A series of questionable events unfolded in the HFCCC committee right after a crisis, as
delegates scrambled to devise a solution for the rather peculiar demands of some terrorists. A group of supposedly "power plant operators" turned out to be hostages. The so-called “power plant operators” were actually in the business of crafting nuclear weapons. Things escalated when the terrorists took them captive, demanding a staggering ransom of $596 billion, 10,000 red M&Ms (specifically excluding the yellow ones), and a bizarre request for 596 cows. Yes, you read that correctly—cows! Apparently, these terrorists were vegetarians.
In a rather peculiar response to this crisis, the delegate from Egypt suggested that the Italian
delegate utilize his chocolate-making skills to produce the red M&Ms. The strategy was to does the treats with poison, based on the thought that the hostages wouldn’t touch them, since everyone knows the French and the Dutch only indulge in yellow M&Ms. The delegate of
Egypt’s logic dictated that the terrorists would happily munch away, leading to an unexpected death, enabling the rescue of the hostages and save the day.
But this was just the appetizer! The Egyptian delegate, clearly a master strategist, revealed a
backup plan that could only be described as “bold”. His idea was to buy a small bomb with a
2km blast radius from the US to blow up the power plant. He defended his proposal with the
logic that the power plant would anyway get destroyed, which caused a ruckus in the room.
After most of the committee disagreed with this innovative plan, the Egyptian delegate did some quick thinking and modified his plan: this time, the terrorists would be given M&Ms dosed with sleeping powder. The delegate of Egpyt explained that once the bad guys were cozy in their little beds, the delegates could rescue the hostages and slap handcuffs on the terrorists and when they woke up they would exclaim “OH MY GOD!”. Will this brilliant plan be used to solve the crisis?
-Pranav Hegde