You've been sentenced to death in an obscure foreign country which has a strange law. Before the sentence is carried out, two papers -- one with "LIFE" written on it and one with "DEATH" written on it -- are folded up and placed in a hat. You are permitted to pick out one of the papers (without looking), and if you choose the one with "LIFE" written on it, you are set free. Otherwise, the death sentence is carried out. But someone has substituted the paper with "LIFE" written on it with another one with "DEATH" written on it. You are informed by this person of what he has done and that you are doomed to die. You are not permitted to speak to anyone about this misdeed, nor will you have a chance to switch the papers yourself in time.

How will you avoid death?

since every person in such situation must be allowed a final wish before being sentenced to death, yours in this case would be that the authorities execut not what's written on the paper u pick, but the opposite.. so if the paper u pick is the one written on it "death", u ll be set free, and if it's the one with "life" on it, they can carry on with the death sentence.. but u are smart and u know that both papers are "death" ones.. so u are saved anyway ! nice isn't it?

Posted by rola on 2003-09-19 05:53:09