What would you do.........?

Question

You are trapped in a room with no obvious means of entry or exit. The walls are stone and the floor and ceiling feel like concrete. Air is supplied by a row of ventilation holes at the bottom of the walls. Light is provided by two halogen strip lights at the join of the ceiling and the wall, they are covered in a metal grill.

You have lying beside you:

3Kg of Cheddar cheese in a hemp bag.

One unlit match

The complete works of Shakespeare with the commentary notes.

A workshop metal file with a blunt end

And the clothes you are wearing, all pockets and linings have obviously been searched and are empty.

How would you escape?

Answer 1

i'd survive on the cheese and just scream

and shout for someone to let me out =]

Answer 2

id tear the room with the metal file

id light up the match and burn the whole place

death would give me freedom

LOL

Answer 3

In my mind !  Shakespeare would be my company.  If the lights went out. . .I'd strangle myself with my clothes !  Then my "spirit" would be able to escape not giving a d**n about my mind or body any more !

Answer 4

cant talk eating cheese

Answer 5

By not taking any more DRUGS!!

Answer 6

Read the Shakespeare for some hints, if it has none,burn it next to the air ventilation hole, and use the metal file to hack my way out.

And take the cheese. ^^

Answer 7

...Ive been staring at this question for ages - can we have a clue!!!!

Answer 8

"OIIIII, PIG!! Ok, ok.... Police Constable Pig! I want my f'cking solicitor now! I want a translator, because I can no longer talk, normally, only in 'forked-tongues', I want a drink, something 'proper' to eat.... don't try this cheese shite with me, a Burgerking would be nice.... if you spit in it again, I shall sue you! I want a doctor, after the kicking you and your fellow oinks decided to give me in the back of the van coming here... and, I think I have just.... yes.... I have.... just defecated.... 'cos you are stood outside the cell door, aren't you?

OH, God, I am sooooo sorry, I don't know what came over me.... oops... you did... but never mind... can be washed sir.... can I have a solicitor, please, your most honourable worship!?"

Answer 9

I'm not going anywhere until all that hemp is smoked and the cheese is grilled and eaten. Then I would escape by using the hole in my boot.

Answer 10

I'd rather just eat some cheese and scream "HELP, HELP"

Answer 11

Well there are various ways:

First, I'll snatch loads of paper from the Shakespearean books (enough paper to produce obvious smoke when burnt). Then I'll shape the papers into rolls so that I can force them out of the holes. After forcing them out, I'll light the match and throw it out through the hole and onto the paper rolls. This way the papers can burn outside without smoking me. The smoke from the papers will surely attract attention. While I wait for somebody to come rescue me, I'll read some of  Shakespeare's work and eat some cheese, you know, just to pass the time.  

If this plan didn't work, I'll go to plan B: Rats

I heard that rats can chew on almost anything, so I'll use the cheese as a bait to attract some rats. Hopefully the smell of cheese will be irresistable to the rats so that they can chew their way through the ventilation holes. I'll continue chipping at the holes too, to make them bigger. Now I might use the workshop metal file to destroy the walls, thus, making the wholes big enough to let me escape through them. If this didn't work, then I'll stick my mouth to the holes and scream my lungs out for help...

If none of this works out, then I'll continue eating cheesing and reading Shakespeare 'til my Guardian Angel comes and gets me out - or perhaps my prince charming comes and saves me... then I'll kiss him and we'll fall in love with each other and live happily ever after :D

By the way, this is a nice thought-provoking question...

Thanks for asking it :)

Answer 12

It has to do something with starting a fire...I hope, because that's what i would do.

Answer 13

i don't know what to do! If I'm really in the

exact situation, my mind would work but know it's not functioning.

Answer 14

If there is no obvious means of entry or exit how did i get in there in the first place? AND Where's McGyver when you need him?  

Answer 15

mmmm... just thinking hang on......

I'd crawl through one of the ventilation holes...you didnt say how small they were. I'd take the cheese with me for food and the match and file for light and i'd leave the books behind cos they are boring.

Answer 16

Loudly read Shakespeare until someone showed up to get me quiet. Then I'd cut the cheese w/ the file, & light it w/ the match. The explosion would find the weakest point & blow a hole in the wall so I could escape! ~:()>

Answer 17

Eat the cheese, scream for help, then panic... I wouldn't light a fire then throw it out through the holes, as i dont fancy dying of carbon monoxide poisoning..