From jsn@concentric.net Mon Jan 29 10:29:07 2001
Date: 17 Oct 2000 02:44:35 GMT
From: "John S. Novak, III" <jsn@concentric.net>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan
Subject: Re: TAN: What does everyone do?

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 02:24:57 GMT, P. Korda <kor2@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:

>>Suppose there are twin brothers.  You know about these brothers that
>>one always tells the truth, and that one always lies.  What single
>>yes-no question can you ask either brother, to determine whether he
>>was the truth teller or the liar?

>Easy-peasy:

>"Do these size-2 spandex pants with horizontal stripes make my butt
>look big?"

You come close.
But the correct question is, after kicking each one in the crotch, and
while they are rolling around the ground in agony, "Did that hurt?"

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