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MrV
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December 28th, 2011 at 10:23:43 AM permalink
Any liars in the audience?

oops "clueles" S/B "clueless"
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DJTeddyBear
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December 28th, 2011 at 11:00:21 AM permalink
I suffer from C.R.S., so it's easier and safer to just tell the truth when possible.
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PapaChubby
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December 28th, 2011 at 2:40:10 PM permalink
I don't/can't lie. I pledged to be honest when I was a teenager, and I'm only aware of one lie that I've told since. I used to think it made me noble and dignified. Now I realize that it just makes me a freak who is incapable of forming any sort of meaningful connection with other human beings.
whatme
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December 28th, 2011 at 3:09:38 PM permalink
My attorney advised me not to answer this question!!!
MakingBook
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December 28th, 2011 at 3:53:16 PM permalink
One of my favorite lines from the movie Scarface.....
"I always tell the truth, even when I lie."
-Tony Montana
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FleaStiff
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December 28th, 2011 at 3:57:46 PM permalink
Quote: DJTeddyBear

I suffer from C.R.S., so it's easier and safer to just tell the truth when possible.

Same here, but I rarely adopt that easier and safer path and tend to live by the motto "Never tell the truth if a lie will do half as well". Of course, that in itself may be a lie.
Wizard
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December 28th, 2011 at 4:29:12 PM permalink
Riddle time!

You come to a fork in the road. One path leads to a village where everyone tells the truth. The other path leads to a village where everyone tells lies. Someone comes from behind from one of the two villages, but you don't know which. You may ask him one question to determine which path goes to which village. What do you ask?
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Wavy70
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December 28th, 2011 at 5:09:29 PM permalink
Where are you from? the person who tells the truth will tell you and the peson who lies will also point to the "truth" town.
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AZDuffman
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December 31st, 2011 at 12:03:33 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Riddle time!

You come to a fork in the road. One path leads to a village where everyone tells the truth. The other path leads to a village where everyone tells lies. Someone comes from behind from one of the two villages, but you don't know which. You may ask him one question to determine which path goes to which village. What do you ask?



Ask him, "If I were to ask you the road that leads to the village where everyone tells the truth, what would you say?"
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Mosca
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December 31st, 2011 at 12:19:26 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Riddle time!

You come to a fork in the road. One path leads to a village where everyone tells the truth. The other path leads to a village where everyone tells lies. Someone comes from behind from one of the two villages, but you don't know which. You may ask him one question to determine which path goes to which village. What do you ask?



In The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle), Werner Herzog makes a minor change in the question, for a completely different result.

Question of Logic Scene
A falling knife has no handle.
NowTheSerpent
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February 4th, 2012 at 1:13:34 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Riddle time!

You come to a fork in the road. One path leads to a village where everyone tells the truth. The other path leads to a village where everyone tells lies. Someone comes from behind from one of the two villages, but you don't know which. You may ask him one question to determine which path goes to which village. What do you ask?



I always thought you should ask, "If I were to ask you 'Does this path lead to Truthville?', would you say 'Yes'?", because as a truth-teller, he would truthfully say that his answer would be "Yes", and as a liar, he would falsely report "Yes", knowing that he would have lyingly said "No".

Is this right?
Wavy70
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February 5th, 2012 at 1:41:14 AM permalink
Quote: NowTheSerpent

Quote: Wizard

Riddle time!


Is this right?



The Wizness never did give us an answer. I think I got it!
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