Originally Posted by
SamDaMan
You're hiking by yourself out in the middle of nowhere. After a few hours of passing the same tree again and again, you realize you're lost. As it grows darker, so grows your fear of being eaten by wild animal, or simply freezing to death in the rapidly falling temperature. When all hope looks lost, out of the corner of your eye you spot a beaten up old cabin. You run over to it, praying it's unlocked. The door was a little jammed, but luckily you got inside. However, it's pitch black by now -- inside and out -- and if you don't get a fire started soon you'll surely die. In the darkness you can barely make out the shape of a lantern, and next to it a book of matches. Fumbling in the dark, you open the book to realize there's but one match left. You realize that you can either light the lantern, or use the match to light the stove to your left for warmth, but it'll be hard to do so without any additional light. Do you use your one and only match on the lantern, and scope around the cabin for more supplies? Do you attempt to the light the stove, placing your hope in the single match? Hypothermia is beginning to set it, and you've got to make your decision fast.
What do you light first?
