put yourself between the other person’s rope and their body. slide down to the ground, taking the arm that has rope OVER the other person’s rope with you. keep the hand that’s under the other person’s rope where it is. waddle/crawl out from where you are positioned underneath the rope-body gap. you have been freed.
Huh, kinda reminds me of a game we played called doctor. One person would close their eyes while the others tried to tangle their arms together and then the doctor tried to solve it.
No it's not. You have two closed loops which are intertwined. Imagine two hula hoops locked together. There is no way to undo them no matter how much you bend or fold the circles.
Let's go step by step using a hula hoops and some tape on one part of each hoop to represent the body.
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>put yourself between the other person's rope and their body
Align the tape of both loops. Both are still locked.
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>slide down to the ground, taking the arm that has rope over the other person's rope with you
First of all, both arms have rope so I assume what you mean by this is do something that won't tangle you up even more. With hoops, this would be drop one hoop to let it hang vertically from the horizontal loop. Twist the hanging hoop such that the tape travels through the other hoop, down, and then at the point farthest away from the horizontal loop's tape. Still locked.
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>keep the hand that's under the other person's rope where it is
The part of the hanging hoop closest to the ground stays where it is.
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>crawl out from where you are positioned underneath the rope-body gap
Move the tape of the hanging hoop any fucking way you want. It's still hanging from the horizontal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topology
There's this mathematical field dedicated to exploring things like this.
With regards to this example, it is defined by two interlocking closed loops and this fundamental state cannot be changed. You can change any property of either loop to your heart's content, but nothing you do will change the fact that they are interlocked and closed.
No, it's completely possible without untying any knots. @shadylady has it correct. And no, adjusting the knots isn't against the rules, you just can't completely untie them.
So this breaks one of the assumptions that the rope is tight against the flesh. I didn't clearly state it because it was my natural assumption when I see anything like "knot against skin".
They would have to be very tight knots to not have room to let a bit of string through! But yes if they were that right it wouldn't be possible, I've also looked and can't find the solution I thought it was which is frustrating as I could have sworn it had something to do with one person crossing their arms.
I had a magic trick book that explained this one. Apparently you have to slip one's rope through the loop of the others wrist, slide it over the wrist and pull, or something like that. I remember it was something along those lines.
"I had my arms ripped off "
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>put yourself between the other person's rope and their body
Align the tape of both loops. Both are still locked.
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>slide down to the ground, taking the arm that has rope over the other person's rope with you
First of all, both arms have rope so I assume what you mean by this is do something that won't tangle you up even more. With hoops, this would be drop one hoop to let it hang vertically from the horizontal loop. Twist the hanging hoop such that the tape travels through the other hoop, down, and then at the point farthest away from the horizontal loop's tape. Still locked.
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>keep the hand that's under the other person's rope where it is
The part of the hanging hoop closest to the ground stays where it is.
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>crawl out from where you are positioned underneath the rope-body gap
Move the tape of the hanging hoop any fucking way you want. It's still hanging from the horizontal.
There's this mathematical field dedicated to exploring things like this.
With regards to this example, it is defined by two interlocking closed loops and this fundamental state cannot be changed. You can change any property of either loop to your heart's content, but nothing you do will change the fact that they are interlocked and closed.
Then the question is worded badly.