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The question did ask how the thread is arranged..

• dutchbrit 14y ago
  Very true :). Some interesting answers here so far!
• fein 14y ago
  Well, he did write "threads" > "How are the threads arranged?" So the whole 4 separate threads idea still holds if we assume the balloon will lift the kids off the ground. That was a bit of a huge hole in the riddle. It should have been noted that the children were immovable anchors. Feynman would have had a field day with this.