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Logical Nonsense (Posted on 2003-08-26) Difficulty: 4 of 5
  • All, who neither dance on tight ropes nor eat peanut butter, are tall.

  • Creatures with spikey hair who look silly will go swimming if they do not dance on tight-ropes.

  • A kangaroo looks silly wearing sunglasses.

  • A smart creature will always do what he ought to do.

  • No one ought to go swimming who looks silly and eats peanut butter.

  • A smart driver wears sunglasses.

  • Kangaroos that have sneezing fits are avoided.

  • Short creatures who go driving have sneezing fits.

  • No creatures ought to dance on tight-ropes if they have sneezing fits.

  • All, who do not dance on tight-ropes and who are avoided, have spikey hair.
Therefore, no short kangaroos who are smart...

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Rating: 4.2105 (19 votes)

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re(3): answer | Comment 8 of 14 |
(In reply to re(2): answer by cat)

and p.s. I'm giving it a 5 rating for being such a humorous yet also challenging and absorbing problem. I hope I assume right that a 5 is better than a 1 in our rating system?
  Posted by catherine on 2003-08-27 15:51:28

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