You find yourself in a hallway running north-south. Conveniently, you have no knowledge of where you are or how you got here. Directly in front of you, to the north, is a large and hungry-looking tiger. Its eyes say “I will eat you” and its mouth also says “I will eat you.” You see a door in the wall on the east side.
- Duck through the door to the east
- Run away to the south
- Surrender to the tiger
- Attack the tiger with the sword you assume that you have
- Hang on, it said “I will eat you” out of its mouth? Is that a metaphor or what’s the deal? If the tiger is speaking English, that’s a whole different set of circumstances and maybe you can reason with the tiger? Let’s reason with the tiger.