Never got it.

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davcalla777 — 11 years ago(November 24, 2014 02:02 PM)

what they should have done considering thw water they had, was fill them both half full.. that would be 2 1/2 gallons in the 5 gallon jug, and 1 1/2 in the 3 gallon jug, and then combine them. 2 1/2 + 1 1/2 =4. boom, they had their solution!!!

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themoviewriter — 10 years ago(October 26, 2015 02:47 PM)

It had to be precise to the ounce though, so that wouldn't have worked.

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Minus_The_Beer — 9 years ago(December 20, 2016 11:50 AM)

what they should have done considering thw water they had, was fill them both half full.. that would be 2 1/2 gallons in the 5 gallon jug, and 1 1/2 in the 3 gallon jug, and then combine them. 2 1/2 + 1 1/2 =4. boom, they had their solution!!!
More like boom, there goes the entire block after the bomb goes off. They had to get
precisely
four gallons of water, no margin for error.
'Remember when' is the lowest form of conversation.

Tony Soprano

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Littlebitsofgaming — 12 years ago(November 19, 2013 06:57 AM)

They "explain" it in the film.
And so, God came forth and proclaimed widescreen is the best.
Sony 16:9

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JohnSilence — 12 years ago(January 05, 2014 04:33 PM)

Must admit, I didn't get it until my third viewing.

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I_Guard_Tanelorn — 12 years ago(January 19, 2014 05:06 AM)

This scene is so stupid, it totally halts the film, and i've seen it give trouble to many a viewer ever since it was released. Hey everybody, lets go to school! Weeee.
"I said no camels, that's five camels, can't you count?"

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bluecat60 — 11 years ago(May 24, 2014 02:13 PM)

Personally, I would have run across the street to buy a gallon container of anything.

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bluecat60 — 11 years ago(May 28, 2014 01:25 PM)

OH, I guess I didn't catch that part. Thanks. I wonder if I can remember the answer now! It is still a little confusing even after reading the solution!

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flo_rin108 — 11 years ago(July 05, 2014 11:18 AM)

No, you were right the first time, the bomb that required to solve the riddle with the gallon containers had a proximity circuit too.

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midev — 11 years ago(October 04, 2014 06:54 PM)

In today's world of smartphones they would have just Googled all the answers of the riddles.
I am a very decisive person, I think.

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flo_rin108 — 11 years ago(October 06, 2014 09:37 AM)

In that case the bad guy would have given them a harder riddle, one that couldn't be solved through googling. Or even easier, the bad guy had them in his control, he could have easily asked them to just drop any smartphone.

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mvitale24 — 9 years ago(June 15, 2016 10:18 PM)

Fill the 3 gallon jug, empty it into the five gallon jug. Now you have 3 gallons of water in the 5 gallon jug.
Fill up the 3 gallon jug again. Now pour 2 gallons of it into the 5 gallon jug which already has 3 gallons of water in it from before. The 5 gallon jug is now full and the 3 gallon jug has 1 gallon of water remaining in it.
Then dump the 5 gallon jug out and pour the 1 gallon of water in from the 3 gallon jug. That makes 1 gallon of water in the 5 gallon jug.
Refill the 3 gallon jug now and then pour it into the 5 gallon jug which has 1 gallon of water already in it for a grand total of 4 gallons of water in the 5 gallon jug.