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made by Joe on Aug 12, 2007

A king with 3 daughters let you marry one of them of your choice, but …

A king with 3 daughters let you marry one of them of your choice, but the older always lies, the younger always tells the truth and the middle one sometimes lies and sometimes tells the truth.

You don't want to marry the one that is unpredictable, so you ask to marry one of the others.

The king tells you to ask any one of them one question and then pick the one you want to marry. You've never seen them before and you cant tell them apart.

What question should you ask?

please answer in rot13 using this link so you don't spoil the answer for others

10 comments

., Aug 12, 2007:

wait I don't get all of this... do you care whetehr you marry the lying or the truthful one? or are you trying to get the one speaking the truth?

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moo - giving it another go, Aug 12, 2007:

I think I know the answer to this one - what I don't understand is how to answer - do I just click on the link and type in what I think? What's the 'cypher' thing? My head hurts - actually, don't bother, I'm useless.!!

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Joe, Aug 12, 2007:

@SNickau, you just don't want to marry the one that sometimes lies and sometimes tells the truth. so either of the others is good.

@moo, you just click the link, enter the text, click cypher, copy the new encoded text, paste the encoded text in a comment.

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moo - giving it another go, Aug 12, 2007:

ok then...

V pbhyq fnl nalguvat ba guvf yvax gura? V znl abg rira obgure gb nafjre gur dhrfgvba! guvf pbhyq or gur arkg fgrc ba sebz gur cevingr tebhcf - cevingr naq uvqqra pbzzragf! Jbj!
Nf sbe gur nafjre, V qba'g ubarfgyl xabj, rkprcg gung lbh unir gb nfx fbzrguvat yvxr qb lbh nyjnlf gryy gur gehgu? Gur gehgushy bar jvyy nafjre lrf, gur yvne jvyy nafjre lrf bu naq fb jvyy gur bgure bar...
BX, fb V arrq gb guvax n ovg zber nobhg guvf bar...

But surely someone can copy and paste this back to the link? Or how do you decipher it? I'm intrigued!

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Joe, Aug 12, 2007:

yeah, same thing to decode:

naq ebg13 vf zbqrengryl jryy xabja, fb lbh arire xabj jub pna rnfvyl qrpvcure lbhe pbzzragf, (ernyyl nyy vg qbrf vf nqq 13 gb gur yrggre [n 13 = a, a 13 = n])

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moo - giving it another go, Aug 12, 2007:

Oevyyvnag! V jnag bar bs gurfr sbe nyy zl pbzzragf.
Ohg vg'f abg fb frperg gura nf nalbar pna ernq vg ol genafyngvat onpx.
Whfg nf jryy V qvqa'g jevgr nalguvat vapevzvangvat...!

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Travis Morgan, Aug 12, 2007:

Spoiler: Fnl gur fvfgref ner N, O naq P. Nfx N, vf O byqre guna P

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Joe, Aug 12, 2007:

oh, and if you already knew the answer before (or cheated :o)
write Spoiler: in front of your text.
spoiler above

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moo - giving it another go, Aug 12, 2007:

I read that one - not the answer I was thinking so thank you Travis for putting my mind at ease. I'll sleep tonight!
Plus, I like the codes!

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DIVIT, Feb 8, 2008:

what?

anyways.. i be like.. how old is you?

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