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wu :: forums    riddles    what happened (Moderators: Grimbal, william wu, towr, Icarus, ThudnBlunder, SMQ, Eigenray)    The Two Sons « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: The Two Sons  (Read 1044 times) daemonturk Newbie     Posts: 46 The Two Sons   « on: Feb 22nd, 2009, 7:58am » Quote Modify A king has two sons, who were brought up in a distant village. The king residing in his palace exclaims to the village: 'My two sons, you must cross this desert between us on one camel each. The owner of the camel that reaches the palace last shall be my heir...'   The two sons confused by their father's words roam the desert aimlessly, not knowing what to do. For if they killed each other, the victor of the battle would not be reaching the palace last. During their confusion, they noticed their supplies were running thin and were forced to seek a wise-man's help. Upon reaching the wise-man, the man told them some words of wisdom.   In the end, the two sons were alive and well, and one became king in all fairness. How was this decided? What did the wise-man say? « Last Edit: Feb 23rd, 2009, 12:45am by daemonturk » IP Logged cheesepuff Uberpuzzler     Posts: 694 Re: The Two Sons   « Reply #1 on: Feb 22nd, 2009, 8:21am » Quote Modify Wise Man: What kind of idiots would do this trip without more food?   or   Wise Man: I'll give you candy if you get there first   OR   Wise Man: Who races camels? I mean, it's like watching paint dry. In a humid, humid environment   or   Wise Man: There's a sandstorm coming so if you guys don't decide soon..... IP Logged errrrrrrrrrrr........ 24 daemonturk Newbie     Posts: 46 Re: The Two Sons   « Reply #2 on: Feb 22nd, 2009, 8:24am » Quote Modify Umm, those solutions don't help the sons meet the conditions of the 'anti-race'. Think about how they actually fufill the conditions. IP Logged cheesepuff Uberpuzzler     Posts: 694 Re: The Two Sons   « Reply #3 on: Feb 22nd, 2009, 8:26am » Quote Modify Well camels look alike. I mean when your talking about horses with their different colors and such   Strictly speaking it's a common riddle and I just love the invention of sarcasm (although I admit it's a lot harder to do that in Chinese. For me at least.)   Oh I got another one   Wise Man: If I'm so wise, what am I doing in the desert all alone? IP Logged errrrrrrrrrrr........ 24 denis Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1222 Re: The Two Sons   « Reply #4 on: Feb 22nd, 2009, 8:28am » Quote Modify http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=riddles_eas y;action=display;num=1027806008;start=0 IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: The Two Sons   « Reply #5 on: Feb 22nd, 2009, 8:30am » Quote Modify on Feb 22nd, 2009, 8:28am, denis wrote: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=riddles_eas y;action=display;num=1027806008;start=0 You just beat me to it. So I'll supplement it with http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/riddles/easy.shtml#arabSheikhCamels IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB daemonturk Newbie     Posts: 46 Re: The Two Sons   « Reply #6 on: Feb 22nd, 2009, 8:30am » Quote Modify The king can obviously see what is happening from afar from his vantage point...   Wise men live in deserts because they like to help lost strangers. IP Logged cheesepuff Uberpuzzler     Posts: 694 Re: The Two Sons   « Reply #7 on: Feb 22nd, 2009, 8:44am » Quote Modify Oh so it ACTUALLY was camels? I remembered the riddle as horses so I thought it was a bit off.... IP Logged errrrrrrrrrrr........ 24 towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: The Two Sons   « Reply #8 on: Feb 22nd, 2009, 8:45am » Quote Modify on Feb 22nd, 2009, 8:26am, cheesepuff wrote: Wise Man: If I'm so wise, what am I doing in the desert all alone? Maybe he doesn't suffer fools gladly, and hence has to flee the civilized world.   Lots of supposedly wise hermits took to living in deserts and other remote places throughout human history, btw.   on Feb 22nd, 2009, 8:44am, cheesepuff wrote: Oh so it ACTUALLY was camels? I remembered the riddle as horses so I thought it was a bit off.... It's not beyond the realm of possibilities there's a version with horses as well.   Next time, we can place the riddle in the sunken continent of Atlantis and the sons can ride dolphins. How does that sound? « Last Edit: Feb 22nd, 2009, 8:47am by towr » IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB cheesepuff Uberpuzzler     Posts: 694 Re: The Two Sons   « Reply #9 on: Feb 22nd, 2009, 6:51pm » Quote Modify "And the sons happened upon a wise seahorse" IP Logged errrrrrrrrrrr........ 24 daemonturk Newbie     Posts: 46 Re: The Two Sons   « Reply #10 on: Feb 22nd, 2009, 11:18pm » Quote Modify I presume you guys know the answer... IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: The Two Sons   « Reply #11 on: Feb 23rd, 2009, 12:42am » Quote Modify on Feb 22nd, 2009, 11:18pm, daemonturk wrote: I presume you guys know the answer... Yeah, switch camels.   I just noticed that the way it's phrased it seems like the camel becomes the heir. Boy, are these princes in for a disappointment. IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB daemonturk Newbie     Posts: 46 Re: The Two Sons   « Reply #12 on: Feb 23rd, 2009, 12:46am » Quote Modify Edited, though a bit obvious now... 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