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From: verma@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Roosters, eggs and logic
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Date: Sat, 22-Feb-86 09:26:17 EST
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Reply-To: verma@ucla-cs.UUCP (Thomas S. Verma )
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>> > > > If you had a house that faced east and a rooster laid an egg on
>> > > > the peak of the roof, which way would the egg fall?

			. . .

In article <715@bonnie.UUCP> wjh@bonnie.UUCP writes:
>A net full of computer scientists and mathematicians, and none of them
>knows any logic?
>
	It is not entirely obvious that the clause 'a rooster laid
	an egg on the peak of the roof' is within the scope of the
	'if'.
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: this one was simple? yea
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In article <137@gt-cmmsr.UUCP> rr@gt-cmmsr.UUCP (Richard D. Robison) writes:
>> >     You are staggering down a road ready to give up on life

			. . .

>> >What would be the question and to whom would you ask it?
				   ^^^^^^^
>> 
>> 	The question would obviously be "Which way is the hospital, please?"
>> 
>> 	I would ask it to the person that tells the truth.
>> 
			. . .
>> 
>
>Certainly you are joking.  It should be fairly obvious that you do not know
>which person tells the truth.

	Why must he be joking, it CLEARLY asks which person to ask!
	Remember ALL logic puzzles MUST be taken at face value.


						TS Verma