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old chestnut: move 2 matches to flip the glass

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(thing) by /dev/joe (4.2 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) 1 C! Fri Mar 30 2001 at 12:13:47

An old chestnut goes like this:
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This wine glass is made from 4 matchsticks (and it has a coin inside to represent an olive or something).

Invert the wine glass such that the olive is outside the upside-down glass, by moving two of the matches.

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