A man without eyes saw plums on a tree.
He did not leave plums on the tree, yet he did not take plums either.
How can this be?

(In reply to A solution with aplomb by Penny)

Actually I tried this trick on the forum long ago, in solving Ady_TZIDON's puzzle "my house's number" (posted on 6/21/2004), which included the words "Find the number ..-no computer programs!!!"

I solved it through a strict interpretation of Ady's words: "no computer programs!!!" That's "programs" (plural). I only used one program (singular). So I did not violate the letter of the law.

Gamer replied to this: "Anyway, Ady's point 'no computer programs' means 'no using set A, where set A is the set of all computer programs' ".

So by Gamer's ruling, the "plurals" solution to this puzzle ("eyes" vrs. "eye", "plums" vrs. "plum") is not correct. 

 

Edited on May 10, 2005, 8:37 pm

Posted by Penny on 2005-05-10 13:34:21