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(Message started by: alien2 on Jul 20th, 2018, 11:13am)
Title: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by alien2 on Jul 20th, 2018, 11:13am
There are two identical twins standing next to each other on a town square still like statues, wearing the same clothes, looking identical in every way excepting — their eyes, which are hidden behind sunglasses. They are contemplating 20 intruders. One of them is blind. So, w/o further ado, the question is as follows, which is posed by the one on the left:

"I am or is the one on the right blind?"
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by dudiobugtron on Jul 26th, 2018, 7:51pm
By "intruders", do you mean "onlookers"?

If so, then I think that [hide]From the point of view of the onlookers, the one who is talking is on the left, but from his own point of view he is on the right.  So he is the one who is blind in either case.  I applaud his impressive spatial awareness.[/hide]
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by alien2 on Jul 26th, 2018, 11:34pm

on 07/26/18 at 19:51:46, dudiobugtron wrote:
By "intruders", do you mean "onlookers"?

[/hide]

No.


on 07/26/18 at 19:51:46, dudiobugtron wrote:
If so, then I think that [hide]From the point of view of the onlookers, the one who is talking is on the left, but from his own point of view he is on the right.  So he is the one who is blind in either case.  I applaud his impressive spatial awareness.[/hide]

Neat. however, this answer of Your applies to yet another riddle.
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by dudiobugtron on Jul 29th, 2018, 6:08pm
[hide]The one on the left is blind, since he can not see that the intruders are not actually there to ask a question of.  The one on the right just wonders who the one on the left is talking to.[/hide]
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by alien2 on Jul 30th, 2018, 12:45am
Neat idea! However, regarding this instance, "They are contemplating 20 intruders" and so both of them are "aware" (by means of talk).
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by alien2 on Aug 14th, 2018, 9:21am
Clue, the one and only: Focus on the posed question. There is something 'bout it . . .
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by dudiobugtron on Aug 19th, 2018, 7:12pm
[hide]Neither.  It's one of the intruders that is blind.[/hide]
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by alien2 on Aug 20th, 2018, 2:08am
Nope. I think not. Perhaps Try and Catch Me Columbo episode will get you on the right track.
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by Grimbal on Aug 21st, 2018, 12:54pm
The answer is yes.

If "I" and "the person on the left" is the same person, then the speaker is obviously blind.
If they are not the same then the question is "Am I or the other guy blind?"  And it is a given that one of them is blind.
In both case, the question refers to a blind guy.

So, yes.
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by alien2 on Aug 21st, 2018, 11:48pm
No. No, no, no. Try to find out who/what the 20 intruders are. And the question is being posed to You, of course, which warrants cracking the riddle.
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by alien2 on Aug 30th, 2018, 2:57pm
Letters make words, and words make sentences. Hope that helps, that and the fact I've modified, just a bit, the riddle.  
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by alien2 on Sep 6th, 2018, 10:20am
SPOILER: The 20 intruders are nothing but letters. There. I've said it. Do you hate me now? Or you still love me! Baby, when I am in the mood, I am in the mood! And since I am never in the mood, how about Demi Moore and her attack on a poor, helpless man!?

"I am (...) blind."
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by Grimbal on Sep 12th, 2018, 1:20pm

on 07/20/18 at 11:13:23, alien2 wrote:
[...] They are contemplating [...]

*They*.
How are they contemplating?  With their feet?  No, with the eyes obviously.
Ergo neither is blind.
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by alien2 on Sep 13th, 2018, 5:00am

on 09/12/18 at 13:20:26, Grimbal wrote:
*They*.
How are they contemplating?  With their feet? (...)

Why not? Don't their feet smell as well? Perhaps one of them can sense folks just like a hairy spider, forwhy when people go blind they usually have enhanced abilities in their other senses.
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by Grimbal on Sep 13th, 2018, 12:23pm
braille?
Title: Re: Square Bros: 20 Intruders
Post by alien2 on Sep 14th, 2018, 4:05am
Don't you go French on me now. Be a man. And I'll be an alien. Hey wait a minute. That was a shot at me!


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