truth = lie??

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Originally posted by Floorfiller yeah you're right...because what i said is in fact the truth therefore... hmmmmmmmmmm...this is gonna bug me until i get it hehehe

ill pm u a hint, look at it if u want, its not dead give away, but itll help a lot

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Originally posted by resisted i believe it is in Labyrinth (staring David Bowie)

yea youre right. its a different situation but the same answer.

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Originally posted by Resnick ok the pizza one i dunno gotta think, but heres another one, similar to the first one posted: You're in ithe amazon and suddenly a tribe captures and decides out of the goodness of their heart that they are going to kill you. Since their oracle is all knowing, they ask you to tell them something, if you tell the truth, they will boil u in a cauldron, but if u lie, they will feed you to their alligators. How do you get yourself out of this dilemma?

what if you were to ask a question? thats not telling the truth or a lie.

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Originally posted by jonze234 what if you were to ask a question? thats not telling the truth or a lie.

it has to have a truth value to it, (we'll just say if its ambiguous they will boil u in cauldron)

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Originally posted by Resnick ok the pizza one i dunno gotta think, but heres another one, similar to the first one posted: You're in ithe amazon and suddenly a tribe captures and decides out of the goodness of their heart that they are going to kill you. Since their oracle is all knowing, they ask you to tell them something, if you tell the truth, they will boil u in a cauldron, but if u lie, they will feed you to their alligators. How do you get yourself out of this dilemma?

You say "You are going to feed me to the alligators."

Because if the try to it becomes truth so they cannot. Conversly they cannot boil you because it would make the statement false.

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Originally posted by Fundamental You say "You are going to feed me to the alligators." Because if the try to it becomes truth so they cannot. Conversly they cannot boil you because it would make the statement false.

ah fucking damnit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that's soo fucking obvious hehehe....nice riddle

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Originally posted by Fundamental You say "You are going to feed me to the alligators." Because if the try to it becomes truth so they cannot. Conversly they cannot boil you because it would make the statement false.

yay

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more riddles people...this is fun hehehe

ok (btw these get worst as we go along cuz im gonna run out but anywho)

a man is walking his horse when he comes up to his neighbour who has a troubled expression on his face. when asked whats wrong, he says, "my father passed away last night, and in his will he says that half of the horses go to me, a third go to my older brother, and a ninth go to my younger brother, but you see, there are 17 horses, I cant decided how to split them up...can u? DUM DUM DUM!!!!

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another, you are in a forest which is on top of a cliff..there is a fire starting at the north end and moving slowly towards u (wind is blowing south), the entire forest is convered in grass and will burn up...you cannot jump off the cliff, but you have a knife, matches, and a compass...is there anyway you can save urself?

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