on the top of a hill and his school was on the top of a different hill. Both the school and his house had a mechanism to get to the base of the hill quickly, such as a fireman's pole or a cart on rails going downhill. However, although the fastest way to go downhill, none of these mechanisms could be used uphill, so he had to walk uphill both ways, but never walk downhill!
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Your grandpa
lived on the top of a hill and his school was on the top of a different hill. Both the school and his house had a mechanism to get to the base of the hill quickly, such as a fireman's pole or a cart on rails going downhill. However, although the fastest way to go downhill, none of these mechanisms could be used uphill, so he had to walk uphill both ways, but never walk downhill!
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Your grandpa
lived on the top of a hill and his school was on the top of a different hill. Both the school and his house had a mechanism to get to the base of the hill quickly, such as a fireman's pole or a cart on rails going downhill. However, although the fastest way to go downhill, none of these mechanisms could be used uphill, so he had to walk uphill both ways, but never walk downhill!
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Your grandpa
lived on the top of a hill and his school was on the top of a different hill. Both the school and his house had a mechanism to get to the base of the hill quickly, such as a fireman's pole or a cart on rails going downhill. However, although the fastest way to go downhill, none of these mechanisms could be used uphill, so he had to walk uphill both ways, but never walk downhill!
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Grandpa lived on a...
houseboat, which great-grandpa would dock overnight in the bay. Grandpa would walk uphill to school, and while he was there, great-grandpa would sail the boat upstream through some locks. By the time grandpa got out of school, he'd have to walk uphill to the houseboat, before sailing back downstream to the bay.
Alternatively, Grandpa lived on a...
houseboat and went to a maritime school that was only in session between low and high tide. He'd get off the boat at low tide and walk uphill to school, but when school let out at high tide, he'd have to walk uphill to get back to his house.
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Grandpa lived on a...
houseboat, which great-grandpa would dock overnight in the bay. Grandpa would walk uphill to school, and while he was there, great-grandpa would sail the boat upstream through some locks. By the time grandpa got out of school, he'd have to walk uphill to the houseboat, before sailing back downstream to the bay.
Alternatively, Grandpa lived on a...
houseboat and went to a maritime school that was only in session between low and high tide. He'd get off the boat at low tide and walk uphill to school, but when school let out at high tide, he'd have to walk uphill to get back to his house.
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Grandpa lived on a...
houseboat, which great-grandpa would dock overnight in the bay. Grandpa would walk uphill to school, and while he was there, great-grandpa would sail the boat upstream through some locks. By the time grandpa got out of school, he'd have to walk uphill to the houseboat, before sailing back downstream to the bay.
Alternatively, Grandpa lived on a...
houseboat and went to a maritime school that was only in session between low and high tide. He'd get off the boat at low tide and walk uphill to school, but when school let out at high tide, he'd have to walk uphill to get back to his house.
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Grandpa lived on a...
houseboat, which great-grandpa would dock overnight in the bay. Grandpa would walk uphill to school, and while he was there, great-grandpa would sail the boat upstream through some locks. By the time grandpa got out of school, he'd have to walk uphill to the houseboat, before sailing back downstream to the bay.
Alternatively, Grandpa lived on a...
houseboat and went to a maritime school that was only in session between low and high tide. He'd get off the boat at low tide and walk uphill to school, but when school let out at high tide, he'd have to walk uphill to get back to his house.
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Is "Uphill" his dog, which he walked to school with him everyday? Therefore he "walked Uphill both ways"?
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Fun answer! You and Accumulation both arrived at the same solution.
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Is "Uphill" his dog, which he walked to school with him everyday? Therefore he "walked Uphill both ways"?
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Fun answer! You and Accumulation both arrived at the same solution.
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Is "Uphill" his dog, which he walked to school with him everyday? Therefore he "walked Uphill both ways"?
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Is "Uphill" his dog, which he walked to school with him everyday? Therefore he "walked Uphill both ways"?
answered Jan 24 at 20:38
jared.nesbitjared.nesbit
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answered Jan 24 at 20:38
jared.nesbitjared.nesbit
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Fun answer! You and Accumulation both arrived at the same solution.
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Fun answer! You and Accumulation both arrived at the same solution.
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– bob
Jan 24 at 20:43
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Fun answer! You and Accumulation both arrived at the same solution.
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Fun answer! You and Accumulation both arrived at the same solution.
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Grandpa had to work at a job after school which was located at a lower elevation than his house, which in turn was lower than the school. So, in the morning he would walk up a hill to school, then after school he would walk downhill to where he worked (not mentioned), then at the end of work his trip home would be uphill again.
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Grandpa had to work at a job after school which was located at a lower elevation than his house, which in turn was lower than the school. So, in the morning he would walk up a hill to school, then after school he would walk downhill to where he worked (not mentioned), then at the end of work his trip home would be uphill again.
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Grandpa had to work at a job after school which was located at a lower elevation than his house, which in turn was lower than the school. So, in the morning he would walk up a hill to school, then after school he would walk downhill to where he worked (not mentioned), then at the end of work his trip home would be uphill again.
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Grandpa had to work at a job after school which was located at a lower elevation than his house, which in turn was lower than the school. So, in the morning he would walk up a hill to school, then after school he would walk downhill to where he worked (not mentioned), then at the end of work his trip home would be uphill again.
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Grandpa had to walk into a headwind both ways - perhaps he lived somewhere with a regular and predictable weather pattern, and the prevailing wind would reverse twice a day.
Riding/walking/running into a headwind would replicate the added resistance of walking uphill, same as on a soft sandy beach.
Inspired by cycling, and this definitely makes the flats feel like hills.
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Interesting. Maybe a little bit of a stretch?
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Grandpa had to walk into a headwind both ways - perhaps he lived somewhere with a regular and predictable weather pattern, and the prevailing wind would reverse twice a day.
Riding/walking/running into a headwind would replicate the added resistance of walking uphill, same as on a soft sandy beach.
Inspired by cycling, and this definitely makes the flats feel like hills.
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Interesting. Maybe a little bit of a stretch?
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Grandpa had to walk into a headwind both ways - perhaps he lived somewhere with a regular and predictable weather pattern, and the prevailing wind would reverse twice a day.
Riding/walking/running into a headwind would replicate the added resistance of walking uphill, same as on a soft sandy beach.
Inspired by cycling, and this definitely makes the flats feel like hills.
answered Jan 24 at 19:19
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Grandpa had to walk into a headwind both ways - perhaps he lived somewhere with a regular and predictable weather pattern, and the prevailing wind would reverse twice a day.
Riding/walking/running into a headwind would replicate the added resistance of walking uphill, same as on a soft sandy beach.
Inspired by cycling, and this definitely makes the flats feel like hills.
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Interesting. Maybe a little bit of a stretch?
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Interesting. Maybe a little bit of a stretch?
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– bob
Jan 24 at 19:43
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Interesting. Maybe a little bit of a stretch?
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Interesting. Maybe a little bit of a stretch?
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There's quite a few "ravine|canyon|valley" in the middle answers, where each trip is downhill then uphill. My personal walk to elementary school had a ridge in the middle. Same kind of answer, but opposite. First uphill then downhill both ways.
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There's quite a few "ravine|canyon|valley" in the middle answers, where each trip is downhill then uphill. My personal walk to elementary school had a ridge in the middle. Same kind of answer, but opposite. First uphill then downhill both ways.
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There's quite a few "ravine|canyon|valley" in the middle answers, where each trip is downhill then uphill. My personal walk to elementary school had a ridge in the middle. Same kind of answer, but opposite. First uphill then downhill both ways.
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There's quite a few "ravine|canyon|valley" in the middle answers, where each trip is downhill then uphill. My personal walk to elementary school had a ridge in the middle. Same kind of answer, but opposite. First uphill then downhill both ways.
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Bah. Your grandpa had it easy. My grandpa had to swim across a river full of crocodiles to go to school.
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– Sid
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Oh yeah, well my great-grandpa had to (cough) swim across a river of lava to go to school.
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My uncle would've loved to swim across a river of lava to go to school, he would've been so lucky!
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You mean he got to swim in shark free lava? Luxury.
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To the mods: If I reword this question to have fewer answers then it will lose it's beauty and interest; it is a creative thinking exercise meant to show how many ways there are to do something that on the surface appears impossible. It cannot be anything but broad. Perhaps this time a rule needs an exception? What harm was caused here that the rule protected us from?
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– bob
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