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Newbie sailor here.
"Scout" wrote in message . .. "Dave Doe" wrote in message . nz... In article , says... "Mys Terry" wrote in message ... 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 Reading too fast, my bad. Just ask either brother, which way will your brother tell me to go to get to Bristol, then go the opposite direction. John Cairns |
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Newbie sailor here.
"John Cairns" wrote in message
t... "Scout" wrote in message . .. "Dave Doe" wrote in message . nz... In article , says... "Mys Terry" wrote in message ... 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 Reading too fast, my bad. Just ask either brother, which way will your brother tell me to go to get to Bristol, then go the opposite direction. Amen! Scout |
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Newbie sailor here.
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says... "Dave Doe" wrote in message . nz... In article , says... "Mys Terry" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Newbie sailor here.
"Dave Doe" wrote in message
. nz... In article , says... "Dave Doe" wrote in message . nz... In article , says... "Mys Terry" wrote in message ... 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". Amen - previous comment rescinded! Scout |
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Newbie sailor here.
Scout,
You and I both lived in Bristol. We know the way(G) http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ThomPage http://community.webtv.net/tassail/Pneuma |
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Newbie sailor here.
"Thom Stewart" wrote in message
... Scout, You and I both lived in Bristol. We know the way(G) You are correct, as usual Thom! And on Friday night, I plan to be sitting at Georgine's, sipping down some Long Islands, followed up with filet au Poivre! Scout |
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