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Suppose you were in a line of people walking on ice across a river and the person ahead of you fell through the ice and carried away by...

the current, would you just continue, walking around the hole or would you turn around and quickly head for shore?

Posted - January 8, 2022

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  • 10996
    It would depend on which shore was closer.
      January 9, 2022 5:49 AM MST
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  • 19937
    What Jane said.
      January 9, 2022 5:58 AM MST
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  • 53504

     

      Are we assuming I owe that person an enormous amount of money? (Cough, cough.)
    ~

      January 9, 2022 8:23 AM MST
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  • 13395
    Yes that would solve the problem, all right. 'Who was that guy anyway?'
      January 9, 2022 10:00 AM MST
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  • 53504

     

      With the howling winds and the blizzard blowing snow all over the place, I didn’t hear or see a thing, Officer. (Cough, cough.)
    ~

      January 9, 2022 12:57 PM MST
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  • 17592
    I would lie down and propel myself away from the others and toward the closest shore. 
      January 9, 2022 10:59 AM MST
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