Do Not Avoid Not Making the Bell Not Ring | Taskmaster

From series 12, make and wear a popcorn necklace with at least five pieces of popcorn and then do the opposite of the following: You must under no circumstances not avoid not making the bell not ring. The task is over when you have either rung the bell or not rung the bell and said "I did the right thing" three times. Fastest to not do the wrong thing wins. If you don't do the right thing, you lose five points.
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In this Broadcast Award-winning, BAFTA and Emmy Award-nominated entertainment show, Taskmaster tyrant Greg Davies (Man Down, Cuckoo), with the help of his loyal assistant Alex Horne (The Horne Section and the show’s creator), sets out to test the wiles, wit and wisdom of five hyper-competitive comedians.
Comedians that have risked life, limb, and dignity in the hope of making the Taskmaster proud so far include: Frank Skinner (The Frank Skinner Show), Mel Giedroyc (The Great British Bake Off), Romesh Ranganathan (Asian Provocateur), Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’ Diary), Rose Matafeo (Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner 2018), and Russell Howard (The Russell Howard Hour). Unaware of what awaits them in each wax-sealed envelope, only one competitor can become the victorious owner of His Royal Task-ness’ golden head and be crowned the next Taskmaster Champion.

[@mrquirky3626]

I love how Alex uses Susie Dent as the authoritative expert just like in series 2. She must get some of the most random phones calls and inquiries ever.

[@Elwaves2925]

@@Kernel15 Yeah, he's been in dictionary corner quite a few times over the years. If they aren't friends they're certainly close acquaintances.

[@CueyTKD]

It's amazing they still use her even after Joe's revelation that she has too much to drink. I discount all of her opinions immediately.

[@kernicterus1233]

@@CueyTKD The drinking, the fornication, the underwear swapping ... it all builds up doesn't it?

[@ravenouscadaver8]

@@CueyTKD this isn't a dig, but genuinely curious; do you also discount your own opinions when you're drunk?

[@DizzySpark]

@Ravenous Cadaver I only discount my own opinions when I'm not, not eating ass.

[@OneBentMonkey]

The certainty in the delivery of “You’re going to summon something” is sending me!!

[@stephendavis6267]

Guz's realization that he had in fact done it right, coupled with Morgana's dance of victory, delights me so much. I miss this crew.

[@Wyfind]

guz is the best

[@nk-dw2hm]

At the end Guz seemed to still be waiting to be told it was the opposite again and he actually lost

[@stephendavis6267]

@@nk-dw2hm Hahahaha, yeah, he was side-eyeing Alex like he expected the other shoe to drop.

[@weakw1ll]

They lowkey did do it right im here to debunk this now

[@bearflipstable8365]

ikr, best series imho.

[@ToxicKlay]

Guz wins the task, gets the five points, and stonefaces it. Not even a smile while everyone else is applauding 😂 just completely owning his victory

[@poilboiler]

I could feel my brains slowly slipping out of my ears to avoid having to think about the not not not instructions.

[@winstonsmith11]

It's easy. Just count the negatives. An even number of negatives is a positive. An odd number of negatives is a negative.

[@yabbaguy]

Then you'll love the mobile game "NOT NOT".

[@hellodavey1902]

Liking this comment before I’ve even seen the vid… I only know that double negatives are my kryptonite and so a triple one is probably about to cause me to have a stroke.

[@churrothiev8387]

Yes an even number of negatives cancel out

[@michaelj.beglinjr.2804]

@@hellodavey1902 ---Math has never made me feel like stoking anything lolol. I apologize for my mind being in the gutter.

[@grit1]

I love how this task is actually incredibly simple since every double negative just cancels two out.

[@rw9495]

"If you got that right at home, get out more" 😂😂

[@yourmum69_420]

it's raining

[@BarterIrving]

​@@yourmum69_420put on a coat

[@acidjumps]

That felt personal

[@emi3317]

absolutely my favorite task from series 12, thank you for uploading taskmaster team 🙏

[@Friendlysociopath]

Oof- tough call. It's up there for sure but 12 has some NICE ones. Competition is thick- innit?

[@Tygearianus]

Working backwards: Ring, don’t ring, ring, don’t ring, ring.

[@iloivar]

The verbal part of this task is kinda like stoichiometry.

[@winstonsmith11]

I got the riddle right at home, and I should indeed get out more.

[@peskycritter79]

I got it immediately (and should get out more as well) but it's because one of my brothers liked speaking in double negatives as a teenager 😆

[@Hex...]

I notice Victoria also failed to wear the necklace, which was the first part of the task.

[@jordanterry6248]

I need to get out more. I counted those negatives and came to six and was so pleased when they said the same thing.

[@olavops1000]

I'm not sure Gus Khan understand how churches work, and I'm loving it.

[@Kernel15]

I can live with making the same mistake as Victoria :D Like her, I thought the double negatives were the easy part, then forgot the very first negative (do the opposite).

[@yourmum69_420]

but Victoria had it written down in front of her. No excuse for her to forget

[@iyziejane]

Symbolic logic is useful for parsing these kinds of sentences. The rule is that two negations are the same as nothing ("not not X = X"). So you count the number of negations, if it's even then they all cancel out (as was the case here), and if the total number of negations is odd then it's just like having one negation.

[@The_Arisen]

1:17. Double negative equals positive. Therefor it follows that if the negatives equate to an even number, its positive. Thus, i suspect that the task directs one to ring the bell when they are done. Will update when video ends. Update: apparently I need to get out more. I mean, they're not wrong. XD

[@NOTNOTJON]

Am I the only one who would have just tied the bucket to my neck and smashed the bell?

[@HighOverlordSnarffieBeagle]

You can solve multiple negatives by simply cancel out every two of them and if it's a even number it's a positive sentence and if odd it's a negative sentence. You do what the sentence says if positive and don't do it if negative.

[@subn0rma1]

My immediate thought was to place a piece of popcorn on the table for every negative, and then remove them in pairs

[@doctorstrangepants6706]

Victoria talking about threading the needle making her queasy: I thought I was the only one.

[@doctorstrangepants6706]

@@jonhohensee3258 fixed it.

[@lred1383]

@@doctorstrangepants6706 no you didn't lmao

[@doctorstrangepants6706]

@@lred1383 try refreshing your app/webpage.

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@lred1383 lmao? I bet you barely chuckled.

[@lred1383]

@@jonhohensee3258 a polite nose exhale with a half-smile

[@BelLancaster]

Another interpretation of the card (assuming the capitalization in the video description is accurate to what was actually on the card) would be, "make and wear a popcorn necklace with at least five pieces of popcorn and then do the opposite of the following: [...]" where the next word, 'You', is capitalized, and is therefore the first sentence to be subject to the terms of the colon, while the sentence beginning with 'The' would also be subject to the terms of the colon, as would the sentences beginning with 'Fastest' and 'If'. Until there is a paragraph break, all of the antecedent sentences are subjected to the colon. By that undoubtedly correct linguistic interpretation, and with the parallel interpretation that the opposite of 'the following' is in fact 'the preceding', the task reads as follows: "make and wear a popcorn necklace with at least five pieces of popcorn and then do the preceding. This quite naturally means making the popcorn necklace again as described, upon which the card's instructions have been satisfied. I would explain that logic whilst making 2 popcorn necklaces, wearing each one as I completed it, and then walk out because the task is finished.

[@michaelj.beglinjr.2804]

I'm already impatient for the next series to come out. Making us wait for new shows is just cruel lol.

[@johnnyvos3523]

I had problems with "do the opposite of the following" when does this stop? Because if you calculate this to the end of everything it says. Make the bell ring, fastest to do the right thing. If you do the right thing you loose 5 points.

[@yourmum69_420]

separate paragraphs

[@BlueFlash215]

Translating it into a logic problem it can be rephrase as "you can ring the bell" Both options were correct.

[@meatballsyes3854]

If there is an odd number of negatives it makes a positive but if there is an even number it makes a negative

[@thecursed01]

respecting the ghosts of the nuns paid out

[@a3jan]

Just count the negative words and if its an even number it means do it. Cause then its a bunch of double negatives. But if theres an odd number of negative words. The double negatives cancel out until theres a single megative left. Meaning then you dont do it. So in this case, its simple. Ring the bell

[@drseuss69]

Because of the instruction to do the opposite of the statement, the task is simpler than it seems. Rather than break-down the negatives, you just have to reverse the statement and you have what you SHOULD do (reversing “not” simply removes it from the statement). So you end up with: “You musn’t under all circumstances avoid making the bell ring”. So you ring the bell.

[@B-nu8ss]

6 negatives. 6 is even. Ring the bell. In international versions of Taskmaster hosted in languages with negative concord, this task may be interpreted differently.

[@jenny9226]

You must under no circumstances, not avoid not making the bell not ring -> opposite -> You must always avoid making the bell ring -> So the bell shouldn't be rang right? What they did in the show is take out the "not avoid" part, but it is part of the statement so it can't be taken out. Doing the opposite of "not avoid" (do) is "don't" or "avoid".

[@Snake3yesEddie]

The last part of the task states “If you don’t do the right thing, you *LOSE* 5 points” since the overall objective to win the task is to “do the opposite” then they could just follow last part of the task as if it’s the opposite which would now be “If you do the wrong thing, you *WIN* 5 points” by doing the opposite & purposely getting it wrong you’ll win 5 points, so literally nothing else matters since your only goal now is to do fail the task to win which is the opposite of what you’re supposed to do?

[@jasonhynes1080]

“You must under no circumstances ring the bell” is grammatically incorrect. If you rearrange it, you get “under no circumstances, you must ring the bell” which makes no sense. To have the intended meaning, the sentence should have read “You must not under any circumstances…” but as it stands “under no circumstances” has no meaning in that sentence and does not therefore negate the sentence so the bell should not have been rung.

[@cdgames69]

I got it wrong, but only because I was following the instruction "do the opposite" on the title of the video, which does not contain "under no circumstance"

[@bendystrawz2832]

"If you got that right at home, get out more." I feel personally targeted by the Greg. What an honor!

[@Bas1i0n]

I would argue that "do the opposite of the following" would make the sentence something like "under any circumstance, do avoid making the bell ring" since you're flipping every negative to a positive meaning you have 5 positives instead of 6 negatives. I also need to get out more.

[@bigmanjones]

It’s actually the opposite of not being not confusing. As long as you know you have to do the opposite, you can ignore the negations and read the sentence normally. In this case, it’d be “You must under no circumstances avoid making the bell ring”

[@jobblejosh9713]

Or, just count the number of negatives (including phrases like 'avoid' and 'under no circumstances'). An even total means do the thing specified. Odd means don't. In this sentence, including the 'Do the opposite', there are six inversions, so each one is cancelled by another with none left over; ringing the bell is correct.

[@starryskies9655]

Okay, so I got the riddle itself right, but I went a step further which invalidated the process. I compartmentalized the instruction as ring the bell, or don’t and say you did the right thing, not say you did the right thing regardless of whether you rung it or not, so I suppose my hypothetical task would’ve not ended until we wrapped or it was pointed out.

[@Grygong555]

Well yeah, but since they were supposed to do the opposite of the following, they should’ve then said at the end: „I did the wrong thing, I did the wrong thing, I did the wrong thing”

[@ferdinandpurczeld234]

I prefer solving these problems by taking out chunks of the sentence in reverse, rewording them to be easier to understand, then replacing them in the original sentence. Original sentence for reference: "(7:) Do the opposite of the following: (6:) You must (5:) under no circumstances (4:) not (3:) avoid (2:) not (1:) making the bell not ring." Step 1: Making the bell not ring (singular negative) --> Not making the bell ring. Step 2: Not not making the bell ring (double negative) --> Making the bell ring. Step 3: Avoid making the bell ring (singular negative) --> Do not ring the bell. Step 4: Do not not ring the bell (double negative) --> Ring the bell. Step 5: Under no circumstances ring the bell (singular negative) --> Do not ring the bell. Step 6: You must not ring the bell (singular negative) --> Do not ring the bell. Step 7: Do the opposite of not ringing the bell (double negative) --> Ring the bell. notes: "Making the bell ring" is just a wordier way of saying "ringing the bell". This adds a layer of difficulty. Without this analysis, I got it wrong on my first read, and I would have not rang the bell.

[@28hipster]

I worked out maybe wrong and just used the double negative of the very start of doing the opposite of “you must under no circumstances not avoid” so just made that sentence avoid and got it 😅😂

[@TimeSpinner]

Technically, they all said "I did the right thing" three times, when they were explicitly told to do the opposite of that, so should have been negative five all around...

[@mikethomas5276]

I must be crazy because I worked it out like this working backwards make the bell not ring= no bell not make the bell not ring= ring bell, You can get rid of the negatives and change that to "ring the bell" so the sentence becomes "Do not avoid ringing the bell" if I "not avoid" something that means do it so the sentence becomes "Ring the Bell" opposite of above is =no bell so the right thing was not ring the bell right?

[@aesmaeilig]

The title of the video is saying to ring the bell, which is the opposite of the actual direction. That confused me for a bit lol

[@fetch2385]

They also should have said "I did the wrong thing" .

[@anotheruserism]

apparently I need to get out more. All I did was take each part by itself and work out the opposite. Led me to the correct answer without worying about double negatives

[@TH-dg2mm]

I don't not like this show and under no circumstances would I never not watch another episode.

[@lars_larsen]

that is fair, I do need to get out more

[@Raganui]

Guz is definitely one of my favorites.

[@jonhohensee3258]

No he isn't.

[@brandonwhitaker8468]

for those at home who want a more challenging puzzle, interpret "the following" as including the entire rest of the instructions, not just the following sentence.

[@brycebritton3932]

I’m confused i feel like they were supposed to not make it ring

[@yetanotherstronk]

Guz would have had it right either way, because he made the bell ring, but he then also made it not ring by putting his hands on it so as not to offend Ethel.

[@kiltmaster7041]

Everything after "avoid" is redundant and doesn't matter. Disregard all that follows. But just to break things down: 1) The bell rings. "DING!" That's it. the bell rings. 2) the bell not ring. There is silence. The bell is not ringing." 3) Make the bell not ring. Someone is expending effort to ensure that the bell does not ring. They are MAKING the bell not ring, which is different from the bell just not ringing without any outside interference. Maybe the person in question removes the clapper, stuffs the bell with tissues, stands guard to make sure nobody rings the bell, whatever. They are expending effort to prevent the bell from ringing. 4) Not make the bell not ring. Someone is NOT expending effort to ensure that the bell does not ring. They just step aside and don't spend any effort on the bell. 5) Avoid not making the bell not ring. Avoidance is the act of expending energy in order to get out of the way of something. You avoid an incoming projectile by stepping aside. You avoid responsibility by making excuses. This should not be confused with prevention, which is the act of ensuring that something doesn't happen. You prevent an incoming projectile by stopping it from being launched. You prevent a responsibility by using contraception. With that in mind, "Avoid not making the bell not ring" means "expend energy to not make the effort necessary to ensure that the bell does not ring." 6) Do not avoid not making the bell not ring. "Do not avoid." Key phrase. Avoidance is the act of expending energy in order to get out of the way of something. Imagine a train coming towards you at 100mph. You avoid it by getting off of the rails. You "do not avoid" it by just sitting down on the tracks, staring the train in the eyes and saying 'whatever happens, happens. I will not avoid it.' So basically, any expenditure of energy or effort is nullified by this one phrase. "Do not avoid" renders everything after it moot. If the bell rings because someone runs in and hits it with a hammer - whatever, you didn't avoid it. If the bell doesn't ring because nothing happens - meh, you didn't avoid that either. So long as you don't expend any effort or energy, you aren't avoiding dick.

[@kiltmaster7041]

Forgot to mention - The last two layers of abstraction cancel out - Do the opposite of under no circimstances doing something... That's a straight-up double negative and cancels out. So you do as described above - do nothing. No avoidance.

[@felixzedenyveras1687]

The negative of "you must under no circumstances" is "you may under some circumstances". Is this such a circumstance? "You may" indicates choice, so basically the most "safe" option would be to not ring the bell. However, ringing the bell wouldn't necessarily be wrong either - it depends on the circumstance 🤔 Instructions unclear, tried to thread popcorn through a needle 🙃

[@felixzedenyveras1687]

One could argue that the negative should be "you must under some circumstances". Still, is this such a circumstance (probably, but it's not specified!)?

[@maddog2314]

Damnit he's right... I need to get out more. I got it as soon as the first person read the whole thing.

[@lisahoshowsky4251]

Okay, I read and deciphered and dissected the title like 10 times before I even allowed myself to click on the video😅

[@samshannahan8116]

I saw it and immediately thought “just count the negatives. Odd means don’t do it even means do it” then I got attacked too >:(

[@jasminetoth625]

That get out more from Greg felt personal

[@twilightwisdom5139]

Also none of them said “I did not do the right thing” three times to meet the “do the opposite of the following” which I was expecting

[@jonhohensee3258]

tomes?

[@kirkeverist1335]

So "do the opposite of the following" qualifies as a negative sign preceding the remaining instructions in parenthesis, as it were. But doesn't "the following" include everything that follows ... including the instructions about how the task ends and the exacting a penalty? Shouldn't those be reversed by "the opposite of the following" as well?

[@weakw1ll]

8:22 NO THIS IS NOT CORRECT IS IT I THOUGHT U HAD TO NOT RING IT WAIT WHAT even the opposite part

[@jeremywhite92]

Ethel was looking after Guz...

[@jacksonhull6243]

did anyone notice it says do the opposite of the following, then it says to say i did the right thing. wouldn’t it have been correct to say i did the wrong thing?

[@Alicia-zf3nq]

I'm so surprised all of them struggled so much to put the thread through the needle. Do people generally not know the simple trick of creating a loop by wrapping the thread around the eye part of the needle, taking out the needle, and then pushing the loop through the eye? I learned that trick when I was 6, I thought everyone knew it

[@schoo9256]

You WHAT

[@Alicia-zf3nq]

@@schoo9256 Seriously, try it! Instead of trying to push the edge of the thread through the eye, you push a bit of the thread itself through the eye as a loop. Once the little loop is through, you just grab it, pull it further through and then you just pull the shorter part of the thread through. It's obviously harder with smaller needles, but once you get the hang of it, your needle will be on the thread in like seconds

[@gooburt]

you are in the minority

[@SebHaarfagre]

I need to get out more :p (I have OCPD so there's no way I wouldn't solve it tbh lol) And just for fun, since the task was actually extremely easy (IMO): _"You must under no circumstances not avoid not making the bell not ring"_ Not avoid = do _"You must under no circumstances do not make the bell not ring"_ do not = don't don't make the bell NOT ring don't "make it NOT ring" so the opposite is DO make it ring _"You must under NO circumstances make the bell ring"_ Then you just do the opposite of that, which is ring the bell. You can even do this in your head but there's the paper in front so should be a breeze. But the pressure of time against invisible contestants and another task as a distraction does of course spice things up a bit.

[@Twoswordsdrizzt]

She thought it out the same way I did, but forgot the pre-instructuin. What a bummer.

[@itzmistz3478]

I feel like you shouldn't ring the bell. Let me break down my logic and see if anyone can follow. "make the bell not ring" -> don't ring "not make the bell not ring" -> ring Now the first part, "You must under no circumstance not avoid X" -> not avoid X, we have to do X What is X? ring the bell. but the task says to do the opposite so you shouldn't ring the bell to win the task

[@trathanstargazer6421]

I hate this kind of stuff cause even some people in the comments are getting it wrong. They are right double negatives cancel each other out so lets go down the list. Do the opposite of the following: You must under no circumstances not avoid not making the bell not ring. So, first we take off 2 nots at the end. Do the opposite of the following: You must under no circumstances not avoid making the bell ring. Then we take out the no and not. Do the opposite of the following: You must under circumstances avoid making the bell ring. This means you have to avoid ringing the bell. Now that there are no negatives left, we need to do the opposite. Which the opposite of not ringing the bell, is to ring the bell. Or, if you want to do opposite and avoid cancel each other out you get: Do the of the following: You must under circumstances making the bell ring. Now lets clean this up. Do the following: You must under any circumstance make the bell ring.

[@Slaydrik]

I remembered the opposite, but I forgot about that avoid is a negative

[@jrobertech]

Do not avoid not making the bell not ring. Do avoid making the bell not ring. Do make the bell ring.

[@CoconutJJ]

Double Negation is just the identity operation: Do (Not (Avoid (Not (Making the Bell (Not Ring))))) = Do (Not (Avoid (Not (Not (Making the Bell Ring))))) = Do (Not (Avoid (Making the Bell Ring))) = Do (Not (Not (Making the Bell Ring))) (since Avoid = Not) = Do Making the Bell Ring

[@coro4ever]

I maintain that the answer is wrong because under no circumstances is a phrase that does not notify a negative. It just means that no matter what happens. So you must do the opposite of ringing the bell. It should not actually be simple math because not all negative words signify a negative. You should actually understand colloquialisms and implied language.

[@galaxy_brain]

God, Alex is a military genius...

[@minecraftingmom]

Ethel would be proud

[@devinspencer1678]

I was wondering if you could just count the negatives and go from there

[@ravenshrike]

Odd numbers of negatives remain negative, evens are positive. It's simple math people.

[@ericzubyk2329]

I got it wrong

[@fenhen]

Surely they’re supposed to say “I did the wrong thing” as they’re supposed to do the opposite?

[@TimeLocke]

I don't think so. You're changing the adjective, when you could just as easily change the subject or verb and it could be considered "opposite"

[@stevencgr]

or 'you didn't do the wrong thing'

[@blackbonsai]

no as "and say" is already an order that you have to do the opposite therefore saying something to "finish" the task is wrong already. Not saying something would have been correct Right would be: Do the popcorn Task, dont ring the Bell and walk away.

[@fenhen]

@@TimeLocke I considered this as well. It reminds me of the task to bring in the two most different items. Suddenly I’m questioning basic English.

[@mcxcvi_3089]

Theoretically they should have all lost because the one of the last lines is “the task is over … by saying “I did the right thing” so surely they should’ve said “I did the wrong thing”

[@extestential6638]

Don't ring the bell

[@ademisc]

Unfortunately it is more complicated than simply counting the negatives, this is why double negatives are recommended to be avoided. Even single negatives can be confounding such as the difference between "not trying to" and "trying to not." The former demanding inaction or lack of intent and the latter demanding specific action against. Incidentally there is also no "Fastest to not do the wrong thing" as, unless they were already doing it, they were successfully not doing it immediately. It could be, "Fastest to do the not wrong thing," but even that would allow for doing any thing except the wrong thing and not necessarily the right thing. "Fastest to complete the task without doing the wrong thing." Fortunately generally we are able to distinguish what a person meant and no correction is needed, but as sorting out a series of negatives is the premise of the task I found this comment necessary. Making the bell ring -> Ring the bell Making the bell not ring -> Stop the bell from ringing Not making the bell ring -> Inaction or Any action except ringing the bell Not making the bell not ring -> Inaction or Any action except stopping the bell from ringing You must under no circumstances -> Do [the following] without circumstances -> Impossible You must under no circumstances (Should be either "You must not under any circumstance" or "Under no circumstance should you") -> Never do [the following] Never not -> Always You must under no circumstances not avoid not making the bell not ring -> Always avoid any action except stopping the bell from ringing -> then do the opposite: -> Take any action except stopping the bell from ringing. 4:16 That whole Guz thing seems a bit more important.

[@Phlarx]

I came to the comments to write (almost) the same thing, but you said it better than I would have :P The final sentence I got was: "Be indifferent about the bell ringing."

[@ademisc]

​@@Phlarx Thank you. There are certainly other valid conclusions. I ended up trimming down because it quickly gets out of hand when exploring the potentials.

[@yourmum69_420]

@@ademisc no

[@maggie5666]

Gaz won because he respected Ethel XD

[@kimmyrask7368]

Morganas voice❤️❤️

[@river4267]

I actually have a headache from this

[@alanaj5]

I transcribed the sentence using symbols from logic and worked it out that way. Maths will get you there too 🙂

[@hellodavey1902]

All for 8:31!!! 😂😂😂

[@Elku]

Wouldn't the opposite of the following including the opposite of "You"? Therefore the resolution should be that Alex had to ring the bell?

[@zacharyyoungblood7013]

Wait I'm confused So breaking it down, ring is obviously positive Not ring is negative Not make the bell not ring is positive Avoid not making the bell not ring is negative Not avoid making the bell not ring is positive, meaning ring the bell, which you'd do the opposite of, meaning you wouldn't ring the bell.

[@nibbletrinnal2289]

you forgot "under no circumstances", which gives you the extra negative needed to make it mean ring the bell

[@zacharyyoungblood7013]

@Nibble Trinnal Ohhh, okay I was going off the title, thanks!

[@RatatRatR]

I didn't see how that is separate. Like to me "you must under no circumstances not do x" is a phrase that means "you must not do x." With those extra words just adding something like "absolutely."

[@zacharyyoungblood7013]

@@RatatRatR Well think of it like this, "you must under no circumstances do x" means don't do x, "you must under no circumstances not do x" means the opposite, so it means do x

[@argothiel]

@@RatatRatR "You must under no circumstances ring the bell" negates the "ring the bell" part.

[@lilidejazz3230]

I've literally compared the task to a math problem 💀 Since there is 4 "not" so 4 negative, -2 negative will become positive ans so the other. Whereas, you can't make positive go to negative. So yeah :D I should go out 😆

[@lilidejazz3230]

@@Drayconic13 True 😂 Then somehow my belief and stupidity would have resolved it 😂😭

[@FrenkTheJoy]

With all the double negatives I thought it was going to turn out that whoever did it wrong would get 5 points.

[@viewdeview7848]

But isn't the opposite of "I must" essentially "I can" as in ringing the bell is entirely optional?

[@MrDonthinkso]

You can in fact just count the negatives and ignore the rest. An even number equalizes, am odd number and its negative. Including the first instruction its 6, so here we go.

[@thetomster7625]

why does no one know how to properly put a thread in a needle? do they no learn that in the UK??

[@himselfe]

Victoria would have lost either way, because she didn't wear the necklace, guessing they didn't bother pointing that out because she lost the 5 points anyway.

[@benelson12]

Wait if they were meant to do the opposite they should not have said they did the right thing.

[@Sean-dv1wv]

I'm a little sad that I had no problem understanding those instructions. I need to get out more 🤣

[@MossyBear]

This is an anxiety dream 🤣😭

[@lester44444]

She didnt even wear the necklace 😂😂😂

[@CraftedTomLion]

Technically Victoria didn’t wear the necklace so shouldn’t lose points?

[@ethan_lin]

I did not think not about not ringing the bell😂

[@yourmum69_420]

good