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"Puzzles."

Right, I'm bored. Let's have some brain teasers.

First one (if you'vea heard it, don't givce it away)

A man walks into a bar (as in a drinks establishment), and asks for a glass of water. The bartender points a gun at him. The man thanks the bartender, and leaves.

Explain why.

But he said they cannot turn back.

No, that wouldn't work.

Anyway, send the fastest and slowest person over, send the fastest back, repeat.

Isn't there a 25% chance it could turn them inside-out? ;)

Or, we could use the teleporter... :0)

four people have 17 minutes to cross a bridge 1 mile across. it is night time and they only have one torch, which must be used on each crossing. there can only be a maximum of two people on the bridge at any one time, and they cannot stop or turn back. the first person walks at 1 mile a minute, the second at 2 miles a minute, the third at 5 miles a minute and the fourth at 10 miles a minute. a pair has to walk at the speed of the slowest person.

how can they cross?

a man with a gun wrote:

if i asked
> the other statue if the door on the left has the emerald behind it,
> what would he say?


We have a winner!

An alternative correct answer would have been "What would you say if I asked you 'Is this the correct door'"

In that case, the one that tells the truth would tell the truth, and the one that lies would have to lie about lying, and therefore would also tell the truth.

> VenomByte wrote:
Grix the
> adventurer
> was exploring some ancient ruins, looking for a legendry
>
> emerald. He came upon two talking statues, each in front of a
> door.
> One of them always tells the truth, the other always
> lies. He can
> ask them each the same yes/no question. One door
> lead to certain
> death, the other to the emerald.

if i asked the other statue if the door on the left has the emerald behind it, what would he say?

if the emerald is behind the door on the left then the statue will have to say no because either he will lie or the other one will. if the emerald is behind the door on the right then the statue will say yes.

VenomByte wrote:
> Ant, the young peasant, honourably decided to let the king pick. If
> the king chose 'sod off', they were to get married, otherwise, they
> weren't.

Close enough. Ant was supposed to pick one out, say "I choose this one", and then destroy it. By eating it, possibly. Then the one left would be the opposite of what Ant chose.

I wish I knew where they were... I had that one too. The ending was awful.

I always freed Bowser though, for some reason. Then he slipped on a banana peel and knocked out Donkey Kong. Genius.

It inspires most of my story additions.