My First Post = Help!!!

Hey, Marts. Welcome to A2K. I think that riddle has something to do with the fact that one friend always lies, and one friend always tells the truth, but I may be thinking of something similar.

Welcome Marts,

Read this carefully I think this is what you are looking for


http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13281&highlight=i+left+path+right+path

That's the one that I was recalling, Kev. Get 'em while they're hot. Marts. Kev's riddle, fresh off the griddle.

Many thanks guys, both for the welcome and the solution to the riddle. Ahhh can sleep peacefully tonight :wink:

Ciao ciao - Marts

PS - kev - I too am from white rose Yorkshire

letty, did u know it?

Yes, I know it, Kevin of Toronto, but I'll have to sleep on it. Just got through with the most delicious conversation about every subject imaginable. Brain tired, but the answer lies somewhere in asking the right question to the right brother, then doing the opposite. Ain't much a riddle to that when one thinks about it.

Goodnight from Florida.

I have to disagree with everyone. Asking one twin, "If I ask you if this is the safe road, will you say yes" will produce the desired result. You don't need to bring up their twin in the question. Making the statement subjunctive leaves one more thing the twins will either lie about or tell the truth about, thereby reversing the liar's answer, but retaining the honest man's response. It's like powers, with negetive and positive numbers -- it flips every other time around, so if I were to say "If I asked you what you would say if I asked if this is the safe road would you say yes?", you would again recieve inconclusive results. Throwing the phrase further subjunctive would solve it again, and so forth.

One twin always lies and the other twin always tells the truth.

Ask the one who always tells the truth, " What path will your brother say to take."?

Then whatever the truthful twin says, take the opposite road.

Hope that clears everything up.

Incidentally, SCoates, Welcome to A2K