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Sandy Cheeks
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 Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:26 Post subject: Riddle for Wednesday
Here's another one.
There are two doors. One of them leads to Heaven, and one leads to Hell (or any other set of dichotomous existences for those non-religious posters, but for the sake of simplicity, let's just say Heaven and Hell).
In front of each door is a person. One will ALWAYS tell the truth, and one will ALWAYS lie.
You are allowed to ask them one question (both will answer) in order to figure out which door is which.
What is the question?
IF YOU CHEAT, I'LL PADDLE YOU.
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:28 Post subject:
Who here likes pizza? (if you say no, you are a liar!)
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Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:31 Post subject:
Which one of you is the son of god
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omega lambda
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Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:34 Post subject:
I would ask "Which door would you choose?"
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Nevermind, this isn't right. Dang Uncle Bert...
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megawill
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Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:35 Post subject:
how 'bout: 'Have you ever told a lie?'
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:36 Post subject:
| grego262 wrote: | | Which one of you is the son of god |
Could be neither. It just says there is a person standing there, not Jesus or the devil.
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Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:39 Post subject:
How much wood could a wood chuck wood if a wood chuck could chuck wood?
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Sandy Cheeks
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Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:40 Post subject:
| runswithscissors wrote: | | grego262 wrote: | | Which one of you is the son of god |
Could be neither. It just says there is a person standing there, not Jesus or the devil. |
Right. And like I said, the religious classifications are just because I was originally told it that way.
It could be a pit of snakes vs. an ice cream shop, if you prefer.
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:44 Post subject:
| shelflifers wrote: | | How much wood could a wood chuck wood if a wood chuck could chuck wood? |
Not only are you incorrect, you said it wrong as well. It's how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. Come on! Get with the program, slackmonkey!
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:45 Post subject:
| megawill wrote: | how 'bout: 'Have you ever told a lie?'
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Cheeks, isn't this right?
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PackerBacker
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Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:45 Post subject:
Ask one "which door would the other choose" and then pick the opposite door.t
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Sandy Cheeks
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Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:50 Post subject:
| runswithscissors wrote: | | megawill wrote: | how 'bout: 'Have you ever told a lie?'
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Cheeks, isn't this right? |
That only, in theory, determines only which one is the liar and which one is telling the truth, not which door they are standing in front of.
(And in practice, they are both going to say no, right?)
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Sandy Cheeks
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Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:53 Post subject:
| PackerBacker wrote: | | Ask one "which door would the other choose" and then pick the opposite door.t |
They will both give the same answer.
Situation 1:
Heaven..........Hell
Liar................Honest guy
Which door would the other choose?
"his door"........"his door"
Situation 2:
Heaven...........Hell
HG..................Liar
Which door would the other choose?
"my door"........."my door"
So ultimately nothing can be elucidated from this question either.
Sorry about the dots; I could not get the spacing to stay intact.
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Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:55 Post subject:
What would the other person tell me is the door to heaven?
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Posted: 10/16/02 - 12:59 Post subject:
Sorry, I wasn't clear, but EL has the answer I think.
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