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From: rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer)
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Subject: Re: Right Way?????
Keywords: Which way??
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Date: 6 Feb 90 14:24:00 GMT
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In article <1990Feb5.181710.17028@uokmax.uucp> gefagan@uokmax.uucp (Geoffrey Edward Fagan) writes:
>In article <25C9E532.8848@paris.ics.uci.edu> wngai@ics.uci.edu (Wayne Ngai) writes:
>>Can anyone of you people out there tell me the answer to the following
>>brainteaser???
>>
>>	Ok, you are in a Jungle and it is getting dark. You must find
>>your way out of the jungle.  In the Jungle lived two tribes, one tribe
>>is good and always tells the truth while the other tribe is bad and
>>alway tells lies.  You are on a dirty path and came upon a Y-intersection.
>>Right in front of you is a sign pointing right and reads "This way to
>>Safty------->".  Behind the sign is a native, You can only ask him  
>>one question with a yes or no Answer to determine if the native is telling the
>> truth or lie and determine which way is the right way out of the jungle.
>>Remember you are Allow to ask only one question and it must have a yes
>>or no anwer.
>
>Ok, grab the native.  Grab your elephant gun.  Place the business end of the
>gun against the skull of the native.  State "I need to know if this path 
>leads to safety and I'm gonna take you with me to find out." Finally, ask,
>"Do you suggest the left path?"

At which point the crummy Infocom parser chokes, the game responds "I don't
know how to 'YOU'", your machine locks, your harddrive fries, your power-
supply explodes, the carpeting catches fire, you inhale noxious fumes from
burning polyesters, and you die thinking, "Gee, I coulda had a life..."

Why is this cross-posted to comp.sys.atari.st anyway??
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>>"Aaiiyeeee!  Death from above!"<< | Steve Rehrauer, rehrauer@apollo.hp.com
   "Flee, lest we be trod upon!"    | The Apollo System Division of H.P.