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On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:45:58 -0500, katy

wrote:

You obviously have never been to Buffalo...I can assure you that it
is "yech"....and I don't believe you have ever been accused of
having any sort of mentality at all....nice to see that you have
found your spell check, though...

I don't use spell check for usenet posting.

A dress store owner ordered a shipment of evening gowns for his shop.
When
they
arrived, the poor man found there had been a mistake. Half the garments
were
coats, 20 percent were children's sizes and 24 of the garments were
both
coats
and in sizes for children. There were only 99 of the evening dresses he
had
ordered. How many had he ordered initially?

I can solve the puzzle. Can you?

A man is walking and on his way to Bristol. He comes to a fork in the
road
where two brothers are standing. He is uncertain which path to take to
reach
Bristol, and needs help from one of them. The walking man has heard of
these
brothers, and knows that one always tells the truth, and the other always
lies. The walking man is allowed to ask one question and one question
only.
He can direct the question to only one of the brothers, but he does not
know
which is the liar and which is always truthful. What question does he
ask?
Scout

OK... well I won't spoil the other puzzle for Katy - I would ask a bro
to tell me which way the other bro would tell me to go to Bristol. If I
asked the honest guy, he'd tell me the truth - that the other brother
would tell me to go the wrong way - so I'd go the other way.
Conversely, if I'd asked the liar, he'd lie and tell me the wrong way
that the other bro would say. So again, I'd go the other road.

But you can ask only one question! If you asked the honest one, he'd tell
you which way the other would tell you to go, but you'd have no way of
knowing that you had asked the honest brother. He'd be telling the truth,
but you'd be no better off!
Scout

??? wot! ???

- No matter which one I asked - I'd go "the other way".
If it were the honest one, he'd tell me his bro would tell me to go down
"that" road (being the wrong road as he'd tell me the truth, and knowing
his brother would lie he'd tell me that road). Hope that makes sense.

That is one question... - to either one... "can you please tell me which
way your brother would tell me to go to get to Bristol?"

If I asked the other brother - well hopefully I've explained that
already - I'd still go "the other way".

--
Duncan