ZooStuck

Originally posted on MSPA by Dragon Fogel.

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> Turns out that everyone's got a package identical to yours, and they're all trying to dispose of it.

There's a lot of packages to throw out into space, dude.

On closer inspection, it turns out this is a lineup of people with similar hazardous packages. Just how many of you were sent copies of this game? And for that matter, who sent them?

Regardless, you need to dispose of it before the scanner activates. You have seven-minute cycles remaining. You need to act fast. You'll never get to Oregon if your entire civilization is destroyed!

> Just throw the package over everyone and into the airlock once it opens.

You can't actually see the airlock from here. This is a really long line. And if you threw it ahead blindly, you could be reprimanded for violence against a superior!

Try to turn the line into a conga line, then quickly throw the package out into the airlock when you get close to it

You don't have much time left. You grab the four-armed three-legged lizardperson in front of you and shout "CONGA!", the ancient tribal word meaning something nobody remembers any more.

In under three minute-cycles, thousands of you have all formed a single conga line. When you get the chance, you toss your package into the airlock, along with the thousands of other packages the rest of the line threw in when they had the chance. Phew, good to know that's taken care of.

"WARNING: EXCESS MATERIAL IN AIRLOCK. THE OUTER DOOR HAS BEEN SEALED FOR YOUR SAFETY. ALL OBJECTS IN THE AIRLOCK WILL BE SCANNED AND INSTALLED FOR BACKUP BEFORE EJECTION."

Arrgh! There's that stupid foresight again! You always said that foresight would eventually be the end of your people! Now what are you going to do?