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[rlmergeuser]

The correct question is, 'Is Starfire a male or a sexy lady?'

Bobo, motivation is overtalked and overrated. My only motivations (in summary) are towards video games, my novel, and my friends.

Edited: ask, 'Is that a door?'

[willyums]

credit to star, thinking outside the box but thats still really a 'is that "true thing" true?' you have to assume they dont know what a door is, theyre just guarding heaven and hell.

when i heard it first (worded the same way) i went with "are you guarding a door?" its obviously a flawed riddle but its a fun one.

[willyums]

neither is "are you guarding either heaven or hell?"

definitely shouldnt have picked this one..

[rlmergeuser]

We have to assume the guards don't know what "guarding" is, and we have to assume that they don't know anything at all, including the words "heaven", "hell", and "you".

[rlmergeuser]

And I think it's safe to assume that the chicken crossed the road when her eggs started singing "Boogie Fever", but that doesn't help us here either

[rlmergeuser]

Fastest thread ever to hit 25 posts! A bobo thread!

[rlmergeuser]

i dont understand what the second pair of up/downs mean, so i cant really work it out

but heres another one, you might have already heard this;

theres 2 doors. one to heaven and one to hell.
there are also 2 guards in front of each door.
heavens guard will always tell the truth and hells guard will always lie.

you want to choose heaven but you can only ask one question to one of the guards to find out which is the right door.
what do you ask?

You approach either of the two guards and you ask, "If I ask the other guard which door is the door to heaven, which one would he point to?"

This works, because when asked of the liar, he will lie and say that the truth-teller will point towards Hell.
And when asked of the truth-teller, he will tell the truth by saying that the liar will also point towards Hell.

So, whichever guard you happen to ask, whatever door he points to, that's the door you definitely should not choose.

[rlmergeuser]

You have two ropes and a lighter. Both ropes are exactly the same. Both ropes share the same property that, when lit at one end, the rope will burn for exactly 60 minutes. The ropes, however, do not necessarily burn at a constant rate, meaning it may take 59 minutes for one half of the rope to burn, and one minute for the final half (or any other combination of burn rates, it's random).

Using these two ropes and a lighter, how could you time exactly 45 minutes?

[willyums]

thats the one

[CagBall]

shouldve known better than to post the short version here
ive never seen it worded fully but obviously this allows any 'is this "true thing" true' questions which arent the 'desired' answer.

i'll improve it (sorry):

basically the guards have no knowledge of anything unrelated to those doors so you can only ask questions related to the situation (the guards, heaven/hell, doors, truth/lies).

Straight outta this amazing film (the evil guy is David Bowie!!) Labyrinth!